Patent ID: 8406253

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for performing wireless communication with a mobile terminal device, the information processing apparatus including a plurality of associated functions, the information processing apparatus comprising: a first communication unit corresponding to a first communication area; a second communication unit corresponding to a second communication area; and a processing unit, wherein: the first communication area and the second communication area are different from one another; in the event that the mobile terminal device is present within the first communication area, the first communication unit receives from the mobile terminal device by wireless communication, communication setting information for establishing communication between the mobile terminal device and the second communication unit, and first information indicating a function for processing second information including at least one of a document and an image which is to be received or transmitted by the second communication unit, the function indicated by the first information being one of the plurality of associated functions; and the second communication unit establishes communication with the mobile terminal device based on the communication setting information received by the first communication unit, and receives from the mobile terminal device or transmits to the mobile terminal device the second information by wireless communication; the processing unit is configured to process the second information based on the function indicated by the first information, the second information having been input from an input source corresponding to the function indicated by the first information; and the plurality of associated functions includes two or more functions among a copy function, a facsimile function, a print function, and a scanner function.