JP2002112011A - Contents print request device, contents printer, contents print service system, and program recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent illegal copying as well as supplying of a copy of amended contents in a contents print request device. SOLUTION: This contents print request device is provided with a contents display processing section 23 to display contents 4 whose printing is inhibited, a frame setting processing section 24 to specify a printing area and an output size of the contents 4 displayed by the contents display processing section 23, and a printing information processing section 27 to create a printing information according to the specification of the frame setting processing section 24.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a content print request device, a content print device, a content print service system, and a program recording medium, and more particularly, to a content print that prevents illegal duplication and supplies a copy obtained by processing the content. The present invention relates to a requesting device, a content printing device, a content printing service system, and a program recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of personal computers,
So-called electronic publications are increasing. That is, CD-RO
Content is distributed (sold or distributed) in the form of M or via the Internet. Since the distributed content is digital information, the purchaser can reproduce the same information as the information source. The distributed contents include still images such as bromide, moving images, music information, and the like.

[0003] Among the contents of electronic publications, the contents of images such as still images and moving images are displayed on a display device attached to the personal computer of the user who has purchased the contents and browsed. However, in many cases, the user is not satisfied with merely viewing the content of the image on the display device, but wants to print it with a printing device attached to the personal computer and keep it as a printed matter. Therefore, the content of an image that has been properly distributed can usually be displayed not only on a display device but also printed on a printing device.

[0004]

If printing of the distributed content by the user is permitted as described above, it is virtually impossible to restrict the copying operation. That is, even if the user is a person who has just purchased the content, the user does not
Any number of identical images can be copied without limitation.

[0005] For this reason, when the content of an image to be distributed is bromide or a valuable artifact (eg, a picture of a national treasure or an important cultural property, a sculpture, a pottery, an image of a Buddha statue), the following problem occurs. Is generated. In other words, there is a risk that illegal copies of valuable images will flood and be distributed to the market. In this case, the right of portrait of the person who is the source of the content, the right of reproduction of the owner of the material, and the like may be violated, and inferior goods may be distributed. Further, in order to prevent such an illegal copy from being flooded, there is a possibility that the person who is the source of the content or the owner of the writing may not be permitted to digitally image the writing (creating the content).
In this case, content enrichment will be hindered.

On the other hand, in a conventional electronic publication, although distributed contents can be printed by a user, only distributed contents can be printed as it is. That is, the selection of the print size, composition, position, and the like by the user is considerably restricted, and the secondary processing is limited to the quality level of the distributed content.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a content print requesting apparatus that prevents illegal duplication and supplies a processed copy.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a content printing apparatus that prevents illegal duplication and supplies a processed copy.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a content printing service system that prevents illegal duplication and supplies a processed copy.

[0010] Another object of the present invention is to provide a content printing apparatus and a program recording medium for realizing a content printing request apparatus that prevents illegal copying and supplies a processed copy.

[0011]

According to the present invention, there is provided a content print requesting apparatus for displaying a content whose print processing is prohibited, a print area and an output of the content displayed by the content display processing section. The image processing apparatus includes a frame setting processing unit that specifies a size, and a print information processing unit that generates print information based on the specification in the frame setting processing unit.

According to the content print requesting apparatus of the present invention, after prohibiting the user from printing the distributed content, the user specifies the print area and output size of the content for which the print processing is prohibited, and performs printing. You can ask. This can prevent the user from copying the same image as the content without restriction, and can select the print size, composition, position, and the like for the distributed content. Therefore, even if the content of the image to be distributed is about bromide or valuable artifacts, it is possible to prevent flooding of illegal copies and distribution to the market, and to reduce the usage of the content by users. Can be improved. As a result, it is possible to protect the portrait right of the person who is the source of the content, the reproduction right of the owner of the material, etc., and promote the enrichment of the content.

Further, the content printing apparatus of the present invention reads out from the content file a content file storing the same content as the distributed content and a content to be printed specified in the input print information, and outputs the print information. And a print processing unit that prints an image in accordance with the image data processed by the processing unit.

