Patent ID: 9348540
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An output management device connected to a plurality of output control devices configured to receive output data and perform output processing of the output data, and connected to at least one data storage device connected to the output control devices, comprising: an acquiring unit to acquire a data list, the data list listing items of the output data transmitted from a terminal and stored in the at least one data storage device; a storage unit to store sharing information indicating a portion of the output control devices, the portion of the output control devices sharing a same data storage device of the at least one storage device; a first judgment unit to judge a working state of a first output control device of the portion of the output control devices, the first output control device designated as an output destination of a selected item of the output data; a second judgment unit to judge a working state of second output control devices of the portion of the output control devices, if the working state of the first output control device indicates the first output control device is not working; and a setting unit to set the selected item being possible to output using the same storage device if the working state of the first output control device indicates the first output control device is not working and the working state of the second output control devices indicates that at least one of the second output control devices is working, and set the selected item to not output when working state of the second output control devices indicates that all the second output control devices are not working, a display unit to display the data list and receive a selection of the data list by a user, and a display control unit to cause the display unit to display items of the output data having been set as possible to output in a selectable manner and display items of the output data having been set as to not output in an unselectable manner.