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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
May. 10, 1999
Toru Maeda, Mitaka, JP;
Kenzou Sekiguchi, Machida, JP;
Ritsushi Tanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Kotaro Yamaguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Yaguchi, Inagi, JP;
Kenji Aiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Tomohiro Akiba, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus allows a user to obtain only data on a desirable WWW (World Wide Web) server and print the obtained data. The image processing apparatus, which accesses HTML (HyperText Markup Language) data on a WWW server in accordance with designated address information and which prints the HTML data, allows for requesting of a source that specifies the address information an acceptance for the accessing or printing of data other than those data that correspond to the designated address information and that are linked with the pertinent data, and when the acceptance requested cannot be obtained from the source that specifies the address information, halts access or printing of the data other than data that correspond to the designated address information and that are linked with the pertinent data.