According to the content printing apparatus of the present invention, the distributed content can be printed in the print area and output size designated by the user. This allows the user to select the print size, composition, position, and the like for the content, to use the content freely, and to improve the degree of use of the content by the user.

Further, the present invention can realize a content printing service system including a content printing request device and a content printing device for preventing illegal copying and supplying a processed copy of the content.

Further, the present invention provides a content print requesting apparatus for preventing illegal copying and supplying a processed copy of the content, and a program recording medium recording a program for realizing the content printing apparatus in a computer-readable manner. Therefore, the content printing device and the content printing request device can be realized.

[0017]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a content print service system, showing the configuration of a content print service system according to the present invention.

The content printing service system includes a content printing device 1 and a content printing request device 2. Content printing device 1 and content printing request device 2
Are mutually connected via the network 3 to perform communication. In this example, the content printing device 1 includes, for example, a print server (or content server), the content print requesting device 2 includes, for example, a client (client terminal), and the network 3 includes, for example, the Internet. The print server 1 prints the content 4 in response to an input of a print request for the content 4 from the client 2 via the network 3. After this,
The print server 1 delivers a print 5 of the content 4 to the user of the client 2.

The contents 4 of the client 2 are those which are distributed and purchased by the user of the client 2. As described later, the content 4 in the client 2 can only be displayed, and the printing process is prohibited. That is, it is assumed that the print service is provided by the print server 1. Content 4 of print server 1
Is held by the print server 1 for the print service, and is the same as the content 4 of the client 2 (that is, the distributed content 4).

FIG. 2 is a client configuration diagram showing the configuration of the client 2 which is the content print request device 2 according to the present invention.

The client 2 includes an installation processing unit 2
1, content selection processing unit 22, content display processing unit 23, frame setting processing unit 24, message processing unit 2
5, a connection processing unit 26, a print information processing unit 27, a personal information processing unit 28, and a acceptance / rejection processing unit 29. Each of these processing units 21 to 29 is a client 2 that is a computer.
Of the client 2 is executed by a CPU (central processing unit, not shown) of the client 2. In particular, as will be described in detail later, the program for implementing the installation processing unit 21 is a processing program included in the medium 40 for selling the content 4. Each of the processing units 22 to 29 includes a medium 40
Is realized by execution of the browser 42 included in.

The client 2 has a display device 20,
Purchase content file 210, browser file 21
1. An input device 212 is provided. The display device 20 includes a liquid crystal display device or the like, has a display screen, and displays the content of the content 4 and the like. The purchase content file 210 stores one or a plurality of contents 4 purchased (regularly) by the client 2. The browser file 211 stores a browser 42 for browsing the content 4.
The input device 212 includes a keyboard or the like, and inputs a message or the like according to a user operation.

In this example, the content 4 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (A), for example, it is stored and sold in the medium 40, and the user of the client 2 purchases the medium 40. The medium 40 is, for example, a flexible disk, a CD-
It consists of ROM, CDR and the like. Therefore, the client 2 has a known drive for these media 40. Medium 40
In addition to the content 43 (4), the installation program 41 of the browser 42 and the browser 42 for browsing the content 4 are stored as a set. That is,
The content 4 is provided with the installation program 41 and the browser 42 as one set.

The content 4 may be distributed (purchased) from the print server 1 or another content server (not shown) via the network 3. The delivered content 4 is stored in the purchase content file 210. Also in this case, the content 4 is distributed as a set including the installation program 41 and the browser 42, the browser 42 is stored in the browser file 211, and the content 4 is stored in the purchase content file 210.

In the browser 42, print processing of the content 4 is prohibited. For example, the browser 42 does not have a print command by itself, and
Even if a print command instructing the printing of the content 4 is input from 2 or the like, the execution is rejected. As a result, the user of the client 2 cannot print the content 4 as long as the user is browsing the content 4 properly, that is, while browsing using the browser 42. On the other hand, the browser 42 has a function of print request processing of the content 4. Thereby, the user of the client 2 can request the print server 1 to print the content 4.

