Beacon utilization system, method, beacon utilization method

A beacon utilization system comprising an image forming apparatus, a server, and a mobile terminal;

• the image forming apparatus wirelessly transmits a beacon comprising first identification information and sends a status to the server;
• the mobile terminal receives the beacon and sends the first identification information and second identification information of a user to the server;
• and
• the server stores a job of the user, receives the first identification information and the second identification information from the mobile terminal, and sends the job of the user specified by the second identification information to the image forming apparatus specified by the first identification information.

A method by a mobile terminal, comprising:

• receiving a beacon transmitted by an image forming apparatus;
• sending identification information of the image forming apparatus comprised in the beacon to a server;
• receiving map information from the server;
• and
• displaying a map screen for displaying a status of the image forming apparatus indicating a position of the image forming apparatus on the basis of the map information.

A beacon utilization method by a system comprising an image forming apparatus, a server and a mobile terminal, comprising:

• wirelessly transmitting a beacon comprising identification information, and sending a status to the server by the image forming apparatus;
• receiving the identification information from the mobile terminal, and sending map information for displaying the image forming apparatus specified by the identification information to the mobile terminal by the server;
• and
• receiving the beacon, sending the identification information to the server, receiving the map information from the server, and displaying a map screen for displaying the status of the image forming apparatus indicating a position of the image forming apparatus on the basis of the map information by the mobile terminal.