USRE49283EActiveUtility

Mobile terminal device, and method and computer readable medium for the same

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Assignee: BROTHER IND LTDPriority: Dec 27, 2012Filed: Dec 27, 2019Granted: Nov 8, 2022
Est. expiryDec 27, 2032(~6.5 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Naoto Shiraga
G06F 3/1292H04N 1/00127H04N 1/00307H04B 5/0031H04B 5/20
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Abstract

A mobile terminal device is provided, which includes a control device configured to acquire contents data, output screen data for controlling a display unit to display thereon images based on the acquired contents data, acquire, in response to an accepting unit accepting a selecting operation of selecting one or more images from among the images displayed on the display unit based on the screen data, image selection data for identifying specific contents data, of the acquired contents data, corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, and transmit, in response to a near field wireless communication unit establishing near field wireless communication with a printer, a print instruction to print the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, based on the acquired image selection data.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A mobile terminal device comprising:
 a display unit;   a near field wireless communication unit;   a touch panel; and   a storage unit;   a control device configured to:
 display a screen on the display unit, the screen including an image for selecting document data stored in the storage unit; 
 in response to the touch panel accepting a touch operation of touching the image displayed on the display unit for selecting document data, perform:
 acquiring the selected document data stored in the storage unit, the selected document data being one of data containing only a single piece of page data and data containing a plurality of pieces of page data; 
 when the acquired document data contains only a single piece of page data, displaying an image on the display unit based on the single page data; 
 when the acquired document data contains a plurality of pieces of page data, displaying a plurality of images on the display unit based on the plurality of pieces of page data, respectively; and 
 determining whether the near field wireless communication unit has established near field wireless communication with a printer; and 
 
 determining whether the acquired document data contains only a single piece of page data or a plurality of pieces of page data; 
 when determining that the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer and determining that the acquired document data contains only a single piece of page data, transmit a print instruction to print an image that is based on the single piece of page data contained in the acquired document data and displayed on the display unit, to the printer; and 
 when determining that the acquired document data contains a plurality of pieces of page data, in response to the touch panel accepting a touch operation of touching for selecting one or more of the plurality of images displayed on the display unit based on the plurality of pieces of page data, respectively, perform:
 acquiring image selection data for identifying one or more pieces of page data corresponding to the touched one or more of the plurality of images, respectively; 
 determining whether the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer; and 
 in response to determining that the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer and acquiring the image selection data for identifying the one or more pieces of page data corresponding to the touched one or more of the plurality of images, respectively, transmitting a print instruction to print a plurality of images that are based on the one or more pieces of page data identified by the acquired image selection data, respectively, and are based on the one or more pieces of page data corresponding to the touched one or more of the plurality images, respectively to the printer. 
 
   
     
     
       2. The mobile terminal device according to  claim 1 , wherein the control device is further configured to:
 output screen data for controlling the display unit to display the plurality of pages generated based on the acquired document data, side by side; and   acquire the image selection data in response to the touch panel accepting the touch operation for selecting the one page of the plurality of pages collectively displayed side by side on the display unit.   
     
     
       3. The mobile terminal device according to  claim 2 , wherein the control device is further configured to output the screen data for controlling the display unit to scale up or down the plurality of pages displayed side by side thereon in response to the touch panel accepting a scaling operation of scaling up or down the plurality of pages displayed side by side on the display unit. 
     
     
       4. The mobile terminal device according to  claim 1 , wherein the control device is further configured to:
 output screen data for controlling the display unit to display the plurality of pages generated based on the acquired document data, on an image-by-image basis; and   acquire the image selection data in response to the touch panel accepting the touch operation for selecting the one page of the plurality of pages displayed on the display unit on an image-by-image basis.   
     
     
       5. The mobile terminal device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a storage unit configured to store one of the printer and a different printer as a default printer,
 wherein the control device is further configured to:
 transmit, in response to the touch panel accepting a print instructing operation, a print instruction to cause the default printer stored in the storage unit to print the selected one page or the selected two or more pages. 
   
