Image forming apparatus and mobile device for forming wireless configuration by using near field communication (nfc)
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByeong-tak JO, Byoung-yue Kim, Jung-jin Park, Hyung-sik Byun
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus that supports a near field communication (NFC) function includes an NFC tag for storing installation information of an application; a wireless communication module for receiving a profile including wireless configuration data from a mobile device, wherein the wireless configuration data is input by a user in execution of the application that is installed in the mobile device by using the installation information; and a control unit for forming wireless configuration based on the profile.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus that supports near field communication (NFC), the image forming apparatus comprising:
- an NFC tag which stores installation information of an application;
- a wireless communication module which receives a profile including wireless configuration data from a mobile device, wherein the wireless configuration data is input by a user for execution of the application that is installed in the mobile device by using the installation information;
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- a controller which forms a wireless configuration based on the profile.
A mobile device that supports near field communication (NFC) with an image forming apparatus, the mobile device comprising:
- an NFC tag processor which reads installation information of an application stored in an NFC tag when the NFC tag attached to the image forming apparatus is tagged;
- a controller which generates a profile for wireless configuration of the image forming apparatus by using a wireless configuration application installed based on the installation information;
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- a wireless communicator which transmits the profile to the image forming apparatus.
A method of forming a wireless configuration by an image forming apparatus that supports near field communication (NFC), the method comprising:
- reading installation information of an application stored in an NFC tag that is attached to the image forming apparatus;
- generating a profile for the wireless configuration of the image forming apparatus by using a wireless configuration application installed based on the installation information;
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- forming the wireless configuration based on the profile.
A method of forming a wireless configuration by an image forming apparatus that supports near field communication (NFC) with a mobile device, the method comprising:
- reading installation information of an application stored in an NFC tag that is attached to the image forming apparatus by tagging the image forming apparatus using the mobile device;
- executing a market application for downloading the wireless configuration application to the mobile device based on the installation information;
- generating a profile for the wireless configuration of the image forming apparatus by using the wireless configuration application installed in the mobile device;
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- forming the wireless configuration based on the profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.