JP2016066993A - Program, information processing apparatus, and information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing apparatus that supports acquisition of information from an apparatus within a communication zone where communication with the apparatus can be performed.SOLUTION: A portable terminal 10 connected to an image forming apparatus 20 through a plurality of communication means includes: a connection waiting information detection part 11 that detects connection waiting information that is transmitted from the image forming apparatus to a communication zone where communication with the image forming apparatus can be performed through first communication means BLE (Bluetooth (registered trade mark) Low Energy); a connection permission/rejection determination part 12 that determines whether or not to connect to the apparatus that has transmitted the connection waiting information; a communication information acquisition part 14 that, when determining to connect to the apparatus, connects to the image forming apparatus through BLE and acquires communication information for connecting to the connected image forming apparatus via a network N1; and address book information acquisition means 16 for connecting to the image forming apparatus via the network N1 on the basis of the communication information acquired by the communication information acquisition part and acquiring information on an address book from the connected image forming apparatus.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a program, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when using various functions of an image forming apparatus from a portable terminal, a technique for acquiring communication information necessary for communicating with the image forming apparatus using NFC (Near field communication) has been known. As such a technique, it is conventionally known that communication information is acquired from a portable terminal using NFC, and the printing function of the image forming apparatus is used by Bluetooth (registered trademark) using the communication information. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, the user of the mobile terminal needs to move to the front of the image forming apparatus to which the NFC tag is attached, for example, in order to acquire communication information. On the other hand, since communication by Bluetooth does not have a high data transfer rate, it takes time to acquire address book information from the image forming apparatus based on the acquired communication information. Therefore, the user of the portable terminal is kept waiting in front of the image forming apparatus until the acquisition of the address book information is completed after holding the portable terminal over the NFC tag.

  Embodiments of the present invention have been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to support information acquisition from a device in a communication area capable of communicating with the device.

  In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that is connected to one or more devices by a plurality of communication means, and that enables communication by the first communication means from the one or more devices. Detection means for detecting connection waiting information transmitted within the area, and determination of whether or not to connect to the one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information when the detection means detects reception of the connection waiting information Means, when the determination means determines that the connection is made with the one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information, the first device is connected to the one device, and the device is connected to the first communication device. First acquisition means for acquiring communication information for connection by the second communication means, based on the communication information acquired by the first acquisition means, connected to the device by the second communication means, Connected machine Characterized in that to function from the second acquisition means for acquiring predetermined information as.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to support acquisition of information from a device in a communication area where communication with the device is possible.

It is a block diagram of an example of the FAX transmission system which concerns on 1st embodiment. It is a hardware block diagram of an example of the portable terminal which concerns on 1st embodiment. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of an example of an image forming apparatus according to a first embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline of a process of an example of the FAX transmission system which concerns on 1st embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of an example of a FAX transmission system according to the first embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of communication information. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of address book information. It is a sequence diagram of an example of communication information acquisition processing of the FAX transmission system according to the first embodiment. It is an image figure of an example of a connection start confirmation screen. It is an image figure of an example of a PIN information input screen. It is a sequence diagram of an example from the address book information acquisition of the FAX transmission system which concerns on 1st embodiment to FAX transmission processing. It is a functional block diagram of an example of the FAX transmission system which concerns on 2nd embodiment. It is a sequence diagram of an example from the address book information acquisition of the FAX transmission system which concerns on 2nd embodiment to a FAX transmission process. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the address book information preserve | saved at a portable terminal. It is a flowchart of an example of the deletion process of the address book information which concerns on 2nd embodiment. It is an image figure of an example of the selection screen of the deletion object address. It is a functional block diagram of an example of a FAX transmission system according to a third embodiment. It is a sequence diagram of an example of the communication information acquisition process of the FAX transmission system which concerns on 3rd embodiment. It is a flowchart of an example of the deletion process of the address book information which concerns on 3rd embodiment.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

[First embodiment]
<System configuration>
First, the system configuration of the FAX transmission system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of a FAX transmission system according to the first embodiment.

  In the FAX transmission system 1 of FIG. 1, a portable terminal 10 and one or more image forming apparatuses 20 are connected to a network N1 by wire or wirelessly. In particular, the mobile terminal 10 is connected to the network N1 by mobile phone communication via a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark) or a mobile phone network such as 3G / LTE (Long Term Evolution). It shall be. In the present embodiment, as an example, the portable terminal 10 will be described below as being connected to the network N1 by a wireless LAN. Such wireless LAN and cellular phone communication are examples of the second communication means described in the claims.

  In addition, the mobile terminal 10 and the image forming apparatus 20 are connected so as to be able to communicate via short-range wireless communication. Here, short-range wireless communication is assumed to be communication based on a communication standard capable of communication at a distance of at least several meters to several tens of meters, such as BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and Bluetooth. Therefore, it is assumed that the short-range wireless communication according to the present embodiment does not include communication based on a communication standard such as NFC that allows communication within a distance of several centimeters to one mail. In the present embodiment, as an example, short-range wireless communication will be described below as being BLE. Note that such near field communication is an example of a first communication unit described in the claims.

  The mobile terminal 10 is an information processing apparatus such as a smartphone operated by a user. The mobile terminal 10 may be a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, a game machine, a PDA, a digital camera, or the like. The portable terminal 10 includes a BLE chip that functions as a BLE central as described later. Accordingly, the user can acquire communication information for performing communication with the image forming apparatus 20 via the network N1 from the image forming apparatus 20 via communication by BLE. Then, the portable terminal 10 acquires address book information from the image forming apparatus 20 based on the acquired communication information. Thereby, the mobile terminal 10 can transmit a FAX transmission job for performing FAX transmission to the destination selected from the information in the address book to the image forming apparatus 20.

  The image forming apparatus 20 is a device such as an MFP (Multi Function Peripheral) having a FAX transmission function. The image forming apparatus 20 includes a BLE chip that functions as a BLE peripheral as described later. Thereby, the image forming apparatus 20 transmits communication information to the mobile terminal 10 via communication by BLE. In addition, the image forming apparatus 20 transmits address book information via the network N1 in response to a request from the mobile terminal 10. Further, the image forming apparatus 20 receives a FAX transmission job from the portable terminal 10 and performs FAX transmission. Note that the image forming apparatus 20 may have a plurality of functions such as a print function, a copy function, and a scanner function in addition to the FAX transmission function.

  Note that the FAX transmission system 1 described above is an example, and may have a configuration having an arbitrary number of mobile terminals 10 or a job storage device for storing FAX transmission jobs. Further, the FAX transmission system 1 may have a configuration including a wireless LAN router or the like for connecting to the network N1 via communication with the mobile terminal 10 by wireless LAN.

<Hardware configuration>
≪Mobile terminal≫
The mobile terminal 10 according to the first embodiment is realized by a hardware configuration as shown in FIG. 2, for example. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of an example of the mobile terminal according to the first embodiment.

  A mobile terminal 10 shown in FIG. 2 includes an input device 101, a display device 102, an external I / F 103, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 104, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 105, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 106, and a communication I / F 107. , An SSD (Solid State Drive) 108, a BLE chip 109, and the like, which are connected to each other via a bus B.

