IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING WI-FI HANDOVER TECHNIQUE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

An image forming apparatus which is capable of continuously offering a function of the image forming apparatus to a user, who is using the image forming apparatus by operating a mobile terminal, without interruption by other terminals. When a wireless communication is established using NFC (near-field communication), a request to execute a job from mobile terminals other than the mobile terminal is rejected from when the wireless communication is established to when a connection release request from the mobile terminal is received. When a request to execute a job is received using Wi-Fi without a wireless communication being established using NFC, a request to execute a job from mobile terminals other than the mobile terminal which has sent the request to execute the job is rejected from when the request to execute the job is received to when execution of the job is completed.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus which executes a job in response to an instruction from a communication terminal, comprising:
a communication unit configured to, after a wireless communication with the communication terminal put close to the image forming apparatus is established using a first communication method, establish a communication using a second communication method different from the first communication method, wherein when a wireless communication is established using the first communication method, said communication unit rejects a request to execute a job from communication terminals other than the communication terminal from when the wireless communication is established to when a connection release request from the communication terminal is received, and when a request to execute a job is received using the second communication method without a wireless communication being established using the first communication method, said communication unit rejects a request to execute a job from communication terminals other than the communication terminal, which has sent the request to execute the job, from when the request to execute the job is received to when execution of the job is completed.