US 7,529,618 B2
Image forming system and image forming apparatus
Akinori Iwase, Kanagawa-ken (Japan); Tatsuya Haraguchi, Kanagawa-ken (Japan); and Kazuhiro Ogura, Kanagawa-ken (Japan)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Sep. 01, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/930,844.
Application 10/930844 is a continuation of application No. 10/073894, filed on Feb. 14, 2002, granted, now 6,990,408.
Claims priority of application No. 2001-058996 (JP), filed on Mar. 02, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2005/0043883 A1, Feb. 24, 2005
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/30 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 701—213  [701/200; 342/385; 342/450; 340/988] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of printing an image by using an image forming apparatus which is included in an image forming system comprising a portable terminal that is connected to a network through a radio communication, a server and the image forming apparatus being connected to the network, the method comprising:
transmitting to the server a desired destination data via the network by an operation of a user from the portable terminal;
receiving the destination data from the portable terminal via the network and storing the destination data in a prescribed area of the server;
supplying a position data of the image forming apparatus and a data to designate the destination data stored in the prescribed area to the server according the operation of the user of the portable terminal;
supplying, from the server to the image forming apparatus, a map data comprising the position data of the image forming apparatus as a starting point and the destination data as an ending point;
printing an image corresponding to the map data on a recording medium by the image forming apparatus which receives the map data;
judging, in the server, whether a prescribed time has passed; and
transmitting, from the server to the portable terminal, a signal allowing the deletion of the stored destination data when the server has judged that the prescribed time has passed.