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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Kobe, JP;
Junichi Hase, Osaka, JP;
Yosuke Taniguchi, Osaka, JP;
Nobuhiro Mishima, Osaka, JP;
Hidetaka Iwai, Itami, JP;
Hideaki Soejima, Amagasaki, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises: an accepting portion that accepts a request for a temporary use permission to use a function of the image processing apparatus from a second portable terminal apparatus in place of a first portable terminal apparatus having a proper use permission to use the function, an obtaining portion that obtains application information of an application installed on the second portable terminal apparatus; a determining portion that determines a scope of the temporary use permission with reference to reference data stored on a management apparatus and on the basis of the application information; a judgment portion that judges whether or not the requested process falls within the determined scope when a request for a process requiring the function is received from or transferred to the second portable terminal apparatus; and an executor portion that executes the requested process if it falls within the determined scope.