IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit that acquires visitor information regarding a visitor and notification destination information indicating a destination of notification to a visitor-receiving person who is to receive the visitor;
an issuance unit that, based on the visitor information acquired by the acquisition unit, issues a permit indicating that the visitor is allowed to enter; and
a notification unit that notifies the destination of notification indicated by the notification destination information acquired by the acquisition unit that the visitor has arrived.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires visitor information regarding a visitor and notification destination information indicating a destination of notification to a visitor-receiving person who is to receive the visitor; an issuance unit that, based on the visitor information acquired by the acquisition unit, issues a permit indicating that the visitor is allowed to enter; and a notification unit that notifies the destination of notification indicated by the notification destination information acquired by the acquisition unit that the visitor has arrived.
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an acquisition unit that acquires visitor information regarding a visitor and notification destination information indicating a destination of notification to a visitor-receiving person who is to receive the visitor; an issuance unit that, based on the visitor information acquired by the acquisition unit, issues a permit indicating that the visitor is allowed to enter; and a notification unit that notifies the destination of notification indicated by the notification destination information acquired by the acquisition unit that the visitor has arrived. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An image forming system including an information processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a mobile terminal carried by a visitor that are communicably connected to one another via a network,
the information processing apparatus comprising: -
an information image generating unit that generates an information image containing visitor information regarding a visitor and notification destination information indicating a destination of notification to a visitor-receiving person who is to receive the visitor, and a transmission unit that transmits the information image generated by the information image generating unit to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising; a reception unit that receives the information image transmitted by the information processing apparatus; and a display unit that displays the information image received by the reception unit, the image forming apparatus comprising; an acquisition unit that acquires the visitor information and the notification destination information contained in the information image; an issuance unit that, based on the visitor information acquired by the acquisition unit, issues a permit having an image printed thereon that contains the visitor information and indicates that the visitor is allowed to enter; and a notification unit that notifies the destination of notification indicated by the notification destination information acquired by the acquisition unit that the visitor has arrived. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing an information processing program, the program causing a computer to execute:
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acquiring notification destination information indicating visitor information regarding a visitor and a destination of notification to a visitor-receiving person who is to receive the visitor; based on the acquired visitor information, issuing a permit indicating that the visitor is allowed to enter; and notifying the destination of notification indicated by the acquired notification destination information that the visitor has arrived.
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