JP2010003128A - Document data delivery system and document data delivery support method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the other party more safely use an image forming apparatus whose access right is held by a user who requests a document. <P>SOLUTION: A portable telephone terminal 2A of a receiver is made to execute processing for acquiring user location information showing the current location of a transmitter, and to execute processing for retrieving an image forming apparatus 1 adjacent to the transmitter on the basis of the user location information, and to execute processing for transmitting first ID to the retrieved image forming apparatus 1(1B), and to execute processing for transmitting second ID to a portable telephone terminal 2B of the transmitter. A portable telephone terminal 2B is made to execute processing for transferring the second ID transmitted from the portable telephone terminal 2A to the image forming apparatus 1B when a distance with the image forming apparatus 1B is within a prescribed range. The image forming apparatus 1B is made to execute processing for determining whether to permit the transmitter to use the image forming apparatus 1B on the basis of the first ID transmitted from the portable telephone terminal 2A and the second ID transferred from the portable telephone terminal 2B. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system and a method for supporting delivery of document data between users.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, image forming apparatuses called multifunction peripherals or MFP (Multi Function Peripherals) having various functions such as copying, network printing, scanners, fax machines, and document servers have become widespread.

  Such an image forming apparatus is installed not only in an office such as a government office or a company but also in a public facility such as a school or a library, or a commercial facility such as a convenience store or a rental conference room.

  Patent Documents 1 to 4 disclose a method or system that utilizes an image forming apparatus. According to the method disclosed in Patent Literature 1, a PDA having a built-in GPS function, a server system for managing print processing, and a printer installed in a print shop are connected via a network such as the Internet or a LAN. In the print shop search service system, the server system is provided with PDA information collecting means for collecting information about the printer driver installed therein and position information obtained from the GPS function built in the PDA.

  According to the system disclosed in Patent Document 2, in a printing system that performs printing by sending print data from a portable terminal device to a printing device via a network, the printing device is provided with a GPS device that acquires its own position information. The upper management device acquires the position information from each printing device, stores the acquired position information in the position information storage device, and manages the GPS device for acquiring the current position of the portable terminal device. When the portable terminal device sends a print request to the printing device, the portable terminal device sends the positional information obtained by the GPS device to the management device. The management device includes the positional information and the positional information of each printing device managed in an integrated manner. Then, the nearest printing device is searched for the portable terminal device, and the obtained location information of the nearest printing device is notified to the portable terminal device.

  According to the method disclosed in Patent Document 3, a user of a personal computer registers a link key of a mobile phone device, which is a Bluetooth communication device that he / she owns, in association with his / her user ID in a printer. . When the user ID is transmitted from the personal computer to the printer together with the print data, the printer reads the link key registered corresponding to the received user ID, and reads the read link in the communication area (piconet area) of the printer. A mobile phone device for which connection authentication is established is searched using a key. After that, when the print data receiver (user of the personal computer) enters the piconet area, the printer detects the cellular phone device for which the connection authentication is established, and starts the printing operation of the print data on the paper.

According to the method disclosed in Patent Document 4,
The mobile phone device searches for a printer existing in the communication area of the mobile phone device, and transmits the unique information of the printer whose existence has been confirmed to the document server by email. On the other hand, the document server stores print data to be processed by any of a plurality of printers connected via a LAN. When the document server receives the unique information from the mobile phone device, the document server transmits the unique information. Print data addressed to the receiver who is the owner of the mobile phone device is transmitted to the printer corresponding to the specific information via the LAN. With such a configuration, when the recipient owns the cellular phone device and approaches the printer, print data addressed to the recipient is output by the printer.
JP 2005-18630 A JP 2006-53614 A JP 2003-150354 A JP 2003-173251 A

  By the way, there is a case where a user A wants to receive a document from a user B who is in a remote place. An image forming apparatus having a communication function may be installed near the user B. However, the access right of the image forming apparatus may be given to the user A but may not be given to the user B.

  In such a case, it is conceivable that the user A teaches his / her user ID and password to the user B and asks the user B to operate the image forming apparatus instead of the user A. However, this method is not good for security. Some organizations prohibit user ID lending and borrowing.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to allow an image forming apparatus to which a user who desires a document has an access right to use the image forming apparatus more safely than before.

