Image forming apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshimasa Kawana
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus of the present invention returns a response indicating that the image forming apparatus includes a function for changing information of a sending destination to a monitoring apparatus to an inquiry from the monitoring apparatus when it is determined that the image forming apparatus includes the function for changing the information of the sending destination of the monitoring information and monitoring has not been performed by a different monitoring apparatus. The image forming apparatus further receives a request for changing the information of the sending destination from the monitoring apparatus to change the sending destination of the monitoring information to the sending destination of the monitoring apparatus.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus configured to communicate with a monitoring apparatus for transmitting monitoring information to a management apparatus via a network, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store information of a sending destination for transmitting the monitoring information to the management apparatus;
- a receiving unit configured to receive an inquiry from the monitoring apparatus as to whether or not the image forming apparatus includes a function for changing information of the sending destination;
- a responding unit configured to return, to the monitoring apparatus, a response indicating that the image forming apparatus includes the function for changing the information of the sending destination in accordance with the inquiry when the image forming apparatus includes the function for changing information of the sending destination and it is determined that no monitoring is performed by an external device different from the monitoring apparatus, and to return, to the monitoring apparatus, a response indicating that the image forming apparatus includes no function for changing the information of the sending destination in accordance with the inquiry when the image forming apparatus includes no function for changing the information of the sending destination or the monitoring is performed by the external device;
- a changing unit configured to change the information of the sending destination to the monitoring apparatus in accordance with a reception of change information for changing the sending destination of monitoring information to the monitoring apparatus, having received the response indicating that the image forming apparatus includes the function for changing the information of the sending destination;
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- a transmission unit configured to transmit the monitoring information to the monitoring apparatus based on the change information of the sending destination.
A control method for an image forming apparatus configured to communicate with a monitoring apparatus for transmitting monitoring information to a management apparatus via a network, the method comprising:
- storing in a storage unit information of a sending destination for transmitting monitoring information to the management apparatus;
- receiving an inquiry from the monitoring apparatus as to whether or not the image forming apparatus includes a function for changing the information of the sending destination;
- sending a response indicating that the image forming apparatus includes a function for changing the information of the sending destination in accordance with the inquiry when it is determined that the image forming apparatus includes the function for changing the information of the sending destination and no monitoring is performed by an external device different from the monitoring apparatus;
- sending a response indicating that the image forming apparatus includes no function for changing the information of the sending destination in accordance with the inquiry when the image forming apparatus includes no function for changing the information of the sending destination or the monitoring is performed by the external device;
- changing the information of the sending destination to the monitoring apparatus in accordance with a reception of change information for changing the sending destination of the monitoring information to the monitoring apparatus, having received the response indicating that the image forming apparatus includes the function for changing the information of the sending destination;
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- transmitting the monitoring information to the monitoring apparatus based on the changed information of the sending destination.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program for causing a computer to execute a method for controlling an image forming apparatus configured to communicate with a monitoring apparatus for transmitting monitoring information to a management apparatus via a network, the method comprising:
- storing in a storage unit information of a sending destination for transmitting monitoring information to the management apparatus;
- receiving an inquiry from the monitoring apparatus as to whether or not the image forming apparatus includes a function for changing the information of the sending destination;
- sending a response indicating that the image forming apparatus includes a function for changing the information of the sending destination in accordance with the inquiry when it is determined that the image forming apparatus includes the function for changing the information of the sending destination and no monitoring is performed by an external device different from the monitoring apparatus;
- sending a response indicating that the image forming apparatus includes no function for changing the information of the sending destination in accordance with the inquiry when the image forming apparatus includes no function for changing the information of the sending destination or the monitoring is performed by the external device;
- changing the information of the sending destination to the monitoring apparatus in accordance with a reception of change information for changing the sending destination of the monitoring information to the monitoring apparatus, having received the response indicating that the image forming apparatus includes the function for changing the information of the sending destination;
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- transmitting the monitoring information to the monitoring apparatus based on the changed information of the sending destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.