JP2019128885A - Information processing apparatus and method for controlling information processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

To reduce time and effort in acquiring content data to which access is restricted, while ensuring safety.SOLUTION: A print control server 20 comprises: a communication unit 21 that receives an URL indicating the location of content data; a storage unit 22 that stores an access token 22C for receiving permission for access to the content data; and a control unit 23 that acquires, from the storage unit 22, the access token 22C for receiving permission for access to the content data indicated by the URL received by the communication unit 21, connects to a storage server 30 on the basis of the input URL, receives, from the storage server 30, permission for access to the content data with the acquired access token 22C, and acquires the content data permitted to be accessed from the storage server 30.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a control method for the information processing apparatus.

  BACKGROUND ART In recent years, with the spread of networks such as the Internet, provision of services via networks has been briskly performed. For example, there is a service that stores content data such as moving images, images, and documents in an information processing apparatus on a network, and browses and downloads these.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a printing system that downloads content specified by a URL and prints the downloaded content on a recording sheet.

JP 2003-283757 A

However, when access restriction is applied to the content specified by the URL, it is troublesome and inconvenient for the user to input, for example, an ID or a password in order to obtain access permission.
An object of the present invention is to reduce time and effort when acquiring content data subjected to access restriction while securing security.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is an information processing apparatus connected via a network to a providing apparatus that provides content data, and an input unit for inputting location information indicating the location of the content data; A storage unit that stores permission information for receiving permission to access the content data, and the permission information corresponding to the input location information is acquired from the storage unit, and the location information is acquired based on the acquired permission information. A control unit configured to receive, from the providing device, an access to the providing device indicated by the information, and obtain the content data from the providing device to which the access is permitted.
According to this configuration, when content data corresponding to the input location information is acquired from the providing device, permission information for accepting permission to access the content data is acquired from the storage unit and transmitted to the providing device. Get permission to access content data. Therefore, while securing the security, it is possible to reduce the time and effort when acquiring the content data to which the access restriction is applied.

In the present invention, the location information includes a character string indicating the providing device that provides the content data, and the control unit indicates a character string indicating the providing device from the location information input to the input unit. Are extracted to specify the providing device based on the character string, and the permission information associated with the specified providing device is acquired from the storage unit.
According to this configuration, by inputting the location information, the permission information associated with the providing device that provides the content data indicated by the location information can be acquired.

Further, according to the present invention, a language setting is input to the input unit together with the location information, and the control unit transmits the language setting to the providing device, and the text in the language corresponding to the language setting. The content data having data is obtained from the providing device.
According to this configuration, content data having text data of a language set by setting of a language can be acquired from the providing device.

In the present invention, the input unit receives information specifying a printing device as a printing destination, and the control unit converts the content data acquired from the providing device into print data, and converts the converted data. A print request including print data is transmitted to the printing apparatus designated as the print destination.
According to this configuration, the acquired content data can be printed by the printing apparatus.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides a method for controlling an information processing apparatus connected to a providing apparatus that provides content data via a network, the step of inputting location information indicating the location of the content data; Acquiring permission information for receiving permission for access to the content data indicated by the input location information from the storage unit; and connecting to the providing apparatus based on the input location information; The method further comprises the steps of: receiving, from the providing device, an access to the content data according to the permission information; and acquiring the content data from the providing device, the access being permitted.
According to this configuration, when content data corresponding to the input location information is acquired from the providing device, permission information for accepting permission to access the content data is acquired from the storage unit and transmitted to the providing device. Get permission to access content data. Therefore, while securing the security, it is possible to reduce the time and effort when acquiring the content data to which the access restriction is applied.

The system configuration figure of an embodiment. The figure which shows a setting screen. The figure which shows the structure of a user management table. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the print control server.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.
The system of the embodiment to which the present invention is applied includes a user terminal 10, a print control server 20, a plurality of storage servers 30, and a plurality of printers 40. These devices are connected via a network 3 such as a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), the Internet, and the like. The print control server 20 performs an operation corresponding to the “information processing apparatus” of the present invention. Further, the storage server 30 performs an operation corresponding to the “providing device” of the present invention. The printer 40 performs an operation corresponding to the “printing apparatus” of the invention.

