Patent ID: 7990558

Claim:
An information processing apparatus connectable to a data output apparatus through a communication line, the information processing apparatus comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire output data to be output by the data output apparatus; a token acquiring unit configured to acquire a print right token, wherein the print right token includes processing capability information regarding a processing capability of the data output apparatus and restriction information for restricting an output process of the output data; a generation unit configured to generate a combination data which is generated by using the output data and the restriction information; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the data output apparatus is capable of processing a tamper detectable format based on the processing capability information included in the acquired print right token; a converting unit configured to convert, if the determination unit determines that the data output apparatus is capable of processing the tamper detectable format, a format of the combination data generated by the generation unit into the temper detectable format; and a sending unit configured to send the combination data, the format of which has been converted by the converting unit, to the data output apparatus, wherein a tampering detection of the restriction information is enabled in the data output apparatus in accordance with the combination data of the tamper detectable format, and wherein if the determination unit determines that the data output apparatus is not capable of processing the tamper detectable format, the sending unit sends the combination data generated by the generation unit to the data output apparatus without the format conversion by the converting unit.