Abstract: A job execution system has a portable terminal apparatus and a job execution apparatus capable of being interconnected. Job data stored in a storage of the portable terminal apparatus is automatically transmitted to the job execution apparatus, if establishment of a connection between the portable terminal apparatus and the job execution apparatus is detected on the portable terminal apparatus, or alternatively, if establishment of a connection between the portable terminal apparatus and the job execution apparatus is detected on the job execution apparatus and then a request for the job data is transmitted to the portable terminal apparatus from the job execution apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming device 1 is provided with: a setting information storage portion 1K1 that stores root processing setting information DTR indicating a method by which each piece of RSS data is to be used after being obtained; a download processing portion 102 that downloads RSS data from a server; and a post-processing portion 107 that executes post-processing, which is processing for using the downloaded RSS data, based on the root processing setting information DTR of that RSS data, stored in the setting information storage portion 1K1.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided which enable a user using a plurality of terminals to obtain information in a convenient manner compared to conventional systems. An image forming apparatus includes a notification setting database 1K1 that stores, for each piece of RSS data designated by a user, individual notification setting data 8 indicating an attribute relating to a destination and a notification method designated by the user, an RSS data obtaining portion 105 that downloads and obtains the piece of the RSS data designated by the user from a Web server, and a notification control portion 106 that performs, every time when the piece of the RSS data designated by the user is obtained, a process for notifying a destination indicated in the individual notification setting data 8 of the piece of the RSS data by a notification method indicated therein.