JPH11306106A - Terminal software and job result transfer system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transfer software and a job result between terminals through a managing computer in consideration of the ownership of the software and the use right of a user. SOLUTION: A software transmission request means 23 requests software owing terminal to send software when it is decided that a job source terminal is able to own the software, a software receiving means 24 receives the sent software, and a software transmitting means 25 sends the received software to the job source terminal. A job result transmission request means 26 requests the software owning terminal to send a job result when it is decided that the job source terminal is not a terminal capable of owning the software and a job source user is a user capable of executing the software, a job result receiving means 27 receives the sent job result, and a job result transmitting means 28 sends the received job result to the job source terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a terminal software /
More particularly, the present invention relates to a terminal software / job result transfer method for transferring terminal software or a job result between a plurality of terminals via a management computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
JP-A-8832 (hereinafter referred to as Prior Art Document 1), JP-A-9-91231 (hereinafter referred to as Prior Art Document 2), and JP-A-10-21059 (hereinafter referred to as Prior Art Document 3).

In the “terminal software transfer method” disclosed in the prior art document 1, in an information processing system in which a plurality of terminals are connected via a single management computer, if there is no software to be executed on the terminals, The software is automatically transferred from another terminal via the management computer.

[0004] Further, the "method and apparatus for executing an application program in a server / client computer system" disclosed in the prior art document 2 has a correspondence of machine names that can be executed for each application program. If the client has no application program, the server transfers the application program to the client.

Further, according to the "software version management method for a network system" disclosed in the prior art document 3, when the client determines that the versions of the client program and the server program do not match, the versions match. The client program that has not been replaced is replaced with the version of the server program, and the replaced client program is executed.

[0006]

The first problem is that the technique disclosed in the prior art document 1 unconditionally transfers necessary software if necessary software exists in another terminal.
Actually, there is a case where the software cannot be used in the transfer destination terminal, and it is impossible to realize the original purpose of the automatic execution of the process. The reason is that there is no means for checking the correspondence between necessary software and a terminal capable of executing the software.
For this reason, there is a case where the job cannot be actually executed even if the software is transferred, so that there is a disadvantage that the transfer itself is wasted. Therefore, in practice, it is necessary to interrupt the process before and after the transfer and check whether the corresponding software can be used in the terminal.

A second problem is that, in the technique disclosed in the prior art document 2, a client other than a client that can execute an application program cannot use the execution result of the application program, and the client can perform a wide range of processing. May not be able to perform. The reason is that the application program is transferred only to the executable client.

The third problem is that, in the technique disclosed in the prior art document 3, there is no concept of a client that can execute a client program and a client that cannot execute the client program. That could occur. The reason is that when the versions of the client program and the server program do not match, only the client program is replaced so as to match the version of the server program.

It is an object of the present invention not only to check the correspondence between software and a terminal that can own the software and to transfer the software to a terminal that can own the software, but also to check whether the software is a terminal that can own the software. It is an object of the present invention to provide a terminal software / job result transfer system which can receive a transfer of a job result by software and can handle a wide range of processing in a terminal.

[0010]

According to the terminal software / job result transfer method of the present invention, in an information processing system in which a plurality of terminals are connected via a management computer, the terminal accepts a job input. Receiving means; checking whether or not software required for executing the job received by the job receiving means exists in the terminal; if so, issuing a job execution request; and Transfer control means for transmitting a software / job result transfer request to the management computer when the execution request means determines that the software necessary for executing the job does not exist in the terminal; and notification of the software transmission request from the management computer When the software is sent to the management computer, Software transmitting means, software receiving means for receiving software transmitted from the management computer, and a job result using the corresponding software of the terminal when the job result transmission request is notified from the management computer. A job result transmitting unit for transmitting to the management computer, a job result receiving unit for receiving the job result transmitted from the management computer, and the corresponding software existing in the terminal based on the job execution request from the job execution requesting unit A job executing means for executing a job using the software or executing the job using the software received by the software receiving means; a job result by the job executing means; and a job result received by the job result receiving means. Output A terminal ID capable of owning the software corresponding to the software ID, a presence / absence flag indicating whether or not the corresponding software exists in the terminal, and a user ID capable of executing the software. And a software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table for registering a software / job result transfer request from a job input terminal.
Transfer control means for referring to the terminal ID-user ID correspondence table to determine whether the job submitting terminal can own the software and whether the job submitting user can execute the software; and Means for requesting the terminal that owns the software to transmit the software when the job input source terminal determines that the software can be owned by the means; and transmitting from the terminal that owns the software. Software receiving means for receiving the software concerned, software transmitting means for transmitting the software received by the software receiving means to the job submitting terminal, and allowing the job submitting terminal to own the software by the transfer control means. Not a terminal and a job A job result transmission requesting means for requesting a terminal that owns the software to transmit a job result when the input user is determined to be a user who can execute the software, And a job result transmitting unit for transmitting the job result received by the job result receiving unit to the job input terminal.

Further, the terminal of the present invention exists by examining whether or not the terminal itself has the job receiving means for receiving the input of the job and the software necessary for executing the job received by the job receiving means. A job execution requesting means for issuing a job execution request, and a software / job result transfer request to the management computer when the job execution requesting means determines that software necessary for executing the job does not exist in the terminal itself. Transfer control means for transmitting, software transmission means for transmitting the software to the management computer when the software transmission request is notified from the management computer, and software reception means for receiving the software transmitted from the management computer And the management computer A job result transmitting unit that transmits a job result using the corresponding software of the terminal when the job result transmission request is notified to the management computer; and a job result reception unit that receives the job result transmitted from the management computer. Means for executing a job using the corresponding software present in the terminal based on a job execution request from the job execution requesting means, or executing a job using the software received by the software receiving means An execution unit, and a job result output unit that outputs a job result obtained by the job execution unit and a job result received by the job result reception unit.

The management computer according to the present invention further comprises a terminal ID capable of owning the software corresponding to the software ID, a flag indicating whether or not the corresponding software exists in the terminal, and a user ID capable of executing the software. ID for registering terminal-terminal I
Upon receiving a software / job result transfer request from the D-user ID correspondence table and the job submission terminal, the job submission terminal can own the corresponding software by referring to the software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table. Transfer control means for determining whether there is a job and whether the job submitting user can execute the software, and the software when the job submitting source terminal determines that the software can be owned by the transfer control means. Software transmission requesting means for requesting the terminal having the software to transmit the software, software receiving means for receiving the software transmitted from the terminal having the software, and the software received by the software receiving means. Send to job submission terminal Owning the software when the job sending source terminal is determined not to be a terminal capable of owning the software by the transfer control means, and the job submitting user is a user capable of executing the software. A job result transmission request unit for requesting the terminal to transmit a job result, a job result reception unit for receiving a job result transmitted from the terminal owning the software, and a job received by the job result reception unit. And a job result transmitting means for transmitting the result to the job input terminal.

[0013] On the other hand, the recording medium of the present invention checks the computer to determine whether or not the terminal itself has job receiving means for receiving a job input and software required for executing the job received by the job receiving means. Job execution request means for issuing a job execution request if there is any, and managing the software / job result transfer request when the job execution request means determines that the software required for executing the job does not exist in the terminal. Transfer control means for transmitting to the computer, software transmission means for transmitting the software to the management computer when a software transmission request is notified from the management computer, software reception means for receiving the software transmitted from the management computer , The management console A job result transmitting means for transmitting a job result using the corresponding software of the own terminal to the management computer when a job result transmission request is notified from the computer; a job result receiving the job result transmitted from the management computer; Receiving means, job executing means for executing corresponding software existing in the terminal based on a job execution request from the job execution requesting means, and executing a job using software received by the software receiving means; and A program for functioning as a job result output means for outputting the job result by the job execution means and the job result received by the job result receiving means is recorded.

