Patent ID: 7054920
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A data output control device, which communicably connects to a user-owned portable terminal which is portable and sends output requests for data, and a plurality of output terminals situated at various locations for outputting data, via a network, so as to receive data output requests from said portable terminal, and output data relating to said data output requests to said output terminals, comprising: a data format conversion device that performs data format conversion that is carried out with a terminal different from the user-owned portable terminal; a storage device that stores output terminal position data for specifying the output terminal installation location for each output terminal; a selecting device that selects one of said plurality of output terminals; a guidance data generating device that generates guidance data indicating guidance information for guiding the user of said portable terminal; and an output device that outputs data relating to said data output request to the output terminal selected by said selecting device and also outputs guidance data generated by said guidance data generating device to said portable terminal; said guidance data generating device generates guidance data indicating guidance information for guiding the user of said portable terminal to the location in which the output terminal selected by said selecting device is installed, based on the output terminal position data of said storing device.