Patent ID: 8305607

Claim:
A method of processing a display in a display processing system including an image processing apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores therein related information on a component unit, an operation state of the component unit, and association information associated with relation identification information for identifying the related information, the method comprises: a state detecting step including the image processing apparatus detecting the operation state of the component unit; a first transmitting/receiving step including the image processing apparatus receiving user identification information unique to a user from an information storage medium of the user, the image processing apparatus transmitting received user identification information to a portable displaying device, and the image processing apparatus receiving authentication information indicating a successful authentication of the user identification information from the portable displaying device; an obtaining step, performed upon receiving the authentication information, including the image processing apparatus obtaining the related information indicated by the relation identification information corresponding to the component unit and the operation state of the component unit, and wherein the first transmitting/receiving step includes transmitting the related information and the operation state of the component unit obtained at the obtaining step to the portable displaying device; a component detecting step including the portable displaying device detecting a detecting unit within a predetermined range from the portable displaying device; an authenticating step including the portable displaying device authenticating whether the user identification information transmitted from the image processing apparatus is stored; a second transmitting/receiving step including: the portable displaying device transmitting the authentication information to the image processing apparatus, and the portable displaying device receiving the related information and the operation state of the component unit from the image processing apparatus; and a display controlling step including the portable displaying device performing a control of the related information and the operation state of the component unit to be displayed on a displaying unit.