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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masamichi Tanji, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/327 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00973 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); H04N 1/0097 (2013.01); H04N 1/00307 (2013.01); H04N 1/00474 (2013.01); H04N 1/32122 (2013.01); H04N 1/32704 (2013.01); H04N 1/32708 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04N 2201/006 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3205 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3208 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus equipped with a plurality of service applications for providing respective services, in a state enabling a selected one of the service applications to be automatically started from a terminal apparatus. An image forming apparatus capable of performing printing includes a NFC unit. An NFC controller generates data to be read out by an external apparatus, according to selection of one of a plurality of applications. The NFC controller writes the generated data into the NFC unit.