Patent ID: 9420139
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, via a processor of an image forming apparatus, a request from a user to use the image forming apparatus and retrieving, from a network connected apparatus, identification information corresponding to the user; determining whether or not the received identification information, via the processor, is stored in a memory of the image forming apparatus; obtaining via the processor, upon the processor determining that the identification information is stored in the image forming apparatus, information associated with the identification information; requesting information corresponding to the identification information, via the processor, from the network connected apparatus, upon the processor determining that the identification information is not stored in memory of the image forming apparatus; and storing in the memory of the image forming apparatus, upon receipt and in association with the identification information, the requested information corresponding to the identification information.