Patent ID: 7707274

Claim:
An output requesting apparatus that is connected via a network to an output apparatus and a position-management server chat manages user-position information indicating a detected position of a user and apparatus-position information indicating a detected position of the output apparatus, the output requesting apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores therein data; a receiving unit that receives, from the position-management server, the user-position information, the apparatus-position information, and a map image that indicates an area where the output apparatus is installable; a display control unit that arranges in said map image a user symbol corresponding to the user and indicating the detected position of the user, an apparatus symbol corresponding to the output apparatus and indicating the detected position of the output apparatus, and a data symbol indicating the data in the map image, based on the user-position information and the apparatus-position information, and displays the map image that indicates a physical positional relationship between the output apparatus and the user on a display unit; an input unit that receives selection input to select the apparatus symbol and the data symbol in the map image; and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the output apparatus corresponding to the apparatus symbol, a first command to request the output apparatus to output the data corresponding to the data symbol, and a second command to request the output apparatus to notify the output requesting apparatus of output state, wherein said first command is a print command issued based on the selection input of the apparatus symbol in the map image that includes the user symbol and the apparatus symbol and indicates physical positional relationship between the output apparatus and the user.