KR20150037388A - System and method for providing printing service based on phone number - Google Patents

Abstract

An image forming system providing a printing service based on a phone number comprises: a user device of a first user receiving a phone number of a second user which is to select content to be printed and to receive the content to be printed; a cloud server transferring information on the content from the user device of the first user to the mobile device of the second user based on the phone number of the mobile device of the second user; the mobile device of the second user receiving the information on the content from the cloud server based on the phone number; and an image forming device receiving the information on the content from the cloud server and printing the content.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image forming system and a method for providing a printing service based on a telephone number,

To an image forming system and method for providing a print service based on a telephone number assigned to an individual mobile device.

The types of image forming apparatuses include individual devices such as a printer, a scanner, a copier, and a facsimile, and a multi-function product (MFP) in which various functions of these different devices are integrated into one device. In recent years, such image forming apparatuses have been widely used in various fields such as a wired communication module such as an Ethernet or a wireless communication module such as Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, NFC, Bluetooth, Zigbee, And can be connected to other user devices such as a mobile device and a notebook through a network. In addition, the image forming apparatuses can perform a task of uploading or downloading a document to a cloud server by accessing a cloud server using the above modules.

And an image forming system and method for providing a printing service based on a telephone number. The present invention also provides a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the method is provided. The technical problem to be solved by this embodiment is not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical problems can be deduced from the following embodiments.

According to an aspect, a method of providing a print service based on a telephone number in a user device includes displaying a list of contacts and a list of contacts, including phone numbers assigned to mobile devices of others, stored in the user device; And transmits the information on the content to be printed to the selected phone number when the content to be printed and the phone number of the mobile device of the other person to receive the content to be printed are selected.

According to the above, since the print job can be exchanged using the phone numbers uniquely assigned to the mobile devices such as the smart phone, the tablet device, etc., it is possible to perform the print job more conveniently.

1 is a diagram for explaining a print service based on a telephone number according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an image forming system 1 for providing a print service based on a telephone number according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the user device 10 of the image forming system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a detailed block diagram of the cloud server 40 of the image forming system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the image forming apparatus 30 of the image forming system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
6A and 6B illustrate a method of mapping a phone number of a mobile device 13 of a second person 23 to an image forming device 31 to provide the mobile device 13 with the cloud server 40 13 are registered in the telephone directory.
6C illustrates mapping the phone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to the image forming device 31 to provide the mobile device 13 with the cloud server 40 in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering a telephone number of a telephone number.
Figure 6d illustrates a method of mapping the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to the image forming device 31 in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention so that the mobile device 13 And a telephone number of the mobile terminal.
6E is a diagram showing a UI screen of a printing application executed in the mobile device 13 to register the telephone number of the mobile device 13 in the cloud server 40, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7A and 7B illustrate a method of mapping a phone number of a mobile device 13 of a second person 23 to an image forming device 31 to provide the cloud server 40 with a mobile device And registering the telephone number of the telephone number (13).
8A and 8B illustrate a method for mapping a phone number of a mobile device 13 of a second person 23 to an image forming device 31 to provide the cloud server 40 with mobile And a process of registering the telephone number of the device (13).
9A and 9B illustrate a method for mapping mobile device 13 to a cloud server 40 by mapping the phone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to an email address in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering a telephone number of a telephone number.
10A and 10B illustrate a method for mapping mobile device 13's mobile device 13 to a cloud server 40 by mapping the phone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to an email address in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering a telephone number of a telephone number.
11A and 11B illustrate a process of transmitting content to be printed based on a telephone number from a mobile device 11 of a first person 21 to a cloud server 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention These are the drawings.
Figures 11C and 11D illustrate a mobile device 11 for transferring content to be printed based on a telephone number from a mobile device 11 of a first person 21 to a cloud server 40, 13). ≪ / RTI >
12A and 12B are diagrams illustrating a process of transmitting content to be printed based on a telephone number from the image forming apparatus 35 to the cloud server 40 according to another embodiment of the present invention.
12C shows a user interface (UI) of the image forming apparatus 35 for transferring content to be printed based on a telephone number from the image forming apparatus 35 to the cloud server 40, according to an embodiment of the present invention. These are drawings for explaining the screen.
13A and 13B illustrate the process of transferring content to be printed based on a telephone number from the computing device 19 of the first person 21 to the cloud server 40, according to another embodiment of the present invention FIG.
14 is a diagram for explaining a process of transmitting content to be printed based on a telephone number to a cloud server 40 using an email address of a second person 23 according to another embodiment of the present invention .
15A and 15B illustrate a process in which the second person 23 based on the telephone number prints the content transferred from the first person 21 in the image forming apparatus 31, according to an embodiment of the present invention FIG.
16A and 16B illustrate a process in which the second person 23 prints the content transferred from the first person 21 in the image forming apparatus 31 based on the telephone number according to another embodiment of the present invention FIG.
17A and 17B illustrate a process in which the second person 23 prints the content transferred from the first person 21 in the image forming apparatus 31 based on the telephone number according to another embodiment of the present invention FIG.
18A and 18B illustrate a process in which the second person 23, based on the telephone number, prints the content delivered from the first person 21 in the image forming apparatus 31, according to another embodiment of the present invention FIG.
Figure 19 is a block diagram of a mobile device 13 for printing content from a first person 21 on an image forming device 31 based on a telephone number and in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. (UI) screen of FIG.
20 is a view for explaining the concept of direct printing and full printing of the image forming system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 21 is a diagram for explaining notification of the arrival of contents when contents to be printed are received in the mobile device 13 of the receiver second personal 23, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
22 is a diagram for explaining a management service for monitoring the status of the image forming apparatus 31 based on a telephone number of an administrator 29 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
23 is a flowchart illustrating a process of managing phone numbers of an individual, a company, or a group by separating a white list 2301 and a black list 2302 in the cloud server 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig.
24 illustrates facsimile transmission of content from the mobile device 11 of the first person 21 based on the fax telephone number of the image forming apparatus 31, according to an embodiment of the present invention FIG.
25 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
26 is a flow diagram of a method of providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 27 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
28 is a flowchart of a method of providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
29 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
30 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
31 is a flow diagram of a method of providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
32 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
33 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
34 is a flowchart of a method of providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
35 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
36 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
37 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
38 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
39 is a flowchart of a method of providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
40 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
41 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 42 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
43 is a flowchart of a method of providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a diagram for explaining a print service based on a telephone number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a first person 21 (e.g., " JOHN LEE ") sends content such as images, documents, etc. stored in its mobile device 11 to a second person 23 , &Quot; JANE KIM ") can be delivered to the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23 so that the image can be printed by the image forming apparatus 31. [

At this time the content stored in the mobile device 11 of the first person 21 is transmitted to the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 based on the phone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 do.

