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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2003
Teruyuki Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Teruyuki Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A Web service providing apparatus is disclosed for controlling a sequence of processes to cause a Web service providing apparatus to copy or print out a target document stored therein to another Web service providing apparatus in cooperation with the Web service providing apparatuses and a terminal connected to each other via a communication network. The Web service providing apparatus includes a server processing part controlling receipt of a process request from a connected requesting apparatus and transmission of a process response corresponding to the process request to the requesting apparatus in accordance with a predetermined protocol; a condition acquisition control part controlling acquisition of target information designated by the process request based on a first processable condition; and a service providing part performing the requested process and sending a result of the process to the server processing part.