# US 10,372,390 B2 · Image forming apparatus with a proximity communication device and non-transitory computer readable medium for executing a process for controlling the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,372,390 B2 - Document ID: US10372390B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/648,606 - Filed: 2017-07-13 - Published: 2018-06-21 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-21 - Assignees: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Toshiyuki Maezawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10372390B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/1236: {Connection management} - G06F 3/1203: {Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management} - G06F 3/1204: {resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data} - G06F 3/1229: {Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels} - G06F 3/128: {Direct printing, e.g. sending document file, using memory stick, printing from a camera} - G06F 3/1292: {Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing} - H04B 5/20: characterised by the transmission technique; characterised by the transmission medium - H04N 1/00342: {with a radio frequency tag transmitter or receiver (storage of additional information in an RFID tag attached to an image bearing paper sheet H04N1/32138)} - H04N 1/2104: {for one or a few pictures} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04W 76/23: Manipulation of direct-mode connections - H04B 5/70: specially adapted for specific purposes - H04N 2201/0041: Point to point (H04N2201/0039 takes precedence) - H04N 2201/006: Using near field communication, e.g. an inductive loop - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An image forming apparatus has at least one proximity communication device. The image forming apparatus is an apparatus in which information in a storage area in the at least one proximity communication device is capable of being provided for an external apparatus. The information in the storage area is rewritten in accordance with transition of an apparatus state of the image forming apparatus. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image forming apparatus comprising: at least one proximity communication device configured to provide at least first information and second information in a storage area of the at least one proximity communication device to an external apparatus; and a controller configured to: rewrite the first information in the storage area in accordance with a transition of a first apparatus state of the it forming apparatus caused by a first user input, and rewrite the first information and the second information in the storage area in accordance with a transition of a second apparatus state of the image forming apparatus caused by a second user input, wherein the transition of the first apparatus state of the image forming apparatus is a transition from a state before a user logs in via a user interface screen to the image forming apparatus or is a transition in which the image forming apparatus is connected to a first network address, and the transition of the second apparatus state of the image forming apparatus is a transition that occurs after the user logs in, via the user interface screen a transition in which the image forming apparatus is connected to a second network or a transition in which a connection information to a first network is deleted. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information conforming to the first apparatus state of the image forming apparatus is written for storage in the storage area. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, in accordance with the transition of the first apparatus state, information for the user is written for storage in the storage area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, when connection information of the image forming apparatus to a network is changed in accordance with the transition of the second apparatus state, the changed connection information is written for storage in the storage area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, when connection information of the image forming apparatus to a network is changed in accordance with the transition of the first apparatus state or the transition of the second apparatus state, the changed connection information is written for storage in the storage area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in accordance with the transition of the first apparatus state, information for the user is written for storage in the storage area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The image forming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein, when connection information of the image forming apparatus to a network is changed in accordance with the transition of the first apparatus state or the transition of the second apparatus state, the changed connection information is written for storage in the storage area. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when connection information of the image forming apparatus to a network is changed in accordance with the transition of the first apparatus state or the transition of the second apparatus state, the changed connection information is written for storage in the storage area. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer for an image forming apparatus to execute a process, the image forming apparatus comprising at least one proximity communication device configured to provide at least first information and second information in a storage area of the at least one proximity communication device to an external apparatus, the computer controlling the at east one proximity communication device, the process comprising: rewriting the first information in the storage area in accordance with a transition of a first apparatus state of the image forming apparatus caused by a first user input, and rewriting the first information and the second information in the storage area in accordance with a transition of a second apparatus state of the image forming apparatus caused by a second user input, wherein the transition of the first apparatus state of the image forming apparatus k a transition from a state before a user logs in, via a user interface screen to the image forming apparatus or is a transition in which the image forming apparatus is connected to a first network address, and the transition of the second apparatus state of the image forming apparatus is a transition that occurs after the user logs in via a user interface screen, a transition in which the image forming apparatus is connected to a second network or a transition in which a connection information to a first network is deleted. ### Claim 10 An image forming apparatus comprising: at least one proximity communication device configured to provide at least first information in a storage area of the at least one proximity communication device to an external apparatus; and a controller configured to: rewrite the first information to include function selection information for selecting a function of the image forming apparatus in the storage area in accordance with a transition of a first apparatus state of the image forming apparatus to a user logged-in state, and rewrite the first information to include function application information for controlling a selected function in the storage area in accordance with a transition of a second apparatus state of the image forming apparatus to a state in which the image forming apparatus performs the selected function; wherein the transition of the first apparatus state of the image forming apparatus is a transition from a state before a user logs in, via a user interface screen, to the image forming apparatus or is a transition in which the mace forming apparatus is connected to a first network address, and the transition of the second apparatus state of the informing apparatus is a transition that occurs after the user lops in via the user interface screen a transition in which the image forming apparatus is connected to a second network, or a transition in which a connection information to a first network is deleted.