Patent ID: 7999965

Claim:
An information management apparatus comprising: output apparatus information storage means for storing information relevant to an output apparatus for outputting information, with the stored information linked with identification information for identifying said output apparatus; output request receiving means for receiving an output request for information, transmitted from a portable terminal; inquiry signal transmission means for transmitting an inquiry signal for inquiring said portable terminal of an output apparatus for an output destination, when an output request is received by said output request receiving means; image data receiving means for receiving image data transmitted from said portable terminal; identification information acquisition means for analyzing image data transmitted from said portable terminal in response to said inquiry signal and received by said image data receiving means, and for acquiring identification information relevant to an output apparatus, involved in said image data; output destination information retrieval means for retrieving the information relevant to said output apparatus from said output apparatus information storage means based upon the identification information acquired by said identification information acquisition means; and information output means for, based upon the information relevant to the particular output apparatus retrieved by said output destination information retrieval means, outputting the information to said particular output apparatus.