A system including an apparatus and a device that reads an original. The apparatus includes at least one processor and a display screen. The device includes a reading unit. The processor selects a reading function for reading of the original from a plurality of functions including the reading function and a printing function, in accordance with a user's instruction. After the reading function is selected, the processor causes the display screen to display first information indicating a reading setting being set in the apparatus and to display second information prompting the user to put the apparatus into a communication range, of a predetermined wireless communication method, of the device for reading of the original. After the reading function is selected, the processor causes the display screen to display the first and second information. After the display screen displays the information and the device communicates with the apparatus via the communication method, the device reads the original.

This invention provides a technique which allows the user to select whether or not to make print settings without any special operation such as key operations or button operations upon printing information held by a mobile terminal using a printer. To this end, in a case where it is detected that a mobile terminal is located with an NFC communication range, an NFC communication is established to exchange information so as to prepare for transition to a BT communication, information to be printed is received via the BT communication, thus printing the information. At this time, only in a case where an established state of the NFC communication is continued for a predetermined period of time since the NFC communication is established, a detailed print setting menu is displayed.

An information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure transmits identification information of a virtual space to a scanning apparatus based on a scan instruction input in the virtual space, scans a document to generate image data, transmits the identification information and the image data to an information processing apparatus that provides a service for sharing information in the virtual space, and executes processing for displaying an object based on the transmitted image data in the virtual space corresponding to the identification information.

An information processing system including an image forming apparatus and a portable terminal that is allowed to communicate with the image forming apparatus, includes a hardware processor that: determines whether a cooperative screen for cooperating with the image forming apparatus includes an operation-receiving region for receiving an operation by a user, the cooperative screen being displayed on a display of the portable terminal; extracts, from the cooperative screen, an image corresponding to an operating region including the operation-receiving region when the hardware processor determines that the cooperative screen includes the operation-receiving region; and displays, on a display of the image forming apparatus, the image corresponding to the operating region extracted by the hardware processor.

An electronic device includes a setting unit configured to set setting information of an operation of the electronic device according to common setting information; a designation information acquisition unit configured to acquire designation information, which designates an acquisition origin of the common setting information, via a network; and a setting information acquisition unit configured to acquire the common setting information from the acquisition origin of the common setting information designated by the designation information acquired by the designation information acquisition unit.

A management server is provided. The management server includes a user interface to receive an input of a plug-in corresponding to a job of an image forming apparatus to generate a workform, which defines a job performing order of the image forming apparatus, and to receive an input of an execution start condition of the plug-in, a workform generator to generate a workform based on the input plug-in and the execution start condition, and a communication interface to transmit the generated workform to the image forming apparatus.

An approach is provided for managing a usage of a camera. A context of a camera being used by a user is determined. The context includes information selected from: a geographic location of the camera, a direction in which the camera is pointed, a position of the user, a time at which the camera is being used by the user, and an identification of object(s) in an image being processed by the camera. Based on the context of the camera, it is determined that the usage of the camera by the user is likely to cause a danger to the user or to another person. Based on the usage of the camera being likely to cause the danger, a functionality of the camera is disabled or a notification about the danger is sent to one or more persons.

In a technique to implement document reading by making use of a mobile terminal and an image forming apparatus, control to cause an image of a document to be captured at accurate timing is important. The present invention is a mobile terminal capable of communicating with an image forming apparatus and the mobile terminal includes: an image capturing unit; an instruction unit configured to transmit discharge instructions to discharge a document to the image forming apparatus in which the document is set in a sheet feed unit; a state acquisition unit configured to acquire a state of the image forming apparatus by communicating with the image forming apparatus; and an image capturing instruction unit configured to detect timing at which the image forming apparatus discharges the document based on the state of the image forming apparatus acquired by the state acquisition unit and to give instructions to capture an image of the document to the image capturing unit at the timing.

An image forming apparatus connected to a charging apparatus that collects a fee includes an authentication unit that authenticates users and a display that displays a screen enabling users to select between logging into the image forming apparatus based on being authenticated or by paying a fee using the charging apparatus.

A mobile terminal transmits a document file to a conversion server. In a case where it is determined that an image forming apparatus is capable of acquiring from the conversion server print data acquired by converting the document file, information for acquisition of the print data from the conversion server by the image forming apparatus is transmitted to the image forming apparatus. In a case where it is determined that the image forming apparatus is not capable of acquiring the print data from the conversion server, the print data is acquired from the conversion server and transmitted to the image forming apparatus.