Patent ID: 7075672
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A print data management apparatus for registering, in response to a data registration request which includes print data, the print data and for providing, in response to a data usage request, the print data relating to the data usage request, comprising: a storage device that performs registration of the print data; a registration device that registers the print data in said storage device; and a providing device that provides the print data in said storage device; such that, when the data registration request is received, said registration device registers the print data included in the received data registration request in said storage device, in association with authentication information for authenticating whether or not a user is eligible to use the print data, and said registration device transmits to a terminal designated by the data registration request, usage certificate data which includes the authentication information; and when the data usage request which includes the authentication information is received, and when the authentication information in said storage device that corresponds to the print data relating to the received data usage request and the authentication information included in the received data usage request satisfy a predetermined relationship, said providing device transmits to a terminal designated by the data usage request the print data in said storage device relating to the received data usage request.