     
     
       6. The mobile terminal device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the control device is further configured to:
 output screen data for controlling the display unit to display thereon a selection object for selecting all of the plurality of pages contained in the acquired document data; 
   wherein the touch panel comprises:
 a first page selection accepting section configured to accept a first touch operation of individually touching for selecting one or more pages from among the plurality of pages displayed on the display unit; and 
 a second page selection accepting section configured to accept a second touch operation of touching the selection object displayed on the display unit based on the screen data, and 
   wherein the control device is further configured to:
 acquire, in response to the first page selection accepting section accepting the first touch operation of individually touching for selecting the one or more pages from among the plurality of pages displayed on the display unit, image selection data for identifying the selected one or more pages; and 
 acquire, in response to the second page selection accepting section accepting the second touch operation of touching the selection object displayed on the display unit, image selection data for identifying all of the plurality of pages contained in the acquired document data. 
   
     
     
       7. The mobile terminal device according to  claim 1 , wherein the control device is further configured to:
 determine whether the plurality of pages contained in the acquired document data are individually displayable on the display unit;   when determining that the plurality of pages contained in the acquired document data are individually displayable on the display unit, output screen data for controlling the display unit to display thereon the plurality of pages contained in the acquired document data; and   when determining that the plurality of pages contained in the acquired document data are individually displayable on the display unit:
 transmit the acquired document data and a convert instruction to a server, the convert instruction causing the server to convert the acquired document data into image data and to transmit the image data to the mobile terminal device, the image data containing a plurality of images corresponding the plurality of pages, respectively, each of the plurality of images being individually displayable on the display unit, 
 receive the image data from the server, and 
 output the screen data for controlling the display unit to display thereon the plurality of images contained in the image data. 
   
     
     
       8. The mobile terminal device according to  claim 1 , wherein the document data is PDF data. 
     
     
       9. The mobile terminal device according to  claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to, in response to determining that the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer, determine whether the acquired document data contains only the single piece of page data or the plurality of pieces of page data. 
     
     
       10. The mobile terminal device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the control device is configured to determine whether the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer after acquiring the image selection data.   
     
     
       11. The mobile terminal device according to  claim 10 ,
 wherein the control device is configured to, after the near field wireless communication, which is determined to have been established in response to the touch panel accepting the touch operation of touching the image for selecting document data, is terminated, determine whether the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer in response to the touch panel accepting the touch operation of touching for selecting one or more of the plurality of images displayed on the display unit.   
     
     
       12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions configured to, when executed by a processor connected with a display unit, a near field wireless communication unit, a touch panel, and a storage unit, cause the processor to perform:
 display a screen on the display unit, the screen including an image for selecting document data stored in the storage unit;   in response to the touch panel accepting a touch operation of touching the image displayed on the display unit for selecting document data, perform:
 acquiring the selected document data stored in the storage unit, the selected document data being one of data containing only a single piece of page data and data containing a plurality of pieces of page data; 
 when the acquired document data contains only a single piece of page data, displaying an image on the display unit based on the single page data; 
 when the acquired document data contains a plurality of pieces of page data, displaying a plurality of images on the display unit based on the plurality of pieces of page data, respectively; and 
 determining whether the near field wireless communication unit has established near field wireless communication with a printer; and 
   determining whether the acquired document data contains only a single piece of page data or a plurality of pieces of page data;   when determining that the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer and determining that the acquired document data contains only a single piece of page data, transmitting a print instruction to print an image that is based on the single piece of page data contained in the acquired document data and displayed on the display unit, to the printer; and   when determining that the acquired document data contains a plurality of pieces of page data, in response to the touch panel accepting a touch operation of touching for selecting one or more of the plurality of images displayed on the display unit based on the plurality of pieces of page data, respectively, perform:   acquiring image selection data for identifying one or more pieces of page data corresponding to the touched one or more of the plurality of image, respectively;
 determining whether the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer; and 
 in response to determining that the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer and acquiring the image selection data for identifying the one or more pieces of page data corresponding to the touched one or more of the plurality of images, respectively, transmitting a print instruction to print a plurality of images that are based on the one or more pieces of page data identified by the acquired image selection data, respectively and are based on the one or more pieces of page data corresponding to the touched one or more of the plurality of images, respectively, to the printer. 
   
