Client apparatus and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9648077-B2
Application number	US-201314010666-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2013
Priority date	Sep 7, 2012
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

A data processing apparatus connected to an output apparatus and a service providing apparatus via a network, includes a destination setting storing unit that stores a setting of the destination for sending the output data; an output request accepting unit that accepts an output request of the output data from a user; and a sending control unit that controls to send the output data to the destination in accordance with the determined setting of the destination, wherein when the destination of the output data is the service providing apparatus, the sending control unit sends the output data to the service providing apparatus after having a log-in requesting unit perform a log-in to the service providing apparatus in accordance with the determined setting of the destination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A client apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory,
wherein the processor is configured to
display a registration data input screen for a user to input a part of log-in data for logging into a service providing apparatus, and resister the part of the log-in data input via the registration data input screen in the memory,
after the part of the log-in data is registered in the memory, accept a print request to a destination selected from among one or more destinations including the service providing apparatus by the user, the service providing apparatus storing print data of the print request, the service providing apparatus providing the stored print data to an output apparatus having logged into the service providing apparatus and the service providing apparatus not printing the print data,
after the print request is accepted, display a first data input screen for the user to input log-in user data in response to the print request, when the selected destination in the print request is the service providing apparatus,
request a log-in to the service providing apparatus using the log-in data including the part of the log-in data stored in the memory and the log-in user data input via the first data input screen, when the selected destination in the print request is the service providing apparatus,
send the print request to the service providing apparatus after having logged into the service providing apparatus based on the log-in data, and
send the print request to the output apparatus, when the selected destination of the print request is the output apparatus,

wherein the output apparatus prints the print data of the print request received from the client apparatus or the service providing apparatus.

2. The client apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the memory stores a setting of the output apparatus, and wherein the service providing apparatus provides a cloud service.

3. The client apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is further configured to
determine whether to send a log based on a setting of a sending log for which a sending condition for log is set, when the destination of the print request is the output apparatus,
generate a log when it is determined that the log is to be sent, and
send the log to the service providing apparatus.

4. The client apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the setting of the sending log includes a first condition by which logs of sending the print data to all of the output apparatuses are to be sent as the logs, and a second condition by which a log of sending the print data to the selected output apparatus are to be sent as the log.

5. The client apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the setting of the sending log includes a setting of whether to use, as data for specifying a user who requested the print request of the print data, a fixed value that is previously registered or an input value input by the user.

6. A system comprising:
a client apparatus that sends output data;
an output apparatus that outputs print data; and
a service providing apparatus that provides a service related to the print data, the client apparatus, the output apparatus and the service providing apparatus being connected with each other via a network,
wherein the client apparatus includes a processor and a memory,
the processor being configured to
display a registration data input screen for a user to input a part of log-in data for logging into the service providing apparatus, and resister the part of the log-in data input via the registration data input screen in the memory,
after the part of the log-in data is registered in the memory, accept a print request to a destination selected from among one or more destinations including the service providing apparatus by the user, the service providing apparatus storing print data of the print request, the service providing apparatus providing the stored print data to an output apparatus having logged into the service providing apparatus and the service providing apparatus not printing the print data,
after the print request is accepted, display a first data input screen for the user to input log-in user data in response to the print request, when the selected destination in the print request is the service providing apparatus,
request a log-in to the service providing apparatus using the log-in data including the part of the log-in data stored in the memory and the log-in user data input via the first data input screen, when the selected destination in the print request is the service providing apparatus,
send the print request to the service providing apparatus after having logged into the service providing apparatus based on the log-in data, and
send the print request to the output apparatus, when the selected destination of the print request is the output apparatus,

wherein the output apparatus prints the print data of the print request received from the client apparatus or the service providing apparatus.

7. The client apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the part of log-in data is identification information that identifies a group of users or a group of output apparatuses to which the respective user belongs.

8. The client apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the memory stores a port monitor, and
wherein at least the functions of the processor including displaying the registration data input screen, displaying the first data input screen, requesting the log-in to the service providing apparatus, sending the print request to the service providing apparatus and sending the print request to the output apparatus are performed by the port monitor.

9. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the client apparatus stores a setting of the output apparatus, and wherein the service providing apparatus provides a cloud service.

10. The system according to claim 6 ,
wherein the processor is further configured to
determine whether to send a log based on a setting of a sending log for which a sending condition for a log is set, when the destination of the print request is the output apparatus,
generate a log when it is determined that the log is to be sent, and
send the log to the service providing apparatus.

11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the setting of the sending log includes a first condition by which logs of sending the print data to all of the output apparatuses are to be sent as the logs and a second condition by which a log of sending the print data to the selected output apparatus are to be sent as the log.

12. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the setting of the sending log includes a setting of whether to use, as data for specifying a user who requested the print request of the print data, a fixed value that is previously registered or an input value input by the user.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program that causes a client apparatus, including a processor and a memory, to execute functions comprising:
displaying a registration data input screen for a user to input the part of the log-in data and resister the part of the log-in data input via the registration data input screen in the memory;
after the part of the log-in data is registered in the memory, accepting to a destination selected from among one or more destinations including the service providing apparatus by the user, the service providing apparatus storing print data of the print request, the service providing apparatus providing the stored print data to an output apparatus having logged into the service providing apparatus and the service providing appa

Assignees

• Masuda Masaya
• Moroyama Munetake
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Masuda Masaya
• Moroyama Munetake

Classifications

• G06F3/1285

  Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server · CPC title

• G06F3/1268

  Job submission, e.g. submitting print job order or request not the print data itself · CPC title

• G06F3/1203

  Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management · CPC title

• H04L67/02 Primary

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• G06F3/1257

  by using pre-stored settings, e.g. job templates, presets, print styles · CPC title