Further, the recording medium of the present invention enables a computer to execute a software by allowing a computer to execute a software, the terminal ID capable of owning the software corresponding to the software ID, the presence / absence flag indicating whether or not the corresponding software exists in the terminal. Software ID for registering a unique user ID
A terminal ID-user ID correspondence table, a software / job result transfer request from a job submission source terminal is accepted, and the job submission source terminal can own the corresponding software by referring to the software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table. Transfer control means for determining whether the job submitting user can execute the software, and owning the software when the job submitting terminal determines that the software can be executed by the transfer control means. A software transmission requesting means for requesting a terminal to perform transmission of the software, a software receiving means for receiving the software transmitted from a terminal having the software, and a job input terminal for transmitting the software received by the software receiving means. Send to A terminal that owns the software when it is determined by the software transmission unit that the job input source terminal is not a terminal that can own the software and the job submitting user is a user that can execute the software; A job result transmission requesting unit for requesting transmission of a job result, a job result receiving unit receiving a job result transmitted from a terminal having the software, and a job result received by the job result receiving unit. A program for functioning as a job result transmitting unit to be transmitted to the job input terminal is recorded.

Further, the recording medium of the present invention is a program for determining whether a terminal computer has job receiving means for receiving a job input and whether or not software required for executing the job received by the job receiving means exists in the terminal. A job execution requesting means for issuing a job execution request if it is found, and a software / job result transfer request if the software necessary for executing the job is determined not to be present in the terminal itself by the job execution requesting means. Transfer control means for transmitting to the management computer, software transmission means for transmitting the software to the management computer when a software transmission request is notified from the management computer, and software reception for receiving the software transmitted from the management computer Means, the tube A job result transmitting means for transmitting a job result using the corresponding software of the own terminal to the management computer when a job result transmission request is notified from the computer, a job result receiving the job result transmitted from the management computer Receiving means for executing a job using the corresponding software present in the terminal based on a job execution request from the job execution requesting means, or executing a job using the software received by the software receiving means An execution unit, and a job result output unit that outputs a job result received by the job result reception unit and a job result by the job execution unit, and the management computer can own the software corresponding to the software ID. Terminal ID A software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table for registering a presence / absence flag indicating whether or not the corresponding software exists in the terminal and a user ID capable of executing the software, and a software / job result transfer request from the job input terminal. Transfer control that accepts and refers to the software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table to determine whether the job submitting terminal can own the software and whether the job submitting user can execute the software. Means for transmitting transmission of the software to a terminal that owns the software when the job input source terminal determines that the software can be owned by the transfer control means, and a terminal that owns the software Sent from Software receiving means for receiving the relevant software,
Software transmitting means for transmitting the software received by the software receiving means to the job input terminal; and the transfer control means, wherein the job input terminal is not a terminal capable of owning the software, and the job submitting user transmits the relevant software. A job result transmission requesting unit that requests the terminal that owns the software to transmit a job result when it is determined that the user is an executable user; and receives the job result transmitted from the terminal that owns the software. A job result receiving means and a program for functioning as a job result transmitting means for transmitting a job result received by the job result receiving means to a job input terminal are recorded.

According to the terminal software / job result transfer method of the present invention, in the terminal software transfer between a plurality of terminals via the management computer, whether the management computer can transfer the corresponding software or the job result to the job input terminal. By judging whether or not the software or the job result is transferred, the job input terminal can handle a wide range of jobs without interruption.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an information processing system to which a terminal software / job result transfer method according to a first embodiment of the present invention is applied. In this information processing system, a plurality of terminals T1 to Tn (n is an integer of 2 or more) are connected via a management computer C1, and a main part thereof is configured.

Each of the terminals T1 to Tn includes a job receiving unit 11 for receiving a job, a job execution requesting unit 12 for making a job execution request, a job execution unit 13 for executing a job, and a job result output for outputting a job result. Means 14, transfer control means 15 for controlling transfer of software and job results, software transmission means 16 for transmitting software, software reception means 17 for receiving software, and job result transmission means 18 for transmitting job results. And a job result receiving means 19 for receiving a job result.

The management computer C1 is a software ID that is referred to when determining an operation for executing a job.
A terminal ID-user ID correspondence table 21, a transfer control unit 22 for receiving a software / job result transfer request from a job submission terminal and controlling the transfer of software and job results, and a software transmission request for notifying a software transmission request Means 23, software reception means 24 for receiving software, software transmission means 25 for transmitting software, job result transmission request means 26 for notifying a job result transmission request, and job result reception means 27 for receiving a job result. And a job result transmitting means 28 for transmitting a job result.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of the software ID / terminal ID / user ID correspondence table 21. The software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table 21 includes a software ID, a terminal ID capable of owning the software, a flag indicating presence / absence of software for each terminal (presence / absence flag), and a user who can execute the software. A plurality of entries composed of combinations with IDs are registered.