  A document data delivery system according to an aspect of the present invention is a document data delivery system for supporting delivery of document data from a second user to a first user. One or a plurality of document data having a second terminal device of the second user, an input means for inputting the document data, and a transmission means for transmitting the data via a communication line A user position information means for acquiring user position information indicating the current location of the second user in the first terminal device, and the second user based on the user position information. A document data processing device search means for searching for the document data processing device installed in the vicinity of the document data, and the searched document data A first ID transmitting means for transmitting the first ID to the data processing device, and a second ID transmitting means for transmitting the second ID to the second terminal device. When the distance from the searched document data processing device is within a predetermined range, the second ID transmitted from the first terminal device is transferred to the document data processing device. A second ID transfer means, and the first ID transmitted from the first terminal device and the second ID device transferred to the document data processing device. Use permission / non-permission determining means for determining whether or not the second user is permitted to use the document data processing device based on the second ID is provided.

  Preferably, the first ID transmission unit and the second ID transmission unit transmit the same ID as the first ID and the second ID, respectively, and the use permission determination unit When the first ID transmitted from the first terminal device matches the second ID transmitted from the second terminal device, the document data processing device by the second user Is determined to be permitted.

  Alternatively, the use permission by the use permission / non-permission determining means is expired when a predetermined time elapses after the permission or when the second terminal device is separated from the document data processing device by a certain distance or more.

  According to the present invention, an image forming apparatus to which a user who desires a document has an access right can be allowed to use the other party more safely than before.

  1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of a document data delivery system SYS, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus 1, and FIG. 3 is an example of a functional configuration of the image forming apparatus 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the mobile phone terminal 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the document data delivery system SYS includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses 1, a plurality of mobile phone terminals 2, an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server 3, and communication lines 41 and 42. .

  The document data delivery system SYS is used by two users away from each other to deliver document data.

  Each image forming apparatus 1 and FTP server 3 can be connected to each other via a communication line 41. As the communication line 41, the Internet, an intranet, a public line, a dedicated line, or the like is used.

  Hereinafter, each image forming apparatus 1 may be described separately as “image forming apparatus 1A”, “image forming apparatus 1B”,. Similarly, each mobile phone terminal 2 may be described separately as “mobile phone terminal 2A”, “mobile phone terminal 2B”,.

  The mobile phone terminals 2 can be connected to each other via the communication line 42. As the communication line 42, a mobile phone network or a PHS network is used. Since the mobile phone terminals 2 having different carriers communicate with each other, a so-called IP network may be included in a part of the communication line 42. The communication line 41 and the communication line 42 are connected via a packet switching network or the like.

  Each image forming apparatus 1 and each mobile phone terminal 2 can exchange data by e-mail or the like.

  The image forming apparatus 1 is a processing apparatus that integrates various functions such as copying, scanner, fax, network printing, and document server. Sometimes called a multi-function peripheral or MFP (Multi Function Peripherals). Further, the image forming apparatus 1 has an e-mail function.

  The image forming apparatus 1 is installed in an office such as a government office or a company, a public facility such as a school or a library, a commercial facility such as a convenience store or a rental conference room, and other various places, and can be shared by a plurality of users.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the image forming apparatus 1 includes a CPU 10a, a RAM 10b, a ROM 10c, a hard disk 10d, a control circuit 10e, an operation panel 10f, a scanner 10g, a printing device 10h, an infrared communication device 10i, a LAN interface 10j, and a FAX modem. 10k or the like.

  The control circuit 10e is a circuit for controlling the hard disk 10d, the operation panel 10f, the scanner 10g, the printing device 10h, the infrared communication device 10i, the LAN interface 10j, the FAX modem 10k, and the like.

  The scanner 10g optically reads an image of a document such as a document, a mathematical formula, a symbol, a photograph, a chart, or an illustration written on a document to generate image data.

  The printing apparatus 10h prints an image on a sheet based on image data obtained by the scanner 10g or image data transmitted from another image forming apparatus 1 or the like.

  The LAN interface 10j is a NIC (Network Interface Card) for communicating with the image forming apparatus 1 or the like by TCP / IP.

  The FAX modem 10k is a device for communicating with a FAX terminal using a fax protocol.

  The infrared communication device 10i communicates with other devices using infrared rays. As the infrared communication device 10i, for example, a communication device of Bluetooth standard is used.

