Patent ID: 9612788
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A terminal apparatus connected to another terminal apparatus and an output apparatus via a network, the terminal apparatus comprising a processor and being configured by software execution by the processor to perform a method comprising: receiving a proxy output request delegating output of data at the output apparatus to a proxy user, the proxy user being designated by a requesting user sending the proxy output request; acquiring information for connecting to the other terminal apparatus in association with the proxy user designated by the requesting user, from a management apparatus configured to manage the information for connecting to the other terminal apparatus in association with the proxy user; storing the data to be output at the output apparatus in response to receiving the proxy output request; transmitting, based on the acquired information, to the other terminal apparatus document metadata relating to the proxy output request; and receiving, from the proxy user that operates the output apparatus, an acquisition request, based on the document metadata in the other terminal apparatus, for outputting the stored data at the output apparatus, and providing the stored data in response to receiving the acquisition request.