The mobile devices 11 and 13 described in this embodiment may be, but not limited to, portable mobile devices or user devices having mobile communication functions such as a smart phone, a tablet device, a personal digital assistant .

Thus, the portable mobile devices having the mobile communication function use mobile communication technologies such as well known 2G mobile communication, 3G mobile communication (fourth generation mobile communication) or 4G mobile communication So that a telephone conversation is possible.

In particular, portable mobile devices such as smart phones, tablet devices, PDAs and the like are each assigned a unique phone number for each of the devices by mobile communication companies, thereby identifying each of the portable mobile devices.

Therefore, one telephone number is assigned to each of the mobile device 11 of the first individual 21 and the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23, respectively. That is, the telephone number may correspond to a unique identification number (ID number) of each mobile device 11 or 13.

1, the first individual 21 can transmit content to the second individual 23 by inputting the telephone number of the second individual 23, which is the subject to print the content, in the mobile device 11 . Then, the second individual 23 can print the transferred content using the image forming apparatus 31. [

Hereinafter, an image forming system for providing a print service based on a telephone number according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

The present embodiment is not limited by the types of the mobile devices 11 and 13 used by the first individual 21 and the second individual 23 and may be any device May correspond to the mobile devices 11 and 13 of the present embodiment.

2 is a diagram illustrating an image forming system 1 for providing a print service based on a telephone number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the image forming system 1 includes a mobile device 11, a second person 23 (e.g., " JOHN LEE ") used by a first person 21 The mobile device 15 used by the third person 25 (e.g., " BRAD PITT "), the fourth person 27 (e.g., A mobile device 17, a plurality of image forming apparatuses 31, 33 and 35 and a cloud server 40 which are used by a "TOM CRUISE".

Here, the number of persons of the individuals 21, 23, 25 and 27 included in the image forming system 1, the number of the image forming apparatuses 31, 33 and 35, But this embodiment is not limited to this.

In addition, the names "JOHN LEE", "JANE KIM", "BRAD" of the first person 21, the second person 23, the third person 25 and the fourth person 27 described in this embodiment PITT " and " TOM CRUISE " are arbitrarily defined in order to facilitate understanding of the present embodiment, but the present embodiment is not limited thereto.

The first person 21 (" JOHN LEE ") is a person in the mobile device 11 who has at least one subject (e.g., a second person 23 The first person 21 can also enter the telephone number of the other person 25 or 27 at the mobile device 11 to send the print data of the content to another person 25 or 27) can transmit the print data of the content.

For example, assuming that the first individual 21 wants to transmit the print data of the content to the second individual 23 at the mobile device 11, the following will be assumed.

The first individual 21 selects the content being used or stored in the mobile device 11 and inputs the telephone number of the second person 23 as the subject to print the content through the mobile device 11.

The content information selected in the mobile device 11 and the input phone number are transmitted to the cloud server 40. [

The cloud server 40 corresponds to a server that manages the telephone numbers of the mobile devices 11, 13, 15, and 17. In more detail, the cloud server 40 is connected to the mobile device 11, 13, 15 and 17 with information on the mapping relationship between the phone number of the mobile devices 11, 13, 15 and 17 and the image forming apparatuses 31, 33 and 35, 11, 13, 15, and 17, and information about a mapping relationship of contents transmitted from the mobile devices 11, 13, 15, and 17, and the like.

In addition, the cloud server 40 may perform cloud rendering that renders or converts the content, which is not a print data format, into a print data format.

When the phone number and content information of the second person 23 are transmitted from the mobile device 11 of the first person 21, the cloud server 40 renders or converts the transmitted content into a print data format, To the mobile device (13) of the second person (23) based on the telephone number of the second person (23) mapped to the second person (23).

When the content information is received from the cloud server 40 at the mobile device 13 of the second person 23, the print data of the content is transmitted to the mobile device 13 of the second person 23, Can be printed in at least one of the image forming apparatuses (31, 33 and 35).

In particular, when the second individual 23 has preset a direct printing mode (or a direct printing function) for the printing of the content in the mobile device 13, the print data of the content is transmitted to at least one image forming apparatus 33, and 35. In this case, Such direct printing will be described again in the following sections.

When the second person 23 has previously set a pull printing mode (or a full printing function) for printing the content in the mobile device 13, the print data of the content is transmitted to at least one image forming apparatus (Standby) until a processing request is input by the second individual 23 at the mobile device 13, rather than being automatically printed directly at the mobile device 13, 31, 33 and 35. In other words, unlike direct printing, full printing displays contents information from the mobile device 13 to the second individual 23, and when the processing request by the second individual 23 is input, it means.

At this time, the second individual 23 may enter a print request to be printed in at least one of the image forming apparatuses 31, 33 and 35 (mapped) designated by the mobile device 13. Alternatively, the second individual 23 may enter a forwarding request to re-forward the content to other individuals 25 or 27. [ Alternatively, if the second individual 23 does not wish to print the content, the second individual 23 may input a deletion request for deleting the content information stored in the cloud server 40. [ Such full printing will be described again in the following sections.

Full printing and direct printing will be described in detail below.

The cloud server 40 may be managing information on the image forming apparatus 31 mapped to the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23 in advance. The cloud server 40 transmits the print data of the content transmitted to the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23 to the image forming apparatus 31 mapped to the mobile device 13. [ Then, the image forming apparatus 31 prints the content based on the print data of the content, thereby completing the content print request of the mobile device 11 of the first individual 21.

As another example, the same is true when the first individual 21 wants to transmit the print data of the content to the third person 25 or the fourth person 27 at the mobile device 11.

Meanwhile, the cloud server 40 can manage only the image forming apparatus 31 as the mapped mobile device 13 of the second person 23, but other image forming apparatuses 33 or 35 can also be further mapped .

