CN1716235A - The apparatus and method of transmitting/storing print or display control information and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus and method for transmitting and storing print or display control information for printing or displaying assets in various formats and a recording medium having a computer program for executing the method contained thereon. The print or display control information transmission and storage method includes: generating a first file containing metadata and a print or display command for controlling the printing or display of an asset; generating a file based on the metadata contained in the first file and the printing or display ordering and printing of the asset or a second file of display form information; and selecting and transmitting one of the first file and the second file in accordance with operating conditions of the device for printing or displaying the asset.

Description

Device and method for transmitting/storing printing or displaying control information and recording medium

This application claims priority from Korean Patent Application No. 10-2004-0043455 filed on June 14, 2004 and Korean Patent Application No. 10-2004-0075471 filed on September 21, 2004 at the Korean Intellectual Property Office, which The full disclosure is hereby incorporated by reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for transmitting/storing printing or display control information, more particularly, to a method for transmitting/storing ML (Markup Language)-based printing or displaying in a capture device or an IT (Information Technology) device Apparatus and method of controlling information and a recording medium having a computer program for executing the method embodied thereon.

Background technique

The capture device includes CE (Consumer Electronics, consumer electronics) equipment such as a digital camera, a digital video camera, and a mobile terminal with a digital camera function. These capture devices are capable of capturing various media such as still images, general images and text. IT devices, such as PCs (Personal Computers), are capable of storing various media that can be classified as items or assets.

Assets can be classified into simple media assets and composite media assets. Simple media assets can be digital photos, videos, digital audio, text, etc. The composite media asset can be "digital photo + digital audio", continuous shooting (multi-shot) sequence of photos, panoramic shooting (panorama-shot) sequence of photos, etc.

However, when a capture device or IT device is connected to a CE device such as a printer or a television and assets are output, only raw data corresponding to each asset without any print or display control information will be downloaded from the capture device or IT device. transmitted to the CE device.

Thus, a printer or television cannot print or display an asset in a batch print format or in a specific format. Batch printing is a function to mark desired assets among multiple assets and print marked assets using a batch job. Specific formats can be those that make up composite media, that can provide effects such as cropping or rotation, or that can provide specific content group types such as bursts and panoramas.

Contents of invention

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention address problems of conventional techniques. Specifically, the present invention provides an apparatus and method for transmitting print or display control information for printing or displaying assets in various formats and a recording medium having a computer program for executing the method contained thereon.

The present invention also provides an apparatus and method for transmitting ML (Markup Language)-based printing or display control information in a capture device or an IT device and a recording medium containing thereon a computer program for executing the method.

The present invention also provides a device for transmitting print or display control information based on XML (Extensible Markup Language)-based print or display command information and XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language)-based print or display form information and a method, and a recording medium having a computer program for executing the method embodied thereon.

The present invention also provides an apparatus and method for storing print or display control information for printing or displaying assets in various formats and a storage medium for storing a computer program for executing the method.

The present invention also provides an apparatus and method for storing ML-based printing or display control information and a storage medium storing a computer program for executing the method.

The present invention also provides a print or display control information storage device and method for independently storing XML-based print or display command information and XHTML-based print or display form information and a computer program for executing the method storage medium.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for transmitting asset print or display control information, comprising: generating a first file containing metadata and print or display commands for controlling asset print or display; generating a first file based on the containing metadata in the first file and a print or display command and a second file of print or display form information of the asset; and selecting and transmitting one of the first file and the second file in accordance with an operating condition of an apparatus for printing or displaying the asset.

The first file is an XML-based MPV file, and the second file is an XHTML file.

The generation of the first file includes: generating, as the first file, a print or display control MPV file for controlling the printing or display of the asset, the MPV file being readable by user input information and management for controlling the printing or display of the asset. It is obtained based on the MPV file that fetches and reproduces asset information.

The first file manages information for controlling printing or displaying of an asset, the information including at least one of a printing or displaying command, an asset property, an asset reference, metadata to be output together with the asset, and an image to be printed or displayed tag information.

