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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Satoru Hirakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Hirakata, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data processing apparatus connected to a terminal device and providing a service in response to a request from the terminal device, includes a processable condition storing unit that stores one or more services providable by the data processing apparatus and a position of a terminal device to which provision of the service is permitted in correspondence with each of the services; a receiving unit that receives a service request of requesting provision of a service and positional information of the terminal device sent from the terminal device; and a control unit that controls the data processing apparatus to provide the service requested by the service request when the position indicated by the positional information received by the receiving unit is included in the position that is in correspondence with the service requested by the service request received by the receiving unit in the processable condition storing unit.