Patent ID: 8705072
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A server system, which is configured to communicate with a document management server which provides print data, and a printer management server connected to a printer which executes print processing based on the print data, said server system comprising: receiving unit configured to receive, from the printer management server, information for acquiring the print data, and first authorization information which is issued by executing authentication processing based on authentication information and permits an access to the document management server; acquisition unit configured to acquire the print data from the document management server based on the information for acquiring the print data using the received first authorization information without executing the authentication processing based on the authentication information; transmission unit configured to issue second authorization information which permits an access to the server system by executing authentication processing based on the authentication information transmitted from the printer management server, and to transmit the second authorization information to the printer management server; and providing unit configured to provide, to the printer, the print data acquired by said acquisition unit or another print data generated based on the acquired print data without executing the authentication processing based on the authentication information in response to reception of a print data acquisition request from the printer which receives the second authorization information from the printer management server.