  The operation panel 10f is a touch panel type liquid crystal display, and is executed by a screen for giving a message or an instruction to the user, a screen for inputting a processing type and processing conditions desired by the user, and the CPU 10a. A screen showing the result of the processing is displayed.

  The user operates the operation panel 10f while viewing the above screen to give an instruction to the image forming apparatus 1 such as start or stop of processing, specify processing conditions, and specify various other items. can do.

  The ROM 10c or the hard disk 10d includes a position information transmission unit 101, a terminal detection command reception unit 102, a mobile phone terminal detection unit 103, a permission ID acquisition unit 104, an authentication processing unit 105, a document data acquisition unit 106, and A program and data for realizing the document data transmission unit 107 and the like are stored.

  These programs and data are read into the RAM 10b as necessary, and the programs are executed by the CPU 10a. 3 may be used as a microcomputer or an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) as an LSI.

  The mobile phone terminal 2 is a mobile station used for mobile phone communication or PHS communication. The cellular phone terminal 2 has an electronic mail function, a GPS (Global Positioning System) function, and an infrared communication function using Bluetooth or the like. As a GPS function, services such as “Imadoko Easy Search” by NTT Docomo can be used.

  The hardware configuration of the mobile phone terminal 2 is basically the same as the hardware configuration of the conventional mobile phone terminal. However, in the nonvolatile memory or ROM, the position information acquisition unit 201, the image forming apparatus search unit 202, the permission ID issue unit 203, the document request message transmission unit 204, the terminal detection command unit 205, the position information transmission unit illustrated in FIG. 211, a program and data for realizing a document request message reception unit 212, a message output unit 213, a permission ID storage unit 214, a permission ID transmission unit 215, and the like are stored.

  These programs and data are read into the RAM as necessary, and the programs are executed by the CPU. 4 may be used as a microcomputer or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) as an LSI.

  The mobile phone terminal 2 may be used by a user who requests document data, or may be used by a user who requests it. The position information acquisition unit 201 or the terminal detection command unit 205 functions when used by the former. The location information transmission unit 211 or the permission ID transmission unit 215 functions when used by the latter.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the processing flow of each device of the document data delivery system SYS.

  Next, processing contents of each unit of the image forming apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 3 and each unit of the mobile phone terminal 2 shown in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  The user Ua owns the mobile phone terminal 2A. The user Ub owns the mobile phone terminal 2B. The user Ua requests document data from the user Ub. An image forming apparatus 1A is installed near the user Ua, and an image forming apparatus 1B is installed near the user Ub. User Ua is in the office and user Ub is out. The user Ua has the authority (access right) to use the image forming apparatus 1B, but the user Ub does not.

  When the user Ua needs to obtain document data from the user Ub, the user Ua uses the identification information of the mobile phone terminal 2 of the user Ub (that is, the mobile phone terminal 2B) as his mobile phone terminal 2 (that is, the mobile phone terminal). 2A). For example, the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 2B (sometimes referred to as “mobile phone number”) is input.

  Then, the location information acquisition unit 201 of the mobile phone terminal 2A in FIG. 4 has information indicating the current location of the mobile phone terminal 2 (that is, the mobile phone terminal 2B) of the input phone number (hereinafter, “terminal location information 52”). Is requested and acquired from the mobile phone terminal 2B (# 511 in FIG. 5). The current location of the mobile phone terminal 2B is represented by, for example, latitude and longitude. The same applies to the current location of the image forming apparatus 1 described later.

  At this time, the location information transmission unit 211 of the cellular phone terminal 2B transmits its own location information 52 to the cellular phone terminal 2A in accordance with a request from the cellular phone terminal 2A (# 611).

  Depending on the GPS standard, the mobile phone terminal 2A may query the GPS center for the current location of the mobile phone terminal 2B and acquire the terminal location information 52 in some cases.

  The image forming apparatus search unit 202 of the mobile phone terminal 2A searches for the image forming apparatus 1 located in the vicinity of the mobile phone terminal 2B based on the received terminal position information 52 of the mobile phone terminal 2B (# 512). For example, the image forming apparatus 1 is searched for within a range of a distance (about 100 meters) in which a person can move within a few minutes on foot.

