Uploading screenshots to an application store for multifunction peripherals

A multifunction peripheral comprising:

• a network interface configured to communicate with an associated application store;
• a display configured to display a plurality of embedded applications;
• a first user input configured to receive a user selection of a selected application from the displayed plurality of embedded applications;
• a document processing controller including,
• a processor configured to execute the selected application in response to the user selection, and
• a memory configured to store the plurality of selectable applications for selective execution by the processor;
• a print engine configured to print pages in accordance with instructions issued from the controller;
• and
• a second user input configured to receive a user instruction to generate a screenshot of the executing selected application,
• wherein the display is further configured to display the executing selected application,
• wherein the processor is further configured to generate a screenshot of the displayed executing selected application in response to the received user instruction,
• wherein the network interface is further configured to upload the generated screenshot to the application store,
• wherein the processor is further configured to generate metadata associated with the screenshot,
• wherein the network interface is further configured to upload the metadata to the application store with the generated screenshot, and
• wherein the application store is configured to receive the generated screenshot and, based at least in part on the metadata, associate the generated screenshot with a detail page for a downloadable application associated with the selected application.

A method comprising:

• displaying, on a display of a multifunction peripheral, a plurality of selectable embedded applications;
• receiving, on a first user input of the multifunction peripheral, a user selection of a selected application from the plurality of selectable applications;
• executing, by a processor of the multifunction peripheral, the selected application;
• displaying, on the display of a multifunction peripheral, the executing selected application;
• receiving, on a second user input of the multifunction peripheral, a user instruction to generate a screenshot of the selected application, wherein the second user input is a physical key;
• generating, by the processor, a screenshot of the executing selected application displayed on the display in response to the received user instruction;
• and
• transmitting, via a network interface of the multifunction peripheral, the screenshot to an application store;
• receiving, via the first user input, login credentials from a user;
• transmitting, via the network interface, and authorization request based on the login credentials to the application store;
• receiving, via the network interface, a confirmation of the login credentials from the application store;
• selectively enabling the second user input only when the user has administrative privileges;
• and
• selectively disabling the second user input when the user does not have administrative privileges.

A method comprising:

• displaying, on a display of a multifunction peripheral, a plurality of selectable embedded applications;
• receiving, on a first user input of the multifunction peripheral, a user selection of a selected application from the plurality of selectable applications;
• executing, by a processor of the multifunction peripheral, the selected application;
• displaying, on the display of a multifunction peripheral, the executing selected application;
• receiving on a second user input of the multifunction peripheral, a user instruction to generate a screenshot of the selected application;
• generating, by the processor, a screenshot of the executing selected application displayed on the display in response to the received user instruction;
• transmitting, via a network interface of the multifunction peripheral, the screenshot to an application store;
• receiving, by the application store, the screenshot and the metadata;
• identifying a detail page associated with the selected application based on the metadata;
• and
• adding the screenshot to the detail page associated with the selected application.

A method comprising:

• displaying, on a display of a multifunction peripheral, a plurality of selectable embedded applications;
• receiving, on a first user input of the multifunction peripheral, a user selection of a selected application from the plurality of selectable applications;
• executing, by a processor of the multifunction peripheral, the selected application;
• displaying, on the display of a multifunction peripheral, the executing selected application;
• receiving, on a second user input of the multifunction peripheral, a user instruction to generate a screenshot of the selected application;
• generating, by the processor, a screenshot of the executing selected application displayed on the display in response to the received user instruction;
• transmitting via a network interface of the multifunction peripheral, the screenshot to an application store;
• determining, by the processor, when a detail page associated with the selected application does not exist in the application store;
• querying the user, via the display, for entry of information via the first user input for generating the detail page when the detail page does not exist in the application store;
• adding the entered information into the metadata transmitted to the application store;
• and
• generating a new detail page associated with the selected application based on the metadata and the screenshot.

A system, comprising:

• a multifunction peripheral including
• a document processing controller configured to store, in memory, applications downloadable from an associated application store, and selectively execute the one or more applications in accordance with user selections,
• a touchscreen display configured to present the one or more applications stored in memory for selection via an associated input and display, subsequent to the selection, an executing application,
• a selectively enabled input configured to cause the processor to generate a screenshot of the executing application and metadata identifying the executing application,
• a network interface configured to transmit the screenshot and the metadata to the associated application store for adding the screenshot to a detail page associated with the executing application,
• wherein the network interface is further configured to
• send an authorization request based on user login credentials to the associated application store, and
• receive a confirmation of the user login credentials from the application store, and
• wherein the selectively enabled input is enabled if the user has administrative privileges and the selectively enabled input is disabled if the user does not have administrative privileges.