Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to receive an import operation for importing form image data of a form and form information included in the form, register form management information in which the form image data and the form information are associated with each other, and display, on a terminal device, a management screen for managing the form, based on the form management information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that generates transmission guide information according to a second form issued in response to a first form, and registers information representing the second form and first form information in a memory in association with each other. The information representing the second form is transmitted based on the transmission guide information. The first form information is included in first form image data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a process control part configured to execute at least one processing unit provided for input data in an order which is defined in definition information, and a selection part configured to select a target processing unit, which is executed by the process control part, among a plurality of processing units defined in the definition information as a candidate to be executed after each of the at least one processing unit based on output information obtained from the at least one processing unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a process control part configured to execute at least one processing unit provided for input data in an order which is defined in definition information, and a selection part configured to select a target processing unit, which is executed by the process control part, among a plurality of processing units defined in the definition information as a candidate to be executed after each of the at least one processing unit based on output information obtained from the at least one processing unit.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a first storage that stores information pertaining to an order in which multiple process flows are executed, the execution of the multiple process flows being started by input of data and terminated by output of the data in a format usable for a user, a reception part that receives input data with respect to one of the multiple process flows, an execution part that executes the one of the multiple process flows on the input data, and a second storage that stores information indicating the one of the multiple process flows executed by the execution part. The execution part identifies a predetermined process flow to be executed with respect to the input data by referring to the first and second storages. The predetermined process flow is a process flow to be performed earliest among the multiple process flows that are not yet executed.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a first storage unit that stores information indicating an execution order of process flows each starting by inputting data and ending by outputting data in a form usable by a user, a receiving unit that receives input data for one of the process flows, an extracting unit that extracts from the input data identification information of an execution unit for executing a combination of the process flows, and an executing unit that executes one of the process flows with respect to the input data received by the receiving unit and stores information indicating the executed process flow in association with the identification information extracted by the extracting unit in a second storage unit. The executing unit identifies the process flow to be executed with respect to the input data based on the first storage unit, the second storage unit, and the identification information.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a first storage that stores information pertaining to an order in which multiple process flows are executed, the execution of the multiple process flows being started by input of data and terminated by output of the data in a format usable for a user, a reception part that receives input data with respect to one of the multiple process flows, an execution part that executes the one of the multiple process flows on the input data, and a second storage that stores information indicating the one of the multiple process flows executed by the execution part. The execution part identifies a predetermined process flow to be executed with respect to the input data by referring to the first and second storages. The predetermined process flow is a process flow to be performed earliest among the multiple process flows that are not yet executed.

Abstract: A process executing system includes a first device and a second device connected via a network. The second device includes a receiving unit configured to receive process definition information and process object data from the first device, a control unit configured to analyze the process definition information and determine whether the next process is to be executed at the self-device, a process execution unit configured to execute the next process on the process object data when the next process is determined to be executed at the self-device, an updating unit configured to update the process definition information by changing a definition of a process, which is defined to be processed after the next process according to the execution order, to be a new next process, and a sending unit configured to send the process definition information and the process object data to another second device other than the self-device.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, method, and a control program stored in a recording medium, each of which controls display of a user interface at a node in a workflow system, such that the user interface being displayed dynamically reflects various changes in the workflow system such as the change in one or more nodes in the workflow, the change in functionality of the node, or the change in functions authorized for use by a user or a group of users.