The installation processing section 21 comprises a program 41 for installing the medium 40,
It is activated by selecting. The installation processing unit 21
As shown in FIG. 3A, the browser 42 of the medium 40
Is installed in the browser file 211, and if there is a user's instruction, the content 43 (4) of the medium 40 is installed in the purchase content file 210 in accordance with the instruction. If the browser 42 has already been stored in the browser file 211, the browser 42 is discarded if the version is the same, and installed if the version is revised.

In this example, the content 4 is encrypted, and the browser 42 is for browsing the encrypted content 4. That is, the browser 42
Decompresses the content 4 based on the encrypted content 4 and displays the content of the content 4 on the display device 20. The browser 42 includes processing units 22 to 29.

The content selection processing unit 22 includes a medium 40
A list of contents 4 stored in (or the purchased contents file 210) is displayed on the display device 20. The list of the contents 4 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
The thumbnail image 61 is displayed. Client 2
The user who uses is to select the content 4 to be displayed by selecting one of the thumbnail images 61.

When the content 4 is selected, the content display processing section 23 decompresses the selected content 4 and displays the content (image) of the content 4 on the display device 20. Thereby, the user of the client 2 can see the content of the selected content 4. Further, the content display processing unit 23 performs a well-known enlargement process (switching to a higher definition image) or a reduction process (thinning-out process) on the displayed image in accordance with the instruction input of the user of the client 2, and enlarges or reduces the displayed image. Display an image.

In this example, as described above, the content 4 can be browsed, but the printing process is prohibited, and a print request can be made. For this purpose, a print request button 64 is provided on the content display screen displayed by the content display processing unit 23, as shown in FIG. The user of the client 2 can request the print server 1 to print the content 4 by clicking the print request button 64 while the content 4 is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the content 4 is composed of a full-size image Ai and a thumbnail image As of the same original image 62 (for example, image A).
The screen of the thumbnail image 61 in FIG. 3B is displayed using, for example, the image As of each content 4. After the selection, the image 63 first displayed together with the print request button 64 is a full-size image A-i as shown in FIG.
It is. Each content 4 is assigned a unique content ID. For example, an ID “A” is assigned to the content 4 for the image A. Thus, the content 4 can be uniquely specified.

The user of the client 2 has the contents 4
Image A-i by selecting the enlargement (or reduction) rate of
Is enlarged or reduced. For this purpose, a known enlargement (or reduction) rate selection means is provided (not shown). Note that the content 4 is actually composed of a plurality of images having different sizes. For example, it includes a plurality of enlarged images and reduced images of the image A-i. This allows the selected expansion (or reduction)
By displaying an image closest to the rate and further inputting an instruction for enlargement (or reduction) in this display state, an image of the content 4 having a desired size can be displayed. Further, each of the plurality of enlarged images and reduced images is a high-definition image (an image having a large amount of information). Therefore, the image with the largest magnification is a high-definition and huge (for example, 80 megabytes) image.

When the print request button 64 is clicked, the frame display processing section 24 displays the contents display processing section 23.
The print area and the output size of the content 4 displayed by are designated.

That is, when the print request button 64 is clicked, the frame setting processing section 24 (or the content display processing section 23), as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display device 20. The user of the client 2 inputs the output size and its direction on the input screen 65. Thereby, the output size is determined. The output size is, for example, a cabinet version, an A4 version, or the like. The output direction is vertical or horizontal.

