A method for providing watermark to subscribers is provided. The method comprises observing a request for a first content from a subscriber, determining if the subscriber can receive a watermark, generating a second content comprising the watermark if the subscriber can receive a watermark, causing the subscriber to fetch the first content, and causing the subscriber to fetch the second content comprising the watermark overlaying the first content.

A method for an information processing apparatus searching for an image-processing device is provided. The method includes receiving a predetermined beacon transmitted from an image processing device, identifying an image processing device satisfying a predetermined condition based on the predetermined beacon among one or more image processing devices corresponding to the received predetermined beacon and issuing a request for a server certificate only to a identified device satisfying a predetermined condition about a position among one or more image processing devices found in a search by Bluetooth®.

A printing apparatus acquires an incoming direction and reception strength of a signal received from another apparatus, and performs predetermined processing relating to printing based on the acquired incoming direction and the acquired reception strength.

An image processing apparatus transmits a request to a content server at a specific timing such as login, logout, auto-clear, print start. The image processing apparatus receives contents provided from the content server in response to the request, and displays the contents in an operation unit. If a user operating the image processing apparatus is specified by user authentication, the image processing apparatus adds information of the user to the request, and receives the content modified by the content server according to the information of the user from the content server and displays the modified contents.

The present invention is concerning to an image management system that communicates with a first communication terminal via a communication network, the image management system comprising: an image storage unit configured to store image data; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the first communication terminal, link information that includes image identification information for identifying the image data and includes predetermined-area information that indicates a predetermined area in the image data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the first communication terminal, the image data that is indicated by the image identification information included in the link information received by the receiving unit and the predetermined-area information included in the link information.

The present invention is concerning to an image management system that communicates with a first communication terminal via a communication network, the image management system comprising: an image storage unit configured to store image data; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the first communication terminal, link information that includes image identification information for identifying the image data and includes predetermined-area information that indicates a predetermined area in the image data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the first communication terminal, the image data that is indicated by the image identification information included in the link information received by the receiving unit and the predetermined-area information included in the link information.

A server presents a first setting screen for entering settings relating to target image data for transmission, transmits the target image data to a cloud service in accordance with the settings, stores the settings associated with a type of the target image data and information of a user, and presents a second setting screen for selecting whether or not to use settings identical to any stored settings for new target image data. When presenting the first setting screen, the server presents it in a state in which, from the stored settings which the user selected to use settings identical to, a type of image data is omitted and settings required for transmission have been reflected. The server stores a type of the new target image data added to and associated with the selected stored settings.

Described are techniques for video bridging for conversion of IP network video streams to the USB Video Class (UVC). The conversion of IP video to UVC video can include the use of software-only conversions and hardware assisted conversions, and can be done within purpose-built “conversion” devices or as software only solutions operating within applications or drivers within the operating systems of the “end nodes”. The end-nodes simultaneously see and use multiple USB UVC video sources. The conversion process can also convert the USB UVC video control protocol to IP Video Stream control protocols.

If a new web engine is installed on an information processing apparatus to introduce the information processing apparatus to new web technology, display compatibility between the new web engine and a conventional web engine that has been used cannot be maintained, which leads to a degradation in usability. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, an information processing apparatus includes a plurality of web engines and the web engines to be used are dynamically changed based on a content of a request.

A method of collecting operation information from an apparatus on a network includes searching for an apparatus on the network, in response to finding an image processing apparatus and a control apparatus that is connected to the image processing apparatus and transmits print data to the image processing apparatus in the searching, collecting operation information from one of the image processing apparatus and the control apparatus, and storing the collected operation information in a predetermined storage area.