Referring to FIG. 3, processing at a terminal that has requested execution of a job (job input terminal) includes a job receiving step S101, a software presence / absence determining step S102, and a software execution step S102.
103, a job result displaying step S104, a software / job result transfer requesting step S105, a software receiving step S106, a job result receiving step S107, and a transfer disable notification receiving step S108.
And a job execution impossible display step S109.

Referring to FIG. 4, the management computer C1
The processing in step S20 includes a software / job result transfer request receiving step S201, a software transfer permission / inhibition determination step S202, and a software possession terminal search step S20.
And step S204 for requesting software transmission to the terminal
A software receiving step S205, a presence / absence flag rewriting step S206, a software sending step S207, a user job result acquisition availability determination step S208, and a software possession terminal search step S2
09 and a request for transmitting the job result to the terminal S210
, A job result receiving step S211, a job result transmitting step S212, and a transfer impossible notification step S213.
Consists of

Referring to FIG. 5, processing at a terminal that owns software (software owning terminal) includes a software transmission request receiving step S301, a software transmission step S302, a job result transmission request receiving step S303, and a job executed by software. It comprises an execution step S304 and a job result transmission step S305.

Next, the operation of the terminal software / job result transfer method according to the first embodiment configured as described above will be described.

Here, description will be made on the assumption that the terminal T1 is a job input terminal and the terminal T2 is a software possessing terminal.

(1) When the software P1 required for executing the job exists in the terminal T1 (see the entry of the software ID "P1" in FIG. 2)

When a job using the software P1 is input from an arbitrary user at the terminal T1, the job receiving means 11 receives the input job (step S101).

Next, the job execution requesting unit 12 checks whether the software P1 necessary for executing the job received by the job receiving unit 11 exists in the terminal T1 (step S102). Now, since the software P1 required for executing the job exists in the terminal T1, the job execution requesting unit 12 issues a job execution request.

Subsequently, upon receiving the job execution request from the job execution requesting unit 12, the job executing unit 13 acquires necessary resources and executes the job by the software P1 (step S103).

Finally, the job result output means 14 outputs the job result by the job execution means 13 to a console or a report (step S104).

(2) When the software P2 necessary for executing the job does not exist in the own terminal T1, but exists in the other terminal T2, and the own terminal T1 is a terminal that can own the software P2 (the software ID in FIG. 2). (Refer to "P2" entry)

At the terminal T1, the user A sends the software P2
Is input, the job receiving unit 11 receives the input job (step S1).
01).

Next, the job execution requesting unit 12 checks whether the software P2 necessary for executing the job received by the job receiving unit 11 exists in the terminal T1 (step S102). Since the software P2 necessary for executing the job does not exist in the terminal T1, the job execution requesting unit 12 notifies the transfer control unit 15 of the fact.

Subsequently, upon receiving a notification from the job execution requesting means 12 that the software P2 does not exist in the terminal T1, the transfer control means 15 receives the terminal ID "T1", the user ID "A" and the software ID " The management computer C1 is notified of a software / job result transfer request using P2 "as a parameter (step S105).

In the management computer C1, the transfer control means 22 receives the software / job result transfer request transmitted from the terminal T1 (step S201).

Next, the transfer control means 22 refers to the software ID / terminal ID / user ID correspondence table 21 and owns the terminal ID “T1” of the job input terminal T1 corresponding to the corresponding software ID “P2”. It is determined whether or not the corresponding software P2 can be transferred to the job input terminal T1 based on whether or not the software P2 is registered as a possible terminal ID (step S202). Now, the software P
2 can be transferred to the job submission source terminal T1, the transfer control means 22 notifies the software transmission request means 2 to that effect.
Notify 3.