  The input device 101 is a touch panel, for example, and is used to input each operation signal to the mobile terminal 10. The input device 101 may be a keyboard or a mouse. The display device 102 is, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, and displays a processing result by the mobile terminal 10.

  The external I / F 103 is an interface with an external device. The external device includes a recording medium 103a. The recording medium 103a can store a program for realizing the embodiment. The portable terminal 10 can read and / or write to the recording medium 103a via the external I / F 103.

  The recording medium 103a is a recording medium such as an SD memory card. The recording medium 103a may be a recording medium such as a USB memory (Universal Serial Bus memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), a CD (Compact Disk), or a flexible disk.

  The RAM 104 is a volatile semiconductor memory (storage device) that temporarily stores programs and data. The ROM 105 is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory (storage device) that can retain programs and data even when the power is turned off. The ROM 105 stores programs and data such as BIOS (Basic Input / Output System), OS settings, and network settings that are executed when the mobile terminal 10 is activated.

  The CPU 106 is an arithmetic device that implements control and functions of the entire mobile terminal 10 by reading a program and data from a storage device such as the ROM 105 and the SSD 108 onto the RAM 104 and executing processing.

  The communication I / F 107 is an interface for connecting to the network N1 via a wireless LAN, for example. Thereby, the portable terminal 10 can perform data communication via the communication I / F 107.

  The SSD 108 is a nonvolatile storage device that stores programs and data. The stored programs and data include, for example, an OS (Operating System) that is basic software for controlling the entire mobile terminal 10 and application software that provides various functions on the OS. The SSD 108 manages stored programs and data by a predetermined file system and / or DB (database). The information processing apparatus 1 may include an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or the like instead of the SSD 108 or in combination with the SSD 108.

  The BLE chip 109 is a device that functions as a BLE central. The BLE chip 109 can communicate with the BLE chip functioning as the BLE peripheral included in the image forming apparatus 20 by BLE.

  Here, the BLE peripheral is a device that broadcasts information indicating connection waiting (connection waiting information) in a predetermined data format called an advertisement packet. On the other hand, BLE Central is a device that detects connection wait information broadcast from a BLE peripheral and makes a connection request to the BLE peripheral. Thereby, communication by BLE can be performed between the BLE central and the BLE peripheral. Since the image forming apparatus 20 continues to broadcast connection waiting information as described above, power consumption can be suppressed by using BLE as the first communication unit as in the present embodiment.

  The mobile terminal 10 according to the present embodiment can implement various processes as described later with the above-described hardware configuration.

≪Image forming device≫
The image forming apparatus 20 according to the first embodiment is realized by a hardware configuration as shown in FIG. 3, for example. FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of an example of the image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment.

  The image forming apparatus 20 illustrated in FIG. 3 includes a controller 201, an operation panel 202, an external I / F 203, a communication I / F 204, a FAX apparatus 205, a BLE chip 206, and the like.

  The controller 201 includes a CPU 211, a RAM 212, a ROM 213, an NVRAM 214, and an HDD 215. The ROM 213 stores various programs and data. The RAM 212 temporarily stores programs and data. The NVRAM 214 stores setting information, for example. The HDD 215 stores various programs and data.

  The CPU 211 implements control and functions of the entire image forming apparatus 20 by reading programs, data, setting information, and the like from the ROM 213, NVRAM 214, HDD 215, and the like onto the RAM 212 and executing processing.

  The operation panel 202 includes an input device that receives input from a user and a display device that performs display. The external I / F 203 is an interface with an external device. The external device includes a recording medium 203a. Accordingly, the image forming apparatus 20 can read and / or write the recording medium 203a via the external I / F 203. The recording medium 203a includes a flexible disk, CD, DVD, SD memory card, USB memory, and the like.

  The communication I / F 204 is an interface that connects the image forming apparatus 20 to the network N1. Thereby, the image forming apparatus 20 can perform data communication via the communication I / F 204. The FAX apparatus 205 is an apparatus for performing FAX transmission.

  The BLE chip 206 is a device that functions as a BLE peripheral. The BLE chip 206 can communicate with the BLE chip 109 functioning as the BLE central included in the mobile terminal 10 by BLE.

  The image forming apparatus 20 according to the present embodiment can realize various processes as described later with the above-described hardware configuration.

<Outline of processing>
Next, an outline of processing of the FAX transmission system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an outline of processing of an example of the FAX transmission system according to the first embodiment.

  First, the image forming apparatus 20 broadcasts connection waiting information by BLE (step S1). That is, the BLE chip 206 of the image forming apparatus 20 performs advertising. The image forming apparatus 20 transmits such connection waiting information so as to reach, for example, a range of several meters around. The arrival distance of the connection waiting information can be appropriately set by an administrator user of the FAX transmission system 1 or the like.

  When the portable terminal 10 enters within the reachable range of connection waiting information (for example, point A), the portable terminal 10 detects the connection waiting information and connects to the image forming apparatus 20 by BLE (step S2). As a result, the mobile terminal 10 and the image forming apparatus 20 can communicate with each other by BLE.

  Next, the mobile terminal 10 acquires communication information from the image forming apparatus 20 via communication by BLE (step S3). Then, the portable terminal 10 uses the acquired communication information to connect to the image forming apparatus 20 via the network N1 and acquires address book information (step S4). Here, the communication information is information for communicating with the image forming apparatus 20 via the network N1, and includes the IP address of the image forming apparatus 20 and the like.

  In general, address book information is acquired through communication via the network N1, not through BLE communication. In general, the address book information is often acquired through wireless LAN communication with a large data capacity and high data transfer speed. This is because it is more suitable.

  During this time, it is assumed that the user of the mobile terminal 10 has moved from point A to point B. Then, when the user of the portable terminal 10 arrives in front of the image forming apparatus 20 (point B), the acquisition of the address book information has already been completed (step S5). However, the address book information may be being acquired depending on the capacity of the address book information and the data transfer rate of the wireless LAN.

  Therefore, the user can perform FAX transmission from the image forming apparatus 20 using the portable terminal 10 based on the acquired address book information without waiting in front of the image forming apparatus 20 (step). S6). That is, the FAX transmission system 1 according to the present embodiment acquires address book information for FAX transmission while the user moves from a position where communication by BLE is possible to a position of the image forming apparatus 20. Therefore, the user can immediately select a telephone number from the address book information and perform FAX transmission from the image forming apparatus 20 without waiting in front of the image forming apparatus 20.

<Functional configuration>
The FAX transmission system 1 according to the first embodiment can be represented by, for example, functional blocks as shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of an example of a FAX transmission system according to the first embodiment.

≪Mobile terminal≫
The mobile terminal 10 of the FAX transmission system 1 includes a connection waiting information detection unit 11, a connection permission / rejection determination unit 12, an authentication request unit 13, a communication information acquisition unit 14, a UI display unit 15, an address book information acquisition unit 16, and a processing request unit 17. , A PIN (Personal Identification Number) information storage unit 18 and the like.

