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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2011
Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an image management system including an image output apparatus and a server. The image output apparatus includes an obtaining unit to obtain user information when the image data is output, a history storage unit to accumulate and store the user information which is obtained by the obtaining unit and the image data which is output as history information, a history transfer unit to transfer the history information which is stored in the history storage unit to the server, and a deletion unit to delete the history information which is transferred by the history transfer unit from the history storage unit. The server includes a receiving unit to receive the history information which is transferred from the image output apparatus, and a history management unit to accumulate and store the history information which is received by the receiving unit.