Storage information update method, image forming apparatus, system for managing image forming apparatus, and mobile device

A mobile device comprising:

• an input unit configured to receive at least one identification number from an image forming apparatus when at least one identification number of the image forming apparatus is changed;
• and
• a communicator configured to transmit the at least one identification number to an electronic tag capable of storing the identification number of the image forming apparatus,
• wherein the electronic tag is on the image forming apparatus.

A storage information update method to be performed by an image forming apparatus to which at least one identification number is assigned, a storage configured to store the identification number of the image forming apparatus, and a terminal device configured to communicate with the storage, the method comprising:

• acquiring, by the terminal device, the at least one identification number of the image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus;
• and
• transmitting, by the terminal device, the received at least one identification number to the storage,
• wherein the storage includes an electronic tag on the image forming apparatus.

A storage information update method to be performed by an image forming apparatus to which at least one identification number is assigned, a storage configured to store the at least one identification number of the image forming apparatus, a terminal device configured to communicate with the storage, and an information processing apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus through a wired communication network or a wireless communication network, the storage information updating method comprising:

• acquiring, by the information processing apparatus, the at least one identification number of the image forming apparatus when the at least one identification number is changed;
• transmitting, by the information processing apparatus, the at least one identification number to the terminal device;
• and
• transmitting, by the terminal device, the received at least one identification number to the storage,
• wherein the storage includes an electronic tag on the image forming apparatus.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a housing;
• a first storage unit installed on the outside of the housing and configured to store at least one identification number of the image forming apparatus;
• and
• a second storage unit installed inside the housing and configured to store at least one identification number of the image forming apparatus,
• wherein, when the at least one identification number stored in the first storage unit is different from the at least one identification number assigned to the image forming apparatus stored in the second storage unit, the at least one identification number stored in the first storage unit is caused to be consistent with the at least one identification number assigned to the image forming apparatus stored in the second storage unit through at least one terminal device, and
• wherein, when the at least one identification number stored in the first storage unit is different from the at least one identification number assigned to the image forming apparatus stored in the second storage unit, the at least one terminal device updates the at least one identification number stored in the first storage unit by delivering the at least one identification number received from the image forming device, stored in advance, or stored in the second storage unit received through an input unit included in the at least one terminal device to the first storage unit.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a housing;
• a first storage unit installed on the outside of the housing and configured to store at least one identification number of the image forming apparatus;
• a second storage unit installed inside the housing and configured to store at least one identification number of the image forming apparatus,
• wherein, when the at least one identification number stored in the first storage unit is different from the at least one identification number assigned to the image forming apparatus stored in the second storage unit, the at least one identification number stored in the first storage unit is caused to be consistent with the at least one identification number assigned to the image forming apparatus stored in the second storage unit through at least one terminal device;
• and
• a barcode unit configured to store information about the at least one identification number,
• wherein the at least one terminal device delivers the information about the at least one identification number acquired from the barcode unit to the first storage unit and updates the at least one identification number stored in the first storage unit.