Patent ID: 8429646
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A data output apparatus which can be connected with a data processing apparatus which stores a plurality of message groups corresponding to a plurality of languages, wherein each of the plurality of message groups includes a plurality of message data, and the plurality of message data and a plurality of common codes are stored such that a common code is associated with message data corresponding to different languages and having a same meaning, the data output apparatus comprising: a first storage for storing in advance a first common code which is a part of the plurality of common codes stored in the data processing apparatus, the first common code corresponding to a function or a model of the data output apparatus, a second storage for storing language designation information which designates a language; a transmitting section for transmitting the first common code which corresponds to the function or the model of the data output apparatus, and the language designation information to the data processing apparatus; a receiving section which receives from the data processing apparatus, only message data which is included in one of the plurality of message groups that corresponds to the language of the transmitted language designation information and which corresponds to the transmitted first common code from among the plurality of message data stored in the data processing apparatus; and a third storage for storing the received message data, wherein the data output apparatus conducts output processing of a message based on the message data stored in the third storage.