Apparatus which causes a device to read an original after communication with the device via a short distance wireless communication
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoji Yasuzaki
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with a communication device, and can write data received from the communication device in a memory. The apparatus receives an operation request to the apparatus from the communication device, and stores the received operation request in the memory. The apparatus has a function of specifying a function corresponding to the operation request of a plurality of functions included in the apparatus in a state in which the operation request is stored in the memory. When the function is specified, and is not activated, the apparatus activates the function, and controls the activated function.
Claims23
A system including an apparatus and a device which reads an original,
- the apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a display screen,
- the device comprising:
- a reading unit,
- wherein the at least one processor selects a function from a plurality of functions which the apparatus can cause the device to execute, in accordance with an instruction of a user,
- wherein, before a reading function for reading of the original is selected, the at least one processor causes the display screen to display first information indicating the reading function and not to display second information for prompting the user to put the apparatus close to the device for reading of the original,
- wherein, after the reading function is selected, the at least one processor causes the display screen to display the second information with the first information, and
- wherein, after the display screen displays the second information with the first information and the device communicates with the apparatus via a short distance wireless communication, the device reads the original.
A method for an apparatus, the method comprising:
- selecting a function from a plurality of functions which the apparatus can cause a device to execute, in accordance with an instruction of a user;
- causing, before a reading function for reading of an original is selected, a display screen to display first information indicating the reading function and not to display second information for prompting the user to put the apparatus close to the device for reading of the original;
- causing, after the reading function is selected, the display screen to display the second information with the first information,
- wherein the device reads the original, after the display screen displays the second information with the first information and the apparatus communicates with the device via a short distance wireless communication.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for controlling an apparatus to execute a method, the method comprising:
- selecting a function from a plurality of functions which the apparatus can cause a device to execute, in accordance with an instruction of a user;
- causing, before a reading function for reading of a original is selected, a display screen to display first information indicating the reading function and not to display second information for prompting the user to put the apparatus close to the device for reading of the original;
- and
- causing, after the reading function is selected, the display screen to display the second information with the first information,
- wherein the device reads the original, after the display screen displays the second information with the first information and the apparatus communicates with the device via a short distance wireless communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.