# US 2021/0241244 A1 · Performing payment process according to use of image forming apparatus in electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241244 A1 - Document ID: US20210241244A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/049,414 - Filed: 2018-12-18 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-21 - Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Applicants: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Inventors: Hyun Suk LEE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241244A1 ## CPC - G06Q 20/145: {Payments according to the detected use or quantity} - G06Q 20/18: involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals - G06Q 20/326: {Payment applications installed on the mobile devices} - G06Q 20/3274: {using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being displayed on the M-device} - G06Q 20/3276: {using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being read by the M-device} - G07F 17/266: {for the use of a photocopier or printing device (photocopiers H04N1/00)} - H04N 1/00244: {with a server, e.g. an internet server (fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324)} - H04N 1/00408: {Display of information to the user, e.g. menus} - H04N 1/00938: {Software related arrangements, e.g. loading applications (program loading in general G06F9/445)} - H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An electronic device and an operating method of an electronic device are provided. The operating method includes obtaining first policy information including device information of a first image forming apparatus and information of a payment process with respect to the first image forming apparatus, preparing one or more applications used for driving the first image forming apparatus or used for the payment process, based on the first policy information, receiving a request for a first job of the first image forming apparatus and generating, based on the first policy information, first charging information corresponding to the first job, calling a first application from among the one or more applications used to pay a first payment amount based on the first charging information, and, when the first payment amount is paid via the first application, controlling the first image forming apparatus to perform the first job. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An operating method of an electronic device, the operating method comprising: obtaining first policy information comprising device information of a first image forming apparatus and information of a payment process with respect to the first image forming apparatus; preparing one or more applications used for driving the first image forming apparatus or used for the payment process, based on the first policy information; receiving a request for a first job of the first image forming apparatus, and generating, based on the first policy information, first charging information corresponding to the first job; calling a first application from among the one or more applications used to pay a first payment amount based on the first charging information; and when the first payment amount is paid via the first application, controlling the first image forming apparatus to perform the first job. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The operating method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the first policy information of the first image forming apparatus comprises: executing, in the electronic device, an application for controlling a payment process according to use of an image forming apparatus; scanning a first electronic code comprising the first policy information of the first image forming apparatus; and obtaining the first policy information of the first image forming apparatus, based on the first electronic code. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The operating method of claim 1, wherein the device information in the first policy information comprises identification information about the first image forming apparatus and information about one or more services provided by the first image forming apparatus, and wherein the information about the payment process in the first policy information comprises charging criteria information corresponding to usage of the one or more services. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The operating method of claim 1, wherein the preparing of the one or more applications used for the driving of the first image forming apparatus or used for the payment process, based on the first policy information, comprises: identifying whether the one or more applications used for the driving of the first image forming apparatus or used for the payment process are installed in the electronic device, based on the first policy information; and based on a result of the identifying, installing an application which is not installed, from among the one or more applications. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The operating method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the request for the first job of the first image forming apparatus, and the generating, based on the first policy information, of the first charging information corresponding to the first job, comprises: displaying a user interface, via which one or more services provided by the first image forming apparatus are selected; receiving, via the interface, the request for the first job based on a first service from among the one or more services; and generating the first charging information corresponding to the first job, based on charging criteria information in the first policy information, and displaying the first charging information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The operating method of claim 5, wherein the displaying of the user interface, via which the one or more services provided by the first image forming apparatus are selected, comprises: displaying a dedicated interface for image forming apparatuses, regardless of model information of the first image forming apparatus. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The operating method of claim 6, wherein the displaying of the dedicated interface for image forming apparatuses comprises: displaying, from the dedicated interface for image forming apparatuses, only an interface corresponding to the one or more services provided by the first image forming apparatus, by activating the interface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The operating method of claim 1, wherein the calling of the first application from among the one or more applications used to pay the first payment amount based on the first charging information comprises: receiving an input to confirm the first payment amount based on the first charging information and an input to select a first payment means for the first payment amount; and calling the first application corresponding to the first payment means and guiding payment of the first payment amount. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The operating method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the first image forming apparatus to perform the first job when the first payment amount is paid via the first application comprises: receiving a notification of payment completion of the first payment amount from a payment server; and transmitting, to the first image forming apparatus, the notification of payment completion of the first payment amount and the request for the first job. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The operating method of claim 1, further comprising: scanning a first electronic code of the first image forming apparatus; receiving, from a server configured to manage policy information of each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses, update information for the first policy information, based on the first electronic code; and updating the first policy information, based on the update information for the first policy information. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising: instructions to obtain first policy information comprising device information of a first image forming apparatus, and information of a payment process with respect to the first image forming apparatus; instructions to prepare one or more applications used for driving the first image forming apparatus or used for the payment process, based on the first policy information; instructions to receive a request for a first job of the first image forming apparatus, and generate, based on the first policy information, first charging information corresponding to the first job; instructions to call a first application from among the one or more applications used to pay a first payment amount based on the first charging information; and instructions to control the first image forming apparatus to perform the first job, when the first payment amount is paid via the first application. ### Claim 12 An electronic device comprising: a display; a processor; and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor is to execute the instructions to: obtain first policy information comprising device information of a first image forming apparatus and information of a payment process with respect to the first image forming apparatus; prepare one or more applications used for driving the first image forming apparatus or used for the payment process, based on the first policy information; receive a request for a first job of the first image forming apparatus, and generate, based on the first policy information, first charging information corresponding to the first job; call a first application from among the one or more applications used to pay a first payment amount based on the first charging information; and when the first payment amount is paid via the first application, control the first image forming apparatus to perform the first job. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the electronic device further comprises a camera, and wherein the processor is to execute the instructions to: execute, in the electronic device, an application for controlling a payment process according to use of an image forming apparatus; scan a first electronic code comprising the first policy information of the first image forming apparatus, by using the camera; and obtain the first policy information of the first image forming apparatus, based on the first electronic code. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the processor is to execute the instructions to: identify whether the one or more applications used for the driving of the first image forming apparatus or used for the payment process are installed in the electronic device, based on the first policy information; and based on a result of the identification, install an application which is not installed, from among the one or more applications. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the processor is to execute the instructions to: display a user interface, via which one or more services provided by the first image forming apparatus are selected; receive, via the interface, the request for the first job based on a first service from among the one or more services; and generate the first charging information corresponding to the first job, based on charging criteria information in the first policy information, and display the first charging information.