  There are various search methods. In general, the image forming apparatus is fixedly provided at a predetermined place without moving. Therefore, the position information for each image forming apparatus 1 is stored in a database in advance. Then, the position information acquisition unit 201 may search for the image forming apparatus 1 located in the vicinity of the mobile phone terminal 2B from the database. Hereinafter, information indicating the current location of the image forming apparatus 1 is referred to as “MFP position information 51”.

  Alternatively, each image forming apparatus 1 may be provided with a function similar to the GPS function of the mobile phone terminal and searched by inquiring each image forming apparatus 1 for the current position. In this case, the position information transmission unit 101 (see FIG. 3) of each image forming apparatus 1 transmits its own MFP position information 51 to the mobile phone terminal 2A (# 621).

  As a result of the search by the image forming device search unit 202 of the mobile phone terminal 2A, at least the image forming device 1B is hit as the image forming device 1 in the vicinity of the mobile phone terminal 2B (# 513).

  Further, the image forming apparatus search unit 202 selects the hit image forming apparatus 1 that has been given access right to the user Ua. As a result, the image forming apparatus 1B is selected.

  In the mobile phone terminal 2A, the permission ID issuing unit 203 issues a permission ID (Identification) to a person who temporarily recognizes the use of the image forming apparatus 1B (here, the user Ub) (# 514). The permission ID is preferably issued using a pseudo random number or the like. Moreover, it is desirable that it is a sufficiently long character string (for example, 20 characters or more).

  The document request message transmitting unit 204 issues a message from the user Ua to the user Ub (here, a message requesting to transmit document data and a message notifying the position of the image forming apparatus 1B) by the permission ID issuing unit 203. Along with the permitted ID, it is transmitted to the mobile phone terminal 2B (# 515).

  Then, in the cellular phone terminal 2B, the document request message receiving unit 212 receives the message and the permission ID (# 612).

  The message output unit 213 displays the received message as characters on the display or outputs it as sound through the speaker (# 613). The received permission ID is temporarily stored in the permission ID storage unit 214 (# 614). The user Ub who has seen and heard the message goes to the location of the image forming apparatus 1B.

  In the mobile phone terminal 2A, the terminal detection command unit 205 forms an image so as to detect the mobile phone terminal 2B and authenticate the mobile phone terminal 2B before or after the message and permission ID transmission processing. Command to apparatus 1B (# 516). At this time, identification information (for example, a MAC address) for infrared communication of the mobile phone terminal 2B is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 1B. This identification information may be acquired by communicating with the mobile phone terminal 2B as appropriate. Alternatively, it may be stored in advance in a database. Furthermore, the permission ID transmitted to the mobile phone terminal 2B at the time of the command is also transmitted to the image forming apparatus 1B.

  Hereinafter, the permission ID transmitted to the image forming apparatus 1B and the permission ID transmitted to the mobile phone terminal 2B are described separately from “permission ID 71” and “permission ID 72”, respectively.

  In the image forming apparatus 1B, when the terminal detection command receiving unit 102 receives the command from the mobile phone terminal 2A, the identification information of the mobile phone terminal 2B, and the permission ID 71 (# 622), the mobile phone terminal detection unit 103 The mobile phone terminal 2 in the vicinity of the forming apparatus 1B itself is searched, and the mobile phone terminal 2 of the identification information notified from the mobile phone terminal 2A, that is, the mobile phone terminal 2B is detected (# 623).

  When the mobile phone terminal 2B is detected, the permission ID acquisition unit 104 requests and acquires a permission ID from the mobile phone terminal 2B (# 624). At this time, the permission ID transmission unit 215 of the mobile phone terminal 2B transmits the permission ID 72 stored in the permission ID storage unit 214 to the image forming apparatus 1B (# 615). The permission ID 72 is deleted from the permission ID storage unit 214 immediately after transmission or after a predetermined time has elapsed (# 616).

  In addition, the exchange of the permission ID 72 in steps # 615 and # 624 is preferably performed when the image forming apparatus 1B and the mobile phone terminal 2B are at a close distance in order to prevent others from using the image forming apparatus 1B. . For example, it is desirable that the distance is about a distance (several meters) at which the user Ub can understand the state of the image forming apparatus 1B. What is necessary is to suppress the intensity of infrared rays to such an extent that communication at such a distance is possible.