  The connection wait information detection unit 11 is realized by the CPU 106, the BLE chip 109, and the like, and detects reception of connection wait information. That is, the connection wait information detection unit 11 detects that connection wait information transmitted from a connection wait information transmission unit 21 of the image forming apparatus 20 described later has been received.

  The connection permission / rejection determination unit 12 is realized by the CPU 106 and the like. When the connection waiting information detection unit 11 detects reception of the connection waiting information, it determines whether or not to connect to the image forming apparatus 20 that transmitted the connection waiting information (that is, , Whether to perform communication by BLE).

  The authentication request unit 13 is realized by the CPU 106, the BLE chip 109, and the like, and transmits authentication information to the image forming apparatus 20 determined to be connected by the connection permission / rejection determination unit 12 to make an authentication request. The authentication information is information that includes at least PIN information and is used for authentication processing. The authentication information may be, for example, a set of a user ID that uniquely identifies a login user of the mobile terminal 10 and PIN information.

  The communication information acquisition unit 14 is realized by the CPU 106, the BLE chip 109, and the like. When the authentication result for the authentication request by the authentication request unit 13 is information indicating successful authentication, the communication information acquisition unit 14 acquires communication information from the authenticated image forming apparatus 20. . Details of the communication information will be described later.

  The UI display unit 15 is realized by the CPU 106, the display device 102, and the like, and generates and displays a UI (user interface) screen.

  The address book information acquisition unit 16 is realized by the CPU 106, the communication I / F 107, and the like, and acquires address book information from the image forming apparatus 20 based on the communication information acquired by the communication information acquisition unit 14. Details of the address book information will be described later.

  The processing request unit 17 is realized by the CPU 106, the communication I / F 107, and the like, and sends an execution request for a FAX transmission job for requesting FAX transmission to the telephone number selected by the user based on the address book information to the image forming apparatus 20. Send to.

  The PIN information storage unit 18 is realized by the ROM 105, the SSD 108, and the like, and stores PIN information. The PIN information is one piece of authentication information used for starting communication with the image forming apparatus 20 by BLE, and is, for example, a character string such as specific alphanumeric characters.

≪Image forming device≫
The image forming apparatus 20 of the FAX transmission system 1 includes a connection waiting information transmission unit 21, an authentication unit 22, a FAX function unit 23, an authentication information storage unit 24, a communication information storage unit 25, an address book information storage unit 26, and the like.

  The connection waiting information transmission unit 21 is realized by the CPU 211, the BLE chip 206, and the like, and broadcasts connection waiting information. Here, the connection waiting information is a predetermined data format called an advertisement packet as described above.

  The connection waiting information includes information for uniquely identifying the image forming apparatus 20 that is the transmission source of the connection waiting information (for example, an apparatus ID and a manufacturing unique number), and information such as services provided by the image forming apparatus 20. Is included. Here, the service to be provided is, for example, providing address book information.

  The authentication unit 22 is realized by the CPU 211 or the like, and performs an authentication process based on the authentication request transmitted from the mobile terminal 10.

  The FAX function unit 23 is realized by the FAX device 205 or the like, and executes a FAX transmission job requested to be executed by the processing request unit 17 of the mobile terminal 10 to perform FAX transmission. In addition to the FAX function unit 23, the image forming apparatus 20 includes a print function unit that prints image data (electronic data) on a paper medium, and a scan function unit that generates image data (electronic data) from the read document. In addition, a copy function unit for copying the read document may be provided.

  The authentication information storage unit 24 is realized by the HDD 215 or the like and stores authentication information. As described above, the authentication information is information including at least PIN information. Further, a combination of a user ID and PIN information may be used as authentication information.

  The communication information storage unit 25 is realized by the HDD 215 or the like, and stores communication information 1000. Here, the communication information 1000 has a data configuration as shown in FIG. 6, for example. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of communication information.

  The communication information 1000 includes an “IP address” indicating information for specifying the image forming apparatus 20, an “SSID (Service Set Identifier)” indicating information for specifying the network N1 to which the mobile terminal 10 is connected, a network This is information having “encryption method” indicating the type of encryption method of the wireless LAN in N1, and “password” indicating information for authenticating the mobile terminal 10 in the network N1. The portable terminal 10 can communicate with the image forming apparatus 20 via the network N1 by setting the item values of these items as communication settings.

  Note that the communication information 1000 may include information such as an HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) port number and an HTTPS (HTTP over SSL / TLS) port number of the image forming apparatus 20 used when performing communication. Good.

  Address book information storage unit 26 is realized by HDD 215 or the like, and stores address book information 2000. Here, the address book information is information relating to a user managed by the FAX transmission system 1, and has a data configuration as shown in FIG. 7, for example. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of address book information.

  The address book information 2000 includes a “user name” indicating the name of the user managed by the FAX transmission system 1, a “phone number” indicating the user's telephone number, and a “mail address” indicating the user's e-mail address. Have. The user of the portable terminal 10 can request the image forming apparatus 20 to send a fax addressed to the telephone number of the user A, for example, by acquiring the address book information 2000 from the image forming apparatus 20. Similarly, the user of the mobile terminal 10 can request the image forming apparatus 20 to send an e-mail addressed to the mail address of the user B, for example. At this time, the user of the mobile terminal 10 may send the electronic data scanned and generated in the image forming apparatus 20 by FAX transmission or e-mail transmission, or electronic data stored in the mobile terminal 10 or an external storage. May be sent by FAX or e-mail. That is, in the present embodiment, the same applies to the case where e-mail transmission is performed instead of FAX transmission. Further, the present invention is similarly applied when the image forming apparatus 20 performs a predetermined process (for example, printing (printing) an address or the like) based on information (for example, an address or the like) selected from the address book information 2000. .

  The present embodiment is not limited to a system that performs image forming processing including FAX transmission, and can be applied to a system that uses various devices such as a projector, an electronic blackboard, and digital signage instead of the image forming apparatus 20, for example. .

  For example, when sharing a screen among a plurality of electronic blackboards, the user can use the mobile terminal 10 to retrieve address book information of one electronic blackboard and another electronic blackboard that can share the screen from the one electronic blackboard. get. Then, the user selects another electronic blackboard (that is, an electronic blackboard serving as a host in screen sharing) from the portable terminal 10 as a screen sharing source. This eliminates the need for the user to search and select another electronic blackboard that is the sharing source when the user reaches the front of the one electronic blackboard. Therefore, in this case, the user's operation after reaching the one electronic blackboard can be reduced.

<Details of processing>
Next, details of processing of the FAX transmission system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

≪Communication information acquisition process≫
First, a process until the mobile terminal 10 acquires communication information from the image forming apparatus 20 will be described. That is, the process from step S1 to step S3 shown in the outline of the above process. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram of an example of communication information acquisition processing of the FAX transmission system according to the first embodiment.

  The connection waiting information transmission unit 21 of the image forming apparatus 20 transmits connection waiting information (broadcast transmission; broadcast) within a predetermined range (that is, a communication range in which communication by BLE is possible) (step S801).

  Here, the connection waiting information includes information for uniquely identifying the image forming apparatus 20 that is the transmission source of the connection waiting information (for example, an apparatus ID and a manufacturing unique number), a service provided by the image forming apparatus 20, and the like. Contains information. Here, the service to be provided is, for example, providing address book information.

  When detecting the reception of the connection waiting information, the connection waiting information detection unit 11 of the portable terminal 10 detects that the connection waiting information has been received (step S802). Since the image forming apparatus 20 transmits connection waiting information within a predetermined range around the mobile terminal 10, the mobile terminal 10 receives the connection waiting information when the mobile terminal 10 enters the predetermined range. At this time, the connection waiting information detection unit 11 of the mobile terminal 10 detects reception of the connection waiting information.

  When detecting that connection waiting information has been received, the connection waiting information detection unit 11 of the mobile terminal 10 issues a determination request as to whether or not to perform communication by BLE with the image forming apparatus 20 that has transmitted the connection waiting information. 12 (step S803).

  When connection waiting information is transmitted from each of the different image forming apparatuses 20 and each mobile terminal 10 receives the information, a request for determining whether or not to communicate with any of the image forming apparatuses 20 by BLE is determined. To the unit 12. This is the case, for example, when the mobile terminal 10 receives the connection waiting information A transmitted from the image forming apparatus 20-1 and the connection waiting information B transmitted from the image forming apparatus 20-2.

  The connection permission / refusal determination unit 12 of the mobile terminal 10 determines whether or not to perform communication by BLE with the image forming apparatus 20 that has transmitted the connection waiting information (step S804). Then, the connection permission / refusal determination unit 12 makes an authentication request to the authentication request unit 13 according to the determination result (step S805). That is, the connection permission / rejection determination unit 12 issues an authentication request to the authentication request unit 13 when it is determined that communication with the image forming apparatus 20 that is the transmission source of connection waiting information is performed by BLE.

  In the following description, it is assumed that the connection permission / rejection determination unit 12 has obtained a determination result indicating that communication by BLE is performed with any of the image forming apparatuses 20 that transmitted the connection waiting information. Note that if the connection permission / rejection determination unit 12 obtains a determination result indicating that communication by BLE is not performed with any of the image forming apparatuses 20 that transmitted the connection waiting information, for example, the display device 102 of the mobile terminal 10 displays the BLE. A screen indicating that communication cannot be performed is displayed.

  Here, the connection permission / rejection determination unit 12 may perform the determination in step S804 by the following methods (1) to (3), for example.

  (1) It is determined that communication by BLE with the image forming apparatus 20 set in advance in the mobile terminal 10 is performed.

  (2) When detecting the reception of the connection waiting information, the UI display unit 15 of the mobile terminal 10 displays a connection start confirmation screen 3000 as shown in FIG. 9, for example. When the connection permission button 3001 is selected by the user, it is determined that communication by BLE is performed with the image forming apparatus 20 that has transmitted the connection waiting information. On the other hand, when the connection refusal button 3002 is selected, it is determined not to perform communication by BLE with the image forming apparatus 20 that has transmitted the connection waiting information.

  (3) When the mobile terminal 10 detects reception of a plurality of connection waiting information, it is determined that communication with the image forming apparatus 20 closest to the mobile terminal 10 is performed by BLE.

  When receiving the authentication request from the connection permission / refusal determination unit 12, the authentication request unit 13 of the portable terminal 10 acquires the PIN information from the PIN information storage unit 18 (step S806). Then, the authentication request unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10 transmits authentication information including PIN information to the image forming apparatus 20 determined to perform communication by BLE by the connection permission / rejection determination unit 12 and makes an authentication request ( Step S807).

  In step S806, the authentication request unit 13 may acquire the PIN information input from the user without acquiring the PIN information from the PIN information storage unit 18. For example, the UI display unit 15 displays a PIN information input screen 4000 as shown in FIG. Then, the authentication request unit 13 acquires the PIN information input from the user on the PIN information input screen 4000, transmits the authentication information including the acquired PIN information to the corresponding image forming apparatus 20, and issues an authentication request. You may go. According to this, since PIN information is not memorize | stored in the portable terminal 10, security can be improved.

  Upon receiving an authentication request from the mobile terminal 10, the authentication unit 22 of the image forming apparatus 20 performs an authentication process (step S808). That is, the authentication unit 22 refers to the authentication information storage unit 24 and determines whether or not the same authentication information as the authentication information received from the mobile terminal 10 is included in the authentication information storage unit 24.

  For example, the authentication unit 22 determines whether or not the same PIN information as the PIN information included in the authentication information received from the mobile terminal 10 is included in the authentication information storage unit 24. Then, when the authentication information storage unit 24 includes the same authentication information as the authentication information received from the mobile terminal 10, the authentication unit 22 of the image forming apparatus 20 displays an authentication result indicating successful authentication as an authentication request unit of the mobile terminal 10. 13 to send. On the other hand, when the same authentication information as the authentication information is not included in the authentication information storage unit 24, an authentication result indicating an authentication failure is transmitted to the authentication request unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10.

  In the following description, it is assumed that the authentication unit 22 of the image forming apparatus 20 has transmitted an authentication result indicating successful authentication to the authentication request unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10. When the authentication unit 22 of the image forming apparatus 20 transmits an authentication result indicating authentication failure to the authentication request unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10, for example, a screen indicating that the authentication has failed is displayed on the display device 102 of the mobile terminal 10. Display.

  Upon receiving the authentication result from the authentication unit 22 of the image forming apparatus 20, the authentication request unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10 makes a communication information acquisition request to the communication information acquisition unit 14 (step S809).

  When the communication information acquisition unit 14 of the mobile terminal 10 receives the communication information acquisition request from the authentication request unit 13, the communication information acquisition unit 14 makes a communication information acquisition request to the corresponding image forming apparatus 20 via the communication by BLE (step S 30). S810). Then, the image forming apparatus 20 transmits the communication information 1000 stored in the communication information storage unit 25 to the mobile terminal 10.

  As described above, the mobile terminal 10 according to the present embodiment can acquire communication information from the image forming apparatus 20 through communication by BLE. Such communication information acquisition processing is started when the user enters a communication area in which BLE communication is possible with the portable terminal 10 held.

≪Process from address book information acquisition to FAX transmission≫
Next, a process from when the mobile terminal 10 acquires address book information until the image forming apparatus 20 performs FAX transmission will be described. That is, the process from step S4 to step S6 shown in the outline of the above process. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example from address book information acquisition to FAX transmission processing of the FAX transmission system according to the first embodiment.

  When the communication information 1000 of the image forming apparatus 20 is acquired by the communication information acquisition unit 14, the address book information acquisition unit 16 of the mobile terminal 10 connects to the network N <b> 1 via the wireless LAN based on the acquired communication information 1000. Then, the address book information acquisition unit 16 acquires the address book information 2000 stored in the address book information storage unit 26 of the image forming apparatus 20 indicated by the IP address included in the communication information 1000 (step S1101).