     
     
       13. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12 , wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 outputting screen data for controlling the display unit to display the plurality of pages generated based on the acquired document data, side by side; and   acquiring the image selection data in response to the touch panel accepting the touch operation for selecting the one page of the plurality of pages collectively displayed side by side on the display unit.   
     
     
       14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12 , wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 outputting screen data for controlling the display unit to display the plurality of pages generated based on the acquired document data, on an image-by-image basis; and   acquiring the image selection data in response to the touch panel accepting the touch operation for selecting the one page of the plurality of pages displayed on the display unit on an image-by-image basis.   
     
     
       15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12 ,
 wherein the processor is further connected with a storage unit configured to store one of the printer and a different printer as a default printer, and   wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 transmitting, in response to the touch panel accepting a print instructing operation, a print instruction to cause the default printer stored in the storage unit to print the selected one page or the selected two or more pages. 
   
     
     
       16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12 ,
 wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 outputting screen data for controlling the display unit to display thereon a selection object for selecting all of the plurality of pages contained in the acquired document data; 
   wherein the touch panel comprises:
 a first page selection accepting section configured to accept a first touch operation of individually touching for selecting one or more pages from among the plurality of pages displayed on the display unit; and 
 a second page selection accepting section configured to accept a second touch operation of touching the selection object displayed on the display unit based on the screen data, and 
   wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 acquiring, in response to the first page selection accepting section accepting the first touch operation of individually touching for selecting the one or more pages from among the plurality of pages displayed on the display unit, image selection data for identifying the selected one or more pages; and 
 acquiring, in response to the second page selection accepting section accepting the second touch operation of touching the selection object displayed on the display unit, image selection data for identifying all of the plurality of pages contained in the acquired document data. 
   
     
     
       17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12 , wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 determining whether the plurality of pages contained in the acquired document data is individually displayable on the display unit;   when determining that the plurality of pages contained in the acquired document data are individually displayable on the display unit, outputting screen data for controlling the display unit to display thereon the plurality of pages contained in the acquired document data; and   when determining that the plurality of pages contained in the acquired document data are individually displayable on the display unit:
 transmitting the acquired document data and a convert instruction to a server, the convert instruction causing the server to convert the acquired document data into image data and to transmit the image data to a mobile terminal device, the image data containing a plurality of images corresponding the plurality of pages, respectively, each of the plurality of images being individually displayable on the display unit, 
 receiving the image data from the server, and 
 outputting the screen data for controlling the display unit to display thereon the plurality of images contained in the image data. 
   
     
     
       18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12 , wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 in response to determining that the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer, determining whether the acquired document data contains only the single piece of page data or the plurality of pieces of page data.   
     
     
       19. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12 , wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 determining whether the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer after acquiring the image selection data.   
     
     
       20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 19 , wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 after the near field wireless communication, which is determined to have been established in response to the touch panel accepting the touch operation of touching the image for selecting document data, is terminated, determining whether the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer in response to the touch panel accepting the touch operation of touching for selecting one or more of the plurality of images displayed on the display unit.   
     
     
       21. A mobile terminal device comprising:
 a display unit;   a near field wireless communication unit;   a touch panel; and   a storage unit;   a control device configured to:
 display a screen on the display unit, the screen including an image for selecting document data stored in the storage unit; 
 in response to the touch panel accepting a touch operation of touching the image, displayed on the display unit, for selecting document data, perform:
 acquiring the selected document data stored in the storage unit, the selected document data being one of data containing only a single piece of page data and data containing a plurality of pieces of page data; 
 when the acquired document data contains only a single piece of page data, displaying an image on the display unit based on the single page data; 
 when the acquired document data contains a plurality of pieces of page data, displaying a plurality of images on the display unit based on the plurality of pieces of page data, respectively; and 
 determining whether the near field wireless communication unit has established near field wireless communication with a printer; and; 
 
 determine whether the acquired document data contains only a single piece of page data or a plurality of pieces of page data; 
 when determining that the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer and determining that the acquired document data contains only a single piece of page data, transmit a print instruction to print an image that is based on the single piece of page data contained in the acquired document data and is displayed on the display unit, to the printer; and 
 when determining that the acquired document data contains a plurality of pieces of page data, either in response to the touch panel accepting a first touch operation of individually touching for selecting one or more of the plurality of images displayed on the display unit based on the plurality of pieces of page data, respectively, or in response to the touch panel accepting a second touch operation of touching for selecting all of the plurality of images displayed on the display unit based on the plurality of pieces of page data, respectively, perform:
 acquiring, in response to the touch panel accepting the first touch operation, image selection data for identifying the one or more pieces of page data corresponding to the touched one or more of plurality of images, respectively; 
 acquiring, in response to the touch panel accepting the second touch operation image selection data for identifying all of the plurality of pages corresponding to the touched all of the plurality of images; 
 determining whether the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer; 
 in response to determining that the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer and acquiring image selection data for identifying the one or more pieces of page data corresponding to the touched one or more of the plurality of images, respectively, transmitting a print instruction to print a plurality of images that are based on the one or more pieces of page data identified by the acquired image selection data, respectively and are based on the one or more pieces of page data corresponding to the touched one or more of the plurality of images, respectively, to the printer; and 
 in response to determining that the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer and acquiring image selection data for identifying the plurality of pieces of page data corresponding to the touched all of the plurality of images, respectively, transmitting a print instruction to print all of the plurality of images that are based on the plurality of pieces of page data identified by the acquired image selection data, respectively and are based on the plurality of pieces of page data corresponding to the touched all of the plurality of images, respectively, to the printer. 
 
   
     
     
       22. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions configured to, when executed by a processor connected with a display unit, a near field wireless communication unit, a touch panel, and a storage unit, cause the processor to perform:
 display a screen on the display unit, the screen including an image for selecting document data stored in the storage unit;   in response to the touch panel accepting a touch operation of touching the image displayed on the display unit for selecting document data, perform:
 acquiring the selected document data stored in the storage unit, the selected document data being one of data containing only a single piece of page data and data containing a plurality of pieces of page data; 
 when the acquired document data contains only a single piece of page data, displaying an image on the display unit based on the single page data; 
 when the acquired document data contains a plurality of pieces of page data, displaying a plurality of images on the display unit based on the plurality of pieces of page data, respectively; and 
 determining whether the near field wireless communication unit has established near field wireless communication with a printer; and 
   determining whether the acquired document data contains only a single piece of page data or a plurality of pieces of page data;   when determining that the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer and determining that the acquired document data contains only a single piece of page data, transmitting a print instruction to print an image that is based on the single piece of page data contained in the acquired document data and displayed on the display unit, to the printer;   when determining that the acquired document data contains a plurality of pieces of page data, either in response to the touch panel accepting a first touch operation of individually touching for selecting one or more of the plurality of images displayed on the display unit based on the plurality of pieces of page data, respectively, or in response to the touch panel accepting a second touch operation of touching for selecting all of the plurality of images displayed on the display unit based on the plurality of pieces of page data, respectively, perform:
 acquiring, in response to the touch panel accepting the first touch operation, image selection data for identifying the one or more pieces of page data corresponding to the touched one or more of plurality of images, respectively; 
 acquiring, in response to the touch panel accepting the second touch operation image selection data for identifying all of the plurality of pages corresponding to the touched all of the plurality of images; 
 determining whether the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer; 
 in response to determining that the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer and acquiring image selection data for identifying the one or more pieces of page data corresponding to the touched one or more of the plurality of images, respectively, transmitting a print instruction to print a plurality of images that are based on the one or more pieces of page data identified by the acquired image selection data, respectively and are based on the one or more pieces of page data corresponding to the touched one or more of the plurality of images, respectively, to the printer; and 
 in response to determining that the near field wireless communication unit has established the near field wireless communication with the printer and acquiring image selection data for identifying the plurality of pieces of page data corresponding to the touched all of the plurality of images, respectively, transmitting a print instruction to print all of the plurality of images that are based on the plurality of pieces of page data identified by the acquired image selection data, respectively and are based on the plurality of pieces of page data corresponding to the touched all of the plurality of images, respectively, to the printer. 
   
