COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER, AND MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE

摘要

A communication system including an image processing apparatus configured to receive N-th operation definition information from a server, when the N-th operation definition information includes an option selecting instruction, set a user interface to be allowed to accept an option selecting operation, and transmit to the server, next-operation request information being for requesting the server to transmit (N+1)th operation definition information, when the N-th operation definition information includes an operation instruction, control an image processor to perform an operation as instructed by the operation instruction, set an apparatus-side network interface to be allowed to receive from a mobile terminal device, shortcut information indicating that a coordinated operation is started from an M-th unit operation of the plurality of unit operations, and when receiving the shortcut information from the mobile terminal device via the apparatus-side network interface, transmit the shortcut information to the server via the apparatus-side network interface.

主权项

1. A communication system comprising:
a mobile terminal device; a server on an Internet; and an image processing apparatus comprising:
an image processor;a first network interface;an operation interface; anda first controller configured to execute a coordinated operation by sequentially performing a plurality of unit operations included in the coordinated operation, the plurality of unit operations being respectively defined by a plurality of pieces of operation definition information sequentially received from the server, the first controller being further configured to:
execute the coordinated operation by:
receiving N-th operation definition information of the plurality of pieces of operation definition information from the server via the first network interface, N being a variable natural number equal to or more than one, the N-th operation definition information being for defining an N-th unit operation included in the coordinated operation;determining which one of an option selecting instruction and an operation instruction is included in the received N-th operation definition information;in response to determining that the N-th operation definition information includes the option selecting instruction to select one of options selectable in the coordinated operation, setting the operation interface into an acceptable state where the operation interface is allowed to accept an option selecting operation to select one of the selectable options;in response to accepting the option selecting operation via the operation interface, transmitting next-operation request information to the server via the first network interface, the next-operation request information being for requesting the server to transmit (N+1)th operation definition information that defines an (N+1)th unit operation following the N-th unit operation in the coordinated operation; andin response to determining that the N-th operation definition information includes the operation instruction that instructs the image processor to perform image processing, controlling the image processor to perform image processing as instructed by the operation instruction, in accordance with the selected option;set the first network interface into a receivable state where the first network interface is allowed to receive shortcut information from the mobile terminal device, the shortcut information indicating that the coordinated operation is started from an M-th unit operation of the plurality of unit operations, the M-th unit operation being defined by M-th operation definition information, M being a specific natural number equal to or more than two; andin response to receiving the shortcut information from the mobile terminal device via the first network interface, transmit the received shortcut information to the server via the first network interface, wherein the server comprises:
a second network interface configured to communicate with an external device via the Internet; anda second controller configured to:
receive the shortcut information from the image processing apparatus via the second network interface;in response to receiving the shortcut information, transmit the M-th operation definition information to the image processing apparatus via the second network interface;receive the next-operation request information from the image processing apparatus via the second network interface; andin response to receiving the next-operation request information, transmit the (N+1)th operation definition information to the image processing apparatus via the second network interface, and wherein the mobile terminal device comprises:
a user interface;a storage configured to store the shortcut information;a third network interface; anda third controller configured to:
accept, via the user interface, a first shortcut selecting operation to select the shortcut information stored in the storage; andtransmit the shortcut information selected by the first shortcut selecting operation, to the image processing apparatus via the third network interface.