Further, the frame setting processing section 24 displays a frame (print frame) 66 indicating a print area on the display device 20, as indicated by black dots and dotted lines in FIG. 4, according to the input output size. At this time, the longitudinal direction of the frame 66 is in accordance with the direction of the input output, and the size of the frame 66 on the screen is constant. Thus, as shown in FIG. 4, the frame 66 can be specified by specifying the coordinates of the point 67 at the upper left corner, for example. Therefore, the user of the client 2 also
By designating one point 67 of the upper left corner on the screen where is displayed, the position of the frame 66 can be designated. Actually, the frame 66 is displayed so as to overlap the image of the content 4. Further, the size of the frame 66 on the screen may be changed independently of the enlargement (or reduction) rate of the image of the content 4.

While the frame 66 is displayed, the content display processing unit 23 enlarges or reduces the image of the content 4 in accordance with the user's input of the client 2 as described above. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the user wants to print (request) the position and the size of the image of the content 4 under the display of the frame 66 of a fixed size. Button (not shown)
Click. Thereby, the user determines the enlargement (or reduction) rate of the image, the composition (the position in the entire image), the size of the sheet, etc., according to the user's desire, and draws an object in accordance with this. As shown in FIG. 5, a printed matter 5 can be obtained. At this time, as described above, since the content 4 is a large image with high definition, a fine image can be obtained in an extremely wide range of enlargement or reduction.

When the print request button 64 is clicked (in this example, when the frame setting button is clicked), the message processing unit 25 outputs the content display processing unit 23.
Creates a message to be added to the content 4 displayed. For this purpose, the message processing unit 25
The message input screen 68 is displayed on the display device 20 as shown in FIG.
To be displayed. The user of the client 2 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a message such as “an enlarged view of the middle right end of the image A” is displayed on the message input screen 68 (input area).
To enter. Thus, the message 52 is added to the content 4 in the printed matter 5. The message may be printed at a position different from the image 51 in the printed matter 5 or may be printed (overwritten) on the image 51. In the latter case, the print position of the message may be specified.

When the designation of the frame 66 and the input of the message in the frame setting processing section 24 are completed, the print information processing section 27 creates print information 76 based on the designation and transmits it to the print server 1. As shown in FIG. 5, the print information 76 includes a content ID 71 for an image to be requested to be printed, an enlargement (reduction) rate 75 of the image, a print area (shaded area) 72, a message 73, and a size of a sheet to be printed out (output). Size) and its direction (vertical or horizontal) 74
Consists of The content ID 71 is the ID of the content 4 displayed when the frame setting button is clicked, that is, at the time of the frame setting process. Image enlargement (reduction) rate 7
Reference numeral 5 denotes an enlargement (reduction) rate of the image of the content 4 displayed at the time of the frame setting process. The print area 72
This is an area within the frame 66 specified in the frame setting process, and is actually the coordinates of the upper left corner 67 of the frame 66. The message 73 is a message input screen 6
8 is the message entered. The output size and the paper direction 74 of the paper to be printed out are the paper size and its direction specified on the input screen 65 prior to the frame setting process.

The personal information processing section 28 prints the personal information 7 used for the print request (and settlement) for the printing of the content 4 displayed by the content display processing section 23.
7 is input (transmitted) to the print server 1. Personal information 77
Is composed of the name and address of the user of the client 2 as shown in FIG. The credit number is input for confirmation of the user of the client 2 (or for performing payment by credit). In order to input the personal information 77, the personal information processing unit 28 displays a personal information input screen (77) shown in FIG. Client 2
User inputs necessary items on the screen (77). Thereby, the personal information 7 of the user of the client 2
7 is obtained. The personal information 77 is used, for example, for determining whether or not to accept the printing service and for delivering the printed matter 5.

The acceptance / rejection processing unit 29 checks whether or not the print request for printing the content 4 displayed by the content display processing unit 23 has been accepted based on the response from the print server 1. Prior to this, a response as to whether or not to accept the print request is returned from the print server 1 to which the print request has been made.

The connection processing section 26 includes a well-known communication device (not shown), and is connected to the print server 1 via the network 3.
Perform the actual communication with That is, each processing unit 27-2
9 is actually requested to the connection processing unit 26, and the connection processing unit 26 executes the communication processing.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of the print server, and shows the configuration of the print server 1 which is the content printing apparatus 1 according to the present invention.