Even if no image forming apparatuses 31, 33, or 35 are currently mapped to the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23, the image forming apparatuses 31, 33, The registration information on the mapping relationship may be updated in the cloud server 40 by completing the registration process of the mobile devices 11, 13,

On the other hand, the mobile devices 11, 13, 15 and 17 existing in the image forming system 1, the image forming apparatuses 31, 33 and 35 and the cloud server 40 are connected to various kinds of currently known / A communication network, a mobile communication network, or the like.

2, the image forming system 1 is capable of exchanging contents to be printed with only the telephone numbers of the mobile devices 11, 13, 15, or 17, and is also provided with various image forming apparatuses 31, 33 Or 35) can be used to print the content.

Meanwhile, the printing platform of the image forming system 1 may be provided as an open application program interface (API) for an application developer, a web page producer, and the like. Accordingly, an application developer, a web page producer, and the like can utilize the open API of the image forming system 1 to perform printing (printing) executed on the mobile devices 11, 13, 15, or 17, the image forming apparatuses 31, 33, The application can be freely developed based on the printing platform according to this embodiment.

Hereinafter, the operation and the function between the respective constitutions included in the image forming system 1 for providing the printing service based on the telephone number will be described in more detail.

3 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the user device 10 of the image forming system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

3, the user device 10 may correspond to at least one of the mobile devices 11, 13, 15 and 17 of the image forming system 1 of FIG. That is, the user device 10 may be the mobile device 11, which is the transmitting terminal transmitting the content to be printed, or the mobile devices 13,15 or 17, which are the receiving terminals receiving the content to be printed. Or a computing device 19 that is connectable to an embedded web page provided by the image forming device 31, 33,

In the following description of the mobile devices 11, 13, 15 and 17, it is assumed that it includes the configuration of the user device 10 of Fig.

The user device 10 includes a user interface unit 110, a control unit 120, and a network interface unit 130. However, in FIG. 3, only the hardware components related to the present embodiment will be described in order to prevent the features of the present embodiment from being blurred. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that other general hardware components other than the hardware components shown in FIG. 3 may be included.

The user interface unit 110 is a hardware component including an input device or a display device, and displays information to the user of the user device 10 or receives information from the user. The user interface unit 110 may include individual devices for interfacing with a user such as a display screen, a speaker, a keypad, a keyboard, and a mouse, and may also include a touch screen.

The user can select content to be printed, for example, transmitted from the user device 10 to the outside via the user interface unit 110, or set printing options of the content and the like. In addition, the user can input a telephone number, which is a destination to be transmitted to the outside through the user interface unit 110. [

The control unit 120 is a hardware component that controls the overall operation and functions of the user device 10. In particular, the control unit 120 may execute a printing application that provides a print service based on the telephone number.

The control unit 120 may be implemented by at least one processor such as a central processing unit (CPU), an application processor (AP), and the like.

The network interface unit 130 is a hardware component that supports wired or wireless communication functions. The network interface unit 130 is a hardware component that supports wired or wireless communication functions and includes wireless communication such as WI-FI, WI-FI Direct, NFC , Or 2G mobile communication, 3G mobile communication, or 4G mobile communication.

4 is a detailed block diagram of the cloud server 40 of the image forming system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the cloud server 40 may correspond to the cloud server 40 of the image forming system 1 of FIG. In the following description of the cloud server 40, it is assumed that it includes the configuration of the cloud server 40 in Fig.

The cloud server 40 includes a control unit 410, a storage unit 420, and a network interface unit 430. However, in FIG. 4, only the hardware components related to the present embodiment will be described in order to prevent the characteristics of the present embodiment from being blurred. It should be understood by those skilled in the art, however, that other general hardware components other than the hardware components shown in FIG. 4 may be included.

The control unit 120 is a hardware component that controls the overall operation and functions of the cloud server 40. The control unit 120 may manage and update the mapping information of the telephone numbers of the individuals 11, 13, 15, and 17, or may serve as a renderer that renders or transforms the contents.

The control unit 120 may be implemented by at least one processor such as a central processing unit (CPU), an application processor (AP), and the like.

The storage unit 420 stores a list of telephone numbers of individuals 11, 13, 15 and 17, a list of contents mapped to telephone numbers, image forming apparatuses 31, 33 and 35 mapped to telephone numbers, And the telephone number registration information for the list of telephone numbers.

In addition, the storage unit 420 stores print data of contents rendered or converted in the format of print data.

The network interface unit 130 is a hardware component that supports wired or wireless communication functions. The network interface unit 130 is a hardware component that supports wired or wireless communication functions and includes wireless communication such as WI-FI, WI-FI Direct, NFC , Or 2G mobile communication, 3G mobile communication, or 4G mobile communication.

5 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the image forming apparatus 30 of the image forming system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the image forming apparatus 30 may correspond to at least one of the image forming apparatuses 31, 33, and 35 of the image forming system 1 of FIG. The following description of the image forming apparatuses 31, 33, and 35 will be described as including the configuration of the image forming apparatus 30 of FIG.

The image forming apparatus 30 includes a user interface unit 310, a control unit 320, a network interface unit 330, and an image forming unit 340. However, in FIG. 5, only the hardware components related to the present embodiment will be described in order to prevent the features of the present embodiment from being blurred. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that other general hardware components other than the hardware components shown in FIG. 5 may be included.

Here, on the operating system (OS) of the image forming apparatus 35, a printing application that provides a printing service based on a telephone number, having a function similar to the printing application of the mobile device 11 of the first individual 21 described above It can be installed in advance. 13, 15, or 17 to use the image forming apparatus 35, even if such a printing application is not previously installed in the image forming apparatus 35, the operating system of the image forming apparatus 35 A new print application may be installed on the operating system (OS).

The user interface unit 110 is a hardware component including an input device or a display device, and displays information to the user of the image forming apparatus 30 or receives information from the user. The user interface unit 110 includes individual devices for interfacing with a user such as a display screen, a speaker, a keypad, and the like, and may also include a touch screen.

The user can select, for example, content to be scanned in the image forming apparatus 30, or set printing options of contents through the user interface unit 110. [ In addition, the user can input a telephone number, which is a destination to be transmitted to the outside through the user interface unit 110. [

The control unit 120 is a hardware component that controls the overall operation and functions of the image forming apparatus 30. [ In particular, the control unit 120 may execute a printing application that provides a printing service based on a telephone number. In addition, the control unit 120 can control the printing function, the copying function, the scanning function, and the like of the image forming unit 340.

