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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2008
Atsushi Kojima, Aichi, JP;
Atsushi Kojima, Aichi, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A method to generate linkage indicative data for a linkage indicative diagram, representing a linkage at least between two information resources being interrelated with each other, in a printing apparatus, is provided. The method includes collecting at least two pieces of primary linkage information respectively identifying the at least two information resources and subsidiary linkage information included in each of the at least two plurality of information resources, storing the collected subsidiary linkage information in association with corresponding one of the at least two pieces of primary linkage information in a storage, judging whether each of the at least two pieces of primary linkage information stored in the storage is included in the subsidiary linkage information, determining the linkage between the at least two information resources, and creating the linkage indicative data to represent the linkage indicative diagram.