Patent ID: 7898680

Claim:
A method of data processing in an information processing system including a first information processing device which enables a user to set a processing condition and a second information processing device which can execute transmission of data under the set processing condition, comprising: allowing a user to request, via the first information processing device, notification of an amount of the data to be transmitted, before the second information processing device executes the transmission of the data; allowing a user to set, via the first information processing device, a first processing condition under which the data is transmitted from the second information processing device in a first data amount; notifying the user of the amount of the data to be transmitted under the first processing condition via the first information processing device when the user requests the notification of the amount of the data to be transmitted and sets the first processing condition, and then allowing the user to, via the first information processing device, change a setting from the first processing condition to a second processing condition under which the data is transmitted from the second information processing device in a second data amount smaller than the first data amount; and transmitting the data from the second information processing device under the first processing condition without notifying the user of the amount of the data to be transmitted under the first processing condition, when the user sets the first processing condition and does not request the notification of the amount of the data to be transmitted.