Cooperative communication between mobile devices and image forming apparatuses
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorDaiki Sakamoto
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Abstract
An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses and an information terminal that communicates with the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The information terminal comprises a processor configured to: communicate with the image forming apparatus, and transmit first information relating to a job to the image forming apparatus, receive certification information corresponding to the first information from the image forming apparatus, output the received certification information, and instruct the image forming apparatus to execute the job in response to receiving, from the image forming apparatus, transmission start information associated with the job.
Claims19
An information terminal configured to operate in cooperation with an image forming apparatus of image forming apparatuses, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- communicate with the image forming apparatus;
- and
- transmit first information relating to a job to the image forming apparatus, receive, as received certification information, certification information corresponding to the first information from the image forming apparatus, output the received certification information to the image forming apparatus, and cause the image forming apparatus to execute the job in response to receiving, from the information terminal, transmission start information associated with the job, wherein the transmission start information represents encoded image data representative of a signal sequence unobservable by a user identity, and wherein the signal sequence is conveyed via proximity wireless communication between the information terminal and the image forming apparatus.
A method for an information terminal configured to operate in cooperation with an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- communicating with the image forming apparatus;
- transmitting first information relating to a job to the image forming apparatus;
- receiving, as received certification information, certification information corresponding to the first information from the image forming apparatus;
- outputting the received certification information to the image forming apparatus;
- and
- causing the image forming apparatus to execute the job in response to receiving, from the information terminal, transmission start information associated with the job, wherein the transmission start information represents encoded image data representative of a signal sequence unobservable by a user identity, and wherein the signal sequence is conveyed via proximity wireless communication between the information terminal and the image forming apparatus.
A smartphone configured to operate in cooperation with an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- communicate with the image forming apparatus;
- and
- transmit first information relating to a job to the image forming apparatus, receive, as received certification information, certification information corresponding to the first information from the image forming apparatus, output the received certification information to the image forming apparatus, and cause the image forming apparatus to execute the job in response to receiving, from the smartphone, transmission start information associated with the job, wherein the transmission start information represents encoded image data representative of a signal sequence unobservable by a user identity, and wherein the signal sequence is conveyed via proximity wireless communication between the smartphone and the image forming apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.