Image recording apparatus communicable with mobile terminal for identification of the image recording apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasashi Ohhashi
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Abstract
An image recording apparatus includes: a first communication interface configured to perform communication according to a first communication standard; a second communication interface configured to perform communication according to a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard and that is a wireless communication standard; an image recorder; and a controller. The controller receives image data and first identification information from an image-data output device via the first 02-19 communication interface. The controller broadcasts the received first identification information via the second communication interface.
Claims10
An image recording apparatus, comprising:
- a first communication interface configured to perform communication with an information processing apparatus according to a first communication standard;
- a second communication interface configured to perform communication with a mobile terminal according to a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard and that is a wireless communication standard;
- an image recorder configured to perform image recording;
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- a processor configured to perform:
- controlling the first communication interface to receive first identification information, which is stored in the mobile terminal and which distinguishes the mobile terminal from other terminals, from the information processing apparatus over the communication according to the first communication standard;
- when the first identification information is received from the information processing apparatus, controlling the second communication interface to receive, from the mobile terminal over communication according to the second communication standard, a request that comprises the first identification information and that requests the processor to transmit a response to the mobile terminal over the communication according to the second communication standard;
- controlling the second communication interface to transmit the response to the mobile terminal over the communication according to the second communication standard;
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- controlling the image recorder to perform image recording when the processor receives an image recording instruction from the mobile terminal after the processor transmits the response to the mobile terminal by the second communication interface over the communication according to the second communication standard.
An image recording apparatus, comprising:
- a first communication interface configured to perform communication with an information processing apparatus according to a first communication standard;
- a second communication interface configured to perform communication with a mobile terminal according to a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard and that is a wireless communication standard;
- an image recorder configured to perform image recording;
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- a processor configured to perform:
- controlling the first communication interface to receive first identification information, which is stored in the mobile terminal and which distinguishes the mobile terminal from other terminals, from the information processing apparatus over the communication according to the first communication standard;
- when the first identification information is received from the information processing apparatus, controlling the second communication interface to transmit a response to the mobile terminal over communication according to the second communication standard;
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- controlling the image recorder to perform image recording when the processor receives an image recording instruction from the mobile terminal after the processor transmits the response to the mobile terminal by the second communication interface over the communication according to the second communication standard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.