# US 2013/0155460 A1 · Data processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, print job production method, and print job output method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0155460 A1 - Document ID: US20130155460A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/763,447 - Filed: 2013-02-08 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2005-12-12 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Hirotomo Tanaka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130155460A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/1296: {Printer job scheduling or printer resource handling} - G06F 21/608: {Secure printing} - H04N 1/32128: {attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image (for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144)} - G06F 2221/2153: Using hardware token as a secondary aspect - H04N 1/4413: {involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN} - H04N 1/4486: {using digital data encryption} - H04N 2201/3246: of data relating to permitted access or usage, e.g. level of access or usage parameters for digital rights management [DRM] related to still images - H04N 2201/3274: Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information - H04N 2201/3278: Transmission - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A data processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store electronic data including first data for identifying policy data that is information indicating an authority for handling the electronic data and is managed by a server apparatus. The data processing apparatus includes a print job data production unit configured to produce print job data based on electronic data to be printed, an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first data included in the electronic data, an adding unit configured to add the first data acquired by the acquisition unit to the print job data, and a sending unit configured to send the print job data having the first data added thereto to an image processing apparatus. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A data processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store electronic data including first data for identifying the electronic data in an external server apparatus which manages an access authority regarding the electronic data, wherein the external server apparatus identifies the access authority regarding the electronic data, based on the first data; a print job data production unit configured to produce print job data by converting the electronic data to be printed by a printing apparatus; an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first data included in the electronic data; an adding unit configured to add the first data acquired by the acquisition unit to the print job data; and a sending unit configured to send the print job data having the first data added thereto to the printing apparatus, whereby an authority for handling the print job data can be managed by the external server apparatus as well as the authority for handling the electronic data even if processing for printing the print job data is performed by the printing apparatus. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a user information receiving unit configured to receive information identifying a user authorized to handle the electronic data; and an instruction unit configured to instruct the external server apparatus to change the access authority of the electronic data such that the user whose information is received by the user information receiving unit is provided with an authority for accessing the electronic data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a password receiving unit configured to receive a password used for permitting the printing apparatus to output the print job data sent from the sending unit, wherein the adding unit adds the password received by the password receiving unit to the print job data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an output setting receiving unit configured to receive an output setting for outputting the print job data by the printing apparatus, wherein the adding unit adds the output setting received by the output setting receiving unit to the print job data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit is capable of storing electronic data that does not include the first data, wherein the data processing apparatus further comprises a request unit configured to, if the electronic data to be printed is the electronic data that does not include the first data, request the external server apparatus to manage an access authority for handling print job data that is produced based on the electronic data, wherein the acquisition unit acquires the first data sent from the external server apparatus in response to a request by the request unit, and wherein the adding unit adds the first data acquired by the acquisition unit from the external server apparatus to the print job data. ### Claim 6 A printing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store print job data and first data which is added to the print job data received from an external server apparatus, wherein the external server apparatus manages an access authority of the print job data identified by the first data; a user identification unit configured to identify a user operating the printing apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction for outputting the print job data stored in the storage unit; a sending unit configured to send user information regarding a user identified by the user identification unit and the first data added to the print job data, to the external server apparatus; an acquisition unit configured to acquire access authority information sent from the external server apparatus in response to the user information and the first data sent by the sending unit; and a control unit configured to selectively restrict printing of the print job data according to the authority information acquired by the acquisition unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The printing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein, if the acquisition unit cannot normally acquire the authority information from the external server apparatus, the control unit permits outputting of the print job data when a password entered by the user and a password added to the print job data match each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The printing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein, if the first data is not added to the print job data that is an object of the outputting instruction received by the receiving unit, the control unit permits outputting of the print job data when a password entered by the user and a password added to the print job data match each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The printing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a display unit configured to display a list of print job data stored in the storage unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The printing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the display unit discriminably displays print job data to which the first data is added and print job data to which the first data is not added. ### Claim 11 A method in a data processing apparatus configured to store electronic data, the method comprising: producing print job data by converting the electronic data to be printed by a printing apparatus; acquiring first data included in the electronic data, wherein the first data identifies the electronic data in an external server apparatus which manages an access authority regarding the electronic data, and wherein the external server apparatus identifies the access authority regarding the electronic data, based on the first data; adding the acquired first data to the print job data; and sending the print job data having the first data added thereto to the printing apparatus, whereby an authority for handling the print job data can be managed by the external server apparatus as well as the authority for handling the electronic data even if processing for printing the print job data is performed by the printing apparatus. ### Claim 12 A method in a printing apparatus, the method comprising: storing print job data and first data which is added to the print job data received from an external server apparatus in a storage unit, wherein the external server apparatus manages an access authority of the print job data identified by the first data; identifying a user operating the printing apparatus; receiving an instruction for outputting the print job data stored in the storage unit; sending user information regarding an identified user and the first data added to the print job data, to the external server apparatus; acquiring access authority information sent from the external server apparatus in response to the user information and the first data; and selectively restricting printing of the print job data according to the acquired authority information. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a data processing apparatus to perform a print job production method, the data processing apparatus being configured to store electronic data in a storage unit, the method comprising: producing print job data by converting the electronic data to be printed by a printing apparatus; acquiring first data included in the electronic data, wherein the first data identifies the electronic data in an external server apparatus which manages an access authority regarding the electronic data, and wherein the external server apparatus identifies the access authority regarding the electronic data, based on the first data; adding the acquired first data to the print job data; and sending the print job data having the first data added thereto to the printing apparatus, whereby an authority for handling the print job data can be managed by the external server apparatus as well as the authority for handling the electronic data even if processing for printing the print job data is performed by the printing apparatus. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a printing apparatus to perform a print job output method, the method comprising: storing print job data and first data which is added to the print job data received from an external server apparatus in a storage unit, wherein the external server apparatus manages an access authority of the print job data identified by the first data; identifying a user operating the printing apparatus; receiving an instruction for outputting the print job data stored in the storage unit; sending user information regarding an identified user and the first data added to the print job data, to the external server apparatus; acquiring access authority information sent from the external server apparatus in response to the user information and the first data; and selectively restricting printing of the print job data according to the acquired authority information.