     
     
       23. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions configured to, when executed by a processor coupled with a display, a near field wireless communication interface, a touch panel and a user interface, cause the processor to perform:
 displaying a screen on the display, the screen including an image for selecting contents data;   in response to the touch panel accepting a touch operation of touching the image displayed on the screen for selecting contents data, acquiring the selected contents data;   determining whether the acquired selected contents data contains only a single piece of image data or a plurality of pieces of image data;   when determining that the acquired selected contents data contains only a single piece of image data;
 outputting single-image screen data for controlling the display to display thereon a single image generated based on the single piece of image data; and 
 transmitting a print instruction to print specific contents data corresponding to the single image displayed on the display without the user interface accepting a selecting operation of selecting the single image displayed on the display, based on the single-image screen data; 
   when determining that the acquired selected contents data contains a plurality of pieces of image data;
 outputting screen data for controlling the display to display thereon a plurality of images generated based on the plurality of pieces of image data; 
 wherein in response to the user interface accepting a selecting operation of selecting one or more images from among the plurality of images displayed on the display based on the screen data, acquiring image selection data for identifying specific contents data of the acquired selected contents data, the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation; 
 determining whether the near field wireless communication interface establishes near field wireless communication with a printer; and 
 wherein, in a case where the processor has acquired the image selection data, in response to determining that the near field wireless communication interface establishes the near field wireless communication with a printer, transmitting a print instruction to print the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation; and 
 wherein, in a case where the processor has not acquired the image selection data when determining that the near field wireless communication interface establishes the near field wireless communication with a printer, in response to the processor acquiring the image selection data, transmitting a print instruction to print the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, based on the image selection data acquired by the processor. 
   
     
     
       24. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 23,
 wherein the processor is further coupled with:
 a wireless LAN interface configured to perform long-distance communication within a communicable distance longer than the near field wireless communication by the near field wireless communication interface; and 
 a storage configured to register one of the printer, which is the most recently used printer, and a different printer as a preset printer, 
   wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 controlling the storage to register the most recently used printer as the preset printer in response to the near field wireless communication interface establishing the near field wireless communication with the printer; 
 controlling the display to display thereon a print instruction image for accepting via the user interface a user operation to transmit a print instruction to the preset printer registered in the storage; 
 when the near field wireless communication interface establishes the near field wireless communication with the printer, and the processor acquires the image selection data, transmitting to the printer a print instruction to cause the printer to print the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, based on the acquired image selection data; and 
 in response to the user interface accepting the user operation to the print instruction image, transmitting, to the preset printer registered in the storage via the wireless LAN interface, a print instruction to cause the preset printer to print the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, based on the acquired image selection data. 
   
     
     
       25. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 23, wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 in response to the processor outputting single-image screen data for controlling the display to display thereon a single image generated based on the acquired selected contents data, transmitting a print instruction to print the specific contents data corresponding to the single image displayed on the display without the user interface accepting a selecting operation of selecting the single image displayed on the display, based on the single-image screen data.   
     
     
       26. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 23, wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 acquiring the selected contents data containing a plurality of pieces of page contents data;   outputting the screen data for controlling the display to display the plurality of images generated based on the plurality of pieces of page contents data contained in the acquired selected contents data; and   when the near field wireless communication interface establishes the near field wireless communication with the printer, and the processor acquires the image selection data, transmitting, to the printer, the print instruction to cause the printer to print specific page contents data, of the plurality of pieces of page contents data, corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, based on the acquired image selection data.   
     
