Patent ID: 7688460
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A communication terminal comprising: display control means for controlling to display link information of print data, the link information being embedded in page data and linking to other page data, on a display unit; request means for requesting an external terminal to transmit the print data corresponding to the link information in accordance with an operation by a user selecting the link information of the print data embedded in the page data displayed on the display unit; printing means for performing print processing of the print data, which is transmitted from the external terminal in response to the request transmitted by the request means; determination means for determining whether a print function of the communication terminal is ready to be used; detecting means for detecting whether there is the link information embedded in the page data, if a result of the determination by the determination means indicates that the print function of the communication terminal is ready to be used; and print control means for controlling print processing in accordance with a result of a detection by the detecting means such that if the result of the detection by the detecting means indicates that there is no link information embedded in the page data, the printing means performs the print processing by using the page data displayed by the display control means, and if the result of the detection by the detecting means indicates that there is the link information embedded in the page data, the printing means obtains print data corresponding to the link information and performs the print processing by using the obtained print data, wherein said display control means controls to inhibit the display unit from displaying the link information of the print data, if the result of the determination by the determination means indicates that the print function of the communication terminal is not ready to be used.