Information processing apparatus that instructs printing using metadata without divulging content of the metadata and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9064201-B2
Application number	US-201313855057-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2013
Priority date	Apr 11, 2012
Publication date	Jun 23, 2015
Grant date	Jun 23, 2015

Abstract

A document for variable printing and print settings including a conditional print setting that depends on metadata included in the document are received, information that is common between the conditional print setting and metadata included in the document is replaced with unique information, and printing is instructed using the conditional print setting and the document in which the common information is replaced with the unique information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory comprising computer code, the at least one memory and the computer code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
receive a document for variable printing and a job ticket including print settings, the print settings including a conditional print setting that depends on metadata included in the document;
replace, in the…

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Ito Yosuke

Classifications

• G06F21/608

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/1243

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/1222 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/1246

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K15/18 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic