US 2016/0110658 A1Published application

Image forming system and image forming apparatus

AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

InventorMasaki Sanou

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Abstract

In an image forming apparatus, a cooperation processing unit performs a cooperation process according to an instruction from the travel expense reporting application of a terminal apparatus. The travel expense reporting application communicates with a travel expense reporting system that receives an electronic applying of a travel expense report. The cooperation processing unit (a) reads usage history data of public transportation from an IC card in accordance with an instruction received from the travel expense reporting application and transmits the usage history data to the travel expense reporting application, (b) scans an image of the original of a receipt in accordance with an instruction received from the travel expense reporting application, and (c) prints a document for a paper applying of a travel expense report that includes (c1) a usage history to be reported and (c2) the image of the original of the receipt.

Claims5

Dependent claims

An image forming system, comprising:

a terminal apparatus that comprises a travel expense reporting application configured to communicate with a travel expense reporting system that receives an electronic applying of a travel expense report;
and
an image forming apparatus that comprises an image scanning device, a printing device, an IC card reader, and a cooperation processing unit configured to perform a cooperation process according to an instruction from the travel expense reporting application;
wherein the cooperation processing unit (a) reads usage history data of public transportation from an IC card using the IC card reader in accordance with an instruction received from the travel expense reporting application and transmits the usage history data to the travel expense reporting application, (b) scans an image of an original of a receipt using the image scanning device in accordance with an instruction received from the travel expense reporting application, and (c) prints a document for a paper applying of a travel expense report that includes (c1) a usage history to be reported on the basis of the usage history data and (c2) the image of the original of the receipt using the printing device;
and
the travel expense reporting application (d) receives the usage history data transmitted from the cooperation processing unit, and (e) performs an electronic applying of the travel expense report for the usage history to be reported on the basis of the usage history data.

3 more elements

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

a communication device capable of communicating with a terminal apparatus that includes a travel expense reporting application, the travel expense reporting application communicating with a travel expense reporting system that receives an electronic applying of a travel expense report;
an image scanning device;
a printing device;
an IC card reader;
and
a cooperation processing unit configured to perform a cooperation process according to an instruction from the travel expense reporting application;
wherein the cooperation processing unit (a) reads usage history data of public transportation from an IC card using the IC card reader in accordance with an instruction received from the travel expense reporting application and transmits the usage history data to the travel expense reporting application using the communication device, (b) scans an image of an original of a receipt using the image scanning device in accordance with an instruction received from the travel expense reporting application, and (c) prints a document for a paper applying of a travel expense report that includes (c1) a usage history to be reported on the basis of the usage history data and (c2) the image of the original of the receipt using the printing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/867,643Filed 28 Sep 2015
Priority: JP 2014-21385920 Oct 2014
Published: 21 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06Q 10/02
Administration; Management: reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
G06F 3/1242
Print job management: image or content composition onto a page
G06F 3/128
Specifically adapted to adopt a particular infrastructure: direct printing, e.g. sending document file, using memory stick, printing from a camera