  Although FIG. 1 shows one user terminal 10, the number of user terminals 10 is arbitrary. For example, a user who uses a service (a network print service described later) provided by the print control server 20 is used. There are as many user terminals 10 as there are. Further, the number of storage servers 30 is arbitrary, and the number of printers 40 is also arbitrary.

  For the user terminal 10, for example, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet PC (computer) or a computer such as a PC can be used. The user terminal 10 operates as a client terminal that transmits an http request to the print control server 20. The http request is a request transmitted from the user terminal 10 to the print control server 20 through http (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), which is a standard communication protocol when using the Web.

  The print control server 20 is a server that provides a network print service, and includes a web server that provides the user terminal 10 with a web page for using the network print service. The print control server 20 receives the http request transmitted from the user terminal 10, extracts the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) included in the received http request, and acquires the content based on the extracted URL. The URL corresponds to “location information” of the present invention. In this embodiment, the case where the acquisition destination of content data is the storage server 30 will be described as an example. However, the acquisition destination from which the print control server 20 acquires content data is not limited to the storage server 30. In addition, the print control server 20 converts the acquired content data into print data according to the print setting included in the http request and stores the converted data, and uses a predetermined communication protocol (for example, XMPP) that there is data to be printed. A process of notifying the printer 40, a request of print data from the printer, and a process of transmitting the print data to the printer according to the request and performing printing are performed.

  The content data includes, for example, document files created by document creation software, spreadsheet software, presentation software, image files such as JPEG and TIFF, and Web page data. The Web page data includes, for example, HTML (HyperText Markup Language) data.

  The storage server 30 is a server that provides a storage service. The storage service is a service for storing content data uploaded by a user registered as a user. In addition, in the storage service, the user is allowed to browse or download stored content data at the request of the user.

  The printer 40 acquires print data from a print request received from the print control server 20 or the like, and prints the acquired print data on a print medium.

Next, the configuration of the user terminal 10 will be described.
The user terminal 10 includes a communication unit 11, an operation unit 12, a display unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a control unit 15.

  The communication unit 11 is an interface that communicates with an external device such as the print control server 20 via the network 3. The communication unit 11 transmits and receives signals through a wired communication network such as a wired LAN according to a communication standard such as Ethernet (registered trademark), for example.

  The communication unit 11 may be configured to connect to the network 3 by wireless communication. For example, the communication unit 11 may be configured to perform wireless communication by a communication method compliant with Wi-Fi (registered trademark) and to connect to the network 3 via a wireless LAN router (not illustrated). In addition, the communication method of the communication unit 11 in the case of wireless communication is not limited to Wi-Fi, and may be mobile communication using a mobile phone line network or Bluetooth (registered trademark), for example.

  The operation unit 12 is an input device that accepts various operations by a user. The display unit 13 is a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display).

  The storage unit 14 is, for example, a storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or an optical disk drive.

The storage unit 14 stores a control program 14A and a web browser 14B.
The control program 14A is a program such as an operating system (OS) executed by the control unit 15 or an application program. The web browser 14B is an application program for browsing web pages.

  The control unit 15 includes other peripheral circuits (all not shown) including storage units such as a central processing unit (CPU), a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and a non-volatile memory as hardware. The CPU executes various processes by loading the control program stored in the storage unit 14 into the RAM and executing it. The number of CPUs is not limited to one, and the user terminal 10 may be configured to include a plurality of CPUs. The ROM stores a control program. The RAM is used as a working memory that stores calculation results and the like when the CPU performs calculations.

