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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2005
Kazuyuki Fukui, Toyohashi, JP;
Mikio Masui, Kobe, JP;
Hiroyuki Ozawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuichiro Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Norihisa Takayama, Kobe, JP;
Yoshikazu Ikenoue, Itami, JP;
Kazuyuki Fukui, Toyohashi, JP;
Mikio Masui, Kobe, JP;
Hiroyuki Ozawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuichiro Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Norihisa Takayama, Kobe, JP;
Yoshikazu Ikenoue, Itami, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To allow inputting and outputting of data using any apparatus of a plurality of MFPs, each of the plurality of MFPs includes a HDD to store user data including user identification information for identifying a plurality of users, a job attribute information generating portion to generate job attribute information which associates location information on the network of data inputted in a scanner with one of a plurality of user identification information, a control portion to control so as to store the job attribute information in HDDs of other MFPs connected to the network, a user identification information input portion to accept an input of the user identification information, a job attribute information obtaining portion to obtain from the HDDs of other MFPs connected to the network the job attribute information including the user identification information inputted, and a data obtaining portion to obtain data associated by the job attribute information obtained.