     
       27. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 23,
 wherein the processor is further coupled with a wireless LAN interface configured to perform long-distance communication within a communicable distance longer than the near field wireless communication by the near field wireless communication interface, and   wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform controlling the wireless LAN interface to transmit, to the printer, the print instruction and the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, based on the acquired image selection data.   
     
     
       28. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 23, wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 outputting the screen data for controlling the display to collectively display the plurality of images generated based on the acquired selected contents data; and   acquiring the image selection data in response to the user interface accepting the selecting operation of selecting the one or more images from among the plurality of images collectively displayed on the display.   
     
     
       29. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 28, wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform outputting screen data for controlling the display to scale up or down the plurality of images collectively displayed side by side thereon in response to the user interface accepting a scaling operation of scaling up or down the plurality of images displayed side by side on the display. 
     
     
       30. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 23, wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 outputting the screen data for controlling the display to display the plurality of images generated based on the acquired selected contents data, on an image-by-image basis; and   acquiring the image selection data in response to the user interface accepting the selecting operation of selecting the one or more images from among the plurality of images displayed on the display on an image-by-image basis.   
     
     
       31. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 23,
 wherein the user interface comprises:
 a first image selection accepting section configured to accept a first selecting operation of individually selecting one or more images from among the plurality of images displayed on the display based on the screen data; and 
 a second image selection accepting section configured to accept a second selecting operation of selecting all of the plurality of images displayed on the display based on the screen data, and 
   wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform:
 in response to the first image selection accepting section accepting the first selecting operation of individually selecting the one or more images from among the plurality of images displayed on the display, acquiring first image selection data for identifying specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the first selecting operation; and 
 in response to the second image selection accepting section accepting the second selecting operation of selecting all of the plurality of images displayed on the display, acquiring second image selection data for identifying specific contents data corresponding to all of the plurality of images selected by the second selecting operation. 
   
     
     
       32. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 23, further comprising an image selection data storage configured to store the acquired image selection data,
 wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to perform, when the near field wireless communication interface again establishes the near field wireless communication with the printer, in a state where the image selection data storage has stored the acquired image selection data, after termination of the near field wireless communication, transmitting the print instruction to print the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, based on the image selection data stored in the image selection data storage, without again acquiring the image selection data in response to the user interface accepting the selecting operation.   
     
     
       33. A mobile terminal device comprising:
 a display;   a near field wireless communication interface;   a touch panel;   a user interface; and   a control device configured to:
 display a screen on the display, the screen including an image for selecting contents data; 
 in response to the touch panel accepting a touch operation of touching the image displayed on the screen for selecting contents data, acquire the selected contents data; 
 determine whether the acquired selected contents data contains only a single piece of image data or a plurality of pieces of image data; 
 when determining that the acquired selected contents data contains only a single piece of image data;
 output single-image screen data for controlling the display to display thereon a single image generated based on the single piece of image data; and 
 transmit a print instruction to print specific contents data corresponding to the single image displayed on the display without the user interface accepting a selecting operation of selecting the single image displayed on the display, based on the single-image screen data; 
 
 when determining that the acquired selected contents data contains a plurality of pieces of image data;
 output screen data for controlling the display to display thereon a plurality of images generated based on the plurality of pieces of image data; 
 wherein, in response to the user interface accepting a selecting operation of selecting one or more images from among the plurality of images displayed on the display based on the screen data, acquire image selection data for identifying specific contents data, of the acquired selected contents data, corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation; and 
 determine whether the near field wireless communication interface establishes near field wireless communication with a printer; and 
 wherein, in a case where the control device has acquired the image selection data, in response to determining that the near field wireless communication interface establishes the near field wireless communication with a printer, transmit a print instruction to print the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation; and 
 wherein, in a case where the control device has not acquired the image selection data when determining that the near field wireless communication interface establishes the near field wireless communication with a printer, in response to the control device acquiring the image selection data, transmit a print instruction to print the specific contents data corresponding to the one or more images selected by the selecting operation, based on the image selection data acquired by the control device.

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