Information processing apparatus and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorDaisuke Yamazaki
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Abstract
In an information processing apparatus, information concerning the data format of a document designated by a terminal apparatus and a data format compatible with the image forming apparatus are received in accordance with an instruction from a user, and a connection route, of a plurality of connection routes to the image forming apparatus designated by the user and the terminal apparatus, which allows the image processing apparatus to process the document data is selected based on the received data format of the document and the data format compatible with the image forming apparatus. The terminal apparatus displays the selected connection route.
Claims9
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a reception unit configured to receive attribute information of a document designated by a user of a terminal apparatus and information concerning an image forming apparatus designated by the user of the terminal apparatus;
- a selection unit configured to select a connection scheme, from a plurality of connection schemes between the designated image forming apparatus and the terminal apparatus, that allows the image forming apparatus to process the designated document, based on the attribute information of the document received by the reception unit;
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- a transmission unit configured to transmit the connection scheme selected by the selection unit to the terminal apparatus.
A method for an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving attribute information of a document designated by a user of a terminal apparatus and information concerning an image forming apparatus designated by the user of the terminal apparatus;
- selecting a connection scheme, from a plurality of connection schemes between the designated image forming apparatus and the terminal apparatus, which allows the image forming apparatus to process the designated document, based on the attribute information of the document received in the reception step;
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- transmitting the connection scheme selected in the selecting to the terminal apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.