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US 8,619,285 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus, client, image forming system and control method in image forming system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKi-Moon Lee
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus, a client, an image forming system and a control method in the image forming system, the system including: an image forming apparatus and a client connected to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes an embedded web server storing data on a plurality of executing windows respectively corresponding to a plurality of display items of the image forming apparatus. The client includes a display unit and a selection unit to select at least one display item to be displayed from among the plurality of items provided by the image forming apparatus. Accordingly, the client displays, through the display unit, the executing window based on data on an executing window corresponding to the display item of the web server.
Claims22
A control method of an image forming system comprising an image forming apparatus having an embedded web server and a client device, the method comprising:
- connecting the client device to the image forming apparatus by a user of the client device;
- selecting a display item to be displayed on the client device from among a plurality of display items provided by the image forming apparatus;
- wherein the display item is automatically selected according to a default setting and the selected display item contains information about at least one component of the image forming apparatus;
- and displaying, on the client device, an executing window corresponding to the selected display item from among a plurality of executing windows respectively corresponding to the plurality of display items and stored in the web server, wherein the executing window is displayed using a web page on the client device, the web page being generated to include the executing window by the web server and transmitted to the client device;
- wherein the executing window display using a web page on the client device allows for the user to add a web widget corresponding to a selected display item from the plurality of display items to the executing window and to remove a web widget corresponding to a previously selected display item displayed in the executing window.
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An image forming apparatus connected to a client device, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit to communicate data with the client device;
- and a web server comprising:
- a storage unit to store data on a plurality of executing windows respectively corresponding to a plurality of display items of the image forming apparatus, and a web server controller to control, in response to a request by a user for a display item to be displayed on the client device from among the plurality of display items through the communication unit, wherein the display item is automatically selected according to a default setting and the selected display item contains information about at least one component of the image forming apparatus, the communication unit to transmit data on an executing window corresponding to the requested display item to the client device, wherein the executing window is displayed using a web page on the client device, the web page being generated to include the executing window by the web server controller and transmitted to the client device;
- wherein the executing window display using a web page on the client device allows for the user to add a web widget corresponding to a selected display item from the plurality of display items to the executing window and to remove a web widget corresponding to a previously selected display item displayed in the executing window.
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A client device connected to an image forming apparatus, said image forming apparatus having an embedded web server, the client device comprising:
- a network connection unit connected to the image forming apparatus having the embedded web server;
- a selection unit to select a display item from among a plurality of items provided by the image forming apparatus;
- wherein the display item is automatically selected according to a default setting and the selected display item contains information about at least one component of the image forming apparatus;
- and a client controller to control the network connection unit to receive data on an executing window corresponding to the selected display item, and to control a display unit to display the received executing window, wherein the executing window is displayed using a web page on the client device, the web page being generated to include the executing window by the web server and transmitted to the client device;
- wherein the executing window display using a web page on the client device allows for the user to add a web widget corresponding to a selected display item from the plurality of display items to the executing window and to remove a web widget corresponding to a previously selected display item displayed in the executing window.
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An image forming system comprising:
- an image forming apparatus comprising an embedded web server storing data on a plurality of executing windows respectively corresponding to a plurality of display items of the image forming apparatus;
- wherein the display item is automatically selected according to a default setting and the plurality of display items contains information about at least one component of the image forming apparatus;
- and a client device connected to the image forming apparatus, the client device comprising:
- a network connection unit connected to the image forming apparatus, a selection unit to select a display item from among the plurality of display items provided by the image forming apparatus, and a client controller to control the network connection unit to receive data, from the web server, on an executing window corresponding to the selected display item, and to control a display unit to display the received executing window, wherein the executing window is displayed using a web page on the client device, the web page being generated to include the executing window by the web server and transmitted to the client device;
- wherein the executing window display using a web page on the client device allows for the user to add a web widget corresponding to a selected display item from the plurality of display items to the executing window and to remove a web widget corresponding to a previously selected display items displayed in the executing window.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.