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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2011
Yuichiro Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichiro Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print service apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive, via a Web browser together with a print job designated from a window, window information of the window, user information, and message information of a message which is contained in the window and provided by a microblogging function; an addition unit configured to add, as a user using the microblogging function, a comment on the message corresponding to the message information to the window; a monitoring unit configured to monitor whether another user has added a comment on the message corresponding to the message information; a determination unit configured to determine whether the added comment is a comment by the user; and a decision unit configured to decide processing for the print job based on a content of the added comment when the determination unit determines that the added comment is a comment by the user.