Patent ID: 8649049

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a receiving buffer configured to store job data transmitted from an information processing apparatus; a storage unit configured to store job data transmitted from the receiving buffer; a display unit configured to display information of job data stored in the storage unit in a case where an execution instruction for executing job data is received in response to a user operation; and a control unit configured to determine whether the display unit displays information of job data, and to control the transmission of job data from the receiving buffer to the storage unit such that the transmission of job data from the receiving buffer to the storage unit is stopped in a case where it is determined by the determination that the display unit displays the information of job data, and the transmission of job data from the receiving buffer to the storage unit is executed in a case where it is determined by the determination that the display unit does not displays the information of job data, wherein another job data in the storage unit is deleted in response to the execution of the transmission of the job data.