Patent ID: 8705081
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A print medium processing system, comprising: an identification information generating unit that receives input method information, which specifies an application used to subsequently process transferred image data, and generates identification information for the received input method information; an information memory that stores the input method information in a manner associated with the identification information; a printing unit that adds the identification information of the input method information to original image data to be printed, and prints newly created image data, which includes the identification information and the original image data; a reading unit that reads image data printed in a print medium by the printing unit; an extracting unit that extracts the identification information from the image data read by the reading unit; an obtaining unit that obtains the input method information from the information memory based on the identification information extracted by the extracting unit; and a transferring unit that transfers the image data read by the reading unit to the application specified from the input method information obtained by the obtaining unit.