  The control unit 15 executes the web browser 14B to access the print control server 20, and causes the display unit 13 to display a web page provided by the print control server 20. A print button is displayed on the Web page. The user of the user terminal 10 operates the operation unit 12 and presses the print button. When the print button is pressed, the control unit 15 causes the display unit 13 to display the setting screen shown in FIG. 2 based on the data of the web page received from the print control server 20.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a setting screen 50 displayed as a Web page on the display unit 13 of the user terminal 10. As shown in FIG.
In the setting screen 50 shown in FIG. 2, a URL input field 51 is displayed. The user of the user terminal 10 inputs, in the input field 51, a URL indicating the location of the content data to be printed.
In the setting screen 50, a paper size setting field 52, a print copy number setting field 53, an allocation printing setting field 54, a color / black and white printing setting field 55, a double-sided printing setting field 56, and the like are displayed. The user operates the operation unit 12 to input settings in each of the setting fields 52 to 56.

Further, on the setting screen 50, a setting field 59 of an e-mail address for designating the printer 40 for printing the content data is displayed.
For example, when the access from the user terminal 10 is accepted, the print control server 20 performs user authentication, and whether or not the user of the user terminal 10 is a user registered as a user of the network print service. Determine. Therefore, in the setting field 59 of the setting screen 50, a list of e-mail addresses of the printer 40 registered in the print control server 20 by the authenticated user is displayed. The user operates the operation unit 12 to select the e-mail address of the printer 40 to which the content data is to be printed from the e-mail addresses displayed in a list. In the example of FIG. 2, the user selects the e-mail address, but for example, the name of the printer associated with the user who logged in to the print control server is displayed in a list, A desired printer may be selected.

Further, on the setting screen 50, a language setting field 60 is displayed.
The setting of the language is information that defines the language of text data included in the content data when acquiring the content data from the server. When the web browser 14 B is executed to access the print control server 20, the control unit 15 sends, to the print control server 20, an http request including an ID (referred to as a language ID) indicating the language set in the setting field 60 as header information. Send. The print control server 20 acquires the language ID included in the received http request, and downloads text content data corresponding to the acquired language ID from the server.
Also, the language setting field 60 may be displayed on the setting screen 50 only when changing the setting of the language set in advance. For example, when a user who is acquiring content data described in Japanese usually wants to acquire content data described in English, the user performs an operation to display the language setting field 60 on the setting screen 50, The setting of the language may be input in the setting field 60.

  A preview button 61 is displayed on the display screen 50. The preview is a print image of the content data of the URL input in the input field 51. The print control server 20 acquires content data corresponding to the URL included in the http request, converts the acquired content data into print data, and generates a print image. The print control server 20 displays the generated print image on the display unit 13 of the user terminal 10 as a preview.

Data is input to the input field displayed on the setting screen 50, the setting is input to the setting field, and when the preview button 61 is pressed, the control unit 15 inputs the URL input to the input field 51 and the print setting. The generated http request is generated and sent to the print control server 20.
The print setting includes the sheet size, the number of copies, the setting of the allocation printing, and the setting of color printing or black and white printing. In addition, the print setting includes a language ID corresponding to the language set in the setting field 60.

Next, the configuration of the print control server 20 will be described.
The print control server 20 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23. The communication unit 21 performs an operation corresponding to the “input unit” of the present invention. The control unit 23 performs operations corresponding to the “acquisition unit” and the “control unit” in the present invention.

  The communication unit 21 is an interface that communicates with the user terminal 10 and an external device such as the storage server 30 via the network 3. The communication unit 21 transmits and receives signals through a wired communication network such as a wired LAN according to a communication standard such as Ethernet, for example.

  The storage unit 22 is a storage device such as an HDD or an optical disk device. The storage unit 22 stores a control program 22A, a user management table 22B, and an access token 22C.

  The control program 22A is a program executed by the control unit 23. The control unit 23 executes the control program 22A to realize the functions of the print control server 20.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the user management table 22B.
The user management table 22B is a table in which registration information of a user who uses a network print service provided by the print control server 20 is registered. The user management table 22B is a table in which a user name and a password are registered in association with a user ID as identification information for identifying the user. In the user management table 22B, the mail address of the printer 40, printer identification information, connection information for XMPP connection with the printer, and the like are registered in association with the user ID. The connection information includes, for example, a connection ID and a password. The e-mail address is used as identification information for identifying the printer 40. The identification information of the printer is used as a transmission destination of the print data generated by the print control server 20. The control unit 23 acquires printer identification information and connection information corresponding to the e-mail address included in the http request with reference to the user management table 22B.

