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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Okihisa Yoshida, Kawanishi, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, unknown;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1271 (2013.01); G06F 3/1267 (2013.01); G06F 3/1291 (2013.01); H04N 1/0023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A management apparatus included in a system including a plurality of MFPs receives a use history of a user from at least one MFP among the plurality of MFPs. The management apparatus, based on the use history, designates a group including one or more MFPs among the plurality of MFPs as MFPs being preferentially requested information related to a job issued by the user. Then, the management apparatus updates a group, which is stored in the storage device and previously designated, to be a designated group.