Portable terminal and data output control system
First Claim
1. A portable terminal that communicates with a data output control device, the portable terminal being a user-owned portable terminal which is portable and sends output requests for data, the data output control device being coupled to the portable terminal, a plurality of output terminals situated at various locations for outputting data, and a data storing terminal storing data, via a network, said data output control device comprising:
- an obtaining device that obtains data relating to said data output requests from said user-owned portable terminal;
a selecting device that selects one of said plurality of output terminals; and
an output device that outputs data obtained by said obtaining device to an output terminal selected by said selecting device,wherein the data output control device is coupled with a data format conversion device that performs data format conversion, the data format conversion device being a different device from the portable terminal,wherein said portable terminal further comprises a terminal-side obtaining device that obtains data from said data storing terminal, a display device that displays data obtained by said terminal-side obtaining device, an input device that inputs output requests for data displayed by said display device, and data output request originating device that sends data output requests input by said input device to said data output control device.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a portable terminal and data output control system suitably used for readily obtaining detailed information on a network. The invention can include a data output control terminal communicably connects a user-owned portable terminal, printing devices situated at various locations, and WWW servers, via the Internet. Data printing requests can be received from the portable terminal, data relating to the data printing request can be obtained from a WWW server, one of the printing devices is selected, and the obtained data is output to the selected printing device. The portable terminal can obtain data from the WWW server, display the obtained data on an LCD and append a data printing request item at the end of the display data for display on the LCD, and in the event that the displayed data printing request item is selected, sends a data printing request to the data output control terminal.
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29 Claims
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1. A portable terminal that communicates with a data output control device, the portable terminal being a user-owned portable terminal which is portable and sends output requests for data, the data output control device being coupled to the portable terminal, a plurality of output terminals situated at various locations for outputting data, and a data storing terminal storing data, via a network, said data output control device comprising:
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an obtaining device that obtains data relating to said data output requests from said user-owned portable terminal; a selecting device that selects one of said plurality of output terminals; and an output device that outputs data obtained by said obtaining device to an output terminal selected by said selecting device, wherein the data output control device is coupled with a data format conversion device that performs data format conversion, the data format conversion device being a different device from the portable terminal, wherein said portable terminal further comprises a terminal-side obtaining device that obtains data from said data storing terminal, a display device that displays data obtained by said terminal-side obtaining device, an input device that inputs output requests for data displayed by said display device, and data output request originating device that sends data output requests input by said input device to said data output control device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 15, 19)
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5. A portable terminal which uses a data output control device, the portable terminal being a user-owned portable terminal which is portable and sends output requests for data, the data output control device communicably connects to the portable terminal and a plurality of output terminals situated at various locations for outputting data, via a network, said data output control device comprising:
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a selecting device that selects one of said plurality of output terminals; and an output device that outputs data relating to said data output request to an output terminal selected by said selecting device, wherein the data output control device is coupled with a data format conversion device that performs data format conversion, the data format conversion device being a different device from the portable terminal, wherein said portable terminal further comprises a plurality of communicating devices that perform communication with said data output control device with different communication methods, communication path selecting device that selects from said plurality of communicating devices a communicating device which is currently communicable with said data output control device, and data output request originating device that sends said data output requests to said data output control device with the communication device selected by said communication path selecting device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 16, 20)
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8. A data output control system, including a user-owned portable terminal which is portable and sends output requests for data, and a data output control device which receives data output requests from said portable terminal and performs output control of data relating to the data output requests;
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said data output control device communicably connecting said portable terminal, a plurality of output terminals situated at various locations for outputting data, and a data storing terminal storing data, via a network; wherein said data output control device comprises, an obtaining device that obtains data relating to said data output requests from said data storing terminal, a selecting device that selects one of said plurality of output terminals, and an output device that outputs data obtained by said obtaining device to an output terminal selected by said selecting device; wherein the data output control device is coupled with a data format conversion device that performs data format conversion, the data format conversion device being a different device from the portable terminal, and further wherein said portable terminal comprises a terminal-side obtaining device that obtains data from said data storing terminal, a display device that displays data obtained by said terminal-side obtaining device, an input device that inputs output requests for data displayed by said display device, and data output request originating device that sends data output requests input by said input device to said data output control device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 17, 21)
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12. A data output control system including a user-owned portable terminal which is portable and sends output requests for data, and a data output control device which receives data output requests from said portable terminal and performs output control of data relating to the data output requests;
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said data output control device communicably connecting said portable terminal and a plurality of output terminals situated at various locations for outputting data, via a network; said data output control device comprising a selecting device that selects one of said plurality of output terminals, and an output device that outputs data relating to said data output request to an output terminal selected by said selecting device; wherein the data output control device is coupled with a data format conversion device that performs data format conversion, the data format conversion device being a different device from the portable terminal, wherein said portable terminal comprises a plurality of communicating devices that perform communication with said data output control device with different communication methods, a communication path selecting device that selects from said plurality of communicating devices a communicating device which is currently communicable with said data output control device, and data output request originating device that sends said data output requests to said data output control device with the communication device selected by said communication path selecting device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 18, 22)
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23. An output terminal that uses a data output control device, the data output control device being coupled to a user-owned portable terminal which is portable and sends output requests for data, the output terminal for outputting data, and a data storing terminal storing data, via a network, said data output control device comprising:
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an obtaining device that obtains data relating to said data output requests from said user-owned portable terminal; a selecting device that selects one of said plurality of output terminals; and an output device that outputs data obtained by said obtaining device to an output terminal selected by said selecting device, wherein the data output control device is coupled with a data format conversion device that performs data format conversion, the data format conversion device being a different device from the portable terminal, wherein said portable terminal further comprises, a terminal-side obtaining device that obtains data from said data storing terminal, a display device that displays data obtained by said terminal-side obtaining device, an input device that inputs output requests for data displayed by said display device, and data output request originating device that sends data output requests input by said input device to said data output control device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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