The print server 1 includes a connection processing unit 11, a commission processing unit 12, a processing unit 13, and a print processing unit 14.
Each of these processing units 11 to 14 is realized by executing a processing program existing on a main memory (not shown) of the print server 1 as a computer by a CPU (not shown) of the print server 1. .

The connection processing unit 11 includes a known communication device (not shown), and performs actual communication with the client 2 via the network 3. The communication processing performed by the commission processing unit 12 and the processing unit 13 is actually performed by the connection processing unit 1.
1 is executed by the connection processing unit 11.

The acceptance processing section 12 receives the personal information 77 from the client 2, determines whether or not to accept the print request based on the personal information 77, and transmits the result to the client 2 as a response to the print request. . For example, if the user of the client 2 makes a print request first, but does not pay the fee, or does not receive a print, the entrustment is rejected. For this purpose, the entrustment processing unit 12 retains the use history of the print request in a history file (not shown) for each (user of) the client 2, and uses the name or the telephone number of the personal information 77 to execute the history. Is searched, and based on this, it is determined whether or not the contract can be accepted. If a part of the personal information 77 is missing, the entrustment processing unit 12 transmits an input error of the personal information 77 to the client 2 as a response to the print request.

When the print request is accepted, the processing unit 13 reads the content to be printed specified in the input print information 76 from the content file 15 and prints the print area specified in the print information 76. Is processed into image data of the output size specified in the print information 76. That is, the content 4 is read from the content file 15 using the content ID, and an image having the enlargement (reduction) rate of the image corresponding to the print area is created using the enlargement (reduction) rate of the image and the print area, The message 73 is added to the image to complete the image data. Note that the entire content 4 is not enlarged (reduced), but is enlarged (reduced) only in the vicinity of the print area.

The print processing section 14 prints an image in accordance with the image data processed by the processing section 13 and the print information 76. That is, the image (for example, the print area of the image A and the message 73) is printed on the paper of the specified output size in the specified direction. For this purpose, the print processing unit 14 includes a well-known printing device, and prints an actual image based on given image data.

The print server 1 has a content file 15
Is provided. The content file 15 stores a plurality of contents 4. Each of the contents 4 is one individual file. The content file 15 stores the same content 4 as the distributed content 4 in order to print the content 4 for which the print request has been received.

FIGS. 7 to 9 show the print service processing flow. In particular, FIGS. 7, 8 and 9A show the processing executed by the client 2, and FIG. 9B shows the print server 1
Shows the processing to be executed.

FIG. 7A shows a browser installation process flow executed by the client 2 prior to the content 4 print request process.

When the user of the client 2 determines that the content 4
Is purchased in the form of a medium 40, for example. When the user enters medium 4
When 0 is set in the corresponding drive of the client 2 and this is selected, the installation program 41 is started, and
Perform the installation process. That is, the installation processing unit 2
1 determines the storage directory of the browser 42 in the browser file 211 based on the user's input of the storage directory (step S11), installs the browser 42 in the storage location, and creates an environment in which the browser 42 can be executed (step S12). ).

FIG. 8 shows a processing flow for requesting the print server 1 to print the content 4 executed by the client 2.

When the user of the client 2 starts the installed browser 42, the content selection processing section 22 displays the thumbnail image 61 of the content 4 on the display device 20 (step S21). 1 by user
When the number of contents 4 is selected (step S22),
The content display processing unit 23 displays the selected content 4 on the display device 20 (step S23), and checks whether or not the print request button 64 of FIG. 4 has been clicked on the content 4 (step S24). If not clicked (there is no print request), only the content 4 is displayed, and the process ends.

