Patent ID: 9578191
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming device configured to form an image; an input device; a beacon receiver configured to receive a beacon signal transmitted from a portable terminal with a radio wave, the beacon signal including identification information for identifying the portable terminal; a storage configured to store definition information for defining a common standby screen, an individual standby screen and a transition destination screen, the common standby screen including a screen transition object for instructing transition of a screen and being common to all users, the individual standby screen including a screen transition object for instructing transition of a screen and being associated with the identification information included in the beacon signal by the portable terminal, the individual standby screen being customized for a user of the portable terminal, and the transition destination screen being associated with the screen transition object and being configured to input operation information for instructing the image forming device to perform an operation; a display configured to display screens defined by the definition information; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to execute: display control processing of displaying one of the common standby screen and the individual standby screen on the display when the input device is not operated for a first time period after the transition destination screen is displayed on the display; storage control processing of, when the beacon receiver receives the beacon signal, storing beacon information in the storage, the beacon information including the identification information included in the beacon signal and timing information indicative of a receiving timing at which the beacon signal is received; first reception processing of receiving a first user's operation of selecting the screen transition object included in the displayed one of the common standby screen and the individual standby screen through the input device; screen transition processing of, when the first user's operation is received through the input device, changing a screen displayed on the display from the one of the common standby screen and the individual standby screen, which is displayed on the display in the display control processing, to, the transition destination screen associated with the screen transition object; and switching processing of changing the screen displayed on the display from the one of the common standby screen and the individual standby screen, which is displayed on the display in the display control processing, to the individual standby screen associated with target identification information only when the one of the common standby screen and the individual standby screen is displayed, the target identification information corresponding to the identification information included in the beacon information of which receiving timing is within a past monitoring time period from a present time to a predetermined past time.