Patent ID: 11930145
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A control method for an image forming apparatus communicable with a communication apparatus, the control method comprising:
storing an audit log, upon occurrence of a predetermined event, in at least one of a storage device of the image forming apparatus or an external storage device, the audit log including:
an operation log indicating a history of instructions input by a user; and
an authentication log indicating authentication information used in user authentication;

storing, in the audit log, an image log including image data processed by a job, in a state where the predetermined event occurs that handles image data;
storing, in the audit log, an inspection log indicating a result of an inspection of the image data, in a state where the audit log is storing the image log and the predetermined event occurs that involves the inspection of the image data, wherein the operation log, the authentication log, the inspection log, and a storage location of the image data are stored in association with a log number separately as loci management information; and
upon receiving from the communication apparatus a request for sending the audit log, controlling sending of the logs included the audit log to the communication apparatus, wherein the control includes:
sending, to the communication apparatus, information indicating a storage location of one or more logs each having a data amount larger than a predetermined amount among the logs included in the audit log, rather than sending the one or more logs included in the audit log.