When clicked (there is a print request),
Further, the frame setting processing unit 24 displays the output size and direction input screen of FIG. 4 on the display device 20. When the output size and direction are input to the screen by the user (step S25), the frame 66 is set. Processing is performed (step S26). Step S26 will be described later with reference to FIG. After the setting process of the frame 66, the message processing unit 25 displays the message input screen 68 of FIG. 4 on the display device 20, and the message 73 is input to the screen by the user (step S27). Thereafter, the personal information processing unit 28 displays the personal information input screen of FIG. 5 on the display device 20, and the personal information 77 is input to the screen by the user (step S28), and the print information processing unit 2
7 creates print information 76. Step S28 will be described later with reference to FIG. Step S
Step 28 may be executed prior to step S25.

After inputting the personal information 77, the connection processing unit 26
Is connected to the Internet (network 3) and print information 76 created by the print information processing unit 27 together with the print request.
(And the personal information 77 created by the personal information processing unit 28) is transmitted to the print server 1 (step S29). Step S29 will be described later with reference to FIG. Thereafter, the acceptance / rejection processing unit 29 checks whether or not the print request has been accepted by the print server 1 (step S21).
0). The process is terminated if accepted or rejected, and if an input error is notified from the print server 1, the process from step S25 is repeated.

FIG. 7B shows the setting processing of the frame 66 by the frame setting processing section 24 in step S26.

The frame setting processing section 24 displays the frame 66 of a fixed size in FIG. 4 and displays the frame 66 based on the content 4 currently displayed on the display device 20 in accordance with the enlargement (or reduction) instruction by the user. Then, the enlargement (or reduction) rate of the content 4 is determined (step S31),
The coordinate value (x, y) of the black spot at the upper left corner of the frame 66 in FIG. 4 is determined (step S).
32).

FIG. 9A shows a process of creating personal information 77 by the personal information processing section 28 in step S28.

The personal information processing section 28 displays the personal information input screen (77) of FIG. 5 on the display device 20 (step S4).
1) The user inputs a name, an address, and the like on the screen (77) (step S42). When a payment processing method is selected (step S43), it is checked whether the payment is by credit (step S44). Otherwise, for example, in the case of receipt and payment, the process ends. In the case of credit, when the credit number and the expiration date are input (step S45), the process ends. Based on the above processing, personal information processing section 28 creates personal information 77.
In parallel with this, the print information processing unit 27 creates the print information 76 based on the setting of the frame 66 in the frame setting processing unit 24.

FIG. 7C shows the connection processing by the connection processing section 26 in step S29.

After creating the personal information 77 and the print information 76, the connection processing unit 26 connects to the network 3 (Internet) (step S 51), and transmits the personal information 77 and the print information 76 together with the print request to the print server 1. (Step S52).

FIG. 9B shows a print processing flow executed by the print server 1 to print the content 4 requested to be printed by the client 2.

The connection processing section 11 receives the personal information 77 and the print information 76 together with the print request (step S61).
When the connection processing unit 11 passes the personal information 77 to the entrustment processing unit 12, the entrustment processing unit 12 determines whether to accept the print request, and transmits the response to the client 2 (step S62). In the case of entrustment, when the connection processing unit 11 passes the print information 76 to the processing unit 13, the processing unit 12 processes the content 4 based on the print information 76 to create image data for display. Is transferred to the print processing unit 14 (step S63). Print processing unit 14
Performs print processing based on the image data in accordance with the print information 76 to obtain a print 5 (step S6).
4) The printed matter 5 is transferred to the client 2 according to the personal information 77.
(Step S65).

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, the present invention can be variously modified within the scope of the gist.

For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the print server 1 may be connected to a credit authentication device 8 installed by a credit company via a network 3 (Internet). In this case, it is connected to the authentication server 81 and the settlement server 82, which are the credit authentication devices 8, and performs communication for authentication and settlement of the credit number. Therefore, the payment for the purchase of the content 4 by the client 2 is performed not through the (installer) of the print server 1 but through the credit company. The client 2 for that purpose
Authentication of a user who uses is performed not through the print server 1 but through a credit company that performs settlement. Specifically, when a credit number is input as a part of the personal information 77, the entrustment processing unit 12 requests the authentication server 81 to perform the authentication, obtains a response, and transmits the credit number to the settlement server 82. Request the settlement used and get a response.

