Patent ID: 7199893
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information input/output system, comprising: at least one printer server configured to connect with an Internet and to access information contents on the Internet; at least one facsimile server configured to connect with the Internet and to access the information contents on the Internet; at least one printer configured to connect with the printer servers; at least one facsimile apparatuses configured to connect with the facsimile servers; a terminal configured to connect with the Internet, to access the information contents on the Internet, and to transmit printing request data including at least a contents ID specifying information contents for printing from among the information contents on the Internet, and a print outputting destination ID specifying at least one of the printers and facsimile apparatuses for printing therewith specified information contents for printing; and a printing request administration server configured to connect with the Internet, to receive the printing request data transmitted directly from the terminal, and to transmit the printing request data directly to the at least one of the facsimile servers and printer servers determined according to the print outputting destination ID, wherein each of the printer servers and the facsimile servers stores information as to the printers and the facsimile apparatuses connected with the printer servers and the facsimile servers, respectively, and outputs the specified information contents for printing to at least one of the printers and facsimile apparatuses specified by the print outputting destination ID, after converting the specified information contents for printing, according to information corresponding to the at least one of the printers and facsimile apparatuses specified by the print outputting destination ID, such that the specified information contents for printing can be printed by at least one of the printers and facsimile apparatuses specified by the print outputting destination ID.