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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kei Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Mikihiko Kamekawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04N 1/44 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/608 (2013.01); G06F 21/6209 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04N 1/444 (2013.01); H04N 1/4413 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided and includes a transmitting unit and a blockchain cooperation unit. When an instruction for using a blockchain service is received from a user, after electronic data transmitted by the transmitting unit is stored in a management service, the blockchain cooperation unit transmits, to the blockchain service, information about the electronic data including information indicating that storing of the electronic data transmitted by the transmitting unit has been completed.