Patent ID: 7788377
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a service for sharing a printing environment using a plurality of service providing apparatuses connected via a network, the method comprising: receiving, by a first service providing apparatus of a first printing environment, a printing reservation request for printing data, the printing reservation request including the printing data and specifying a location for printing in a second printing environment different from the first printing environment, the first printing environment and the second printing environment each including a print server and at least one printer; obtaining, by the first service providing apparatus, channel information on a communication channel to the location for the printing by obtaining information on a hierarchical relationship of the service providing apparatuses between the first service providing apparatus and the location for printing; and transferring, by the first service providing apparatus, the printing reservation request to a second service providing apparatus in the communication channel based on the channel information.