Image forming apparatus and security setting method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJin-hyung Kim
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus and a security setting method thereof, the method including: inputting an encryption key of a wireless network connection of the image forming apparatus; displaying a selection screen including one or more functions which the image forming apparatus provides; and selecting at least one of the displayed functions with which to share the encryption key as a password.
Claims13
A security setting method of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- inputting an encryption key of a wireless network connection of the image forming apparatus;
- displaying a selection screen including one or more functions which the image forming apparatus provides;
- selecting at least one of the displayed functions with which to share the encryption key as a password;
- changing the shared encryption key and/or the password of the selected functions;
- and
- displaying that the sharing of the encryption key as the password is ended according to the changing.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a user interface configured to receive an encryption key of a wireless network connection of the image forming apparatus;
- a display unit configured to display a selection screen including one or more functions which the image forming apparatus provides;
- and
- a control unit configured to set, in response to at least one of the displayed functions being selected through the user interface, the at least one selected function to share the input encryption key as a password,
- wherein the user interface changes the shared encryption key and/or the password of the selected functions, and
- wherein the display unit displays that the sharing of the encryption key as the password is ended according to the changing.
A security setting method of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- inputting an encryption key of a wireless network connection of the image forming apparatus;
- setting the input encryption key of the wireless network to be shared with at least one function which the image forming apparatus provides;
- and
- displaying that the sharing of the encryption key as the password is ended according to the setting.
A method of setting security of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- setting an encryption key used to wirelessly connect the image forming apparatus to a network as a password of a function of the image forming apparatus;
- displaying the function to a user to be selected to have the password assigned;
- performing the function in response to the password being provided by a user;
- and
- notifying a user that use of the function is restricted in response to a failure of a wireless connection of the image forming apparatus,
- wherein a user selects the function to which the password is assigned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.