The control unit 120 may be implemented by at least one processor such as a central processing unit (CPU), an application processor (AP), and the like.

The network interface unit 130 is a hardware component that supports wired or wireless communication functions. The network interface unit 130 is a hardware component that supports wired or wireless communication functions and includes wireless communication such as WI-FI, WI-FI Direct, NFC , Or 2G mobile communication, 3G mobile communication, or 4G mobile communication.

The image forming unit 340 is a hardware component that performs a printing function and a copying function of contents, or a scanning function of a manuscript.

6A to 10B are diagrams showing a second personal 23 (" JANE KIM ") corresponding to the receiving terminals in the image forming system 1 providing the printing service based on the telephone number according to the present embodiment, The mobile devices 13, 15 or 17 of the first person 25 ("BRAD PITT") or the fourth person 27 ("TOM CRUISE") are connected to the image forming apparatuses 31, In order to explain the various methods for registering the data.

6A-10B will focus on the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") as the recipient, but the contents of Figures 6A- The same can be applied to the mobile devices 15 or 17 as well. The mobile device 11 of the first individual 21 may also correspond to the receiving terminal as the case may be, The registration process may be similarly performed according to the methods described in 10b.

6A and 6B illustrate a method of mapping a phone number of a mobile device 13 of a second person 23 to an image forming device 31 to provide the mobile device 13 with the cloud server 40 13 are registered in the telephone directory.

6A and 6B, in step 611, the control unit 120 of the mobile device 13 executes a printing application.

In step 612, the control unit 120 of the mobile device 13 acquires the telephone number of the mobile device 13 through the executed printing application.

The network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 is wirelessly connected to the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 and receives the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 in step 613.

The identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 includes information on a network address such as a MAC address and an IP address of the image forming apparatus 31, Number, product specification, and so on.

The network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 and the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 can be connected through a wireless network such as WI-FI, WI-FI Direct, NFC, have.

For example, step 613 may be performed by the mobile device 13 activating the NFC function and NFC-tagging the image forming apparatus 31. [

The network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 11 is wirelessly connected to the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 and receives information on the phone number of the mobile device 13 and image formation The identification information of the device 31 is transmitted together with the registration information of the mobile device 13 to the cloud server 40. [

The control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 maps the telephone number of the mobile device 13 and the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 to each other and outputs the mapping information as the registration information of the mobile device 13 And stores it in the storage unit 420.

The user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 notifies that registration of the telephone number of the mobile device 13 to the image forming apparatus 31 is completed.

6C illustrates mapping the phone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to the image forming device 31 to provide the mobile device 13 with the cloud server 40 in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering a telephone number of a telephone number.

6A and 6C, in step 621, the control unit 120 of the mobile device 13 executes a printing application.

In step 622, the control unit 120 of the mobile device 13 acquires the telephone number of the mobile device 13 through the executed printing application.

The network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 is wirelessly connected to the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 to transmit information on the obtained phone number to the image forming apparatus 31 ).

For example, step 623 may be performed by the mobile device 13 activating the NFC function and NFC-tagging the image forming apparatus 31. [

In step 624, the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 is connected to the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 wirelessly and receives information on the telephone number obtained from the mobile device 13 And the image forming apparatus 31 to the cloud server 40 together with the registration information of the mobile device 13. [

Meanwhile, the image forming apparatus 31 may be connected to the cloud server 40 using XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), but may be connected using other protocols without limitation.

The control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 maps the telephone number of the mobile device 13 and the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 to each other and outputs the mapping information as the registration information of the mobile device 13 And stores it in the storage unit 420.

The user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 notifies that registration of the telephone number of the mobile device 13 to the image forming apparatus 31 is completed.

Figure 6d illustrates a method of mapping the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to the image forming device 31 in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention so that the mobile device 13 And a telephone number of the mobile terminal.

6A and 6D, in step 631, the control unit 120 of the mobile device 13 executes a printing application.

In step 632, the control unit 120 of the mobile device 13 obtains the telephone number of the mobile device 13 through the executed printing application.

The network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 is wirelessly connected to the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 to receive the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 in step 633.

For example, step 633 may be performed by the mobile device 13 activating the NFC function and NFC-tagging the image forming apparatus 31. [

In step 634, the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 accesses the cloud server 40. Step 634 may be performed by a connection command of the mobile device 13. [ Meanwhile, the image forming apparatus 31 may be connected to the cloud server 40 using XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), but may be connected using other protocols without limitation.

In step 635, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 acquires the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31. [

The network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 is wirelessly connected to the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 and transmits information on the phone number of the mobile device 13 and image formation And transmits the identification information of the device 31 together with the registration information of the mobile device 13 to the cloud server 40. [

The controller 410 of the cloud server 40 maps the telephone number of the mobile device 13 and the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 to each other and outputs the mapping information as registration information of the mobile device 13 And stores it in the storage unit 420.

The user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 notifies that registration of the telephone number of the mobile device 13 to the image forming apparatus 31 is completed.

6E is a diagram showing a UI screen of a printing application executed in the mobile device 13 to register the telephone number of the mobile device 13 in the cloud server 40, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A printing application is installed in the mobile device 13 in advance.

When the second person 23 wishes to register the phone number of the mobile device 13 and the image forming device 31 in the cloud server 40 the second person 23 sends a print application to the mobile device 13 .

While the printing application is running, when the second person 23 clicks the registration icon 603 to register a new printer, the first screen 601 is displayed.

In the first screen 601, an item for requesting registration of the image forming apparatus 31, an item for setting a direct printing mode, a list of image forming apparatuses registered in the telephone number of the mobile device 13, etc. are displayed .

When the second person 23 clicks on the dialog 604 of the entry requesting registration, the second screen 602 is displayed.

The second screen 602 is a screen for guiding the registration of the image forming apparatus 31. The second individual 23 can complete the registration of the image forming apparatus 31 by establishing communication between the mobile device 13 and the image forming apparatus 31 when the second screen 602 is displayed. Here, the communication between the mobile device 13 and the image forming apparatus 31 can be established by the mobile device 13 being NFC-tagged to the image forming apparatus 31. [ In addition, the communication between the mobile device 13 and the image forming apparatus 31 can be established by connecting with other wireless communication means such as WI-FI or WI-FI Direct.