The second file selects and defines a print or display form from a plurality of print or display forms.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for storing print or display control information of an asset, comprising: generating a first file managing metadata and print or display commands used to control the print or display of an asset; referring to The first file manages metadata and print or display commands to generate a second file defining the print or display form of the asset; generate synchronization data for synchronizing the first file and the second file; and store the first file and the second file separately Two files, wherein the stored first file and the second file contain the generated synchronization data.

In an exemplary embodiment, the synchronization data includes an asset reference to an asset.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting and storing print or display control information of an asset, comprising: generating a first file managing metadata and print or display commands used to control the print or display of the asset; generating a second file defining a print or display form of the asset with reference to metadata and print or display commands managed by the first file; generating synchronization data for synchronizing the first file and the second file; inserting the generated synchronization data into The first file and the second file are separately stored; and one of the first file and the second file is selected and transmitted in accordance with an operating condition of a device for printing or displaying the asset.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for transmitting print or display control information of an asset, comprising: a first file generator for generating metadata and print or display information for controlling the print or display of an asset a first file of commands; a second file generator for generating a second file based on the metadata contained in the first file and the print or display command and the print or display form information of the asset; and a transmitter for in accordance with An operating condition of the device for printing or displaying the asset selects and transmits one of the first file and the second file. Additionally, in the exemplary embodiment, the transmitter is a multiplexing engine.

The apparatus also includes a user interface for transmitting information input by the user to the first document generator, the second document generator, and the transmitter, and for providing an environment through which the user inputs information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for storing print or display control information of an asset, including: a first file generator for generating metadata and print or display management for controlling the print or display of an asset a first file of commands; a second file generator for generating a second file defining a print or display form of the asset with reference to metadata managed by the first file and a print or display command; a memory for separately storing the second file a file and a second file; and a memory controller for generating synchronization data used to synchronize the first file and the second file, and controlling the memory so that the generated synchronization data is included in both the first file and the second file in the second file.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program for enabling a computer to execute an asset printing or display control information transmission method, the method comprising: generating a print containing information for controlling an asset; or display metadata and a first file of print or display commands; generate a second file based on the metadata and print or display commands contained in the first file and print or display form information for the asset; and print or display the asset in accordance with The operating condition of the device selects and transmits one of the first file and the second file.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable medium embodying thereon a computer program for enabling a computer to execute an asset printing or display control information transmission method, the method comprising: generating a print or display control information management method for controlling an asset A first file of metadata and print or display commands for display; generating a second file defining a print or display form of the asset with reference to the metadata and print or display commands managed by the first file; generating for synchronizing the first file and synchronization data of the second file; and separately storing the first file and the second file, wherein the stored first file and the second file contain the generated synchronization data.

Description of drawings

The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

1 is a functional block diagram of a printing or display control information transmission device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the operations of the MPV file generator and the XHTML file generator shown in FIG. 1;

3A to 3E show exemplary source codes of MPV files based on XML generated by the MPV file generator shown in FIG. 1;

Fig. 4 is another view explaining the operation of the MPV file generator and the XHTML file generator shown in Fig. 1;

5 is a functional block diagram of a print or display control information transmission and storage device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a printing or display control information transmission method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a printing or display control information storage method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numerals refer to the same parts throughout the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a print or display control information transmission device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Printing or display control information transmission means can be included in CE equipment or IT equipment. Referring to Fig. 1, the printing or display control information transmission device includes: user interface (UI) 100, MPV (MultiPhotoVideo or MusicPhotoVideo, multiple photo video or music photo video) file storage unit 110, MPV file generator 120, XHTML (extensible hypertext markup language) document generator 130, and multiplexing engine 140.

While providing an environment in which the user can input information, the UI 100 provides the MPV file generator 120, the XHTML file generator 130, and the multiplexing engine with user input information for controlling the printing or display of each asset or item 140.

Assets can be simple media assets such as still images, normal images, and text, or composite media assets such as burst sequences and panorama sequences.

For example, an environment is one in which the user is able to enter the asset type, metadata of the asset to be printed, the quantity to be printed, desired effects for each asset, asset properties such as print format or display format, print job scheduling, The location information (asset reference) of the asset to be printed or displayed, etc.

