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Patent No.:

US 12169655 B1

Date of Patent:

Dec. 17, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2023

Image forming apparatus remotely operating to achieve a balance between convenience and security, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Shinichi Chiba, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

ROSSI, KIMMS & McDOWELL LLP

Primary Examiner:

Haris Sabah

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1238 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01); G06F 3/1293 (2013.01); H04L 9/00 (2013.01);

Abstract

An image forming apparatus comprises: a connection unit configured to connect with an information processing apparatus in order to allow execution of a remote operation of the image forming apparatus by the information processing apparatus; a detection unit configured to detect an event that has occurred in the image forming apparatus; and a disconnection unit configured to, in a case where occurrence of a predetermined event corresponding to a state of use of the image forming apparatus is detected by the detection unit while connected with the information processing apparatus by the connection unit, disconnect the connection with the information processing apparatus.

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