A terminal device stores, without accepting user input of predetermined connection information, predetermined connection information without acquiring the predetermined connection information from a communication device, connects to the communication device using the stored predetermined connection information, and communicates with the communication device using the predetermined connection information.

An apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with a communication device, and can write data received from the communication device in a memory. The apparatus receives an operation request to the apparatus from the communication device, and stores the received operation request in the memory. The apparatus has a function of specifying a function corresponding to the operation request of a plurality of functions included in the apparatus in a state in which the operation request is stored in the memory. When the function is specified, and is not activated, the apparatus activates the function, and controls the activated function.

A communication apparatus that accepts remote control from an external apparatus via wireless communication, the communication apparatus comprising a communication unit configured to communicate with the external apparatus, and a control unit configured to execute, in response to an operation request that the communication unit has received from the external apparatus, the request being performed through the remote control, a task corresponding to the operation, wherein the control unit sets a time interval relating to a timing at which communication with the external apparatus is performed, and controls the communication unit to perform communication with the external apparatus in compliance with the set time interval.

A printing apparatus includes a subunit including a plurality of installation racks in each of which a consumable member can be installed, and a main unit configured to receive supply from the consumable member installed in the subunit and perform printing. The printing apparatus acquires consumable member information including (i) color information and (ii) information indicating a positional relationship between the subunit and the consumable member, wherein the information indicating the positional relationship includes a direction and a distance between the subunit and the consumable member, stores information, including the color information and information indicating a positional relationship between the subunit and the consumable member, of each of the plurality of installation racks, and determines, based on the acquired consumable member information, whether the consumable member exists at a position corresponding to a predetermined installation rack of the plurality of installation racks.

When a near field communication (NFC) function is set to be enabled, an information processing apparatus starts, upon startup, an operation in a direct wireless communication mode. When the NFC function is set to be disabled, the information processing apparatus starts an operation in the direct wireless communication mode in response to an external operation instruction.

There is provided an information processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The information processing apparatus and a control method acquires user information from an external apparatus by using near field wireless communication, determines how to handle the acquired user information according to a type of a screen displayed by a display unit. For example, when the displayed screen is an authentication screen, authentication processing is executed by using the acquired user information.

A terminal device writes authorization information into a storing unit of an image processing apparatus irrespective of whether power is supplied to the image processing apparatus. A control unit of the image processing apparatus starts the image processing apparatus, performs user authorization using the authorization information, and enters a standby state upon start of supply of power by a power supply unit in the case where the authorization information is written. The control unit starts the image processing apparatus and enters the standby state without performing the user authorization upon the start of supply of power by the power supply unit in the case where the authorization information is not written. When the terminal device writes the authorization information into the storing unit with the image processing apparatus being supplied with power, the control unit performs the user authorization.

A main body portion provided with a document stand on which a document is placed and a reading unit; a cover which opens and closes the document stand; and a near field communication unit on the inside of the cover, are provided.

An apparatus, system, and method of controlling transmission of an image, each of which: displays, on a display, an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users sharing a use of the shared terminal; obtains, from a first privately-owned terminal owned by a first user of the plurality of users, first terminal identification information for identifying the first privately-owned terminal; transmits an authentication request for authenticating the first privately-owned terminal to a terminal management server, the authentication request including the first terminal identification information of the first privately-owned terminal; receives an authentication result of authenticating the first privately-owned terminal from the terminal management server; and when the authentication result indicates that the first privately-owned terminal is a legitimate terminal, and transmits a print request for printing data relating to the image being displayed to a printer through a network.

An information processing apparatus and a communication terminal can carry out first wireless communication and second wireless communication. The first wireless communication is established when a distance between the information processing apparatus and the communication terminal is equal to or less than a first distance. The information processing apparatus determines whether data communication is to be carried out over the first wireless communication or the second wireless communication. When the data communication is to be carried out over the first wireless communication, the information processing apparatus carries out the data communication over the first wireless communication. When the data communication is to be carried out over the second wireless communication, the information processing apparatus carries out data communication of first setting information with the communication terminal over the first wireless communication to establish the second wireless communication and carries out data communication over the second wireless communication.