Generally, a user cannot input various information into a conventional information input device used in a CE device. Therefore, the UI 100 is constructed to provide an environment that allows a user to input printing or display control information through a simple information input device. For example, the UI 100 can provide an environment that allows a user to input printing or display control information through a menu screen. In this case, the information displayed on the menu screen may be provided from the MPV file generator 120 and the XHTML file generator 130 .

The MPV file storage unit 110 stores an MPV file capable of managing metadata of all assets contained in a corresponding CE device or IT device and location information (asset reference) of these assets. Assets managed by MPV files may include assets that cannot be printed or displayed (for example, digital audio assets). Thus, the MPV file stored in the MPV file storage unit 110 is an XML-based file that is an original file including attribute and location information of captured media. Therefore, MPV files can be used to read and reproduce captured media.

The MPV file generator 120 generates an MPV file for printing or displaying command information and management metadata of an asset. The MPV file generator 120 converts the MPV file stored in the MPV file storage unit 110 into an XML-based file for controlling printing or displaying of assets according to information received from the UI 100. The XML-based file is an MPV file generated by the MPV file generator 120 . Hereinafter, the MPV file generated by the MPV file generator 120 is referred to as a newly defined MPV file.

The newly defined MPV file manages the elements needed to print or display the asset. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, these elements may include: asset type 211, printed quantity 212, print or display form command 213 for a particular asset, metadata 214, effects 215, asset reference 216, and the like.

Asset type 211 is information indicating the type of asset to be printed or displayed. For example, the asset type 211 is information indicating whether the asset to be printed is a still image, a continuous shooting sequence photo, or a panorama shooting sequence photo. The asset type 211 may be decided with reference to asset type information managed by the MPV file stored in the MPV file storage unit 110 .

The number of prints 212 is information representing the number of assets to be printed or the number of albums containing multiple assets, and can be determined according to user input information.

The print or display form command 213 for a specific asset is information indicating whether the selected asset is used as a cover. A print or display form command 213 for a specific asset can define information containing specific metadata such as an album title or a different image if the selected asset is to be used as a cover. The information may be defined in accordance with user input information.

Metadata 214 is information representing specific metadata to be printed or displayed with each asset to be printed or displayed. The metadata 214 can be defined according to user input information, or can be decided with reference to associated metadata managed by the MPV file stored in the MPV file storage unit 110 . The user can input metadata in which an image to be printed or displayed together with the metadata is marked.

In addition, the user can input metadata in which desired assets to be printed or displayed are marked among a plurality of assets capable of being printed or displayed. In devices that use metadata to print or display assets, it is possible to use batch printing or batch printing that displays multiple assets. Furthermore, the user can enter metadata in which the asset is marked to be printed or displayed in burst format or in panorama format.

The effect 215 is information defining an effect such as cropping or rotation reflecting each asset to be printed or displayed.

The Asset Reference 216 is information defining an actual location of an asset to be printed or displayed, and can be defined as LastURL managed by the MPV file stored in the MPV file storage unit 110 based on user input information.

An example of a newly defined MPV file generated by the MPV file generator 120 is shown as source code in FIGS. 3A to 3E. Referring to FIGS. 3A to 3E , including print job scheduling, style, file type, print quantity, file handle (fileHandle), and title asset properties such as assets to be printed or displayed, and asset properties such as borderless, color, rotation, and cropping, etc. The information of the asset effect is defined in the MPV file. In addition, newly defined MPV files can be defined as information handled in HTML format. That is, referring to FIG. 3B , <mpv:Print mpv:id="printjob0001"> is processed in HTML format through "<!--first asset to print: Hyper-text-->". The newly defined MPV file generated by the MPV file generator 120 can be transferred to the multiplexing engine 140 .

Furthermore, elements managed by the MPV file generator 210 of FIG. 2 can be used as input elements when generating a print or display control xHTML document. That is, referring to the print or display command and metadata of each asset managed by the MPV file generator 210, the XHTML file generator 200 of FIG. 2 generates an XHTML file in which a print or display format of an album or page is defined. That is, the MPV file generator 120 may be defined as a manager that manages input elements of a print or display control XHTML file.