  The access token 22C is information that proves that the user can use the storage server 30. The access token 22C corresponds to “permission information” of the present invention. The access token 22C includes, for example, a character string for identifying an authenticated user. The access token 22C is stored in the storage unit 22 in association with, for example, a user ID and a host name as a character string that identifies the server that issued the access token 22C.

  The control unit 23 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and other peripheral circuits (all not shown) as hardware. The CPU executes various processes by loading the control program stored in the storage unit 22 into the RAM and executing it. The number of CPUs is not limited to one, and the print control server 20 may be configured to include a plurality of CPUs. The ROM stores a control program. The RAM is used as a working memory that stores calculation results and the like when the CPU performs calculations.

  The control unit 23 executes the control program 22A to execute processing such as authentication processing, content data acquisition processing, access token acquisition processing, print data generation processing and the like.

  The authentication process is a process of authenticating the user of the user terminal 10 that has received access. When the control unit 23 receives an access from the user terminal 10, the control unit 23 transmits an acquisition request for an ID and a password to the accessed user terminal 10. When receiving the ID and the password from the user terminal 10, the control unit 23 determines whether or not the received ID and the password are registered in the user management table 22B, and authenticates the user of the user terminal 10 .

The content data acquisition processing is processing for acquiring content data from another server based on the URL included in the http request received from the user terminal 10.
When receiving the http request from the user terminal 10, the control unit 23 acquires the URL included in the http request, and extracts the character string included in the acquired URL. The character string extracted here is a character string indicating a host name specifying a server providing content data.

  For example, it is assumed that the URL received from the user terminal 10 is "https://www.ABC.com/xxx/yyy/zzz". In this case, the control unit 23 extracts the character string “ABC.com” as the character string indicating the host name providing the online storage service.

  When the control unit 23 extracts a character string indicating a host name from the URL, the control unit 23 refers to the storage unit 22 based on the extracted host name, and there is an access token 22C registered in association with the extracted host name. Determine if When the access token 22C registered in association with the host name exists, the control unit 23 acquires the access token 22C from the storage unit 22. The control unit 23 accesses the server based on the received URL, transmits the access token 22C to the accessed server, and receives server authentication.

  In addition, when there is no access token 22C registered in association with the host name, the control unit 23 receives an access token from the server by newly performing authentication according to OAuth 2 and stores it in the storage unit 22 and receives it. Access the server by URL. In addition, when the control unit 23 accesses the server, the control unit 23 downloads the content data indicated by the URL from the server when the request for acquiring the ID or the password is not received, that is, when the access is not restricted to the content data. Do.

  The access token acquisition process is a process of acquiring the access token 22C from a server which has not acquired the access token 22C. When the control unit 23 receives the authentication of the server, the control unit 23 transmits an acquisition request for the access token 22C to the server. When receiving the access token 22C from the server, the control unit 23 stores the access token 22C in the storage unit 22 in association with the host name extracted from the URL.

  The print data generation process is a process of converting content data acquired by the content data acquisition process into print data. The control unit 23 converts the content data into raster image data and generates print data according to the print setting included in the http request. The control unit 23 acquires the mail address of the printer 40 included in the print settings, refers to the user management table 22B, and acquires printer identification information corresponding to the acquired mail address. The control unit 23 transmits the generated print data to the printer 40 of the acquired identification information.

  The storage server 30 includes a communication unit 31, a storage unit 32, and a control unit 33.

  The communication unit 31 is an interface that communicates with an external device such as the print control server 20 via the network 3. The communication unit 31 transmits and receives signals through a wired communication network such as a wired LAN according to a communication standard such as Ethernet, for example.

  The storage unit 32 is a storage device such as an HDD or an optical disk device. The storage unit 32 stores a control program 32A, a user management table 32B, and a content table 32C.

