Patent Document ID: 8630005
Application ID: 12539126

Base Claim:
1. A method of transmitting log information on a document using metadata, comprising: generating printing data for the document; setting up, in a host device, metadata including information on an account for receiving log information on the document; attaching the metadata to the document after the printing data is generated; storing the set up metadata and printing data of the document; outputting the document using the printing data; generating the log information on the outputted document, by analyzing the set up metadata with respect to the outputted document; transmitting the generated log information, using the set up metadata including the information on the account; authenticating a user who requests the outputting the document; and acquiring feedback information from the user using an E-mail address of the user acquired in the authenticating, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the generated log information to one or more of E-mail address, a server message block (SMB) server and a file transfer protocol (FTP) server.

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Claim 4:
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the outputting comprises outputting, editing, copying and/or transmitting of the document.