US 12,236,143 B2
Information processing apparatus enabling proper use according to actual installation location, information processing system, method of controlling information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing system, and storage medium
Hideyuki Okada, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/320,475.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-085377 (JP), filed on May 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0384998 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1238 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1222 (2013.01); G06K 15/40 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus that is communicable with a network and forms an image on a recording sheet, the image forming apparatus having a plurality of functions including a copy function that is performed without the network and a print function that receives data via the network and prints the data, the image forming apparatus comprising:
one or more controllers having one or more processors and one or more memories, the one or more controllers configured to:
display a screen including an object of the copy function and an object of the print function;
receive input, by a user, of first installation location information of the image forming apparatus;
make a comparison between the input first installation location information of the image forming apparatus and second installation location information stored in a server;
permit a use of the copy function and a use of the print function, in a case where the input first installation location information coincides with the second installation location information; and
permit a use of the copy function and restrict a use of the print function, in a case where the input first installation location information does not coincide with the second installation location information,
wherein the one or more controllers display a message indicating that a part of the plurality of functions is restricted and a button for setting installation location information on the screen in a case where validity of the input first installation location information is expired,
wherein the part of the plurality of functions that is restricted includes the print function,
wherein the one or more controllers display, based on selection of the button, a setting screen for setting the installation location information,
wherein an input name of the image forming apparatus, input installation location information and a set network setting are displayed on the setting screen.