Patent ID: 9030706
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
1. A value-adding method that runs on a computer that operates according to an operating system on an operating system kernel layer, executes a specific process according to an application on an application layer, and has a first communication port and a second communication port, the value-adding method executing a process of adding value to print data output from the application to the first communication port comprising: a data acquisition step in which the computer acquires the print data from the application on the operating system kernel layer before the print data output from the application is received at the first communication port; and a data processing step in which on the application layer the computer applies a process of adding and/or deleting print content in the print data acquired in the data acquisition step based on information previously registered in the computer, and outputs the data after processing to the second communication port.