| US 7,518,747 B2 | ||
| Informing a user of the status of a job that corresponds to obtained job identification information | ||
| Takashi Inoue, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 25, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/860,871. | ||
| Application 11/860871 is a continuation of application No. 10/397312, filed on Mar. 27, 2003, granted, now 7,307,746. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-108638 (JP), filed on Apr. 11, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0018932 A1, Jan. 24, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 358—1.15 [358/1.16] | 21 Claims |
| 11. A control method for an information processing apparatus connected to a job processing apparatus including a first storing
unit configured to store first job information regarding a job, a processing of which is not completed, in association with
job identification information, and a second storing unit configured to store second job information regarding a job, a processing
of which has been completed, in association with the job identification information, the method comprising:
obtaining job identification information;
sending a command, which requests the job processing apparatus to search both the first job information stored in said first
storing unit and the second job information stored in said second storing unit for job information corresponding to the obtained
job identification information, to the job processing apparatus for inquiring of the job processing apparatus a status of
a job that corresponds to the obtained job identification information;
receiving a response to the sent command from the job processing apparatus; and
informing a user of the status of the job that corresponds to the obtained job identification information based on the received
response regardless of whether a processing of the job has been completed or not.
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