Patent ID: 8094197

Claim:
An image recording system for providing an image data recording service, comprising: an image supply apparatus compatible with a first standard for providing a first type of image recording service and configured to supply image data; an image recording apparatus compatible with a second standard for providing a second type of image recording service and configured to record the image data; and a conversion apparatus that connects between the image supply apparatus and the image recording apparatus, the conversion apparatus being a separate apparatus from the image supply apparatus and the image recording apparatus, wherein, the conversion apparatus (a) connects, as a pseudo image recording apparatus compatible with the first standard, to the image supply apparatus via a first communication medium compatible with the first standard and (b) connects, as a pseudo image supply apparatus compatible with the second standard, to the image recording apparatus via a second communication medium compatible with the second standard, and the conversion apparatus is (i) configured to convert a command received from the image supply apparatus into a command complying with the second standard and transmit the command complying with the second standard to the image recording apparatus, and (ii) configured to convert a command received from the image recording apparatus or event information relating to an image recording process into a message complying with the first standard and transmit the message complying with the first standard to the image supply apparatus.