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.
Claims8
An image recording apparatus, comprising:
- 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;
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- a processor configured to perform:
- receiving image data and first identification information from an image-data output device via the first communication interface, the first identification information being identification information that is stored in a mobile terminal;
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- when the processor receives the first identification information from the mobile terminal via the second communication interface, transmitting a response to the reception of the first identification information to the mobile terminal via the second communication interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.