  The control program 32A is a program executed by the control unit 33. The control unit 33 executes the control program 32A to realize the functions of the storage server 30.

  The user management table 32 </ b> B is a table in which registration information of a user who uses a storage service provided by the storage server 30 is registered. The user management table 32B is a table in which user names and passwords are registered in association with user IDs. The user name, password, and user ID registered in the user management table 32B are not the same as the user name, password, and user ID registered in the user management table 32B of the print control server 20.

  The content table 32C is a table in which content data uploaded by the user is registered. The content table 32C is a table in which a content ID for identifying content data and a user ID are registered in association with content data. The user ID is the ID of the user who uploaded the content data.

  The control unit 33 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and other peripheral circuits (all not shown) as hardware. The CPU executes various processes by loading the control program 32A stored in the storage unit 32 into the RAM and executing it. The number of CPUs is not limited to one, and the print control server 20 may be configured to include a plurality of CPUs. The ROM stores a control program. The RAM is used as a working memory that stores calculation results and the like when the CPU performs calculations.

  The control unit 33 executes the control program 32A to execute an authentication process, a content registration process, and an access token generation process. The authentication process is a process of authenticating the user, and is the same as the authentication process performed by the control unit 23 of the print control server 20, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  The content registration process is a process of registering the content data uploaded by the registered user in the content table 32C. Further, the content registration process includes a process of adding a URL to the uploaded content data to make it usable by the user terminal 10 or the like.

  Further, the access token generation process is a process of generating an access token for permitting the use of the service from the user based on the result of the authentication process by the user. When the control unit 33 receives an access token acquisition request from the print control server 20, the control unit 33 generates an access token and transmits the access token to the print control server 20.

Next, the configuration of the printer 40 will be described.
The printer 40 includes a communication unit 41, a control unit 42, and a printing unit 43.

  The communication unit 41 is an interface that communicates with an external apparatus such as the print control server 20 via the network 3. The communication unit 41 includes, for example, an interface circuit that transmits and receives signals through a wired communication network such as a wired LAN in accordance with a communication standard such as Ethernet. The control unit 42 controls the communication unit 41 and the printing unit 43 to print the print data received by the communication unit 41 on a print medium. The printing unit 43 prints an image based on the print data received by the communication unit 41 on a print medium. The printing method of the printing unit 43 may be any method such as an inkjet method, an electrophotographic method, or a thermal sublimation method.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the print control server 20.
The user operates the operation unit 12 of the user terminal 10 to start a web browser, and accesses a web page provided by the print control server 20. When the web browser is selected by the operation unit 12, the control unit 15 executes the selected web browser. In addition, when the URL of the Web page provided by the print control server 20 is input, the control unit 15 accesses the print control server 20 based on the input URL.

  Upon receiving access from the user terminal 10, the print control server 20 performs user authentication and determines whether or not the user of the user terminal 10 is a user registered as a user of the network print service. judge. When the user authentication is successful, the print control server 20 causes the display unit 13 of the user terminal 10 to display a screen of the Web page. The user operates the operation unit 12 to press the print button displayed on the web page. When the print button is pressed, the control unit 15 causes the display unit 13 to display the setting screen 50 shown in FIG. 2 based on the data of the web page received from the print control server 20.

  Data is input to the input field displayed on the setting screen 50, the setting is input to the setting field, and when the preview button 61 is pressed, the control unit 15 inputs the URL input to the input field 51 and the print setting. An http request including the request is generated and transmitted to the print control server 20.

  The control unit 23 of the print control server 20 determines whether an http request has been received from the user terminal 10 (step S1). When the http request has not been received (step S1 / NO), the control unit 23 stands by until the http request is received. In addition, when receiving the http request (step S1 / YES), the control unit 23 acquires the URL, the print setting, the printer mail address, and the language ID included in the http request (step S2).

