Patent ID: 8010712
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A macro transmission server apparatus configured to store a combination of functions of a multifunction peripheral and an order of processing of the functions as a macro, to manage a plurality of such macros, and to determine a portion of the plurality of such macros to be transmitted to a corresponding multifunction peripheral of a plurality of multifunction peripherals on a network as a corresponding transmission set, the macro transmission server apparatus comprising: a registration unit configured to register a full set of macros in response to an operation by an administrator; a macro storage unit configured to store the full set of macros registered by said registration unit and the corresponding transmission set of the macros; a change detection unit configured to detect a change in function of the corresponding multifunction peripheral; a transmission set updating unit configured to change the corresponding transmission set to be transmitted to the corresponding multifunction peripheral based on the full set of macros registered by said registration unit and the corresponding transmission set of the macros according to the change detected by the change detection unit such that at least one of the macros that is executable by the corresponding multifunction peripheral is included in the corresponding transmission set; and a macro transmission unit configured to transmit the corresponding transmission set to the corresponding multifunction peripheral.