Method and device for controlling image-forming devices, and electronic terminal through network using the method

An electronic terminal, comprising:

• a memory, for storing a computer program;
• and
• a processor, coupled to the memory and, when the computer program being executed, configured to:
• acquire currently-available wireless networks, including detect, by a wireless communication module in a mobile phone, the currently-available wireless networks, and acquire, by the wireless communication module in the mobile phone, broadcast information transmitted by each wireless access point corresponding to the currently-available wireless networks;
• search image-forming devices through the currently-available wireless networks, and establish a list of the image-forming devices, by performing:
• when one of the currently-available wireless networks is provided by an image-forming device, acquiring a first network identifier of the wireless network;
• when one of the currently-available wireless networks is not provided by the image-forming device, connecting to the one of the currently-available wireless networks and acquiring the first device identifier of the image-forming device of the wireless network;
• and adding the first network identifier and the first device identifier acquired to the list of the image-forming devices;
• according to the list of the image-forming devices, select a target image-forming device;
• connect to a wireless network corresponding to the target image-forming device;
• and
• establish a communication with the target image-forming device, thereby controlling the target image-forming device to execute an image-forming task.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, containing program instructions for, when executed by a processor, performing a method for controlling image-forming devices, the method comprising:

• acquiring currently-available wireless networks, including detecting, by a wireless communication module in a mobile phone, the currently-available wireless networks, and acquiring, by the wireless communication module in the mobile phone, broadcast information transmitted by each wireless access point corresponding to the currently-available wireless networks;
• searching image-forming devices through the currently-available wireless networks and establishing a list of the image-forming devices;
• according to the list of the image-forming devices, selecting a target image-forming device;
• and
• connecting to a wireless network corresponding to the target image-forming device and establishing a communication with the target image-forming device, thereby controlling the target image-forming device to execute an image-forming task;
• wherein searching the image-forming devices through the currently-available wireless networks and establishing the list of the image-forming devices include:
• when one of the currently-available wireless networks is provided by an image-forming device, acquiring a first network identifier of the wireless network;
• when one of the currently-available wireless networks is not provided by the image-forming device, connecting to the one of the currently-available wireless networks and acquiring the first device identifier of the image-forming device of the wireless network;
• and
• adding the first network identifier and the first device identifier acquired to the list of the image-forming devices.