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Patent No.:

US 9128645 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2012

System including image forming apparatus and information processing apparatus, method performed under the system, image forming apparatus and information processing apparatus directed to the system, and non-transitory storage medium encoded with program directed to the apparatuses

Applicant:

Tomomi Ono, Akashi, JP;

Inventor:

Tomomi Ono, Akashi, JP;

Assignee:

KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Primary Examiner:

Brandon Hoffman

Assistant Examiner:

Samuel Ambaye

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1222 (2013.01); G06F 3/1224 (2013.01); G06F 3/1231 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01); G06F 3/1291 (2013.01); G06F 15/173 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); G06F 12/16 (2013.01); G06F 15/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a system including a first image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus connected via a network. When a second image forming apparatus is added to the network, the second image forming apparatus generates parent setting information indicating that the first image forming apparatus previously connected to the network is its parent, and transmits the parent setting information to the first image forming apparatus. The first image forming apparatus generates parent-child relationship setting information indicating a parent-child relationship between the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus, based on the parent setting information from the second image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus registers the second image forming apparatus as a new output destination, based on information of the second image forming apparatus.

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