Patent ID: 9203985
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A function setting control system including an image forming apparatus and a mobile terminal device capable of communicating with the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus, including: a control unit which controls functions by using a plurality of setting items; a setting information storage unit which respectively associates a plurality of pieces of setting item information respectively representing the plurality of setting items and a plurality of pieces of setting content information representing setting contents that respectively correspond to the plurality of setting items with each other, and which stores the associated information as first function setting information; a function setting information transmitting unit which executes a function setting information transmission process in which second function setting information including at least a part of the pieces of setting item information among the plurality of pieces of setting item information included in the first function setting information and the setting content information corresponding to the at least part of the pieces of setting item information is transmitted to the mobile terminal device, and the mobile terminal device, including: a mobile-side display unit which displays information; a mobile-side receiving unit which receives information transmitted from the image forming apparatus; and a display control unit which performs a list display process of causing the mobile-side display unit to display a list display screen on which, based on the second function setting information received by the mobile-side receiving unit, setting item information included in the second function setting information and the setting content information associated with the setting item information included in the second function setting information are associated with each other and displayed on one screen, wherein the image forming apparatus further includes: a selected item storage unit that stores selected item information representing a setting item selected in advance as a setting item to be displayed on the list display screen among the plurality of pieces of setting item information; an initial setting information storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of initial setting content information determined in advance as initial values of setting contents that correspond respectively to the plurality of setting items; and a setting item selecting unit that classifies the plurality of pieces of setting item information into pieces of first setting item information that are included in the selected item information and pieces of second setting item information that are not included in the selected item information, wherein, in the function setting information transmitting unit, the second function setting information is made to contain the pieces of first setting item information and pieces of changed setting item information, the pieces of changed setting item information being the setting item information having the setting content information that differs from the initial setting content information, among the pieces of second setting item information; the mobile terminal device further includes: the image forming apparatus further includes: