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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 24, 2012
Daisuke Kono, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Kono, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information providing apparatus includes a receiving unit and a transmitting unit. The receiving unit receives, from a terminal device connected to the information providing apparatus via a communication path, operation state information indicating an operation state of the terminal device. If it is determined, based on the operation state information, that the terminal device is in a specific operation state associated with an image processing operation, the transmitting unit transmits to the terminal device one or plural pieces of specific information associated with an image processing operation executable after the specific operation state has been completed. When transmitting the plural pieces of specific information to the terminal device, the transmitting unit transmits the plural pieces of specific information to the terminal device in accordance with priorities. The priorities are assigned to the plural pieces of specific information in accordance with the specific operation state.