Method of notifying status information and image forming apparatus using the same

A method of alerting status information of a peripheral device comprising:

• selecting a display attribute corresponding to the status information of the image forming apparatus;
• generating the status notification information in at least one of a first data format and a second data format according to whether the display attribute is set corresponding to an updated status information;
• setting a user-selected priority from among a plurality of user-selectable priorities to at least one status information alert via an input unit of the peripheral device;
• setting a display attribute corresponding to the priority via the input unit based on a user's selection of the display attribute;
• producing the status information alert in response to reaching a status of the peripheral device pertaining to the status information alert;
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• sending a notification about the status information alert when the status information alert corresponds to the defined user-selected priority to display the notification along with the user-selected priority, such that the notification is sent to one of an administrator and a general user based on the user-selected priority.

A peripheral device comprising:

• a display to receive an input and to generate a selection signal to allow a user to select and set a user-defined priority corresponding to status information of the peripheral device from among a plurality of user-definable priorities and to allow a user to select and set a display attribute corresponding to status information of the peripheral device;
• a status information alert generator to generate status information alerts of various configurations in at least one of a first data format and a second data format based on whether the display attribute is set to provide an alarm of status information to the display as well as whether the user-defined priority is set corresponding to an updated status information;
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• a network interface to send a notification about the generated status information alerts based on the user-defined priority to display the notification along with the user-selected priority, such that the notification is sent to one of an administrator and a general user based on the user-selected priority.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a display to receive an input and to generate a selection signal to allow a user to select and set a user-defined priority corresponding to status information of the image forming apparatus from among a plurality of user-definable priorities and to allow a user to select and set a display attribute corresponding to status information of the image forming apparatus;
• a control module to determine a status change of the image forming apparatus;
• a status notification information generator to generate the status notification information indicating an error in one of a first data format including at least one hyperlink corresponding to the error and a second data format different from the first data format and excluding a hyperlink based on a display attribute setting and the user-defined priority setting of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the status change;
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• a network interface to send a notification about the generated status notification information indicating the error of the image forming apparatus to a device located remotely from the image forming apparatus based on the user-defined priority to display the generated status notification information along with the user-selected priority, such that the notification is sent to one of an administrator and a general user based on the user-selected priority.

A peripheral device, comprising:

• an input unit to receive an input, to generate a selection signal to allow a user to select and set a user-defined priority corresponding to status information of the peripheral device from among a plurality of user-definable priorities, to allow a user to select and set a display attribute corresponding to status information of the peripheral device, and to assign a priority among the plurality of user-definable priorities to at least one status information alert, and to allow a user to select and set a display attribute corresponding to the priority;
• a status notification information generator to generate the status notification information alert in at least one of a first data format and a second data format according to whether the display attribute and the user-defined priority are set;
• a display unit to display the status information alert according to the at least one of the first data format and the second data format in response to reaching a status of the peripheral device pertaining to the status information alert incident;
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• a network interface to send a notification about the status information alert and the display attribute when the status information alert incident corresponds to the user-defined priority to display the notification along with the user-selected priority, such that the notification is sent to one of an administrator and a general user based on the user-selected priority.

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• a user interface to allow a user to select and set a display attribute to correspond to a user-selected priority level of status information of the image forming apparatus from among a plurality of user-selectable priorities;
• a status notification information generator to generate status notification information in response to the status information being updated, such that the generated status notification information corresponds to the selected display attribute if the display attribute is set by the user as well as the user-selected priority;
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• a network interface to send a notification to the user about the generated status notification information based on the user-selected priority to display the notification along with the user-selected priority, such that the notification is sent to one of an administrator and a general user based on the user-selected priority.