Patent Document ID: 10154160
Application ID: 15490185

Base Claim:
1. A system comprising: a first device comprising: a storage unit that stores (i) specifying information which uniquely specifies a document including a data part and (ii) the data part in association with each other, wherein the document comprises a document image, the data part comprises information contained in the document image, and the specifying information is a unique identifier of the document that identifies the document as an original document; and a transmitting unit that transmits the data part corresponding to the specifying information to a document recipient in response to obtained specifying information; and a second device communicatively coupled to the first device, the second device comprising: an obtaining unit that obtains the specifying information of the document from a document recipient; and a printing unit that prints the document including the data part and the specifying information, wherein when the printing unit prints a first instance of the document, identification of the document as the original document is made, but when a subsequent printing of the document is performed, identification of the document as the original document is not made, and the specifying information is not transmitted to the second device.

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Claim 2:
2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting unit limits transmitting the data part based on history information relating to the transmission of the data part.