That is, the mobile device 13 can register information on the phone number of the mobile device 13 in the cloud server 40 through the first screen 601 and the second screen 602 of the previously installed printing application . However, the screen configurations of the first screen 601 and the second screen 602 of the printing application may be changed differently, and the present embodiment is not limited by the screen configuration of the printing application.

On the other hand, the mobile device 13 can activate or deactivate the direct printing function through the icon 606 of the item that can set the direct printing mode of the printing application.

If the direct printing function is activated, the second person 23 selects one of the image forming apparatuses 31 (for example, " CLP-680 ") from the list of image forming apparatuses, (For example, " CLP-680 ") to perform the direct printing mode by clicking the image forming apparatus 31 (e.g.

On the other hand, the registration information, direct printing mode information, and the like performed in the printing application of the mobile device 13 can be transmitted to the cloud server 40 and stored.

7A and 7B illustrate a method of mapping the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to the image forming apparatus 31 to provide the cloud server 40 with information And registering the telephone number of the telephone number (13).

7A and 7B, in step 711, the second individual 23 (" JANE KIM ") accesses the telephone number of the mobile device 13 through the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 31 .

The network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 is connected to the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 wirelessly and transmits information on the input phone number to the cloud server 40 in step 712. [ Lt; / RTI >

In step 713, the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 transmits an arbitrary PIN (Personal Identification Number) code using an SMS (Short Message Service) or an MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) To the mobile device (13) of the second person (23). However, the cloud server 40 is not limited to the PIN code but may use any other type of arbitrary code in addition to the PIN code, and this is included in the scope of the present embodiment.

In step 714, the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 displays the PIN code received by SMS or MMS.

The second individual 23 inputs the PIN code received from the mobile device 13 through the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 31 in step 715. [

In step 716, the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 transmits the information on the inputted PIN code and the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 to the cloud server 40. [

In step 717, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 compares the PIN code transmitted from the image forming apparatus 31 with the PIN code transmitted to the mobile device 13 to determine whether the two PIN codes are identical .

In step 718, if the two PIN codes are the same, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 maps the phone number of the mobile device 13 and the image forming apparatus 31 and registers them.

However, if the two PIN codes are not the same, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 refuses registration of the telephone number of the mobile device 13. [

The user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 or the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 31 registers the phone number of the mobile device 13 in the image forming apparatus 31 Is completed.

7A and 7B, registration can be completed only with the intermediary of the cloud server 40 without the mobile device 13 and the image forming apparatus 31 communicating with each other, unlike FIGS. 6A and 6B. 7A and 7B can be realized by any one of the mobile device 13 and the image forming apparatus 31 as an NFC capable of wirelessly communicating between the mobile device 13 and the image forming apparatus 31, WI-FI, WI-FI Direct, Bluetooth and so on. However, even if both the mobile device 13 and the image forming apparatus 31 support the wireless communication function as described in Figs. 6A and 6B, the registration procedure as shown in Figs. 7A and 7B can be used .

8A and 8B illustrate a method for mapping a phone number of a mobile device 13 of a second person 23 to an image forming device 31 to provide the cloud server 40 with mobile And a process of registering the telephone number of the device (13).

8A and 8B, in step 811, the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") uses the computing device 19 to create an embedded web page provided by the image forming apparatus 31 page (800). Here, the computing device 19 corresponds to a PC, a notebook computer, and the like, and may be the user device 10 of FIG. Accordingly, the computing device 19 includes a user interface unit 110, a control unit 120, and a network interface unit 130.

In step 812, the second person 23 enters the phone number of the mobile device 13 via the embedded web page 800. [

In step 813, the network interface unit 130 of the computing device 19 is connected to the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 wirelessly, and transmits information on the input phone number to the cloud server 40 send.

In step 814, the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 transmits an arbitrary PIN code to the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 having the input phone number using SMS or MMS . However, the cloud server 40 is not limited to the PIN code but may use any other type of arbitrary code in addition to the PIN code, and this is included in the scope of the present embodiment.

In step 815, the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 displays the PIN code received by SMS or MMS.

In step 816, the second person 23 enters the PIN code received at the mobile device 13, via the embedded web page 800. [

In step 817, the network interface unit 130 of the computing device 19 transmits the information on the input PIN code and the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 to the cloud server 40.

Here, the computing device 19 can acquire the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 while accessing the embedded web page 800 of the image forming apparatus 31. [

In step 818, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 compares the PIN code transmitted from the computing device 19 with the PIN code transmitted to the mobile device 13 to determine whether the two PIN codes are identical do.

In step 819, if the two PIN codes are the same, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 maps the phone number of the mobile device 13 and the image forming apparatus 31 and registers them.

However, if the two PIN codes are not the same, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 refuses registration of the telephone number of the mobile device 13. [

The user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 or the user interface unit 110 of the computing device 19 registers the telephone number of the mobile device 13 in the image forming apparatus 31 Notification is complete.

9A and 9B illustrate a method for mapping mobile device 13 to a cloud server 40 by mapping the phone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to an email address in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering a telephone number of a telephone number.

9A and 9B, in step 911, the control unit 120 of the mobile device 13 executes a printing application.

In step 912, the control unit 120 of the mobile device 13 acquires the telephone number of the mobile device 13 through the executed printing application.

In step 913, the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") enters the desired email address through the executed printing application.

The network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 is wirelessly connected to the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 and transmits information on the acquired phone number and the inputted email address to the cloud To the server 40

In step 915, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 maps the telephone number and the e-mail address to each other, and stores the mapping information in the storage unit 420 as registration information of the mobile device 13.

In step 916, the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 notifies that registration of the telephone number of the mobile device 13 to the e-mail address is completed.

9A and 9B, the telephone number of the mobile device 13 and the image forming apparatus 31 are not mapped and the telephone number of the mobile device 13 and the second person The e-mail address of the e-mail address 23 is mapped.

Meanwhile, when the telephone number of the mobile device 13 and the email address of the second person 23 are mapped by the registration process according to FIGS. 9A and 9B, according to the transmission and printing process of FIG. 14 described below, Can be transmitted and printed.