Subsequently, the software transmission request means 23
Upon receiving a notification from the transfer control unit 22 that the corresponding software P2 can be transferred to the job submission source terminal T1, the corresponding software ID "P2" is referred to by referring to the software ID / terminal ID / user ID correspondence table 21. Corresponding to the presence / absence flag, a search is made for the possessable terminal ID "T2" registered as "1" (step S20).
3), terminal T2 of retrieved owned terminal ID "T2"
To the software transmission request (step S20)
4).

In the terminal T2, the transfer control means 15 receives a software transmission request from the management computer C1 (step S301).

Next, the software transmitting means 16 transmits the corresponding software P2 existing in the terminal T2 to the management computer C1 (step S302).

In the management computer C1, the software receiving means 24 receives the corresponding software P2 transmitted from the terminal T2 (step S205).

Next, the transfer control means 22 has a presence / absence flag corresponding to the proprietary terminal ID "T1" in the entry with the software ID "P2" in the software ID / terminal ID / user ID correspondence table 21 "1". (Step S206).

Subsequently, the software transmitting means 25 transmits the corresponding software P2 received by the software receiving means 24 to the job input terminal T1 (step S207).

In the terminal T1, the software receiving means 17
Receives the software P2 transmitted from the management computer C1 (step S106). As a result, a job execution request is issued from the job execution requesting unit 12 through the transfer control unit 15.

Next, the job executing means 13 receives the job execution request from the job execution requesting means 12 and receives the corresponding software P received by the software receiving means 17.
2 is executed (step S103).

Finally, the job result output means 14 outputs the job result by the job execution means 13 to a console or a report (step S104).

(3) The software P3 necessary for executing the job does not exist in the own terminal T1 but exists in the other terminal T2, and the own terminal T1 is not a terminal that can own the software P3, but the user A who submitted the job Is software P
3 (the software ID in FIG. 2)
P3 "entry)

The software P3 from the user A at the terminal T1
Is input, the job receiving unit 11 receives the input job (step S1).
01).

Next, the job execution requesting unit 12 checks whether the software P3 necessary for executing the job received by the job receiving unit 11 exists in the terminal T1 (step S102). Since the software P3 necessary for executing the job does not exist in the terminal T1, the job execution requesting unit 12 notifies the transfer control unit 15 of the fact.

Subsequently, upon receiving a notification from the job execution requesting means 12 that the software P3 does not exist in the terminal T1, the transfer control means 15 receives the terminal ID "T1", the user ID "A" and the software ID " The management computer C1 is notified of a software / job result transfer request using P3 "as a parameter (step S105).

In the management computer C1, the transfer control means 22 receives the software / job result transfer request transmitted from the terminal T1 (step S201).

Next, the transfer control means 22 refers to the software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table 21 and owns the terminal ID "T1" of the job input terminal T1 corresponding to the corresponding software ID "P3". It is determined whether or not the corresponding software P3 can be transferred to the job input terminal T1 based on whether or not the software P3 is registered as a possible terminal ID (step S202).

Since the corresponding software P3 cannot be transferred to the job input terminal T1, the transfer control means 22
The user A refers to the software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table 21 and determines whether the user A has a job based on whether the user ID "A" is registered as an executable user ID corresponding to the software ID "P3". It is determined whether the result can be obtained (step S208).

Now, since the user A who has submitted the job can acquire the job result, the transfer control means 22 has the presence / absence flag corresponding to the software ID “P3” and the possession registered as “1”. Possible terminal ID "T2"
(Step S209), and sends a job result transmission request to the terminal T2 that owns the software P3 (step S210).

At the terminal T2, the transfer control means 15 receives a job result transmission request from the management computer C1 (step S303).

Next, the job executing means 13 executes the job using the corresponding software P3 existing in the terminal T2 based on the job result transmission request received by the transfer control means 15 (step S304).

Subsequently, the job result transmitting means 18 transmits the job result by the job executing means 13 to the management computer C.
1 (step S305).

In the management computer C1, the job result receiving means 27 receives the job result transmitted from the terminal T2 (step S211).

Next, the job result transmitting means 28 transmits the job result received by the job result receiving means 27 to the job input terminal T1 (step S212).

In the terminal T1, the job result receiving means 19
Receives the job result transmitted from the management computer C1 (step S107).

Finally, the job result output means 18 outputs the job result received by the job result receiving means 19 to a console or a report (step S10).
4).

