Abstract: An output request apparatus that issues an output request to an image forming apparatus, includes a display control unit that displays on a display screen a symbol indicating the image forming apparatus and position information indicating an installation position of the image forming apparatus, an input receiving unit that receives, when the symbol is specified, an input to select the image forming apparatus to output data, and a transmitting unit that transmits output data generated for the image forming apparatus to the image forming apparatus to issue an output request.

Abstract: To provide an apparatus that transmits information, which includes a storage unit that stores notification rule information in which transmission destination information is associated with notification type information, a reception processor that receives predetermined information from a detector that detects a mobile information storage medium attached to an object, a notification information generating unit that obtains information specified by the notification type information in the notification rule information based on the predetermined information, to generate notification information from obtained information, and a notification unit that transmits the notification information to a transmission destination specified by the transmission destination information associated with the notification type information that is used when the notification information is generated.

Abstract: A folder generating system includes a location managing unit, an identification information controlling unit, an extracting unit, and a folder generating unit. The location managing unit stores information of personnel, including a first member having a first identification, with respective identifications, detection locations and detection time. The identification information controlling unit receives the first identification from the first member when the first member requests a folder generation at a reference time. The extracting unit searches the location managing unit for a latest location of the first member using the first identification, and extracts identifications of other members, being presented with the first member at a substantially same time, by searching the location managing unit using the latest location of the first member. The folder generating unit generates a folder accessible by the first member and other members having the identifications extracted by the extracting unit.