  In step S1101, a screen for acquiring only necessary address book information 2000 is displayed on the UI display unit 15 of the portable terminal 10, and the address book information 2000 corresponding to the input or selection content on this screen is acquired. May be. For example, only the record of the user name whose first character is the “a” line in the address book information 2000 is acquired by input or selection by the user. Thereby, the amount of data communication required for obtaining the address book information 2000 can be reduced.

  As described above, the mobile terminal 10 acquires the address book information 2000 from the image forming apparatus 20. Accordingly, the user of the mobile terminal 10 can transmit a FAX transmission job to the image forming apparatus 20 using the acquired address book information 2000.

  Here, the user who has the mobile terminal 10 has moved to the front of the corresponding image forming apparatus 20 from the time when entering the communication range in which communication by BLE is possible until the address book information 2000 is acquired. Shall. When the user holding the mobile terminal 10 reaches the front of the image forming apparatus 20, the acquisition of the address book information 2000 is completed, and a FAX transmission operation can be performed immediately.

  However, depending on the data capacity of the address book information 2000, the data transfer speed of the network N1, etc., the address book information 2000 may still be acquired when the user arrives in front of the image forming apparatus 20. obtain. However, even in this case, the user's waiting time until the FAX transmission operation is performed is reduced.

  Subsequently, the user of the mobile terminal 10 performs a FAX transmission operation from a predetermined screen displayed by the UI display unit 15 (step S1102). That is, for example, the UI display unit 15 generates a screen displaying a list of user names and telephone numbers based on the acquired address book information 2000 and displays the screen. Then, the user selects a telephone number of a desired user name from this list and performs a FAX transmission operation. As a result, a FAX transmission job is generated in the mobile terminal 10. At this time, the electronic data to be transmitted by FAX may be selected from the mobile terminal 10 or an external storage.

  When the user performs a FAX transmission operation, the UI display unit 15 of the mobile terminal 10 makes a transmission request for a FAX transmission job to the processing request unit 17 (step S1103).

  When the processing request unit 17 of the mobile terminal 10 receives a FAX transmission job transmission request from the UI display unit 15, the processing request unit 17 transmits the FAX transmission job to the corresponding image forming apparatus 20 via the network N1 (Step S1). S1104).

  When the image forming apparatus 20 receives a FAX transmission job from the processing request unit 17 of the mobile terminal 10, the image forming apparatus 20 shifts to a state in which FAX transmission can be performed to a telephone number included in the FAX transmission job. Then, when the user operates the operation panel 202 of the image forming apparatus 20 to read a document to be faxed and generate electronic data, the fax function unit 23 includes the electronic data in the fax transmission job. The fax is transmitted to the telephone number (step S1105).

  In step S1104, for example, when the mobile terminal 10 is equipped with NFC, the FAX transmission job is triggered when the mobile terminal 10 is brought close to the image forming apparatus 20 by the user and NFC communication is started. It may be transmitted to the image forming apparatus 20. As a result, the user can perform FAX transmission after sufficiently approaching the desired image forming apparatus 20.

  Further, for example, the mobile terminal 10 determines whether or not the user has approached the image forming apparatus 20 based on the radio wave intensity such as Bluetooth received from the image forming apparatus 20, and determines that the user has approached the image forming apparatus 20. In such a case, a FAX transmission job may be transmitted. Accordingly, as described above, the user can perform FAX transmission after sufficiently approaching the desired image forming apparatus 20.

  As described above, the user of the FAX transmission system 1 can perform FAX transmission to the address selected from the mobile terminal 10.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, the FAX transmission system 1 according to the second embodiment will be described. In the description of the second embodiment, the differences from the first embodiment will be described, and the same reference numerals used in the description of the first embodiment will be used for portions having the same functional configuration as the first embodiment. The description is omitted.

  In the second embodiment, the address book information acquired from the image forming apparatus 20 is stored in a non-volatile storage area such as the SSD 108 of the mobile terminal 10 in association with the image forming apparatus 20. When the user finishes using the image forming apparatus 20 and leaves the image forming apparatus 20, the address book information stored in the mobile terminal 10 is deleted.

  Thereby, when the user ends the use of the image forming apparatus 20, the address book information stored in the mobile terminal 10 can be explicitly deleted. Therefore, in the mobile terminal 10 of the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent a situation where unnecessary address book information is continuously stored in the mobile terminal 10 after the use of the image forming apparatus 20 is finished.

<Functional configuration>
The FAX transmission system 1 according to the second embodiment can be represented by, for example, functional blocks as shown in FIG. FIG. 12 is a functional block diagram of an example of a FAX transmission system according to the second embodiment.

  The mobile terminal 10A according to the second embodiment includes a connection waiting information detection unit 11A, an address book information acquisition unit 16A, an address book information storage unit 31, and a deletion unit 32.

  The connection waiting information detection unit 11A notifies the deletion unit 32 that reception of connection waiting information has been detected.

  The address book information acquisition unit 16A associates the acquired address book information with information for identifying the image forming apparatus 20 (hereinafter, the information for identifying the image forming apparatus 20 is referred to as “apparatus ID”). Saved in the address book information storage unit 31.

  The address book information storage unit 31 is realized by the SSD 108 or the like, and stores address book information 5000 in which the address book information 2000 is associated with a device ID. Details of the address book information 5000 will be described later.

  The deletion unit 32 is realized by the CPU 106 or the like, and deletes the address book information 5000 stored in the address book information storage unit 31 when the user leaves the image forming apparatus 20. That is, the deletion unit 32 deletes the address book information 5000 when the user finishes using the image forming apparatus 20 and leaves the image forming apparatus 20. Thereby, in the mobile terminal 10A of the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the address book information 5000 is explicitly deleted and unnecessary address book information is continuously stored.

<Details of processing>
Next, details of processing of the FAX transmission system 1 according to the second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, the communication information acquisition process is the same as that in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

≪Process from address book information acquisition to FAX transmission≫
First, processing from address book information acquisition to FAX transmission according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram of an example from address book information acquisition to FAX transmission processing of the FAX transmission system according to the second embodiment.

  When the address information acquisition unit 16A acquires the address book information 2000 from the image forming apparatus 20, the address book information 5000 in which the device ID of the image forming apparatus 20 is associated with the address book information 2000 is stored in the address book information storage unit 31. (Step S1301).

  Here, the address book information 5000 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining an example of address book information stored in the mobile terminal.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the address book information 5000 stored in the address book information storage unit 31 is information in which the device ID of the image forming apparatus 20 and the address book information 2000 are associated with each other.

  Note that the device ID of the address book information 5000 may be, for example, the device ID included in the connection waiting information received from the image forming apparatus 20 in step S801 in FIG. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in step S1101 in FIG. 13, a device ID may be acquired together with the address book information 2000, and this device ID may be associated with the address book information 2000.

  In FIG. 14, one address book information 5000 is shown, but a plurality of address book information may be stored in the address book information storage unit 31. For example, address book information associated with the device ID “D001” and address book information associated with the device ID “D002” may be included.

