Patent ID: 8274679
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an analyzer, arranged to analyze a print job and separate image data and attribute information from the print job; a generator, arranged to generate print image data from the image data by referring to the attribute information; an embedding section, arranged to embed at least part of the attribute information in the print image data; a transmitter, arranged to transmit, to a server, the print image data with at least part of the attribute information added; and a selector, arranged to selectively operate the embedding section and the transmitter based on at least one of the attribute information and an amount of digital watermark data generated from at least part of the attribute information by the embedding section, wherein the selector selects the operation of the transmitter and does not select the operation of the embedding section in a first case where at least one of a security level of the image data, an information access right level of a print instructor, and an image quality level of printing is high, the security level, the information access right level, and the image quality level being represented by the attribute information, wherein the selector selects the operation of the embedding section and does not select the operation of the transmitter in a second case where the security level, the information access right level, and the image quality level are low, and the amount of digital watermark data is equal to or less than a maximum value of a data amount in a permissible range of degradation in image quality, and wherein the selector selects the operation of the transmitter and does not select the operation of the embedding section in a third case where the security level, the information access right level, and the image quality level are low, and the amount of digital watermark data is greater than the maximum value.