An information processing system implements a receiving unit receiving a request including app identification information, first flow identification information, information related to electronic data used in a first sequence of processes from one apparatus among from at least one apparatus coupled to the information processing system, and a process executing unit causing each program of the at least one program identified by program identification information defined by first flow identification information included in the request in association with the app identification information included in the request received by the receiving unit to be executed according to an execution order defined in the first flow information, and, in response to the error occurring in the first sequence of processes, causes the each program to be executed in the execution order defined in the second flow information to execute the second sequence of processes.

An information processing system having an information processing apparatus and programs includes an application memory unit storing applications executing a series of processes using electronic data, in which program identification information, parameter setup information, and flow identification information are defined, a use screen memory unit storing use screen information of defining a form; a first receiving unit receiving a first request including the application identification information; a first sending unit sending the use screen information; a second receiving unit, an acquiring unit acquiring the flow information identified by the flow identification information included in the second request, and an executing unit causing the program identified by the flow information to be executed using the parameter included in the second request in conformity with the execution order to execute the series of processes using the electronic data based on the information related to the electronic data.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores a set of program instructions for an information processing apparatus. The set of program instructions when executed by a processor, causes the information processing apparatus to perform: acquiring device identification information to identify a selected device selected from among the at least one device; acquiring image data identification information to identify image data; acquiring setting information including a print setting for printing an image based on the image data; storing in the storage the device identification information and a print workflow in correlation with each other; and displaying a device image and a first instruction image. The first instruction image is configured to be operated to output toward the device an instruction to execute a print process in accordance with the print workflow stored in correlation with the device identification information.

An information processing system provides combined information in which a description file defining an operation procedure and a reproduction application configured to reproduce the description file are combined, as a combined application to be executed by an image processing apparatus. The information processing system includes one or more control circuits each having a processor and a memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to function as an acquisition unit, an output unit, a reception unit, and a generation unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire definition information from the reproduction application. The output unit is configured to output screen information to a display based on the definition information. The reception unit is configured to receive an edit instruction corresponding to the screen information. The generation unit is configured to generate the description file corresponding to the reproduction application, based on the edit instruction.

An information processing system includes: one or more processors configured to: acquire a workflow directed to a user who uses an information processing apparatus and usage information in association with each other, the usage information indicating a communication line used in receiving the workflow by the information processing apparatus receiving workflows by using multiple independent communication lines including the communication line; and in response to inconsistency between the usage information and permission information indicating a communication line of the communication lines that is permitted to be used by the user, report warning to the user without displaying, on a display, the workflow associated with the usage information.

A non-transitory storage medium stores a program set readable by a computer of a first information processing apparatus. The program set including a first program and a second program. The first program causes the first information processing apparatus to start the second program, and register the started second program, as a virtual scanner, in an operating system of the first information processing apparatus. The second program causes the first information processing apparatus to transmit a scan command of the first protocol to the external scanner, and receive a read result from the external scanner by the first protocol through the communication interface. The external scanner reads a document in response to receipt of the scan command transmitted from the information processing apparatus.

An information processing apparatus includes a user interface unit configured to receive a function execution request for processes, the function execution request containing designations of an input function and an output function; a search and linkage unit configured to acquire pieces of specifications information indicating functions of an input device and an output device from the respective devices, and generate, based on the pieces of specifications information, a linkage flow indicating an execution sequence and a combination of an input device and an output device which respectively have an input function and an output function designated in the function execution request, the devices executing the functions, respectively, in linkage with each other; and a flow executing unit configured to send process requests to the input device and the output device designated in the linkage flow, respectively.

In an information processing apparatus, when a workflow definition file with which a predetermined job is executed is created with a plurality of extension providers combined and when it is determined that at least one of the extension providers to be executed involves displaying of a setting screen corresponding to the at least one of the extension providers to be executed, a workflow definition file is created in which the setting screen is displayed before processing corresponding to a predetermined function to be executed by the at least one of the extension providers is executed.

An information processing apparatus includes a user interface unit configured to receive a function execution request for processes, the function execution request containing designations of an input function and an output function; a search and linkage unit configured to acquire pieces of specifications information indicating functions of an input device and an output device from the respective devices, and generate, based on the pieces of specifications information, a linkage flow indicating an execution sequence and a combination of an input device and an output device which respectively have an input function and an output function designated in the function execution request, the devices executing the functions, respectively, in linkage with each other; and a flow executing unit configured to send process requests to the input device and the output device designated in the linkage flow, respectively.

A processing apparatus capable of registering applications which periodically execute processes manages one of a plurality of applications registered with the processing apparatus, as a reference application. When registering a new application, the processing apparatus sets an execution cycle of the new application based on an execution cycle of the reference application if the execution cycle of the new application is modifiable, but changes the reference application to be managed to the new application if the execution cycle of the new application is not modifiable.