| US 7,603,698 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus and image forming method | ||
| Michiaki Konno, Yokohama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 10, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/9,919. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0130122 A1, Jun. 15, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 9/32 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 726—2 | 17 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus that is connected to an authentication server and a database server, the apparatus comprising:
communication means for executing wireless communication with an external device;
confirmation means for confirming, when the communication means receives a wireless communication start request from the external
device, with the authentication server about whether the external device is a pre-registered external device; and
control means for executing, when the confirming means confirms that the external device is the pre-registered external device,
a control to transmit image forming apparatus information including position information of the image forming apparatus to
the external device via the communication means, when the image forming apparatus information is not present in the authentication
server nor in the database server and when the image forming apparatus information is present in the image forming apparatus.
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