  As described above, in the mobile terminal 10A of the present embodiment, the address book information 5000 in which the address book information 2000 is associated with the device ID is stored in the storage area of the mobile terminal 10A.

≪Address book information deletion process≫
Next, a process for deleting the address book information 5000 stored in the mobile terminal 10A of the present embodiment when the user finishes using the image forming apparatus 20 will be described. FIG. 15 is a flowchart of an example of address book information deletion processing according to the second embodiment.

  The deletion unit 32 of the mobile terminal 10A determines whether connection waiting information has not been received from the image forming apparatus 20 for a predetermined time (step S1501). That is, the deletion unit 32 determines whether or not a notification indicating that reception of connection waiting information has been detected by the connection waiting information detection unit 11A has not been received for a predetermined time.

  Here, as described above, the image forming apparatus 20 transmits the connection waiting information within a predetermined range. Therefore, while the user is using the image forming apparatus 20, the connection waiting information detection unit 11A of the mobile terminal 10A deletes that the reception of connection waiting information is detected every time connection waiting information is received. 32. On the other hand, when the user finishes using the image forming apparatus 20 and moves out of the predetermined range, the mobile terminal 10A does not receive the connection waiting information.

  Therefore, if the deletion unit 32 has not received connection waiting information from the image forming apparatus 20 for a predetermined time, the user has finished using the image forming apparatus 20 and has left the image forming apparatus 20 ( It has moved outside the predetermined range).

  If it is determined in step S1501 that connection waiting information has not been received from the image forming apparatus 20 for a predetermined period of time, the deletion unit 32 stores the address book information from the address book information storage unit 31. 5000 is deleted (step S1502).

  Here, as described above, the connection waiting information includes the device ID. Therefore, the deletion unit 32 may delete the address book information 5000 of the device ID included in the connection waiting information that has not been received for a predetermined time. For example, when the address book information storage unit 31 includes the address book information of the device ID “D001” and the address book information of the device ID “D002”, the connection waiting information including the device ID “D001” is displayed. If it has not been received for a predetermined time, the address book information of the device ID “D001” may be deleted.

  In step S1502, the deletion unit 32 may delete only the record selected by the user from the records included in the address book information 5000.

  That is, for example, when the mobile terminal 10A stores the address book information 5000 in step S1301, the UI display unit 15 displays a deletion target address selection screen 6000 as shown in FIG. Then, the deletion unit 32 may delete the record corresponding to the address selected as the deletion target in the check box 6100 on the selection screen 6000 for the deletion target address. As a result, the user can delete only addresses that the mobile terminal 10A does not want to save.

  In the deletion target address selection screen 6000 shown in FIG. 16, the address to be deleted is selected by the check box 6100, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the deletion target address selection screen 6000 is first displayed, the check boxes 6100 for all addresses may be checked. In this case, the user may select to remove from the check box 6100 a check for an address that the user wants to save in the mobile terminal 10. As a result, the user can store only necessary addresses in the mobile terminal 10A, such as addresses that may be repeatedly used.

  Further, for example, the deletion unit 32 stores a record corresponding to the address selected by the FAX transmission operation in step S1102 in FIG. 11 (ie, the used address) among the records included in the address book information 5000. It may be.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration in which the user of the mobile terminal 10 can select a record to be deleted from the address book information in the above-described step S1502 has been described. The selection of the record is, for example, the management of the FAX transmission system 1 It may be performed by a person or the like. That is, for example, the deletion target address selection screen 6000 shown in FIG. 16 is displayed on the operation panel 202 of the image forming apparatus 20, and a record of address book information that the administrator or the like does not want to store in the mobile terminal 10 is displayed. It may be possible to select. Thereby, the administrator of the FAX transmission system 1 can delete a record of address book information that the user's portable terminal 10 does not want to save from the viewpoint of security.

  In this case, for example, in step S <b> 1101, the image forming apparatus 20 may transmit information indicating the record to be deleted in the address book information 2000 to the mobile terminal 10 in addition to the address book information 2000.

[Third embodiment]
Next, a FAX transmission system 1 according to the third embodiment will be described. In the description of the third embodiment, differences from the second embodiment will be described, and the same reference numerals used in the description of the second embodiment are used for portions having the same functional configuration as the second embodiment. The description is omitted.

  In the third embodiment, communication information is acquired and address book information 5000 is deleted based on the distance between the mobile terminal 10 and the image forming apparatus 20. That is, when the distance between the mobile terminal 10 and the image forming apparatus 20 is equal to or smaller than the predetermined first threshold, the mobile terminal 10 acquires communication information from the image forming apparatus 20. In addition, when the distance between the mobile terminal 10 and the image forming apparatus 20 is equal to or greater than a predetermined second threshold, the mobile terminal 10 deletes the address book information from the storage area.

<Functional configuration>
The FAX transmission system 1 according to the third embodiment can be represented by, for example, functional blocks as shown in FIG. FIG. 17 is a functional block diagram of an example of a FAX transmission system according to the third embodiment.

  The mobile terminal 10B according to the third embodiment includes a connection waiting information detection unit 11B, a connection permission / rejection determination unit 12A, a deletion unit 32A, and a distance estimation unit 33.

  The connection waiting information detection unit 11B makes a distance estimation request based on the received connection waiting information to the distance estimation unit 33 when reception of connection waiting information is detected.

  Based on the distance estimated by the distance estimation unit 33, the connection permission / rejection determination unit 12A determines whether to connect to the image forming apparatus 20 that transmitted the connection waiting information. In other words, when the distance estimated by the distance estimation unit 33 is equal to or less than a preset first threshold, the connection permission / refusal determination unit 12A communicates with the image forming apparatus 20 that is the connection waiting information transmission source by BLE. Determine to do.

  The deletion unit 32A deletes the address book information 5000 stored in the address book information storage unit 31 based on the distance estimated by the distance estimation unit 33. That is, the deletion unit 32A deletes the address book information 5000 stored in the address book information storage unit 31 when the distance estimated by the distance estimation unit 33 is equal to or greater than a preset second threshold value.

  The distance estimation unit 33 estimates the distance from the portable terminal 10 </ b> B to the image forming apparatus 20 based on the connection waiting information received from the image forming apparatus 20.

  Here, the distance is estimated by, for example, the received strength (RSSI: Received Signal Strength Indication) received by the mobile terminal 10B and the radio wave output strength (Tx Power Level) of the image forming apparatus 20 included in the connection waiting information. ) And can be estimated. For example, the distance estimation unit 33 can estimate (calculate) the distance by subtracting the reception intensity value from the radio wave output intensity value and multiplying by a predetermined constant.

<Details of processing>
Next, details of processing of the FAX transmission system 1 according to the third embodiment will be described. In the third embodiment, the processes from the address book information acquisition to the FAX transmission process are the same as those in the second embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

≪Communication information acquisition process≫
First, a process until the mobile terminal 10B according to the third embodiment acquires communication information from the image forming apparatus 20 will be described. FIG. 18 is a sequence diagram of an example of communication information acquisition processing of the FAX transmission system according to the third embodiment.

