Patent ID: 9307101
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a communication section for communicating with a portable type terminal device which is provided with a photographing function, a display function, and a communication function; and a control section for: a) receiving a photographed image of an image forming apparatus, having been photographed by said portable type terminal device, from said portable type terminal device; b) determining a photographed region of said image forming apparatus that appears in the photographed image, wherein the determination of the photographed region is based on information from the photographed image; c) determining whether a prescribed location in which an event arises in said image forming apparatus, the event which is to be notified to said portable type terminal device, is included in said photographed region of said image forming apparatus; d) only in a case in which the prescribed location is included in said photographed region of said image forming apparatus, transmitting a first display information corresponding to said prescribed location to said portable type terminal device; and e) only in a case in which the prescribed location is not included in said photographed region of said image forming apparatus, transmitting a second display information corresponding to said prescribed location, said second display information being different from said first display information, wherein said second display information comprises guidance information to said prescribed location, wherein said guidance information indicates a position of the prescribed location outside of said photographed region of said image forming apparatus, and wherein the prescribed location is within said image forming apparatus.