# US 2021/0240418 A1 · Information processing apparatus, image formation apparatus, and control methods of information processing apparatus

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- Number: US 2021/0240418 A1
- Document ID: US20210240418A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/156,390
- Filed: 2021-01-22
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2020-01-30
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Kazuyuki Saito
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210240418A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/1238: {Secure printing, e.g. user identification, user rights for device usage, unallowed content, blanking portions or fields of a page, releasing held jobs}
- G06F 3/1203: {Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management}
- G06F 3/1222: {Increasing security of the print job}
- G06F 3/1231: {Device related settings, e.g. IP address, Name, Identification}
- G06F 3/1287: {via internet}
- G06F 3/1292: {Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing}
- H04N 1/4413: {involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A default image formation apparatus is desired to be easily set. An information processing apparatus includes a controller including a processor and a memory, the controller configured to acquire identification information that identifies an image formation apparatus, and transmit the identification information to a server system in which the identification information about the image formation apparatus is previously registered so as to set the image formation apparatus as a default image formation apparatus in the server system.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information processing apparatus comprising:
a controller including a processor and a memory, the controller configured to:
acquire identification information that identifies an image formation apparatus; and
transmit the identification information to a server system in which the identification information about the image formation apparatus is previously registered so as to set the image formation apparatus as a default image formation apparatus in the server system.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus acquires the identification information by reading a code displayed on a display of the image formation apparatus.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the information processing apparatus transmits user information to the server system, and
wherein the image formation apparatus is registered as a default image formation apparatus used by a user corresponding to the user information in the server system.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein the controller is further configured to cause the information processing apparatus to:
display a login screen for logging in to the server system on a display of the information processing apparatus; and
receive user information and a password entered on the login screen, and
wherein, in a case where a correct password corresponding to the user information is entered, the image formation apparatus is registered as a default image formation apparatus used by the user corresponding to the user information.

### Claim 5

An image formation apparatus comprising:
a controller including a processor and a memory, the controller configured to:
transmit identification information that identifies the image formation apparatus to a server system in which the identification information about the image formation apparatus is previously registered; and
transmit a default image formation apparatus setting request to the server system so as to set the image formation apparatus as a default image formation apparatus in the server system.

### Claim 6

A control method of an information processing apparatus, the control method comprising:
acquiring identification information that identifies an image formation apparatus; and
transmitting the identification information to a server system in which the identification information about the image formation apparatus is previously registered so as to set the image formation apparatus as a default image formation apparatus in the server system.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The control method according to claim 6, wherein the acquiring acquires the identification information by reading a code displayed on a display of the image formation apparatus.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The control method according to claim 6, further comprising:
transmitting user information to the server system,
wherein the image formation apparatus is registered as a default image formation apparatus used by a user corresponding to the user information in the server system.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The control method according to claim 8, further comprising:
displaying a login screen for logging in to the server system on a display of the information processing apparatus; and
receiving user information and a password entered on the login screen,
wherein, in a case where a correct password corresponding to the user information is entered, the image formation apparatus is registered as a default image formation apparatus used by the user corresponding to the user information.