10A and 10B illustrate a method for mapping mobile device 13's mobile device 13 to a cloud server 40 by mapping the phone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to an email address in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering a telephone number of a telephone number.

10A and 10B, in step 1011, the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") accesses the embedded web page 1000 provided by the image forming apparatus 31, using the computing device 19. [ . Here, the computing device 19 corresponds to a PC, a notebook computer, and the like, and may be the user device 10 of FIG. Accordingly, the computing device 19 includes a user interface unit 110, a control unit 120, and a network interface unit 130.

In step 1012, the second person 23 enters the desired email address and the phone number of the mobile device 13 via the embedded web page 1000.

The network interface unit 130 of the computing device 19 is wirelessly connected to the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 and transmits information on the inputted phone number and e-mail address to the cloud server 40).

In step 1014, the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 transmits an arbitrary PIN code to the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 having the input phone number using SMS or MMS . However, the cloud server 40 is not limited to the PIN code but may use any other type of arbitrary code in addition to the PIN code, and this is included in the scope of the present embodiment.

In step 1015, the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 displays the PIN code received by SMS or MMS.

In step 1016, the second person 23 enters the PIN code received at the mobile device 13, via the embedded web page 1000. [

In step 1017, the network interface unit 130 of the computing device 19 transmits information on the input PIN code to the cloud server 40. [

In step 1018, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 compares the PIN code transmitted from the computing device 19 with the PIN code transmitted to the mobile device 13 to determine whether the two PIN codes are identical do.

In step 1019, if the two PIN codes are the same, the controller 410 of the cloud server 40 maps and registers the phone number of the mobile device 13 and the email address.

However, if the two PIN codes are not the same, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 refuses registration of the telephone number of the mobile device 13. [

The user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 or the user interface unit 110 of the computing device 19 notifies that the registration of the telephone number of the mobile device 13 to the e-mail address is completed .

6A to 10B, the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") corresponding to the receiving terminals in the image forming system 1 has received the image forming apparatus Various methods for registering the data 31 have been described. Further, as additional methods, various methods have been described for registering an e-mail address to which the received contents are transmitted. The registration procedures according to Figs. 6A to 10B are performed when the content is transmitted from the mobile device 11 of the first person 21 (" JOHN LEE "), the image forming apparatus 31 to which the transmitted content is to be printed . 6A to 10B for the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 are performed before the content is transmitted from the mobile device 11 of the first person 21 . However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be performed only after the content is transmitted.

11A through 14 below illustrate various methods for transmitting (delivering) content to be printed by the sender first individual 21 (" JOHN LEE ") to the cloud server 40 in the image forming system 1 Respectively. That is, the description of FIGS. 11A to 14 can be applied to some processes before the contents sent from the sender (the first individual 21) arrive at the receiver (the second person 23 ("JANE KIM")) have.

11A-14, the first individual 21 (" JOHN LEE ") as the sender will be described with particular emphasis, but the contents of FIGS. 11A-14 show that the other individuals 23, 25, The same can be applied.

11A and 11B illustrate a process of transmitting content to be printed based on a telephone number from a mobile device 11 of a first person 21 to a cloud server 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention These are the drawings.

11A and 11B, in step 1111, the first individual 21 (" JOHN LEE ") accesses the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 11, (&Quot; JANE KIM "), which is the destination for receiving the content to be received.

Here, the information on the content to be printed includes selection information on the content to be transmitted to the second individual 23 among the contents being used by the mobile device 11. The information about the content to be printed may also be stored in the mobile device 11 for general settings such as print options for the content preset by the first individual 21, such as paper size, color / May also be included.

In step 1112, the network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 11 transmits information on the input content and information on the phone number to the cloud server 40. [ That is, the mobile device 11 transmits the print job information including the information about the input content and the information about the phone number to the cloud server 40.

In step 1113, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 maps information on the received content and information on the phone number, and stores the information on the storage unit 420.

Figures 11C and 11D illustrate a mobile device 11 for transferring content to be printed based on a telephone number from a mobile device 11 of a first person 21 to a cloud server 40, 13). ≪ / RTI >

First, referring to FIG. 11C, a contact screen 1101 of the mobile device 11 may display a list of names and phone numbers of others.

The first person 21 (" JOHN LEE ") wants to send the content to be printed to the second person 23 (" JANE KIM " . However, at this time, if there is no contact information of the second person 23 ("JANE KIM") in the contact list, the first person 21 ("JOHN LEE" ) Can be directly entered and selected.

When the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") is selected, a content type screen 1102 for selecting the type of content to be printed is displayed as a pop-up.

The first person 21 (" JOHN LEE ") selects an image item if it wishes to transmit content of an image type.

In this way, when the telephone number of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") and information on the content to be printed are inputted through the contact screen 1101 and the content type screen 1102, To the cloud server 40, information on the inputted phone number and contents, as described above.

Referring to FIG. 11D, a list of images stored in the mobile device 11 may be displayed on the camera image screen 1105 of the mobile device 11.

The first person 21 (" JOHN LEE ") selects the flower image 1106 if at least one image (e.g., flower image 1106) from the list of images corresponds to the content to be printed.

When the flower image 1106 is selected, the contact screen 1107 is displayed as a pop-up.

The first person 21 (" JOHN LEE ") sends a message to the second person 23 (" JANE KIM " "JANE KIM").

Thus, the telephone number of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") and information about the content to be printed (flower image 1106) are input through the camera image screen 1105 and the contact screen 1107 The mobile device 11 transmits information on the entered phone number and contents to the cloud server 40, as described above.

11C and 11D, on the contact screen 1101 and the contact screen 1107, the telephone numbers of the individuals 23 and 25 ("JANE KIM" and "BRAD PITT" Icons 1103, 1104, 1108, and 1109 indicating whether or not the icon 31 is registered may be displayed.

The information represented by the icons 1103, 1104, 1108, and 1109 is based on the mapping information transmitted from the cloud server 40. [ That is, before the display of the contact screen 1101 and the contact screen 1107 in the mobile device 11 is activated, the mobile device 11 receives the personalities 23 and 25 (" JANE KIM ") from the cloud server 40, And " BRAD PITT ") are provided in advance. Thus, when the contact screen 1101 and the contact screen 1107 are displayed on the mobile device 11, icons 1103, < RTI ID = 0.0 > 1103, < 1104, 1108, and 1109 may be used to indicate whether or not the image forming apparatus 31 registered in advance is present.

