Patent ID: 9495122
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus configured to create a communication application capable of allowing a client terminal to acquire print data from a print data providing device and allowing the client terminal to manage the acquired print data, the information processing apparatus comprising: a tool storage section storing a predetermined programming tool having a function of communication with the print data providing device and a function of management of the print data acquired from the print data providing device; an acquisition method acceptance section configured to accept, from either one of (1) an HTTP or HTTPS POST request and (2) a SOAP request, setting of a data acquisition method for acquiring the print data from the print data providing device, and to accept values of setting items associated with the data acquisition method having been accepted; a display; a display control section configured to display on the display an image indicating an entry field for the setting items associated with the data acquisition method having been accepted at the acquisition method acceptance section; a template specification acceptance section holding a plurality of templates indicating different layouts for the print data and configured to accept specification of a template for use in printing the print data from among the plurality of templates; and an application creating section configured to use the programming tool stored in the tool storage section to create the communication application allowing acquisition of the print data from the print data providing device according to the accepted data acquisition method and generation of an image using the print data according to the template accepted by the template specification acceptance section.