  The authentication processing unit 105 of the image forming apparatus 1B collates the permission ID 71 received in step # 622 with the permission ID 72 received in step # 624, whereby the user of the mobile phone terminal 2B, that is, the user Ub forms an image from the user Ua. It is determined whether or not the use of the device 1B is permitted. That is, an authentication process is performed. If both permission IDs match, it is determined that permission has been obtained, and if they do not match, it is determined that permission has not been obtained (# 625).

  If the authentication processing unit 105 determines that the user Ub is an authorized user, login to the image forming apparatus 1B is permitted. That is, use of the image forming apparatus 1B is permitted. If the user Ub cannot log in, the user cannot use the image forming apparatus 1B.

  Then, the user Ub sets the document paper on the document table of the image forming apparatus 1B, designates the image forming apparatus 1A as a data transmission destination, and presses the scan button. Then, the document data acquisition unit 106 generates and acquires document data by scanning the paper (# 626). Hereinafter, the document data obtained by the document data acquisition unit 106 is referred to as “document data 60”. Then, the document data transmission unit 107 transmits the document data 60 to the designated destination, that is, the image forming apparatus 1A (# 627).

  When the image forming apparatus 1B has a USB port, the document data acquisition unit 106 acquires the document data 60 by reading it from a USB memory or the like inserted into the USB port by the user Ub instead of acquiring the document data 60 by scanning. May be.

  The permission IDs 71 and 72 received by the image forming apparatus 1B are deleted immediately after the document data 60 is transmitted or after a predetermined time has elapsed (# 628). At this time, the access right to the user Ub is revoked and the user is forcibly logged out. Alternatively, deletion and logout may be performed when the user Ub is away from the image forming apparatus 1B by a predetermined distance or more. The distance can be obtained from the intensity of the infrared signal between the image forming apparatus 1B and the mobile phone terminal 2B. Or you may obtain | require based on both positional information.

  The image forming apparatus 1A receives the document data 60 (# 501), and outputs it by printing the document on paper or displaying it on the operation panel 10f (# 502).

  According to the present embodiment, it is possible to cause the user Ub to use the image forming apparatus 1B to which the user Ua who desires the document has access rights, and to receive the data of the document more safely than in the past.

  In the present embodiment, the document data 60 is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 1 </ b> A, but may be transmitted to the FTP server 3 and stored in a folder for the user Ua provided in the FTP server 3.

  In this embodiment, the user Ub specifies the destination of the document data 60, but the user Ua may specify the destination and notify the image forming apparatus 1B of the destination from the mobile phone terminal 2A. Then, the image forming apparatus 1B transmits the document data 60 to the destination designated by the user Ua.

  The access right temporarily granted to the user Ub may be limited to a certain function. For example, it may be limited to only transmission of data to a specific FTP server 3, limited to transmission of an email to the email address of the user Ua, or limited to only transmission of a fax to the image forming apparatus 1A. . These restrictions may be determined when the user Ua makes a request to the user Ub, notified from the mobile phone terminal 2A to the image forming apparatus 1B, and applied to the image forming apparatus 1B.

  In this embodiment, the image forming apparatus 1 </ b> B and the mobile phone terminal 2 </ b> B communicate with each other by Bluetooth, but may communicate with other standards of short-range wireless communication.

  In the present embodiment, the same (common) ID is used as the permission IDs 71 and 72, but two different IDs that are known to be a pair, such as a public key and a private key of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure), are used. You may use for each.

[Example when allowing the mobile phone terminal 2B to issue a permission ID]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the processing flow of each device of the document data delivery system SYS.

  In the above-described embodiment, the authentication ID (permission ID) is issued by the mobile phone terminal 2A, but may be issued by the mobile phone terminal 2B. Hereinafter, the processing content of each apparatus in this case will be described with reference to FIG. Description of points common to those issued by the mobile phone terminal 2A is omitted.

  The contents of processing from when the user Ua starts operating the mobile phone terminal 2A until the mobile phone terminal 2A searches for and selects the image forming apparatus 1B are shown in steps # 511 to # 513, # 611, and # 611 in FIG. This is as described in 621 (# 531 to # 533 and # 631 in FIG. 6).

  The cellular phone terminal 2A transmits a message requesting the cellular phone terminal 2B to transmit document data and a message notifying the position of the image forming apparatus 1B (# 534). In the example of FIG. 5, the permission ID 72 is also transmitted here, but in the example of FIG. 6, it is not transmitted.

