Data-output-control apparatus and data-output-service providing method
US6757749B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/59
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data-output-control apparatus is provided which can easily acquire detailed information on a network and which, for outputting the detailed information, does not require a portable terminal to increase memory and is suitable to reduce a processing load on the portable terminal. A data-output-control terminal links by the Internet so as to communicate with a portable terminal carried by a user, printers located in areas, and WWW servers, and performs, when receiving a data-printing request from the portable terminal, acquiring data according to the data-printing request from the WWW server, selecting any one of a plurality of printers, and outputting the acquired data to the selected printer.
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