  When acquiring the URL from the http request, the control unit 23 extracts a character string included in the URL and specifies a host name (step S3). When specifying the host name, the control unit 23 determines whether or not the access token 22C associated with the specified host name is stored in the storage unit 22 (step S4). When the access token 22C is stored in the storage unit 22 (step S4 / YES), the control unit 23 reads and acquires the access token from the storage unit 22 (step S5).

  Next, the control unit 23 accesses the storage server 30 based on the URL acquired from the http request, and receives authentication of the storage server 30 by the acquired access token (step S6). When the authentication is successful, the control unit 23 acquires (downloads) content data corresponding to the URL from the storage server 30 (step S7). At this time, the control unit 23 transmits the language ID acquired in step S2 to the storage server 30, thereby acquiring content data of a language corresponding to the language ID.

  Further, in step S4, when the access token 22C is not stored in the storage unit 22 (step S4 / NO), the control unit 23 performs a process of acquiring an access token from the storage server 30 (step S8). For example, in accordance with OAuth. 02, when receiving the authentication start instruction of OAuth. 02, the control unit 23 performs a redirect (transfer) process to transmit the authentication page provided by the storage server 30 to the user terminal 10. Display. Thereafter, when authentication processing is performed between the user terminal 10 and the storage server 30, the control unit 23 acquires an authentication code from the user terminal 10, and the storage server 30 receives an access token request including the acquired authentication code. Send to Then, the control unit 23 receives, from the storage server 30, the access token generated by the storage server 30 in response to the access token request.

  The control unit 23 stores the access token received from the storage server 30 in the storage unit 22 (step S9). The process of acquiring the access token in step S8 is the storage server 30 different from the storage server 30 accessed in step S6.

  Next, the control unit 23 transmits an acquisition request for content data including the language ID acquired in step S2 to the storage server 30 (step S10), and acquires content data in a language corresponding to the language ID (step S11).

  When acquiring the content data, the control unit 23 converts the acquired content data into raster image data, and generates print data in a format corresponding to the printer (printer as a printing destination) indicated by the e-mail address acquired in step S2. (Step S12). The control unit 23 causes the display unit 13 of the user terminal 10 to display the generated print data as a print preview (step S13). Next, the control unit 23 determines whether a print instruction has been received from the user terminal 10 (step S14). When the control unit 23 receives not a print instruction but, for example, an instruction to change print settings such as color printing or black and white printing (step S14 / NO), the control unit 23 returns to step S12 and generates print data corresponding to the change instruction again. (Step S12). Then, the control unit 23 causes the user terminal 10 to display a print preview (step S13), and determines again whether or not the print instruction has been received (step S14). When the control unit 23 receives the print instruction (step S14 / YES), the control unit 23 transmits the print data to the printer 40 of the acquired mail address (step S15).

As described above, the print control server 20 of the present embodiment is a server connected via the network 3 to the storage server 30 that provides content data.
The print control server 20 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23.
The communication unit 21 receives an http request including a URL indicating the location of the content data from the user terminal 10.
The storage unit 22 stores an access token 22C which is permission information for receiving permission to access content data.
The control unit 23 acquires from the storage unit 22 an access token 22C corresponding to the URL received by the communication unit 21. Then, the control unit 23 receives from the storage server 30 permission for access to the storage server 30 indicated by the URL by the acquired access token 22C. Thereafter, the control unit 23 acquires content data from the storage server 30 permitted to access.
Therefore, while securing the security, it is possible to reduce the time and effort when acquiring the content data to which the access restriction is applied.

In addition, the URL includes a character string indicating the host name of the storage server 30 that provides the content data.
The control unit 23 extracts a character string indicating a host name from the URL received by the communication unit 21, identifies the storage server 30 based on the extracted character string, and stores the access token 22C associated with the host name. 22 from.
Therefore, the access token 22C associated with the storage server 30 providing the content data indicated by the received URL can be acquired.

Further, the http request received by the communication unit 21 includes a language ID.
The control unit 23 transmits the language ID to the storage server 30, and acquires content data having text data of a language corresponding to the language ID from the server.
Therefore, content data having text data of a set language can be obtained from the server.

