Patent ID: 7920286
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image output apparatus connected via a network to at least one terminal apparatus and to a document management apparatus adapted to record access history information indicating a history of accesses to document data, comprising: a reception unit adapted to receive an output request for output of document data to which the terminal apparatus has accessed; an execution unit adapted to execute processing based on the output request received by said reception unit; a processing history record unit adapted to record processing history information indicating a history relating to the processing executed by said execution unit; and a control unit adapted to perform control such that, in a case where a history of accesses from the terminal apparatus to the document data for which the output request has been received by said reception unit has not been recorded as the access history information in the document management apparatus, a history relating to processing performed on the document data by said execution unit based on the output request and information indicating that a history of accesses from the terminal apparatus to the document data has not been recorded in the document management apparatus are recorded as processing history information in said processing history record unit; wherein the document management apparatus is capable of managing authorities to access the document data on a user-by-user basis, wherein the image output apparatus further comprises an identification unit adapted to identify, based on the output request received by said reception unit, a user from whom the output request has been issued and document data to be processed, a query unit adapted to make a query to the document management apparatus about an authority of the user identified by said identification unit to access the identified document data, and a determination unit adapted to determine whether the processing can be executed by said execution unit based on a response to the query from said query unit to the document management apparatus about the authority to access the document data, and wherein in a case where said determination unit has determined that said execution unit can execute the processing, said execution unit executes the processing in accordance with the processing request received by said reception unit.