[0066]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In the content print requesting apparatus, after prohibiting printing of the distributed content by the user, it is possible to request printing by specifying the print area and output size of the content whose print processing is prohibited. Can prevent the content from being copied without restriction, preventing the flooding and distribution of illegally copied materials, and using the content by allowing the user to select the print size, composition, position, etc. of the distributed content. As a result, the right of portrait of the person who is the source of the content, the right of reproduction of the owner of the material, and the like can be protected, and the enrichment of the content can be promoted.

Further, according to the present invention, in the content printing apparatus, the distributed content can be printed in the print area and output size designated by the user, so that the print size, composition, position, etc. of the content can be determined. The content can be freely used as a user can select it, and the usage of the content by the user can be improved.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a content printing service system including a content printing device and a content printing requesting device for preventing illegal copying and supplying a processed copy, and a program for realizing these. A program recording medium recorded in a computer-readable manner can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a content print service system.

FIG. 2 is a client configuration diagram.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a client.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a client.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a client.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a print server.

FIG. 7 is a print service processing flow.

FIG. 8 is a print service processing flow.

FIG. 9 is a print service processing flow.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of another content print service system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 print server 2 client 4 contents 5 printed matter

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Claims (9)

[Claims] A content display processing unit that displays content for which printing processing is prohibited; a frame setting processing unit that specifies a print area and an output size of the content displayed by the content display processing unit; A content print request device, comprising: a print information processing unit that creates print information based on a designation in a frame setting processing unit. 2. The content print request device according to claim 1, wherein the content print request device further includes a message processing unit that creates a message to be added to the content displayed by the content display processing unit. apparatus. 3. The content print request device further includes a personal information processing unit for inputting personal information used for the print request and settlement for printing of the content displayed by the content display processing unit. The content print request device according to claim 1. 4. The content print request device further comprises a acceptance / rejection processing unit for checking whether or not the print request for printing the content displayed by the content display processing unit has been accepted. Claim 1
A content print request device according to Claim 1. 5. The content is given as a set of an installation program of the browser, a browser for browsing the content, and the content, and the printing of the content is prohibited in the browser. The content print request device according to claim 1, wherein: 6. A program recording medium recording a computer-readable program for realizing a content print request device, the program comprising: a content display process for displaying content; and a print area for the displayed content. And a frame setting process for designating an output size, and print information processing for creating and transmitting print information based on the designation, and causing the content print request device, which is the computer, to execute the program recording medium. . 7. A content file storing the same content as the distributed content, and a content to be printed specified in the input print information are read from the content file.
A processing unit configured to process the print area specified in the print information into image data of an output size specified in the print information; and a print processing unit configured to print an image according to the image data processed in the processing unit. A content printing apparatus comprising: 8. A program recording medium in which a program for realizing a content printing apparatus is recorded in a computer-readable manner, wherein the program converts a content to be printed specified in input print information into a distributed content. Read from a content file storing the same content as the above, processing the print area specified in the print information into image data of the output size specified in the print information, and according to the processed image data A program recording medium that causes the content printing apparatus, which is the computer, to execute a printing process for printing an image. 9. A content print service system comprising a content print request device and a content print device interconnected via a network, the content print request device comprising: a content display processing unit for displaying content; A frame setting processing unit that specifies a print area and an output size of the content displayed by the content display processing unit; a print information processing unit that creates and transmits print information based on the specification in the frame setting processing unit; The content printing apparatus reads a content file that stores the same content as the distributed content and a content to be printed that is specified in the input print information from the content file,
A processing unit configured to process the print area specified in the print information into image data of an output size specified in the print information; and a print processing unit configured to print an image according to the image data processed in the processing unit. A content printing service system comprising: