Information management system and method for managing information
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorFumio Tokutomi
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Abstract
An information management system includes a storage unit that stores media information, which is information relating to media for printing, and used in print processing using the media, a recording unit that records information relating to usage results of the media information, and an information disclosure unit that discloses, through a communication line, the media information of which the usage results satisfy a predetermined disclosure condition among the media information stored in the storage unit.
Claims17
An information management system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage unit that stores programs to be control programs and data to be executed by the processor, wherein the storage unit stores media information, wherein the media information is information relating to at least physical characteristics of the media for printing and is used in print processing to create print data from image data;
- wherein the control programs and data to be executed include:
- a recording unit that records an evaluation result by one or more evaluators relating to the media information for creating the print data;
- and
- an information disclosure unit that discloses the media information to users, other than the one or more evaluators, when a value of the evaluation result is over a predetermined value,
- wherein the information disclosure unit discloses, through a communication line, the media information when the evaluation result satisfies a predetermined disclosure condition among the media information.
A method for managing information at a management server in communication over a communication network with a networked computer system that includes a computer and a printer, the method comprising:
- maintaining media information in a deliverable state at the management server that includes a storage unit by:
- receiving the media information from users;
- storing the media information in the storage unit, wherein the media information is information relating to at least physical characteristics of the media for printing and is used in print processing to create print data for a printer from image data;
- recording an evaluation result by one or more evaluators relating to the media information for creating the print data;
- disclosing the media information to users, other than one or more evaluators, when the value of the evaluation result is over a predetermined value, and
- disclosing, through a communication line, the media information when the evaluation result satisfies a predetermined disclosure condition among the media information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.