Patent ID: 7126706

Claim:
A data transmission system that supports at least printing of data at a site remote from a home location, comprising: a data transmission control apparatus being operably coupled to a network; a portable data terminal device being configured and arranged so as to be capable of transmitting data and an output request via the network to the data transmission control apparatus; a plurality of output apparatuses being operably connected on the network for producing an output based on the transmitted data; wherein in the data transmission apparatus, installation site information of the plurality of output apparatuses and functional information of the plurality of output apparatuses are registered beforehand; wherein the data transmission control apparatus determines positional information of the position of the portable data terminal device; and wherein the data transmission control apparatus is configured and arranged so as to select one or more output apparatuses of the plurality of output apparatuses, based on the installation site information, based on the functional information, based on a data type of the transmitted data transmitted from the portable data terminal device, and based on the determined positional information of the portable data terminal device.