  When the mobile phone terminal 2B receives the message (# 632), it outputs it (# 633). Further, it issues a permission ID (# 634), notifies the mobile phone terminal 2A (# 635), and temporarily saves itself (# 636).

  Upon receiving the notification of the permission ID (# 535), the mobile phone terminal 2A transmits the permission ID received from the mobile phone terminal 2B as the permission ID 71 instead of transmitting the permission ID (permission ID 71) issued by itself in FIG. (# 536). At this time, as in the case of FIG. 5, a command for detection and authentication of the mobile phone terminal 2B is given to the image forming apparatus 1B, and identification information for infrared communication of the mobile phone terminal 2B is notified.

  Hereinafter, each device performs the same processing as the processing of steps # 501, # 502, # 615, # 616, # 622 to # 628 in FIG. 5 (# 521, # 522, # 637, # 638, # 638, # 638 642- # 648).

  In addition, the configuration of the entire document data delivery system SYS, the image forming apparatus 1 and the mobile phone terminal 2 or each part, processing contents, processing order, communication method, and the like can be appropriately changed in accordance with the spirit of the present invention.

It is a figure which shows the example of the whole structure of a document data delivery system. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of an image forming apparatus. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of an image forming apparatus. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a functional structure of a mobile telephone terminal. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the flow of a process of each apparatus of a document data delivery system. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the flow of a process of each apparatus of a document data delivery system.

Explanation of symbols

SYS Document data delivery system (Document data delivery system)
1B Image forming apparatus (document data processing apparatus)
105 Authentication processing unit (use permission determination means)
2A mobile phone terminal (first terminal device)
201 position information acquisition unit (user position information means)
202 Image forming device search unit (document data processing device search means)
204 Document request message transmission unit (second ID transmission means)
205 Terminal detection command section (first ID transmission means)
2B mobile phone terminal (second terminal device)
215 Authorization ID transmitter (second ID transfer means)
52 Terminal location information (user location information)
60 Document data (document data)
71 Permission ID (first ID)
72 Permission ID (second ID)

Claims (4)

A document data delivery system for supporting delivery of document data from a second user to a first user,
A first terminal device of the first user; a second terminal device of the second user; input means for inputting the document data; and transmission means for transmitting the data via a communication line. One or a plurality of document data processing devices,
In the first terminal device,
User position information means for acquiring user position information indicating the current location of the second user;
Document data processing device search means for searching for the document data processing device installed in the vicinity of the second user based on the user position information;
First ID transmission means for transmitting a first ID to the retrieved document data processing apparatus;
A second ID transmission means for transmitting a second ID to the second terminal device, and
In the second terminal device,
Transferring the second ID transmitted from the first terminal device to the document data processing device when a distance from the searched document data processing device is within a predetermined range; ID transfer means is provided,
In the document data processing device,
Based on the first ID transmitted from the first terminal device and the second ID transferred from the second terminal device, the document data processing device of the second user Use permission / rejection determination means for determining whether or not to permit use is provided,
Document data delivery system characterized by this. The first ID transmission unit and the second ID transmission unit respectively transmit the same ID as the first ID and the second ID,
When the first ID transmitted from the first terminal device matches the second ID transmitted from the second terminal device, the use permission / inhibition determining unit matches the second ID. It is determined that the use of the document data processing device by the user is permitted.
The document data delivery system according to claim 1. Revoking the use permission by the use permission determining means when a predetermined time elapses after the permission or when the second terminal device is separated from the document data processing device by a certain distance,
The document data delivery system according to claim 1. A document data delivery support method for supporting delivery of document data from a second user to a first user, comprising:
In the first terminal device of the first user,
A process of acquiring user position information indicating the current location of the second user;
A document data processing apparatus having input means for inputting the document data and transmission means for transmitting the data via a communication line, which is installed in the vicinity of the second user based on the user position information. Execute the process to search,
A process of transmitting a first ID to the searched document data processing apparatus;
Executing a process of transmitting a second ID to the second terminal device of the second user;
In the second terminal device,
When the distance from the searched document data processing apparatus is within a predetermined range, a process for transferring the second ID transmitted from the first terminal apparatus to the document data processing apparatus is executed. ,
In the document data processing device,
Based on the first ID transmitted from the first terminal device and the second ID transferred from the second terminal device, the document data processing device of the second user To execute a process to determine whether or not to permit use,
Document data delivery support method characterized by the above.

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