Patent ID: 9477433
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q,H04L,H05K

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a user information storage unit configured to store relating user information related with a protocol; a reception unit configured to receive, via an interface for connecting with an external device, a print job that includes relating user information and that is requested to execute according to a specific protocol from the external apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine whether the relating user information included in the print job received by the reception unit is stored in the user information storage unit as the relating user information related with the specific protocol; a storing unit configured to store the print job as a standby print job based on the determination by the determination unit that the relating user information included in the print job is not stored in the user information storage unit as the relating user information related with the specific protocol; a printing unit configured to execute the standby print job according to a print instruction given by a user who has logged in to the image forming apparatus after the print job is stored as the standby print job; and a registration unit configured to register the relating user information included in the print job to the user information storage unit as the relating user information related with the specific protocol, according to the print instruction given by the user who has logged in.