Patent ID: 6988243
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A print system consisting of a server and a client, said system comprising: acquisition means for acquiring a template for generating inserted data corresponding to information displayed at the client, and data to be inserted in the template, in response to a request from the client; generation means for generating the inserted data corresponding to the displayed information, by inserting the data into the template acquired by said acquisition means; and selection means for selecting at least one transmission method from plural transmission methods, in accordance with the information which is transmitted from the client, wherein the plural transmission methods include at least a first transmission method in which the template and the data are transmitted to the client without inserting the data into the template and a second transmission method in which the inserted data generated by said server is transmitted to the client, and wherein said selection means for selecting whether the template and the data acquired by said acquisition means are to be transferred from the server to the client, or the inserted data generated by said generation means is to be transferred from the server to the client, in accordance with information which is transmitted from the client, wherein the transmitted information indicates whether or not the client has a function of generating the inserted data by inserting the data into the template acquired by said acquisition means.