IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM

• Main Authors: FURUBAYASHI TOSHIYA, NAGASAWA KENICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 10.12.2020
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To provide a technology that, in cooperation of an image forming apparatus and a portable terminal with each other, makes it possible to check that the image forming apparatus cooperating with the portable terminal is an image forming apparatus desired by a user.SOLUTION: A portable terminal 50 acquires information (information for specifying apparatus) for a user to determine whether an image forming apparatus that is to cooperate with the portable terminal 50 is a desired image forming apparatus through BLE communication (short-range radio communication) with the image forming apparatus. The portable terminal 50 displays a confirmation message 700 confirming execution of cooperation with the image forming apparatus. The confirmation message 700 includes the information for specifying apparatus (for example, apparatus name "sixth floor, east side 1"). The portable terminal 50 executes the cooperation with the image forming apparatus (for example, authentication operation) according to the user's operation to confirm the confirmation message 700.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 17 【課題】画像形成装置と携帯端末との連携動作を行う場合において、携帯端末に対する連携先の画像形成装置がユーザの所望の画像形成装置であることを確認することが可能な技術を提供する。【解決手段】携帯端末５０は、当該携帯端末５０と連携しようとしている画像形成装置が所望の画像形成装置であるか否かをユーザが判定するための情報（装置特定用情報）を、画像形成装置とのＢＬＥ通信（近距離無線通信）を通じて取得する。そして、携帯端末５０は、当該画像形成装置との連携動作の実行を確認する確認メッセージ７００を表示する。当該確認メッセージ７００は、当該装置特定用情報（装置名「６階東側１」等）を含む。携帯端末５０は、ユーザによる確認メッセージ７００の確認操作に応じて、連携動作（認証動作等）を実行する。【選択図】図１７