The XHTML document generator 130 generates a print or display control XHTML document based on the print or display command information included in the newly defined MPV file generated by the MPV file generator 120 and the print or display form selected by the user through the UI 100. In order to allow the user to select the form of printing or display, the XHTML document generator 130 provides various pre-stored templates to the user through the UI 100. The various templates may include layouts of special pages, layouts of one page, layouts of composite assets, and the like.

In other words, the XHTML document generator 130 can generate the print or display control XHTML using the print or display form information selected by the user and the newly defined MPV file management print or display command and metadata generated by the MPV file generator 120. document. The generated XHTML document can be transmitted to the multiplexing engine 140 .

FIG. 4 is another view for explaining the operations of the MPV file generator 120 and the XHTML file generator 130 shown in FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. Unlike FIG. 2 , the XHTML document generator 400 of FIG. 4 includes a database 402 . Similar to the above description of the XHTML document generator 130 of FIG. 1, templates containing various printing or display formats are stored in the database 402 to allow a user to select one from the stored templates. Here, the XHTML document generator 400 refers to an input element managed by the MPV document generator 410 for controlling printing or display of each asset.

The multiplexing engine 140 mine-multiplexes the MPV file generated by the MPV file generator 120 and the HTML file generated by the XHTML file generator 130 . The original multiplexing is performed in response to control signals received through the UI 100. That is, if the control signal received through the UI 100 requires an XHTML file, the multiplexing engine 140 selects the XHTML file and outputs it in response to the control signal. If the control signal received through the UI 100 requires an MPV file, the multiplexing engine 140 selects the MPV file and outputs it in response to the control signal. The MPV file may be an (XHTML+XML) based file as shown in FIGS. 3A to 3E. A (XHTML+XML)-based document is an XML-based document capable of printing or displaying an asset in XHTML format according to the content.

The control signal input to the multiplexing engine 140 through the UI 100 performs different operations according to the processing capability of the CE device or the IT device that prints or displays the asset. If the corresponding CE device or IT device is capable of receiving XHTML-based printing or display control information, the control signal allows the multiplexing engine 140 to select an XHTML file and transmit it. If the corresponding CE device or IT device is capable of receiving XML-based printing or display control information, the control signal allows the multiplexing engine 140 to select the MPV file and transmit it. Thus, the multiplexing engine 140 can be defined as a transmitter that transmits the XHTML document output from the XHTML document generator 130 and the MPV document output from the MPV document generator 120 as output information.

5 is a functional block diagram of a printing or display control information transmission and storage device according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the printing or display control information transmission and storage device stores created printing or display information and simultaneously transmits it to CE equipment or IT equipment.

Referring to Fig. 5, printing or display control information transmission and storage device comprise UI 500, MPV file storage unit 510, MPV file generator 520, XHTML file generator 530, multiplexing engine 540, memory card controller 550, and storage Card 560.

UI 500, MPV file storage unit 510, MPV file generator 520, XHTML file generator 530, and multiplexing engine 540 shown in FIG. 5 and UI 100, MPV file storage unit 110, MPV file storage unit 110 shown in FIG. The MPV file generator 120, the XHTML file generator 130, and the multiplexing engine 140 operate in the same manner, so detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.

However, the MPV file generator 520 and the XHTML file generator 530 transmit the created MPV file and the created XHTML file to the multiplexing engine 540 and also to the memory card controller 550 .

The memory card controller 550 separately stores the XHTML file 562 created by the XHTML file generator 530 and the MPV file 561 created by the MPV file generator 520 in the memory card 560 . At this time, the memory card controller 550 generates synchronization data and stores it together with the MPV file 561 and the XHTML file 562, so that the MPV file 561 and the XHTML file 562 stored in the memory card 560 contain predetermined synchronization data, respectively.

If the location information (asset reference) of the asset to be printed or displayed indicates synchronization data for synchronization of the MPV file 561 and the XHTML file 562, the memory card controller 550 refers to the location of the corresponding asset 563 stored in the memory card 560 information and the position information of the corresponding asset defined in the newly defined MPV file to create synchronous data, and store each of the MPV and XHTML files containing the created synchronous data in the memory card 560. Thus, the MPV file 561 is an MPV file containing synchronization data created by the memory card controller 550 , and the XHTML file 562 is an XHTML file containing synchronization data created by the memory card controller 550 .

