US 11,922,080 B2
Transmission of printing data to which location information has been added and retaining location information
Masayuki Kanai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/925,910
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed May 24, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/019621
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/241503, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-091050 (JP), filed on May 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176797 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1222 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1238 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing system comprising:
location registration equipment that performs user authentication of a user who operates a client terminal at a workspace;
a remote desktop server that enables a desktop screen of an office-installed terminal to be operated through the client terminal; and
a printing device that outputs printing data in accordance with a printing request, the printing device including:
a user management server that manages location information of the user; and
a location register that retains the location information of an authenticated user, wherein
the location registration equipment transmits the location information of the user for whom the location registration equipment has performed the user authentication to the printing device,
the printing device transmits, when receiving the printing request from the remote desktop server, the printing data to which the location information has been added to the location registration equipment, and
when the location information received from the location registration equipment matches the location information stored in the user management server, the printing device retains the location information within the location register.