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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Yuji Okamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Naofumi Ueda, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Yuji Okamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Naofumi Ueda, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a predetermined anomaly has occurred in a digital multifunctional machine, the fact of the anomaly occurring is notified to the service center and the computer at the guardhouse. The service person sent out from the service center is issued with an entrance permit from the entrance permit issuing device at the guardhouse. Then, the service person can pass through the passage gates in the building using the information recorded in the entrance permit and reach the place where the digital multifunctional machine is installed.