  When the connection waiting information detection unit 11B of the mobile terminal 10B detects reception of the connection waiting information, the connection waiting information detection unit 11B makes a distance estimation request based on the received connection waiting information to the distance estimation unit 33 (step S1801).

  When the distance estimation unit 33 of the portable terminal 10B receives the distance estimation request from the connection waiting information detection unit 11B, the distance estimation unit 33 and the image forming apparatus 20 that is the transmission source of the connection waiting information based on the received connection waiting information. Is estimated (step S1802). Then, the distance estimation unit 33 transmits information indicating the estimated distance to the connection waiting information detection unit 11B.

  When the connection waiting detection unit 11B receives the information indicating the distance estimated by the distance estimation unit 33, the connection waiting detection unit 11B makes a connection permission determination request to the connection permission determination unit 12A (step S1803). Note that the connection permission / rejection determination request includes information indicating the distance estimated by the distance estimation unit 33.

  The connection permission / refusal determination unit 12A determines whether or not the distance estimated by the distance estimation unit 33 is equal to or less than the first threshold (step S1804). Then, the connection permission / refusal determination unit 12A makes an authentication request to the authentication request unit 13 according to the determination result (step S1805). That is, the connection permission / refusal determination unit 12A makes an authentication request to the authentication request unit 13 when the distance estimated by the distance estimation unit 33 is equal to or less than the first threshold.

  As a result, the mobile terminal 10B according to the present embodiment is suitable for the case where a plurality of image forming apparatuses 20 are installed on the same floor by appropriately setting the first threshold. Communication information 1000 can be acquired from the image forming apparatus 20.

  More specifically, for example, while the distance between the mobile terminal 10B and the image forming apparatus 20-1 is equal to or smaller than the first threshold, the distance between the mobile terminal 10B and the image forming apparatus 20-2 is the first threshold. In the case of exceeding, the portable terminal 10B acquires the communication information 1000 from the image forming apparatus 20-1. For this reason, if the first threshold value is appropriately set according to the distance between the image forming apparatuses 20 installed in the floor, the mobile terminal 10 </ b> B can be used from the image forming apparatus 20 that the user desires to use. The address book information 2000 can be acquired.

  As described above, the mobile terminal 10B according to the present embodiment performs communication for acquiring the address book information 2000 from the image forming apparatus 20 when the distance from the image forming apparatus 20 is equal to or less than the first threshold value. Information 1000 is acquired.

≪Address book information deletion process≫
Next, a process for deleting the address book information 5000 stored in the portable terminal 10B of the present embodiment when the user finishes using the image forming apparatus 20 will be described. FIG. 19 is a flowchart of an example of address book information deletion processing according to the third embodiment.

  The connection wait information detection unit 11B of the mobile terminal 10B detects reception of connection wait information (step S1901).

  Here, as described above, the image forming apparatus 20 transmits the connection waiting information within a predetermined range. For this reason, while the user is within a predetermined range around the image forming apparatus 20, the connection waiting information detection unit 11B of the mobile terminal 10B detects reception of the connection waiting information every time connection waiting information is received.

  When the connection waiting information detection unit 11B detects the reception of the connection waiting information, the distance estimation unit 33 of the mobile terminal 10B detects the connection waiting information from the image forming apparatus 20 that has transmitted the connection waiting information. The distance is estimated (step S1902).

  When the distance estimating unit 33 estimates the distance to the image forming apparatus 20 that is the transmission source of the connection waiting information, the deleting unit 32A of the mobile terminal 10B determines whether the estimated distance is equal to or greater than a second threshold value. Determination is made (step S1903).

  In step S1903, when the deletion unit 32A determines that the distance is equal to or greater than the second threshold, the mobile terminal 10B performs the process of step S1502. That is, the deletion unit 32A deletes the address book information stored in the address book information storage unit 31.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1903 that the distance is not greater than or equal to the second threshold by the deletion unit 32A, the mobile terminal 10B returns to the process of step S1901.

  Thereby, in the mobile terminal 10B according to the present embodiment, the address book information 5000 can be deleted based on the distance to the image forming apparatus 20 that is the transmission source of the connection waiting information. That is, when the user is away from the image forming apparatus 20 by a predetermined distance or more, the mobile terminal 10B according to the present embodiment deletes the address book information 5000 on the assumption that the user's use of the image forming apparatus 20 has ended. Can do.

  In the present embodiment, for example, values set in the image forming apparatus 20 by the administrator of the FAX transmission system 1 may be used as the first threshold and the second threshold. In this case, the image forming apparatus 20 may transmit the first threshold value and the second threshold value set by the administrator or the like to the portable terminal 10 by including them in the connection waiting information. As a result, the administrator or the like sets, for example, the first threshold value and the second threshold value low in the image forming apparatus 20 in which there are other image forming apparatuses 20 around, while the other image forming apparatus 20 exists in the surroundings. In the image forming apparatus 20 that does not exist, the threshold value can be set flexibly, such as setting the first threshold value and the second threshold value high.

<Summary>
As described above, when the mobile terminal 10 according to the first embodiment is located in a communication area in which communication by the first communication unit is possible, the image forming apparatus 20 and the second image forming apparatus 20 are connected by the first communication unit. It is possible to acquire communication information for performing communication by the communication means.

  The portable terminal 10 according to the first embodiment acquires predetermined information such as address book information from the corresponding image forming apparatus 20 by the second communication unit based on the communication information acquired by the first communication unit. can do.

  Therefore, if the mobile terminal 10 according to the first embodiment is located within a communication area in which communication with the image forming apparatus 20 by the first communication unit is possible, the mobile terminal 10 is located at a place away from the image forming apparatus 20. Even if it is, acquisition of address book information etc. can be started. As a result, when the user holding the portable terminal 10 moves in front of the image forming apparatus 20 to perform image forming processing such as FAX transmission, the acquisition of the address book information is completed, so that the image can be displayed without waiting time. An operation for performing the forming process can be started. Further, if the user moves in front of the image forming apparatus 20, the waiting time until the operation for performing the image forming process is started is reduced even if the acquisition of the address book information has not yet been completed. Can do.

  In addition, after acquiring the address book information, the mobile terminal 10A according to the second embodiment deletes the acquired address book information when the mobile terminal 10A moves to a position where the image forming apparatus 20 cannot communicate with the first communication unit. Thereby, in the mobile terminal 10A according to the second embodiment, unnecessary address book information can be deleted.

  Furthermore, the mobile terminal 10 </ b> B according to the third embodiment acquires address book information and deletes address book information based on the distance from the image forming apparatus 20. Thereby, in the mobile terminal 10B according to the third embodiment, for example, even when a plurality of image forming apparatuses 20 are installed in the floor, the address book information is acquired from the appropriate image forming apparatus 20. Can do. Further, in the mobile terminal 10B according to the third embodiment, even when communication between the image forming apparatus 20 and the first communication unit is within the range, the image forming apparatus 20 is separated from the image forming apparatus 20 by a predetermined distance or more. Can delete address book information.

