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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2011
Applicant:

Yoshimasa Kawana, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshimasa Kawana, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image forming apparatus of the present invention returns a response indicating that the image forming apparatus includes a function for changing information of a sending destination to a monitoring apparatus to an inquiry from the monitoring apparatus when it is determined that the image forming apparatus includes the function for changing the information of the sending destination of the monitoring information and monitoring has not been performed by a different monitoring apparatus. The image forming apparatus further receives a request for changing the information of the sending destination from the monitoring apparatus to change the sending destination of the monitoring information to the sending destination of the monitoring apparatus.


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Kawana, Yoshimasa. (2013). Image forming apparatus and control method thereof (U.S. Patent No. 8531712). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8531712

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