An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to perform grouping on plural devices for each location at which the device is positioned based on position information, which is information related to positions of the plural devices; perform regrouping so that at least one device belonging to each grouped group belongs to another group; and create a schedule of changing software used in the device for each regrouped group.

A first information processing system resides on a first network and communicably connected with a second information processing system that resides on a second network, the second network being different from the first network. The first information processing system includes circuitry configured to perform one or more processes among a plurality of processes included in a first workflow; perform a link processing process of requesting the second information processing system to execute a second workflow including another plurality of processes to be executed in series, the another plurality of processes included in the second workflow being different from the plurality of processes included in the first workflow; receive an execution result of the second workflow from the second information processing system; and perform another one or more processes among the plurality of processes included in the first workflow based on the execution result of the second workflow.

An information processing system includes a storage storing flow information in association with application identification information, for each application for executing a sequence of processes, the flow information defining program identification information and an execution order of the programs; a storage storing screen information in association with the application identification information for each application; a transmitter for sending, to a device, the screen information associated with the application identification information, when a first request including the application identification information is received from the device; a receiver for receiving a second request including information relating to the electronic data specified by a user in the screen displayed on the device; an acquirer for acquiring the flow information associated with the application identification information; and an executor for executing the programs identified by the program identification information.

An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to perform grouping on plural devices for each location at which the device is positioned based on position information, which is information related to positions of the plural devices; perform regrouping so that at least one device belonging to each grouped group belongs to another group; and create a schedule of changing software used in the device for each regrouped group.

An information processing apparatus includes a memory that stores each of a plurality of documents, and a processor, in which the processor is configured to receive, from a manager who manages a first step of outputting a first document and a manager who manages a second step of inputting a second document which has content common to the first document and is stored later than the first document among the plurality of documents, first instructions as to whether or not to permit first processing of inputting a document, which is output from the first step, to the second step, and perform the first processing in a case where both the received first instructions permit the first processing.

An image processing apparatus includes a flow execution unit configured to receive, in response to an instruction from a user to start an application installed in the image processing apparatus, a request to register a flow from the application; store information for identifying functions included in the flow and an execution order of the functions; switchably display setting screens for the respective functions included in the flow in response to a request from the application to execute the flow; and execute the functions identified based on the stored information in the stored execution order based on setting information input on the setting screens for the respective functions.

An image forming apparatus including a user interface device, a communication interface, a processor, and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor is provided. The processor may execute the instructions stored in the memory to, when an additional application that is not a default application basically installed in the image forming apparatus is included in a workform that is to be shared with an external apparatus, the workform being selected via the user interface device, transmit, to the external apparatus via the communication interface, installation file information of the additional application with the workform that is to be shared.

This information processing system (100) includes an information processing device (1) and a display input device (2). The display input device (2) receives settings of a first target, first processing, a second target, and second processing. The information processing device (1) takes, as a condition, the execution of the set first processing by using the set first target, and, when the condition is satisfied, generates a workflow (5) for executing the set second processing by using the set second target.

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.

A system and method for deploying software such as a distributed customized user interface package creates a single package for deploying the interface to multifunction peripherals having different characteristics. A customized user interface is associated with each of a plurality of base binary files which correspond to different multifunction peripheral characteristics, such as firmware version or touchscreen size. A user interface configuration module is created for each binary file. The user interface configuration modules are described with associated metadata. All user interface configuration modules are packaged and deployed to an application deployment tool. The application deployment tool identifies networked multifunction peripherals and their individual characteristics to deploy a compatible user interface configuration module for installation.