Communication system, information processing system, image formation system, image forming apparatus, mobile information terminal device and information processing device

Abstract

After a digital multi-function peripheral establishes a connection with a mobile phone once, it rejects connection establishment requests made to a wireless communication section by other devices. Moreover, after a connection is established with a mobile phone once, the digital multi-function peripheral stops sending of the address of the wireless communication section through a reader/writer. After completing the sending/receiving of data, the digital multi-function peripheral and the mobile phone delete the addresses of their partner devices stored in them, respectively, for use in sending/receiving data.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) on Patent Application No. 2009-049652 filed in Japan on Mar. 3, 2009, No. 2009-061761 filed in Japan on Mar. 13, 2009, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Technical Field[0003]The present invention relates to a communication system including a first communication device and a second communication device; an information processing system including a communication terminal device and an information processing device; an image formation system including a mobile communication device and an image forming apparatus; an image forming apparatus for obtaining image data from an external device and forming an image; a mobile information terminal device for communicating with an external device; an information processing device for selectively establishing a connection; an information processing system including the information p...

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Benefits of technology

[0092]According to the present invention, in the communication system (information processing system) including a first communication device (information processing device) and a second communication device (communication terminal device) for communicating with each other, establishment of a connection between the two devices is facilitated. Moreover, only a single second communication device (communication terminal device) which received the identification data of the first communication device (information processing device) is enabled to communicate with the first communication device (information processing device). Therefore, when a connection is established between the first communication device (information processing device) and the single second communication device (communication terminal device), stealing of data in the two devices is prevented. Further, after the communication (sending and receiving of data) is finished, the identification data of the partner device used for the communication is deleted so as not to leave the identification data in the first communication device (information processing device) and the second communication device (communication terminal device), thereby preventing leakage of personal information or confidential information used for the communication. In addition, the limited storage areas in the respective devices may be used more effectively.

[0093]According to the present invention, in the image formation system including a mobile communication device and an image forming apparatus for obtaining data from the mobile communication device and forming an image on the basis of the data, establishment of a connection between the two devices is facilitated. Moreover, only a single mobile communication device which received the identification data of the image forming apparatus is enabled to communicate with the image forming apparatus. Therefore, when a connection is established between the image forming apparatus and the single mobile communication device, stealing of data in the two devices is prevented. Further, after the sending / receiving of data is finished, the identification data of the partner device used for sending / receiving data is deleted so as not to leave the identification data in the image forming apparatus and the mobile communication device, thereby preventing leakage of personal information or confidential information used for sending / receiving data. Additionally, the limited storage areas in the respective devices may be used more effectively.

[0094]According to the present invention, in the image forming apparatus for obtaining image data from an external device and forming an image on the basis of the image data, establishment of a connection with a partner device is facilitated. Moreover, after the image forming apparatus established a connection with one external device, a connection establishment request from other devices is rejected, and thus only one device which received the identification data of the image forming apparatus is enabled to communicate with the image forming apparatus. Therefore, when a connection is established between the image forming apparatus and one device, a connection to the image forming apparatus or to the one device through the image forming apparatus is prohibited, thereby preventing data in the two devices from being stolen. Further, after obtaining image data, the identification data of the partner device used for obtaining the image data is deleted so as not to leave it in the image forming apparatus, thereby preventing leakage of personal information or confidential information used for obtaining the image data. In addition, the limited storage area in the image forming apparatus may be used more effectively.

Problems solved by technology

Moreover, after the printing is completed, it is necessary to do the extremely time-consuming work of inserting the memory into the mobile phone again.

In addition, there is a possibility that the user may forget to remove the memory from the memory card reader of the image forming apparatus after the completion of printing.

However, a complicated and time-consuming operation is required for pairing.

However, this distinguishing task is very difficult, and even if the user distinguishes the Bluetooth address properly, a small operation is needed thereafter to set the two devices to be ready to communicate with each other.

Hence, these system and method have, for example, a problem that they are not capable of satisfying connection establishment restricting requests necessary in work environment.

More specifically, even if the image processing apparatus (personal computer) is configured to prevent leakage of confidential information by enabling only a part of employees to use the image processing apparatus (personal computer) after authenticating the user ID of the noncontact ID card (the card ID of the noncontact IC card), there is a problem that it is still impossible to stop a connection from being established fraudulently using the communication history.

Thus, the image forming apparatus prohibits responding (sending of the identification data) to a connection request from other than the partner device with which the connection has been established.

Thus, the image forming apparatus prohibits responding (sending of the identification data) to a connection request from other devices.

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