Patent ID: 8593677
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile printing system, comprising: a cloud server apparatus configured to store a document data file; a mobile terminal device, that includes a wireless communication interface and a first short-range communication interface of which the maximum communicable distance is shorter than that of the wireless communication interface, configured to transmit the document data file with its device ID to the cloud server apparatus via the wireless communication interface; a device management server apparatus configured to receive the document data file in association with the device ID from the cloud server apparatus, convert the document data file to print data, store the print data, and transmit the print data; a print-control device, that includes a second short-range communication interface of a communication protocol which is the same as that of the first short-range communication interface, configured to detect the mobile terminal device, receive the device ID of the mobile terminal device, receive the print data corresponding to the document data file in association with the device ID from the document management server apparatus, and transmit the print data; and an image forming apparatus configured to receive the print data from the print-control device, and perform printing of the print data wherein: the mobile terminal device further includes a first position determination device configured to specify a current position of the mobile terminal device; the print-control device further includes a second position determination device configured to specify the current position of the print-control device; and the device management server apparatus is further configured to store the current positions of a plurality of print-control devices in association with IDs of the plurality of print-control devices, and the mobile terminal device is further configured to transmit the current position of the mobile terminal device to the device management server apparatus when the mobile terminal device detects the plurality of print-control devices, and receive at least one of the IDs of the plurality of print-control devices from the device management server apparatus, the ID of the print-control device specified by the device management server apparatus being on the basis of both the current positions of the plurality of detected print-control devices and the current position of the mobile terminal device.