Output requesting apparatus, position-management server, and computer program product
First Claim
1. An output requesting apparatus that is connected via a network to an output apparatus and a position-management server that manages user-position information indicating a position of a user and apparatus-position information indicating a position of the output apparatus, the output requesting apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit that stores therein data;
a receiving unit that receives, from the position-management server, the user-position information, the apparatus-position information, and a map image that indicates an area where the output apparatus is installable;
a display control unit that arranges a user symbol indicating the user, an apparatus symbol indicating the output apparatus, and a data symbol indicating the data in the map image based on the user-position information and the apparatus-position information, and displays the map image on a display unit;
an input unit that receives input to select the apparatus symbol and the data symbol in the map image; and
a transmitting unit that transmits, to the output apparatus corresponding to the apparatus symbol, a first command to request the output apparatus to output the data corresponding to the data symbol, and a second command to request the output apparatus to notify the output requesting apparatus of output state.
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Abstract
A position management server detects positions of a user based on a signal from an RFID tag carried by the user. A PC displays, on a monitor, map information including a layout of the user and a plurality of printers. The user drags and drops a file icon onto a printer icon corresponding to a printer used for printing. The PC transmits a file corresponding to the file icon, printer identification information, and PC identification information to a printer management server. The printer management server selects a driver, generates print data, and transmits the print data to the printer together with the PC identification information. The printer prints the print data and transmits a print notification to the PC. The PC displays the print notification on the monitor.
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14 Claims
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1. An output requesting apparatus that is connected via a network to an output apparatus and a position-management server that manages user-position information indicating a position of a user and apparatus-position information indicating a position of the output apparatus, the output requesting apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit that stores therein data; a receiving unit that receives, from the position-management server, the user-position information, the apparatus-position information, and a map image that indicates an area where the output apparatus is installable; a display control unit that arranges a user symbol indicating the user, an apparatus symbol indicating the output apparatus, and a data symbol indicating the data in the map image based on the user-position information and the apparatus-position information, and displays the map image on a display unit; an input unit that receives input to select the apparatus symbol and the data symbol in the map image; and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the output apparatus corresponding to the apparatus symbol, a first command to request the output apparatus to output the data corresponding to the data symbol, and a second command to request the output apparatus to notify the output requesting apparatus of output state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A position-management server that is connected via a network to an output apparatus and an output requesting apparatus, comprising:
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a position acquiring unit that acquires user-position information indicating a position of a user; a storage unit that stores therein apparatus-position information indicating a position of the output apparatus, and a map image that indicates an area where the output apparatus is installable; and a transmitting unit that transmits the user-position information, the apparatus-position information, and the map image to the output requesting apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A computer program product used in a system in which an output requesting apparatus is connected via a network to an output apparatus and a position-management server that manages user-position information indicating a position of a user and apparatus-position information indicating a position of the output apparatus, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program codes embodied in the medium that, when executed, cause a computer to execute:
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receiving information, from the position-management server, including the user-position information, the apparatus-position information, and a map image that indicates an area where the output apparatus is installable; arranging a user symbol indicating the user, an apparatus symbol indicating the output apparatus, and a data symbol indicating data in the map image based on the user-position information and the apparatus-position information; displaying the map image; receiving input to select the apparatus symbol and the data symbol in the map image; and transmitting, to the output apparatus corresponding to the apparatus symbol, a command to output the data corresponding to the data symbol, and a command to notify the output requesting apparatus of output state. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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