Patent ID: 8310711
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An output device connected to an information storage storing job history information containing a record having a user ID for identifying an owner of an executed job, property information of document information processed by the job, and a history containing function information indicating a function used in the job, the output device comprising: an acquisition unit, configured to acquire property information about a login user; an extractor, configured to extract, from document information to be processed, property information indicating a property of the document information; an identification unit, configured to identify, from the record of the job history information stored in the information storage, a candidate record having property information about a user matching at least a part of the property information of the login user obtained by the acquisition unit, and history information containing property information of document information matching at least a part of the property information of the document information to be processed that has been extracted by the extractor; a display controller, configured to provide display for designating one of the candidates so as to utilize a function indicated by function information contained in the candidate record; and an executor, configured to execute a job using the function indicated by the function information contained in the candidate record with respect to the document information to be processed, based on the candidate record designated based on the display of the display controller.