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US 2023/0179725 A1Published application
Cloud system, cloud link system, image forming apparatus, control method, and non-transitory storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Fuse
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Abstract
A cloud link system is connected with another cloud link system. In a list of cloud services includes a first cloud service connected to the cloud link system without the another cloud link system and a second cloud service connected to the another cloud link system.
Claims15
A cloud system comprising:
- a cloud link system configured to provide a cloud link service, the cloud link system being connected with an image forming apparatus and one or more cloud services via a network;
- and
- the image forming apparatus,
- wherein the image forming apparatus includes:
- an acceptance unit configured to accept selection of the cloud link service as a function to be used by a user;
- a request unit configured to send, in a case where the acceptance unit accepts the selection of the cloud link service, an acquisition request to the cloud link system to acquire information about cloud services usable in the image forming apparatus;
- a reception unit configured to receive the information about the cloud services transmitted from the cloud link system;
- and
- a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a list of cloud services by using the received information about the cloud services,
- wherein the cloud link system includes:
- a management unit configured to manage the information about the cloud services usable in the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a transmission unit configured to transmit the information about the cloud services to the image forming apparatus in accordance with the acquisition request, based on the information about the cloud services managed by the management unit,
- wherein the cloud link system is connected with another cloud link system, and
- wherein the list of cloud services includes a first cloud service connected to the cloud link system without the another cloud link system and a second cloud service connected to the another cloud link system.
12 more elements
A cloud link system that is connected with an image forming apparatus and one or more cloud services via a network and provides a cloud link service, the cloud link system comprising:
- a management unit configured to manage information about cloud services usable in the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a transmission unit configured to transmit information about cloud services to the image forming apparatus, based on the managed information, in response to an acquisition request to acquire the information about the cloud services usable in the image forming apparatus,
- wherein the cloud link system is connected with another cloud link system, and
- wherein the information about the cloud services includes a first cloud service connected to the cloud link system without the another cloud link system and a second cloud service connected to the another cloud link system.
2 more elements
An image forming apparatus connected with a cloud link system that provides a cloud link service, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- an acceptance unit configured to accept selection of the cloud link service as a function to be used by a user;
- a request unit configured to send, in a case where the acceptance unit accepts the selection of the cloud link service, an acquisition request to the cloud link system to acquire information about cloud services usable in the image forming apparatus;
- a reception unit configured to receive the information about the cloud services transmitted from the cloud link system;
- and
- a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a list of cloud services by using the information about the cloud services received by the reception unit,
- wherein the cloud link system is connected with another cloud link system, and
- wherein the list of cloud services includes a first cloud service connected to the cloud link system without the another cloud link system and a second cloud service connected to the another cloud link system.
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A control method of an image forming apparatus connected with a cloud link system that provides a cloud link service, the control method comprising:
- accepting selection of the cloud link service as a function to be used by a user;
- sending, in a case where the selection of the cloud link service is accepted, an acquisition request to the cloud link system to acquire information about cloud services usable in the image forming apparatus;
- receiving the information about the cloud services transmitted from the cloud link system;
- and
- controlling a display unit to display a list of cloud services by using the received information about the cloud services,
- wherein the cloud link system is connected with another cloud link system, and
- wherein the list of cloud services includes a first cloud service connected to the cloud link system without the another cloud link system and a second cloud service connected to the another cloud link system.
4 more elements
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs cause one or more processors of an image forming apparatus connected to a cloud link system that provides a cloud link service to perform:
- accepting selection of the cloud link service as a function to be used by a user;
- sending, in a case where the selection of the cloud link service is accepted, an acquisition request to the cloud link system to acquire information about cloud services usable in the image forming apparatus;
- receiving the information about the cloud services transmitted from the cloud link system;
- and
- controlling a display unit to display a list of cloud services by using the received information about the cloud services,
- wherein the cloud link system is connected with another cloud link system, and
- wherein the list of cloud services includes a first cloud service connected to the cloud link system without the another cloud link system and a second cloud service connected to the another cloud link system.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.