Patent ID: 7533344
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: an image forming device comprising an operation panel, the operation panel comprising a plurality of operations to be selected by a user; a monitoring unit configured to monitor data of selecting of the plurality of operations of the operation panel by the user, and to generate a log of the monitored data, the log of the monitored data being stored in the device, and to automatically start the monitoring without requiring a connection to a receiving device to which the log of monitored data is to be sent and automatically upon start-up of the image forming device without the user directly starting a monitoring program; a communicating unit configured to receive the log of the monitored data, and to automatically communicate the log of the monitored data by a unidirectional communication without requiring input from the device to which the log of the monitored data is to be sent.