The print or display control information transmission device of FIG. 1 and the print or display control information transmission and storage device of FIG. 5 can be included in a capture device or an IT device. The memory card controller 550 and the memory card 560 may be external devices connected to a capture device or an IT device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a printing or display control information transmission method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, an MPV file for managing metadata and asset print or display control commands for printing or displaying assets is created (operation 601). Here, the created MPV file is the newly defined MPV file mentioned above with reference to FIG. 1 . The MPV file is created using user input information received through the UI 100 and the original MPV file stored in the MPV file storage unit 110. User input information is information used to control the printing or display of assets. The original MPV file contains asset location information (or asset reference) and metadata. Thus, the MPV file created in operation 601 manages asset-associated information including print or display commands, asset attributes, asset references, and the like.

Then, an XHTML document defining a print or display form selected by the user from a plurality of predefined print or display forms is created using the print or display command and metadata managed by the MPV file created in operation 601 as input elements. Created (operation 602).

Considering the operating conditions of a corresponding device (not shown) for printing or displaying the asset, one of the MPV file created in operation 601 and the XHTML file created in operation 602 is selected according to information input by the user, and the selected The file is transferred to the device (operation 603). Here, a method of selecting one of the MPV file and the XHTML file is described with reference to the multiplexing engine 140 of FIG. 1 . The device may be a CE device such as a printer or a television.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a printing or display control information storage method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, an MPV file for managing metadata of an asset and a print or display command for printing or displaying the asset is created (operation 701). Here, the created MPV file is a newly defined MPV file shown in FIG. 1 . The MPV file is created using user input information received through the UI 100 and the original MPV file stored in the MPV file storage unit 110. User input information is information used to control the printing or display of assets. The original MPV file contains the asset reference and metadata of the asset. Thus, the MPV file created in operation 701 manages asset-associated information including print or display commands, asset properties, asset references, and the like.

Then, an XHTML document defining a print or display form selected by the user from a plurality of predefined print or display forms is created using the print or display command and metadata managed by the MPV file created in operation 701 as input elements. Created (operation 702).

Then, synchronization data for synchronizing the MPV file created in operation 701 and the XHTML file created in operation 702 is created (operation 703). The synchronization data may be created using the asset reference stored in the memory card 560 and the asset reference defined in the MPV file created in operation 701 as described above with reference to FIG. 5 . For example, if the asset reference stored in the memory card 560 is different from the corresponding asset reference defined in the MPV file, the asset reference stored in the memory card 560 is created as synchronization data. The synchronous data is the data jointly contained by the MPV file and XHTML for the same asset.

The created synchronization data is included in the MPV file created in operation 701 and the XHTML file created in operation 702 . Here, synchronization data may be inserted into both the MPV file and the XHTML file by updating the LastURL of the asset managed by the MPV file created in operation 701 to the location of the corresponding asset currently stored in the memory card 560. Then, the MPV file and the XHTML file including the synchronization data are separately stored on the memory card (operation 704).

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a printing or display control information transmission method, and FIG. 7 is a view for explaining a printing or display control information storage method. Based on the printing or display control information transmission method in Figure 6 and the printing or display control information storage method in Figure 7, using the printing or display information transmission and storage device shown in Figure 5, the printing or display control information can be transmitted and stored simultaneously its method.

The printing or display control information transmission and storage method according to the present invention can also be embodied as computer readable codes on a computer readable recording medium. The computer readable recording medium is any data storage device that can store data which can be thereafter read by a computer system. Examples of the computer readable recording medium include read only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage devices, and carrier waves. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

As described above, according to the present invention, by storing print or display control information defining a print or display form with reference to a print or display command and metadata and simultaneously transmitting the print or display control information to a device for printing or displaying an asset, Assets can be quickly printed or displayed in various forms.

For example, using the XML-based MPV file according to the present invention, it is possible to store and transmit marking information capable of batch-printing a plurality of assets, information on the number of prints, printing or displaying effect information such as cropping or rotation marked therein for each asset control information, etc.

