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The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
Claims 1-5 are rejected under 35 USC 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Tamura US 2015/0062629.
As to claim 1, Tamura teaches an image forming system, comprising: plural image forming apparatuses that comprise beacon transmitters (esp. c.f. fig.1 and [0024, 0052] teaching the transmitting), respectively; plural user terminal apparatuses that comprise beacon receivers (see fig.1 and [0024] teaching the terminal apparatus), respectively; and a Mapping processing apparatus (see figs.6-7 teaching the mapping); wherein each of the plural image forming apparatuses transmits a beacon signal including a device ID using the beacon transmitter (esp. c.f. [0047, 0050-0052] teaching device ID); each of the plural user terminal apparatuses (a) determines a user ID of a user who currently uses this user terminal apparatus (see [0060-0061] and fig.6 teaching users interacting with the terminals and identifying said users), (b) receives using the beacon receiver the beacon signal transmitted from the image forming apparatus located in a predetermined peripheral area ([0024, 0049] teaching signals transmitted from image apparatus around the periphery), and (c) transmits to the mapping processing apparatus mapping information that associates the user ID and the device ID in the received beacon Signal ([0049, 0052, 0054, 0068] teaches mapping and ID with respect to signaling); and the mapping processing apparatus (a) receives the mapping information on the plural users (see [0069] teaches mapping users), (b) determines a user associated by the mapping information with each image forming apparatus among the plural image forming apparatuses (see [0086] teaching connecting users and mapping data), and (c) generates map data in which the determined user is associated with the image forming apparatus (see claim 1 teaching mapping data for each user).
As to claim 2, Tamura teaches the image forming system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plural user terminal apparatuses (a) acquires the map data, (b) determines the image forming apparatus of the device ID associated with the user ID of the user who currently uses this user terminal apparatus, and (c) transmits a print job request to the determined image forming apparatus; and upon receiving the print job request, the image forming apparatus performs a print job specified by the print job request and outputs a print product ([0024, 0043] and fgi.1 teach outputting print job as per request).
As to claim 3, Tamura teaches the image forming system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plural user terminal apparatuses (a) acquires the map data, and (b) displays a map image based on the map data ([0030, 332, 0040, 044] teaches performing map data and imaging).
As to claim 4, Tamura teaches the image forming system according to claim 3, wherein the map image includes an icon image of the image forming apparatus at a position corresponding to an installation position of this image forming apparatus (esp. c.f. fig.6 and [0061-0063] teaching map imaging at coordinates linked to the image).
As to claim 5, Tamura teaches the image forming system according to claim 1, wherein the mapping processing apparatus is one of plural user terminal apparatuses (esp. c.f. fig.1 and fig.6).
Conclusion
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/BO FAN/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3646