Referring to FIG. 11C, the contact screen 1101 is displayed first, and then the content type screen 1102 is displayed. That is, according to FIG. 11C, the telephone number is first selected and then the content is selected. However, according to FIG. 11D, the camera image screen 1105 is displayed first, and then the contact screen 1107 is displayed. That is, according to FIG. 11D, the content to be printed is first selected, and then the telephone number is selected.

11C and 11D, there is a difference in the order of selecting each of the telephone number and the contents. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, as shown in Figs. 11C and 11D, any one of the telephone number and contents may be selected first.

11C and 11D are arbitrarily shown for the sake of convenience of description of the present embodiment, but the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration of the UI screen of Figs. 11C and 11D.

12A and 12B are diagrams illustrating a process of transmitting content to be printed based on a telephone number from the image forming apparatus 35 to the cloud server 40 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

12A and 12B, in step 1211, the image forming unit 340 of the image forming apparatus 35 scans a document to generate scan data. Here, the image forming apparatus 35 may be the image forming apparatus 30 of Fig. Therefore, the image forming apparatus 35 includes a user interface unit 310, a control unit 320, a network interface unit 330, and an image forming unit 340.

In step 1212, the first individual 21 (" JOHN LEE ") accesses the second personal 23 (" JOHN LEE "), which is the destination for receiving the scan data to be printed via the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 35 &Quot; JANE KIM ") of the mobile device 13 is input.

Here, in the image forming apparatus 35, a printing application having a function similar to that of the mobile device 11 of the first individual 21 described above may be installed in advance. Alternatively, even if the printing application is not previously installed in the image forming apparatus 35, the first individual 21 can newly install the printing application on the operating system (OS) of the image forming apparatus 35. [

The first individual 21 is able to receive the scan data to be printed on the print application displayed through the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 35 and the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23, Can be input.

That is, in step 1212, it is determined whether or not the printing application executed by the control unit 320 of the image forming apparatus 35 is executed by the first person 21 And information on the telephone number is input through the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 35. [

In step 1213, the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 35 transmits the information on the inputted telephone number and the scan data to the cloud server 40.

In step 1214, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 maps the information on the telephone number and the scan data, and stores the mapping information in the storage unit 420.

12A and 12B, unlike FIGS. 11A and 11B, the first individual 21 transmits (transmits) the content (scan data) to be printed to the second individual 23 without the mobile device 11 .

12C shows a user interface (UI) of the image forming apparatus 35 for transferring content to be printed based on a telephone number from the image forming apparatus 35 to the cloud server 40, according to an embodiment of the present invention. These are drawings for explaining the screen.

12C, the UI screens 1201 and 1203 may be the screens provided by the printing application executed in the image forming apparatus 35. Fig.

The first person 21 (" JOHN LEE ") is capable of displaying, via the first UI screen 1201 of the printing application displayed on the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 35, You can identify the list.

The first person 21 sends the scan data of the document to the telephone number 1205 of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM "), as previously described in Figures 12A and 12B The first person 21 clicks the "Scan to Phone" icon 1202 to execute the "Scan to Phone" function.

The second UI screen 1203 is a UI screen when the " Scan to Phone " function is executed. A preview 1204 screen for the scan data can be displayed on the second UI screen 1203 and an address book stored in the image forming apparatus 35 can be displayed.

The first person 21 selects the destination (telephone number) to be transmitted by the " Scan to Phone " function by clicking the telephone number 1205 of the mobile device 13, which is the destination to receive the scan data to be printed, Number 1205) can be determined.

If the telephone number of the mobile device 13 does not exist in the address book of the second UI screen 1203, the first individual 21 is connected to the mobile device 13) can be newly entered.

On the other hand, the configuration of the UI screens 1201 and 1203 in FIG. 12C is arbitrarily shown for convenience of description of the present embodiment, and the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration of the UI screen in FIG. 12C. In addition, if the function is to provide a print service based on the telephone number according to the present embodiment, the name of the " Scan to Phone " function may be changed to another name and used in the present embodiment.

13A and 13B illustrate the process of transferring content to be printed based on a telephone number from the computing device 19 of the first person 21 to the cloud server 40, according to another embodiment of the present invention FIG.

13A and 13B, in step 1311, the first individual 21 (" JOHN LEE ") selects the content to be printed through the user interface unit 110 of the computing device 19. Here, the computing device 19 corresponds to a PC, a notebook computer, and the like, and may be the user device 10 of FIG. Accordingly, the computing device 19 includes a user interface unit 110, a control unit 120, and a network interface unit 130.

In step 1312, the control unit 120 of the computing device 19 executes a printer driver 1301 that provides a print service based on the telephone number. The printer driver 1301 executed in the computing device 19 can be implemented, for example, as a virtual driver, but is not limited thereto.

Unlike the general printer driver, the printer driver 1301 does not select the printer as the print destination for the content. The printer driver 1301 displays a telephone number list as a print destination in order to provide a print service based on the telephone number.

ME: + 82-10-XXXX-9900 " (the first individual 21) as the telephone number list if the content to be printed is selected and the printer driver 1301 is executed, , "JANE KIM: + 82-10-XXXX-8800" (second person 23, or "BRAD PITT: + 82-10-XXXX-7700"

The printer driver 1301 shown in FIG. 13A includes only a telephone number list, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The printer driver 1301 may include functions for setting general printing options for contents to be printed. have.

In step 1313, the first individual 21 sends the telephone number of the mobile device 13 (" + 82 ") of the second person 23 to which the content to be printed is to be transmitted, via the user interface unit 110 of the computing device 19 -10-XXXX-8800 "). (+ 82-10-XXXX-8800 ") is not found in the printer driver 1301, or the first individual 21 has the telephone number (+ 82-10-XXXX-8800) Can be directly input.

In step 1314, the network interface unit 130 of the computing device 19 transmits the information on the input phone number and the selected content information to the cloud server 40.

In step 1315, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 maps the information on the telephone number and the content information, and stores the mapping information in the storage unit 420.

13A and 13B, unlike FIGS. 11A and 11B, the first individual 21 transmits (transmits) the content (scan data) to be printed to the second individual 23 without the mobile device 11 .

