| US 7,496,848 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus and image forming system | ||
| Takashi Hasebe, Hachioji (Japan); Takashi Tamura, Hachioji (Japan); Saburo Shimizu, Hachioji (Japan); Tetsu Sekine, Hachioji (Japan); Shuta Hamada, Hachioji (Japan); and Utami Soma, Hachioji (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Konica Corporation, (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 14, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/620,163. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-212327 (JP), filed on Jul. 22, 2002; application No. 2002-231098 (JP), filed on Aug. 08, 2002; and application No. 2002-235606 (JP), filed on Aug. 13, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0012636 A1, Jan. 22, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—741 [715/742; 715/864] | 24 Claims |
| 17. An image forming system comprising a server and an image forming apparatus for communicating with the server through a
portable communication terminal,
the server comprising:
an article database for storing electronic data of a plurality of articles;
a storage for storing a receiving desired date, an information destination, and an extract condition, in a state of each of
the receiving desired date, the informing destination, and the extract condition being corresponding to each user, and for
storing a plurality of pieces provided article data, in a state where each of the plurality of pieces of provided article
data corresponds to an electronic key; and
a control section for extracting the provided article data from the article database based on the extract condition before
the receiving desired data, for generating the electronic key, and for storing the extracted provided article data in the
storage so that each piece of the extracted provided article data corresponds to the electronic key;
an informing section for sending an electronic mail including the electronic key to the informing destination of the user;
and
a sending section for sending provided article data corresponding to the electronic key included in sending request information
sent from the image forming apparatus through the portable communication terminal to the image forming apparatus, in reply
to the sending request information,
the image forming apparatus comprising:
a connector to which the portable communication terminal is connected;
a communication section for controlling the portable communication terminal connected to the connector, and communicating
with the server;
an input section for inputting the electronic key;
a sending request section for sending the sending request information including the electronic key inputted by the input section
to the server through the communication section;
a receiving section for receiving the provided article data sent from the server through the communication section;
an image forming section for forming an image based on the provided article data received by the receiving section; and
a calculating section for calculating a charge for provision of the first data and the second data,
wherein the communication control section informs the server of the charge calculated by the calculating section by controlling
the portable communication terminal.
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