  Further, the control unit 23 converts the content data acquired from the server into print data, and transmits a print request including the converted print data to the printer 40 connected to the network 3. Therefore, the acquired content data can be printed by the printer 40.

The embodiment described above is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
For example, each functional unit of the print control server 20, the storage server 30, and the user terminal 10 shown in FIG. 1 shows a functional configuration realized by cooperation of hardware and software. There are no particular restrictions on the implementation. Therefore, hardware corresponding to each functional unit does not necessarily have to be mounted, and it is of course possible to realize a function of a plurality of functional units by one processor executing a program. In addition, in the above embodiment, a part of the function realized by software may be realized by hardware, and a part of the function realized by hardware may be realized by software.

  In addition, when the above-described control method for the information processing apparatus is realized by using a computer included in the print control server 20, the present invention is executed by a computer for realizing the control method, and the program is executed by the computer. It is also possible to configure in the form of a recording medium recorded in a readable manner, or a transmission medium for transmitting the program. As the recording medium, a magnetic or optical recording medium or a semiconductor memory device can be used. Specifically, flexible disks, HDDs (Hard Disk Drives), CD-ROMs (Compact Disk Read Only Memories), DVDs (Digital Versatile Disks), Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc, magneto-optical disks, flash memories, cards, etc. A portable recording medium such as a mold recording medium or a fixed recording medium can be used. The recording medium may be a non-volatile storage device such as a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), an HDD, etc., which is an internal storage device provided in the image display device.

  Further, in order to make the processing of the control unit 23 of the print control server 20 easy to understand, the processing units of the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 are divided according to the main processing contents. The present invention is not limited by the method and names of division of processing units shown in the flowchart of FIG. Further, the processing of the control unit 23 can be divided into more processing units according to the processing content, or can be divided so that one processing unit includes more processing. Further, the processing order of the above flowchart is not limited to the illustrated example.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Network, 10 ... User terminal, 11 ... Communication part, 12 ... Operation part, 14 ... Memory | storage part, 14A ... Control program, 14B ... Web browser, 15 ... Control part, 20 ... Print control server, 21 ... Communication part , 22: storage unit, 22A: control program, 22B: user management table, 22C: access token, 23: control unit, 30: storage server, 31: communication unit, 32: storage unit, 32A: control program, 32B: User management table, 32C: content table, 33: control unit, 40: printer, 41: communication unit, 42: control unit, 43: printing unit, 50: setting screen, 51: input field, 52 to 56: setting field 57, 58... Input field, 59, 60... Setting field, 61.

Claims (5)

An information processing apparatus connected via a network to a providing apparatus that provides content data,
An input unit into which location information indicating the location of the content data is input;
A storage unit for storing permission information for receiving permission to access the content data;
The permission information corresponding to the input location information is acquired from the storage unit, and permission for access to the providing device indicated by the location information is received from the providing device according to the acquired permission information, and access is granted. A control unit for acquiring the content data from the provided providing device;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The location information includes a string indicating the providing device providing the content data.
The control unit extracts a character string indicating the providing device from the location information input to the input unit, identifies the providing device based on the character string, and associates the character device with the identified providing device. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the permission information is acquired from the storage unit. In the input unit, language settings are input together with the location information;
The information processing according to claim 1, wherein the control unit transmits a language setting to the providing device, and acquires the content data having text data in a language corresponding to the language setting from the providing device. apparatus. Information for designating a printing device as a printing destination is input to the input unit,
The control unit converts the content data acquired from the providing apparatus into print data, and transmits a print request including the converted print data to a printing apparatus designated as the printing destination. The information processing apparatus according to any one of the above. A control method of an information processing apparatus connected via a network to a providing apparatus for providing content data, comprising:
Inputting location information indicating the location of the content data;
Acquiring permission information for receiving permission for access to the content data indicated by the input location information from the storage unit;
Connecting to the providing apparatus based on the input location information and receiving from the providing apparatus permission to access the content data according to the acquired permission information;
Acquiring the content data from the provision device to which access is permitted;
Control method of information processing apparatus having

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