  The connection waiting information detection unit 11 is an example of a detection unit. The connection permission / rejection determination unit 12 is an example of a determination unit. The communication information acquisition unit 14 is an example of a first acquisition unit. The address book information acquisition unit 16 is an example of a second acquisition unit. The authentication request unit 13 is an example of an authentication information transmission unit. The UI display unit 15 is an example of a selection screen display unit.

  The present invention is not limited to the specifically disclosed embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 FAX transmission system 10 Mobile terminal 11 Connection waiting information detection part 12 Connection permission determination part 13 Authentication request part 14 Communication information acquisition part 15 UI display part 16 Address book information acquisition part 17 Process request part 18 PIN information storage part 20 Image forming apparatus 21 Connection Waiting Information Sending Unit 22 Authentication Unit 23 FAX Function Unit 24 Authentication Information Storage Unit 25 Communication Information Storage Unit 26 Address Book Information Storage Unit N1 Network

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Claims (16)

An information processing apparatus connected to one or more devices by a plurality of communication means,
Detecting means for detecting connection waiting information transmitted from the one or more devices to a communication area capable of communication by the first communication means;
A determination unit that determines whether or not to connect to one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information when reception of the connection waiting information is detected by the detection unit;
When it is determined by the determination means that the connection waiting information is connected to the one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information, the one communication device is connected to the one communication device by the first communication device, and the first communication device is connected to the first device. First acquisition means for acquiring communication information for connection by two communication means;
A second acquisition unit configured to connect the device with the second communication unit based on the communication information acquired by the first acquisition unit, and acquire predetermined information from the connected device;
Program to function as. The information processing apparatus;
Authentication information transmitting means for transmitting authentication information to the one device determined to be connected when it is determined by the determining means to be connected to the one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information;
Function as
The first acquisition means includes
When information indicating successful authentication is received from the device that has transmitted the authentication information by the authentication information transmitting means, the device is connected to the first communication device, and the device connected to the first communication device is connected to the second communication. The program according to claim 1, wherein communication information for connection by means is acquired. The information processing apparatus;
A selection screen display means for displaying a selection screen for selecting whether or not to connect the device and the second communication means;
Function as
The second acquisition means includes
When the selection screen displayed by the selection screen display means is selected to connect to the device by the second communication means, the device and the first information are obtained based on the communication information acquired by the first acquisition means. The program according to claim 1 or 2, which is connected by two communication means and acquires predetermined information from the connected device. The predetermined information is information relating to an address book including a user's telephone number;
The information processing apparatus;
FAX transmission request means for requesting FAX transmission for the selected telephone number to the device connected by the second communication means based on the telephone number selected from the information on the address book;
A program according to any one of claims 1 to 3 for functioning as: The information processing apparatus;
Deleting means for deleting the predetermined information acquired by the second acquiring means;
Function as
5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the deleting unit deletes the predetermined information when a distance between the information processing apparatus and the device connected by the second communication unit exceeds a predetermined distance. The program according to item 1. The predetermined information includes one or more records,
The program according to claim 5, wherein the deletion unit deletes the record designated as a deletion target from among the records included in the predetermined information. The information processing apparatus;
Reception strength calculation means for calculating reception strength information of the connection waiting information received by the first communication means;
Function as
7. The determination unit according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines whether to connect to the one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information based on the reception strength information calculated by the reception strength calculation unit. The program according to item 1.   The program according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the first communication means is BLE. An information processing apparatus connected to one or more devices by a plurality of communication means,
Detecting means for detecting connection waiting information transmitted from the one or more devices to a communication area in which communication by the first communication means is possible;
When the detection unit detects reception of the connection waiting information, a determination unit that determines whether to connect to one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information;
When it is determined by the determination means that the connection to the one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information is made, the first device is connected to the one device, and the second device connected to the first communication device is connected to the second device. First acquisition means for acquiring communication information for connection by the communication means;
Based on the communication information acquired by the first acquisition means, a second acquisition means for connecting the device with the second communication means and acquiring predetermined information from the connected device;
An information processing apparatus. When it is determined by the determination means that the connection waiting information is connected to the one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information, the authentication information transmitting means transmits authentication information to the one device determined to be connected,
The first acquisition means includes
When information indicating successful authentication is received from the device that has transmitted the authentication information by the authentication information transmitting means, the device is connected to the first communication device, and the device connected to the first communication device is connected to the second communication. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein communication information for connection by means is acquired. A selection screen display means for displaying a selection screen for selecting whether or not to connect the device and the second communication means;
The second acquisition means includes
When the selection screen displayed by the selection screen display means is selected to connect to the device by the second communication means, the device and the first information are obtained based on the communication information acquired by the first acquisition means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the information processing apparatus is connected by two communication units and acquires predetermined information from the connected device. The predetermined information is information relating to an address book including a user's telephone number;
10. A processing requesting unit for requesting FAX transmission for the selected telephone number to a device connected by the second communication unit based on the telephone number selected from the information on the address book. The information processing apparatus according to any one of 11.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first communication unit is BLE. An information processing system having one or more devices and an information processing apparatus connected to the one or more devices by a plurality of communication means,
Detecting means for detecting connection waiting information transmitted from the one or more devices to a communication area in which communication by the first communication means is possible;
When the detection unit detects reception of the connection waiting information, a determination unit that determines whether to connect to one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information;
When it is determined by the determination means that the connection to the one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information is made, the first device is connected to the one device, and the second device connected to the first communication device is connected to the second device. First acquisition means for acquiring communication information for connection by the communication means;
Based on the communication information acquired by the first acquisition means, a second acquisition means for connecting the device with the second communication means and acquiring predetermined information from the connected device;
Processing request means for making a predetermined processing request to a device connected by the second communication means based on the predetermined information acquired by the second acquisition means;
An information processing system. An authentication information transmitting means for transmitting authentication information to the one device determined to be connected when it is determined by the determining means to connect to the one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information;
When receiving the authentication information transmitted by the authentication information transmitting means, authentication is performed based on the authentication information, and if the authentication is successful, an authentication result transmitting means for transmitting information indicating successful authentication, and
The first acquisition means includes
When information indicating successful authentication is received from the device that has transmitted the authentication information by the authentication information transmitting means, the device is connected to the first communication device, and the device connected to the first communication device is connected to the second communication. The information processing system according to claim 14, wherein communication information for connection by means is acquired. An information processing system having one or more devices and a program mounted on an information processing apparatus connected to the one or more devices by a plurality of communication means,
Detecting means for detecting connection waiting information transmitted from the one or more devices to a communication area in which communication by the first communication means is possible;
When the detection unit detects reception of the connection waiting information, a determination unit that determines whether to connect to one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information;
When it is determined by the determination means that the connection to the one device that has transmitted the connection waiting information is made, the first device is connected to the one device, and the second device connected to the first communication device is connected to the second device. First acquisition means for acquiring communication information for connection by the communication means;
Based on the communication information acquired by the first acquisition means, a second acquisition means for connecting the device with the second communication means and acquiring predetermined information from the connected device;
Processing request means for making a predetermined processing request to a device connected by the second communication means based on the predetermined information acquired by the second acquisition means;
An information processing system.

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