Patent ID: 9230376
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G07C,H04M,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires, from a mobile terminal carried by a visitor, visitor information regarding the visitor and notification destination information indicating a destination of notification to a visitor-receiving person who is to receive the visitor; an issuance unit that, based on the visitor information acquired by the acquisition unit, issues a permit indicating that the visitor is allowed to enter; and a notification unit that notifies the destination of notification indicated by the notification destination information acquired by the acquisition unit that the visitor has arrived, wherein the acquisition unit acquires the visitor information and the notification destination information via an image capturing apparatus that acquires an encoded information image that contains the visitor information and the notification destination information, and the issuance unit issues the permit by printing out an image that includes the visitor information.