User-friendly image processing system, mobile terminal, image processing apparatus, and recording medium

An image processing apparatus capable of communication with a mobile terminal, the image processing apparatus comprising:

• a job executor operable to receive an image processing-related job and execute the received image processing-related job, the job executor being operable to execute image a plurality of types of processing-related jobs that differ in output destination from each other;
• an authenticator operable to authenticate that a user of a mobile terminal is registered in the image processing apparatus;
• a transmitter operable to transmit, to the mobile terminal of the authenticated user, a piece of application software that enables at least one operation for changing processing content of the received image processing-related job, equivalent to a user operation performed directly on the image processing apparatus in a case of execution of the received image processing-related job;
• a part operable to transmit, to the mobile terminal of the authenticated user, information indicating that an error has occurred during the execution of the received image processing-related job;
• a receiver operable to receive, from the mobile terminal of the authenticated user, a change in the processing content of the received image processing-related job, indicated by the authenticated user with use of the piece of application software transmitted to the mobile terminal, wherein
• the change in the processing content of the received image processing-related job corresponds to an operation received from the authenticated user of the mobile terminal for handling the error, and changes an output destination of the received image processing-related job to a different output destination, and
• if the receiver receives the change in the processing content of the received image processing-related job from the mobile terminal before the received image processing-related job is completed, the job executor executes a change in the output destination of the received image processing-related job.

A mobile terminal capable of communication with an image processing apparatus for executing a plurality of types of image processing-related jobs that differ in output destination from each other, the mobile terminal comprising:

• a transmitter operable to transmit, to the image processing apparatus, authentication information necessary for authentication of a user of the mobile terminal in the image processing apparatus;
• a receiver operable to, when the user has been authenticated by the image processing apparatus, receive therefrom a piece of application software that enables at least one operation for changing processing content of an image processing-related job of the image processing-related apparatus, equivalent to a user operation performed directly on the image processing apparatus in a case of execution of the image processing-related job;
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• an application software executor operable to execute the received piece of application software and receive an operation from the authenticated user for handling an error identified by the image processing apparatus during execution of the image processing-related job, wherein
• the transmitter further transmits, to the image processing apparatus, a change in the processing content of the image processing-related job by the authenticated user with use of the piece of application software,
• the change in the processing content of the image processing-related job corresponds to the operation received from the authenticated user for handling the error, and changes an output destination of the image processing-related job to a different output destination, and
• if the image processing apparatus receives the change in the processing content of the image processing-related job from the transmitter of the mobile terminal before the image processing-related job is completed, the image processing apparatus executes a change in the output destination of the image processing-related job.

A non-transitory recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing an image processing apparatus, which is for executing a plurality of types of image processing-related jobs that differ in output destination from each other and capable of communication with a mobile terminal, to perform processing including:

• an authentication step of authenticating that a user of the mobile terminal is registered in the image processing apparatus;
• a transmission step of transmitting, to the mobile terminal of the authenticated user, a piece of application software that enables at least one operation for changing processing content of the image processing-related job, equivalent to a user operation performed directly on the image processing apparatus in a case of execution of the image processing-related job;
• a transmission step of transmitting, to the mobile terminal of the authenticated user, information indicating that an error has occurred during the execution of the image processing-related job;
• a reception step of receiving, from the mobile terminal of the authenticated user, a change in the processing content of the image processing-related job, indicated by the authenticated user with use of the piece of application software transmitted to the mobile terminal;
• wherein the change in the processing content of the image processing-related job corresponds to an operation received from the authenticated user of the mobile terminal for handling the error, and changes an output destination of the received image processing-related job to a different output destination;
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• an execution step of executing a change in the output destination of the image processing-related job if the change in the processing content of the image processing-related job is received from the mobile terminal before execution of the image processing-related job is completed.

A non-transitory recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a mobile terminal, which is capable of communication with an image processing apparatus for executing a plurality of types of image processing-related jobs that differ in output destination from each other, to perform processing comprising:

• a first transmission step of transmitting, to the image processing apparatus, authentication information necessary for authentication of a user of the mobile terminal in the image processing apparatus;
• a reception step of, when the user has been authenticated by the image processing apparatus, receiving therefrom a piece of application software that enables at least one operation for changing processing content of an image processing-related job of the image processing-related apparatus, equivalent to a user operation performed directly on the image processing apparatus in a case of execution of the image processing-related job;
• a reception step of receiving an operation from the authenticated user for handling an error identified by the image processing apparatus during execution of the image processing-related job;
• a second transmission step of transmitting, to the image processing apparatus, the changed processing content of the image processing-related job by the authenticated user with use of the piece of application software, wherein
• the change in the processing content of the image processing-related job corresponds to the operation received from the authenticated user for handling the error, and changes an output destination of the image processing-related job to a different output destination, and
• if the image processing apparatus receives the change in the processing content of the image processing-related job transmitted in the second transmission step before the image processing-related job is completed, the image processing apparatus executes a change in the output destination of the image processing-related job.