(4) The software P3 necessary for executing the job does not exist in the own terminal T1, but exists in the other terminal T2, and the own terminal T1 is not a terminal capable of owning the software P3, and the user who has input the job further. B does not have the authority to execute software P3 (see the entry of software ID “P3” in FIG. 2)

At the terminal T1, the software P3 is transmitted from the user B to the user P3.
Is input, the job receiving unit 11 receives the input job (step S1).
01).

Next, the job execution requesting unit 12 checks whether the software P3 necessary for executing the job received by the job receiving unit 11 exists in the terminal T1 (step S102). Since the software P3 necessary for executing the job does not exist in the terminal T1, the job execution requesting unit 12 notifies the transfer control unit 15 of the fact.

Subsequently, upon receiving a notification from the job execution requesting means 12 that the software P3 does not exist in the terminal T1, the transfer control means 15 receives the terminal ID "T1", the user ID "B" and the software ID ". A software / job result transfer request using P3 "as a parameter is notified to the management computer C1 (step S105).

In the management computer C1, the transfer control means 22 receives the software / job result transfer request transmitted from the terminal T1 (step S201).

Next, the transfer control means 22 refers to the software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table 21 and owns the terminal ID "T1" of the job input terminal T1 corresponding to the corresponding software ID "P3". It is determined whether or not the corresponding software P3 can be transferred to the job input terminal T1 based on whether or not the software P3 is registered as a possible terminal ID (step S202).

Since the corresponding software P3 cannot be transferred to the job input terminal T1, the transfer control means 22
The user B refers to the software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table 21 and determines whether the user B has a job based on whether the user ID "B" is registered as an executable user ID corresponding to the software ID "P3". It is determined whether the result can be obtained (step S208).

Now, since the user B who has submitted the job cannot acquire the job result, the transfer control means 22 sends a transfer impossible notification to the job input terminal T1 (step S213).

In the terminal T1, the transfer control means 15 receives the transfer refusal notice sent from the management computer C1 (step S108).

Finally, the job result output means 18 outputs a job execution disable to a console or a report based on the transfer disable notification received by the transfer control means 15 (step S109).

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 6, the terminal software / job result transfer method according to the second embodiment of the present invention
In the terminal software / job result transfer method according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, each of the terminals T1 to Tn includes a recording medium 30 in which a terminal side software / job result transfer control program is recorded, and a management computer C1. And a recording medium 40 storing a management computer side software / job result transfer control program. These recording media 30 and 40 may be magnetic disks, semiconductor memories, or other recording media.

The terminal side software / job result transfer control program is read from the recording medium 30 to each of the terminals T1 to Tn, which are computers, and controls the operation of each of the terminals T1 to Tn.
2. Control is performed as a job execution unit 13, a job result output unit 14, a transfer control unit 15, a software transmission unit 16, a software reception unit 17, a job result transmission unit 18, and a job result reception unit 19. The operation of each of the terminals T1 to Tn under the control of the terminal side software / job result transfer control program is exactly the same as that in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Also, the management computer side software /
The job result transfer control program is read from the recording medium 40 to the management computer C1, and is read from the management computer C1.
Operation 1 is defined as software ID-terminal ID-user ID
Control is performed as a correspondence table 21, a transfer control unit 22, a software transmission request unit 23, a software reception unit 24, a software transmission unit 25, a job result transmission request unit 26, a job result reception unit 27, and a job result transmission unit 28. The operation of the management computer C1 under the control of the management computer-side software / job result transfer control program is exactly the same as that in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0076]

The first effect is that if software required for a job does not exist in a terminal, it is determined whether the terminal can own the software and whether the user can execute the software. The ability to automatically transfer software or job results to a terminal. This prevents transfer of unexecutable software to the terminal, and allows the terminal to obtain a job execution result without interrupting processing. The reason is,
This is because a terminal that can own software and an executable user are registered in the management computer in advance, and transfer of software and job results is controlled by associating the software with the terminal and the user. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a terminal software / job result transfer method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating contents of a software ID / terminal ID / user ID correspondence table in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process in a job input terminal in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process in a management computer in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process in a software possessing terminal in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a terminal software / job result transfer method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Job receiving means 12 Job execution request means 13 Job execution means 14 Job result output means 15 Transfer control means 16 Software transmission means 17 Software reception means 18 Job result transmission means 19 Job result reception means 21 Software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence Table 22 Transfer control means 23 Software transmission request means 24 Software reception means 25 Software transmission means 26 Job result transmission request means 27 Job result reception means 28 Job result transmission means 30, 40 Recording medium C1 Management computer T1 to Tn terminal

