Method of controlling image forming apparatus through user terminal, and image forming apparatus and user terminal for performing the method

A method comprising:

• determining, by an image forming apparatus to which at least one user terminal is connectable, whether a user terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus;
• displaying, by the image forming apparatus, a popup window on the image forming apparatus, the displayed popup window corresponding to an event generated in the image forming apparatus, the displayed popup window having popped up to thereby cover at least a portion of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the image forming apparatus, wherein,
• when the determining determines that a user terminal is not connected to the image forming apparatus, the displaying displays the popup window with a previously set first timeout applied to the popup window so that the displayed popup window disappears after the first timeout to thereby uncover the at least a portion of the GUI, and
• when the determining determines that a user terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus,
• the displaying displays the popup window with a previously set second timeout, different from the first timeout, applied to the popup window so that the displayed popup window disappears after the second timeout to thereby uncover the at least a portion of the GUI, and
• the method further comprises transmitting, by the image forming apparatus to the user terminal, a popup window request to display, on the user terminal, a popup window corresponding to the event with the second timeout applied to the popup window displayed on the user terminal.

At least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by at least one hardware processor of an image forming apparatus to which at least one user terminal is connectable, cause the image forming apparatus to perform:

• displaying a popup window on the image forming apparatus corresponding to an event generated in the image forming apparatus, so that the popup window pops up to thereby cover at least a portion of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the image forming apparatus, wherein:
• when no user terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus, the displaying displays the popup window with a previously set first timeout applied to the popup window so that the displayed popup window disappears after the first timeout to thereby uncover the at least a portion of the GUI, and
• when a user terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus,
• the displaying displays the popup window with a previously set second timeout, different from the first timeout, applied to the popup window so that the displayed popup window disappears after the second timeout to thereby uncover the at least a portion of the GUI, and
• the instructions, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, further cause the image forming apparatus to transmit, to the user terminal, a popup window request to display, on the user terminal, a popup window corresponding to the event with the second timeout applied to the popup window displayed on the user terminal.

An image forming apparatus to which at least one user terminal is connectable, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• at least one memory storing computer readable instructions;
• and
• at least one hardware processor executing the instructions to cause the image forming apparatus to perform:
• displaying a popup window on the image forming apparatus corresponding to an event generated in the image forming apparatus, so that the popup window pops up to thereby cover at least a portion of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the image forming apparatus, wherein:
• when no user terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus, the displaying displays the popup window with a previously set first timeout applied to the popup window so that the displayed popup window disappears after the first timeout to thereby uncover the at least a portion of the GUI, and
• when a user terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus,
• the displaying displays the popup window with a previously set second timeout, different from the first timeout, applied to the popup window, so that the displayed popup window disappears after the second timeout to thereby uncover the at least a portion of the GUI, and
• the at least one hardware processor executes the instructions to further cause the image forming apparatus to transmit, to the user terminal, a popup window request to display, on the user terminal, a popup window corresponding to the event with the second timeout applied to the popup window displayed on the user terminal.

An image forming apparatus to which at least one user terminal is connectable, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• at least one memory storing computer readable instructions;
• and
• at least one hardware processor executing the instructions to cause the image forming apparatus to perform:
• setting a first timeout,
• setting a second timeout, different from the first timeout,
• identifying an event generated in the image forming apparatus,
• determining whether a user terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus,
• when the determining determines that a user terminal is not connected to the image forming apparatus,
• displaying, on the image forming apparatus, a popup window corresponding to the identified event with the set first timeout applied to the popup window, so that the popup window pops up to thereby cover at least a portion of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the image forming apparatus and disappears after the first timeout to thereby uncover the at least a portion of the GUI, and
• when the determining determines that a user terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus,
• transmitting, to the user terminal, a popup window request to display, on the user terminal, a popup window corresponding to the identified event with the set second timeout applied to the popup window displayed on the user terminal, and
• displaying, on the image forming apparatus, a popup window corresponding to the identified event with the set second timeout applied to the popup window, and including a same content as the popup window which the transmitted popup window request requests to display on the user terminal, so that the popup window pops up to thereby cover at least a portion of the GUI of the image forming apparatus and disappears after the second timeout to thereby uncover the at least a portion of the GUI.