Patent ID: 8724136

Claim:
An image output system comprising a server and a plurality of multi-functional peripherals connected to the server through a network and capable of outputting an image, wherein the multi-functional peripheral has a wireless communication portion which communicates with a mobile terminal apparatus wirelessly and an authentication processing portion which requests user authentication to the server based on user information including at least user identification information input from the mobile terminal apparatus or an operation portion provided in the multi-functional peripheral, the server has a user authentication portion which performs user authentication in response to a request from the multi-functional peripheral and an interface instruction portion which specifies a user interface image displayed on a display portion of the mobile terminal apparatus for operating the multi-functional peripheral depending on the user identification information, and instructs the multi-functional peripheral to display the user interface image on the mobile terminal apparatus when the user authentication is succeeded, the multi-functional peripheral executes image output in accordance with a user operation received from the mobile terminal apparatus through the wireless communication portion in a state where the user interface image is displayed on the mobile terminal apparatus, and the server has a history storage portion which acquires from the multi-functional peripheral a history of a user operation from the mobile terminal apparatus for storing, and the interface instruction portion changes the user interface image specified depending on the user identification information, in accordance with the history of the user operation.