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An information processing system in which a plurality of terminals are connected via a management computer, the terminal comprising: a job receiving unit for receiving a job input;
A job execution requesting unit for checking whether or not software required for executing the job received by the job receiving unit exists in the terminal itself and issuing a job execution request if the software is present; Transfer control means for transmitting a software / job result transfer request to the management computer when it is determined that software necessary for executing the job does not exist in the terminal; and when a software transmission request is notified from the management computer. Software transmitting means for transmitting the software to the management computer, software receiving means for receiving the software transmitted from the management computer, and a self-terminal when a job result transmission request is notified from the management computer. Using the software Job result transmitting means for transmitting a job result to the management computer; a job result receiving means for receiving a job result transmitted from the management computer; and a self-terminal based on a job execution request from the job execution request means. A job executing means for executing a job by using the applicable software or executing a job by using the software received by the software receiving means; a job result by the job executing means; and a job result received by the job result receiving means. And a job result output unit for outputting a job result, wherein the management computer has a terminal ID capable of owning the software corresponding to the software ID, and a presence / absence flag indicating whether or not the corresponding software exists in the terminal. And users who can execute software And software ID- terminal ID- user ID correspondence table for registering D,
Upon receiving a software / job result transfer request from the job submitting terminal, the software submitting terminal refers to the software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table, and determines whether the job submitting terminal can own the corresponding software, and Transfer control means for determining whether the software can be executed, and transmission of the software to a terminal which owns the software when the transfer control means determines that the job input terminal can own the software. Requesting software transmission, software receiving means for receiving the software transmitted from the terminal that owns the software, and software transmission for transmitting the software received by the software receiving means to the job input terminal. Means, If the transfer control unit determines that the job input terminal is not a terminal capable of owning the software and the job submitting user is a user capable of executing the software, the job result is output to the terminal owning the software. A job result transmission requesting means for requesting transmission of a job, a job result receiving means for receiving a job result transmitted from a terminal possessing the software, and a job input source terminal receiving the job result received by the job result receiving means. Terminal software / job result transfer method, comprising: 2. A job receiving means for receiving a job input, and checking whether or not software required for executing the job received by the job receiving means exists in its own terminal. And a transfer control unit for transmitting a software / job result transfer request to the management computer when the job execution request unit determines that the software necessary for executing the job does not exist in the terminal itself. A software transmission unit for transmitting the software to the management computer when a software transmission request is notified from the management computer; a software reception unit for receiving the software transmitted from the management computer; Job result transmission request A job result transmitting unit for transmitting a job result using the corresponding software of the own terminal to the management computer when notified, a job result receiving unit for receiving a job result transmitted from the management computer, and the job A job execution unit that executes a job using the corresponding software existing in the terminal based on a job execution request from the execution request unit or executes a job using the software received by the software reception unit; and A terminal comprising: a job result output unit that outputs a job result obtained by a job execution unit and a job result received by the job result reception unit. 3. A software ID-terminal for registering a terminal ID capable of owning the software corresponding to the software ID, a presence / absence flag indicating whether the corresponding software exists in the terminal, and a user ID capable of executing the software. Upon receiving a software / job result transfer request from the ID-user ID correspondence table and the job submission terminal, the job submission terminal can own the corresponding software by referring to the software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table. Transfer control means for determining whether there is a job and whether the job submitting user can execute the software, and the software when the job submitting source terminal determines that the software can be owned by the transfer control means. Send the software to the device that owns Requesting software transmission, software receiving means for receiving the software transmitted from the terminal that owns the software, and software transmission for transmitting the software received by the software receiving means to the job input terminal. Means, and if the transfer control means determines that the job submitting terminal is not a terminal capable of owning the software and the job submitting user is a user capable of executing the software, A job result transmission requesting means for requesting transmission of a job result, a job result receiving means for receiving a job result transmitted from a terminal which owns the software,
A management computer comprising: a job result transmitting unit that transmits a job result received by the job result receiving unit to a job input terminal. 4. A computer receives job input means for receiving a job, checks whether or not software required for executing the job received by the job reception means exists in its own terminal. Job execution request means for issuing an execution request, and transfer control means for transmitting a software / job result transfer request to the management computer when the job execution request means determines that the software required for executing the job does not exist in the terminal itself. A software transmission unit for transmitting the software to the management computer when a software transmission request is notified from the management computer, a software reception unit for receiving the software transmitted from the management computer, and a job result from the management computer. Submit A job result transmitting unit for transmitting a job result using the corresponding software of the own terminal to the management computer when the request is notified, a job result receiving unit for receiving a job result transmitted from the management computer, the job A job execution unit that executes the corresponding software existing in the terminal based on a job execution request from the execution request unit or executes a job using the software received by the software reception unit; A recording medium recording a program for functioning as a job result output unit that outputs a job result and a job result received by the job result reception unit. 5. A software for registering a computer with a terminal ID capable of owning the software corresponding to the software ID, a presence / absence flag indicating whether the corresponding software exists in the terminal, and a user ID capable of executing the software. An ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table, a software / job result transfer request from a job submission source terminal is accepted, and the job submission source terminal can own the corresponding software by referring to the software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table. Transfer control means for determining whether the job input user is capable of executing the software, and the corresponding software when the transfer control means determines that the job input terminal can own the software. Applicable software to the terminal that owns Software transmission requesting means for requesting the transmission of software, software receiving means for receiving the relevant software transmitted from the terminal which owns the software, and software for transmitting the relevant software received by the software receiving means to the job input terminal If the transmission means and the transfer control means determine that the job submission terminal is not a terminal capable of possessing the software and the job submitting user is a user capable of executing the software, the terminal possessing the software is determined. Request transmission means for requesting transmission of a job result, a job result reception means for receiving a job result transmitted from a terminal possessing the software, and a job input received by the job result reception means. For former terminal A recording medium recording a program for functioning as a job result transmission means for signals. 6. A terminal computer is connected to a job receiving means for receiving a job input, and checks whether or not software required for executing the job received by the job receiving means exists in its own terminal. Job execution requesting means for issuing a job execution request, and transfer control for transmitting a software / job result transfer request to the management computer when the job execution requesting means determines that software required for executing the job does not exist in the terminal itself. Means, software transmission means for transmitting the software to the management computer when the software transmission request is notified from the management computer, software reception means for receiving the software transmitted from the management computer, and a job from the management computer. result A job result transmitting unit for transmitting a job result using the corresponding software of the own terminal to the management computer when a transmission request is notified, a job result receiving unit for receiving a job result transmitted from the management computer, A job execution unit that executes a job using the corresponding software present in the terminal based on a job execution request from the job execution request unit or executes a job using the software received by the software reception unit; and The management computer is made to function as a job result output unit that outputs a job result by the job execution unit and a job result received by the job result reception unit. The corresponding software is installed on the terminal. Software ID- terminal but to register a user ID capable of executing presence flag and software indicating whether present ID-
A user ID correspondence table, a software / job result transfer request from a job submission source terminal is received, and a reference is made to the software ID-terminal ID-user ID correspondence table to determine whether the job submission source terminal can own the software. Transfer control means for determining whether the job submitting user can execute the software,
A software transmission requesting unit for requesting the terminal that owns the software to transmit the software when it is determined by the transfer control unit that the job submitting terminal can own the software; a transmission from the terminal that owns the software; Software receiving means for receiving the software concerned, software transmitting means for transmitting the software received by the software receiving means to the job submitting terminal, and allowing the job submitting terminal to own the software by the transfer control means A job result transmission requesting means for requesting a terminal that owns the software to transmit a job result when it is determined that the terminal is not a proper terminal and the job submitting user is a user who can execute the software; From the terminal By job result receiving means for receiving the job results it has, and a recording medium recording a program for functioning as a job result transmission means for transmitting the job results received by the job result receiving means job submission source terminal.