Searching image forming apparatus for workflow execution
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsChangnam An, SungJin Ahn, Hyungjong Kang
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Abstract
An example method performed at a client device includes generating a workflow based on an input received through a user interface device of the client device, searching for an image forming device capable of performing every work included in the workflow, and transmitting workflow information regarding the workflow to one image forming device of image forming devices found by the searching.
Claims15
A method performed at a client device, the method comprising:
- generating a workflow comprising a plurality of works based on an input received through a user interface device of the client device;
- searching for an image forming device capable of performing every work included in the workflow, wherein the searching comprises receiving function information regarding functions supported by at least one image forming device, and detecting, based on the workflow information and the function information, an image forming device capable of performing every work included in the workflow;
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- transmitting workflow information regarding the workflow to one image forming device of image forming devices found by the searching.
A method performed at a server, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a plurality of image forming devices, function information regarding functions respectively supported by the plurality of image forming devices:
- receiving workflow information regarding a workflow comprising a plurality of works from a client device;
- searching for an image forming device capable of performing every work included in the workflow based on the function information and the workflow information;
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- transmitting a result of the searching to the client device and transmitting the workflow information to one image forming device, selected by the client device, among image forming devices found by the searching.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a client device processor, the computer-readable storage medium comprising:
- instructions to generate a workflow comprising a plurality of works based on an input received through a user interface device of the client device;
- instructions to search for an image forming device capable of performing every work included in the workflow, wherein the instructions to search comprise instructions to receive function information regarding functions supported by at least one image forming device, and instructions to detect, based on the workflow information and the function information. an image forming device capable of performing every work included in the workflow;
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- instructions to transmit workflow information regarding the workflow to one image forming device of image forming devices found by the searching.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.