Additionally, when printing or displaying an image asset, an XML-based MPV file can be defined so that metadata with specific content is printed or displayed along with the image asset. An XML-based MPV file may contain information specifying metadata to be exported with the photo. In addition, MPV files can be created so that images with a specific format such as burst format or panorama format can be printed or displayed. Additionally, using the information contained in the MPV file, a device for printing or displaying an asset can reduce the time required to search for an asset to print or display.

While the invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that changes may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the following claims. Various modifications of form and detail were made.

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1. A method for transmitting asset print or display control information, comprising: generating a first file including metadata for controlling printing or displaying of the asset and printing or displaying commands; generating a second file based on the metadata and print or display commands and print or display form information for the asset contained in the first file; and One of the first file and the second file is selected and transmitted in accordance with an operating condition of the device for printing or displaying the asset. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first file is an XML-based MPV file and the second file is an XHTML file. 3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein generating the first file comprises: A printing or display control MPV file for controlling printing or displaying of assets is generated as a first file, the MPV file is based on user input information for controlling printing or displaying of assets and management information capable of reading and reproducing assets MPV file based on the acquisition. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the first file manages information used to control printing or displaying of the asset, the information at least includes: one of printing or displaying commands, asset properties, asset references, Metadata that is output together with tagging information of the image to be printed or displayed. 5. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the second file selects from a plurality of print or display forms and defines a print or display form. 6. A method of storing asset print or display control information, comprising: generating a first file managing metadata and print or display commands used to control printing or displaying of the asset; generating a second file defining a print or display form of the asset with reference to metadata and print or display commands managed by the first file; generating synchronization data for synchronizing the first file and the second file; and The first file and the second file are stored separately, wherein the stored first file and the second file include the generated synchronization data. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first file is an XML-based MPV file and the second file is an XHTML file. 8. A method as claimed in claim 6 or 7, wherein the second file selects from a plurality of print or display forms and defines a print or display form. 9. A method as claimed in claim 6 or 7, wherein the synchronization data comprises an asset reference of an asset. 10. A method of transmitting and storing print or display control information of an asset, comprising: generating a first file managing metadata and print or display commands used to control printing or displaying of the asset; generating a second file defining a print or display form of the asset with reference to metadata and print or display commands managed by the first file; generating synchronization data for synchronizing the first file and the second file; inserting the generated synchronization data into the first file and the second file and storing the first file and the second file separately; and One of the first file and the second file is selected and transmitted in accordance with an operating condition of the device for printing or displaying the asset. 11. A device for transmitting asset printing or display control information, comprising: A first file generator, configured to generate a first file including metadata and print or display commands for controlling the printing or display of the asset; a second file generator for generating a second file based on the metadata and print or display commands contained in the first file and the print or display form information of the asset; and A transmitter for selecting and transmitting one of the first file and the second file in accordance with an operating condition of an apparatus for printing or displaying the asset. 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first file is an XML-based MPV file and the second file is an XHTML file. 13. The device according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the first file manages information used to control printing or displaying of the asset, the information at least includes: one of printing and displaying commands, asset properties, asset references, required Metadata output with the asset, and tagging information for the image to be printed or displayed. 14. The apparatus according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the first file is a defined MPV file for controlling the printing or display of the asset, the MPV file is a user input for controlling the printing or display of the asset using management Information and MPV files capable of reading and reproducing asset information. 15. The apparatus of claim 11 or 12, wherein the transmitter is a multiplexing engine. 16. The apparatus of claim 11 or 12, further comprising: A user interface for transmitting information input by the user to the first document generator, the second document generator, and the transmitter, and for providing an environment through which the user inputs information. 17. A device for storing asset print or display control information, comprising: A first file generator, configured to generate a first file for managing metadata and print or display commands used to control the printing or display of the asset; a second file generator for generating a second file defining a print or display form of the asset with reference to the metadata and print or display commands managed by the first file; a memory for separately storing the first file and the second file; and A memory controller for generating synchronization data for synchronizing the first file and the second file, and controlling the memory so that the generated synchronization data is included in both the first file and the second file. 18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the synchronization data includes an asset reference of the asset.

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