Patent ID: 11960778
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An information terminal configured to operate in cooperation with an image forming apparatus of image forming apparatuses, comprising:
a processor configured to:
communicate with the image forming apparatus; and
transmit first information relating to a job to the image forming apparatus, receive, as received certification information, certification information corresponding to the first information from the image forming apparatus, output the received certification information to the image forming apparatus, and cause the image forming apparatus to execute the job in response to receiving, from the information terminal, transmission start information associated with the job, wherein the transmission start information represents encoded image data representative of a signal sequence unobservable by a user identity, and wherein the signal sequence is conveyed via proximity wireless communication between the information terminal and the image forming apparatus.