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US 8,477,347 B2Granted
Method and system for managing user setup information
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorDaijiro Miyamoto
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Abstract
A user setup information management system including an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus connected, wherein user setup information is managed by automatically deleting user setup information when the user setup information no longer is needed.
Claims9
A user setup information management system including an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus, the user setup information management system comprising:
- the information processing apparatus comprising:
- a notification-of-deletion transmission unit configured to transmit a notification of deletion including user information to the image forming apparatus when a user deletes device setup information of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a function execution unit configured to execute a function of the image forming apparatus based on user setup information;
- a setup storage unit configured to store the user setup information in association with the user information;
- a notification-of-deletion receiving unit configured to receive the notification of deletion from the information processing apparatus;
- a searching unit configured to search for the user setup information associated with the user information included in the notification of deletion received by the notification-of-deletion receiving unit, from the user setup information stored in the setup storage unit;
- and
- a deletion unit configured to delete the user setup information associated with the user information included in the notification of deletion as a result of the search by the searching unit.
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A method for managing user setup information related to an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus connected to each other, the method comprising:
- a method for controlling the information processing apparatus comprising:
- transmitting a notification of deletion including user information to the image forming apparatus when a user deletes device setup information of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a method for controlling the image forming apparatus comprising:
- executing a function of the image forming apparatus based on user setup information;
- storing the user setup information in association with the user information;
- receiving a notification of deletion from the information processing apparatus;
- searching for the user setup information associated with the user information included in the received notification of deletion, from the stored user setup information;
- and
- deleting the user setup information associated with the user information included in the notification of deletion as a result of the search.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.