US 9,311,038 B2 · System and method for providing cloud printing service

Abstract

Provided is an image forming system operable to provide a cloud printing service, the image forming system comprising: a transmitting device operable to transmit content by designating a target phone number; a cloud printing server operable to receive the target phone number and the content from the transmitting device; a receiving device assigned with the target phone number and operable to receive an upload notification of the content with respect to the target phone number from the cloud printing server; and an image forming device operable to print the content by receiving the content from the cloud printing server, wherein the cloud printing server transmits the content to the image forming device registered in the target phone number when the cloud printing service is requested for the content to the target phone number.

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Dependent claims

At least one server comprising:

at least one memory to store information indicating correspondences of image forming devices to identification information of mobile devices;
and
at least one controller configured to:
receive, from a first mobile device, content and identification information of a second mobile device as a destination of the content,
receive a printing request of the second mobile device for the content, and
in response to the received printing request, transmit the content to an image forming apparatus corresponding to the identification information of the second mobile device in the stored information indicating correspondences.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/503,238Filed 30 Sep 2014 · us provisional application

Priority

KR 10-2013-011671630 Sep 2013

Published

US 2015/0092233 A12 Apr 2015

Granted

12 Apr 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04N 1/00244
With a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server: with a server, e.g. an internet server
G06F 3/1203
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management
G06F 3/1206
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
G06F 3/1222
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: increasing security of the print job

System and method for providing cloud printing service

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System and method for providing cloud printing service

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Abstract

Claims23