摘要 |
In accordance with an embodiment, a beacon utilization system comprises an image forming apparatus, a server and a mobile terminal. The image forming apparatus wirelessly transmits a beacon including identification information, and sends a status to the server. The server receives the identification information from the mobile terminal, and sends map information for displaying the image forming apparatus specified by the identification information to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives the beacon, sends the identification information to the server, receives the map information from the server, and displays a map screen for displaying the status of the image forming apparatus indicating a position of the image forming apparatus on the basis of the map information. |