14 is a diagram for explaining a process of transmitting content to be printed based on a telephone number to a cloud server 40 using an email address of a second person 23 according to another embodiment of the present invention .

The method of Fig. 14 using an e-mail address can be performed both in the user device 10 or the image forming apparatus 30. [ Here, the user device 10 may correspond to the mobile devices 11, 13, 15 or 17 of FIG. 2 or the computing device 19 described above, and the image forming apparatus 30 may correspond to the image forming Devices 31, 33, or 35. FIG.

In step 1411, the first person 21 (" JOHN LEE ") sends the content to be printed through the user interface unit 110 of the user device 10 or the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 30 And enters the email address of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM "). Here, the order of contents selection and e-mail address input may be changed.

The control unit 120 of the user device 10 or the control unit 320 of the image forming apparatus 30 generates an e-mail to which the contents are attached to the e-mail address of the second individual 23 in step 1412. [

The network interface unit 130 of the user device 10 or the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 30 transmits the generated email to the cloud server 40 in step 1413. [

Here, the cloud server 40 can map the email address of the second person 23 and the mapping of the second person 23 to the phone number of the mobile device 13, according to the processes described above with reference to FIGS. 9A to 10B Information may be stored in advance.

In step 1414, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 re-maps the information about the telephone number previously mapped to the e-mail address and the content information attached to the e-mail, and stores the mapped information in the storage unit 420.

11A to 14, various methods for transmitting (transferring) the content to be printed by the sender first individual 21 (" JOHN LEE ") to the cloud server 40 in the image forming system 1 have been described .

15A to 19 below illustrate a case in which a second individual 23 (" JANE KIM ") corresponding to a recipient in the image forming system 1 receives a content to be printed from the cloud server 40, Are diagrams for illustrating the methods. That is, the description of FIGS. 15A to 19 shows that the contents transmitted from the sender (the first individual 21 (" JOHN LEE ")) It may be applicable to some courses. In other words, Figs. 15A to 19 may be processes to be performed after the processes described in Figs. 11A to 14 above.

15A-19 will focus on the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") as the recipient, but the contents of FIGS. 15A-19 show that the other individuals 21, 25, The same can be applied.

15A and 15B illustrate a process in which the second person 23 based on the telephone number prints the content transferred from the first person 21 in the image forming apparatus 31, according to an embodiment of the present invention FIG.

15A and 15B, in step 1511, the network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 receives the upload information of the content to be printed from the cloud server 40. Here, the content to be printed includes content to be uploaded by the first person 21 (" JOHN LEE ") based on the phone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 .

The cloud server 40 can transmit the upload information of the content to be printed using SMS or MMS, or through other wireless networks such as the Internet.

In step 1512, the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 notifies the information that the content to be printed has arrived at the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23.

The user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 can display the arrival message 1501 when the upload information of the content to be printed (for example, " Image001.JPG ") is transmitted through the message, But is not limited thereto. That is, the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 may notify the second individual 23 through various methods.

If the second individual 23 requests confirmation of the content (" Image001.JPG ") at step 1513, the cloud server 40 transmits information about the content (" Image001.JPG ") to the second person 23 And returns to the mobile device 13.

In step 1514, the control unit 120 of the mobile device 13 executes a printing application, and the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 displays a list of the contents currently delivered to the second individual 23 on the printing application . Here, the displayed content list includes the content (" Image001.JPG ") transmitted from the first individual 21.

In step 1514, when the second person 23 selects the content ("Image001.JPG") from the content list, the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 transmits the content ("Image001.JPG" ) Is displayed. At this time, the second individual 23 may additionally set printing options of the content (" Image001.JPG ") via the printing application.

In step 1515, the second individual 23 transmits a print command (" Image001.JPG ") for printing the content (" Image001.JPG ") from the image forming apparatus 31 previously mapped through the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 .

In step 1516, the network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 transmits the input print command to the cloud server 40.

In step 1517, the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 transmits the print data of the content (" Image001.JPG ") to the image forming apparatus 31. [

In step 1518, the image forming unit 340 of the image forming apparatus 31 prints the content (" Image001.JPG ").

Steps 1515 to 1518 may be performed when the second individual 23 requests printing of the content (" Image001.JPG ") (1530). However, the second person 23 may also refuse to print 1540 the content (" Image001.JPG ").

In step 1519, when the second individual 23 requests deletion of the content (" Image001.JPG ") from the content list, the network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 deletes the content And sends a deletion request to the cloud server 40.

In step 1520, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 deletes information on the content (" Image001.JPG ") stored in the storage unit 420. [

Meanwhile, the second person 23 may enter a forwarding request 1550 that conveys the content (" Image001.JPG ") to the other individuals 25 or 27.

In step 1521, when the second individual 23 inputs a forwarding request 1550 for delivering the content (" Image001.JPG ") to the other individuals 25 or 27, (130) transmits a forwarding request (1550) of the content ("Image001.JPG") to the cloud server (40). At this time, the second individual 23 inputs the telephone number of the mobile terminals 15 or 17 of the other individuals 25 or 27 through the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13, (1550).

In step 1522, the cloud server 40 forwards the content (" Image001.JPG ") to the other individuals 25 or 27 requested by the second person 23.

16A and 16B illustrate a process in which the second person 23 prints the content transferred from the first person 21 in the image forming apparatus 31 based on the telephone number according to another embodiment of the present invention FIG.

16A and 16B, in step 1611, the second individual 23 (" JANE KIM ") accesses the telephone number of the mobile device 13 via the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 31 .

The network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 is connected to the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 wirelessly and transmits information on the inputted phone number to the cloud server 40 in step 1612. [ Lt; / RTI >

In step 1613, the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 transmits an arbitrary PIN code to the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 having the input phone number by using SMS or MMS . However, the cloud server 40 is not limited to the PIN code but may use any other type of arbitrary code in addition to the PIN code, and this is included in the scope of the present embodiment.

In step 1614, the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 displays the PIN code received by SMS or MMS.

The second individual 23 inputs the PIN code received from the mobile device 13 through the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 31 in step 1615. [

In step 1616, the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 transmits information on the input PIN code to the cloud server 40. [

The control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 compares the PIN code transmitted from the image forming apparatus 31 with the PIN code transmitted to the mobile device 13 to determine whether the two PIN codes are identical .

If the two PIN codes are the same in step 1618, the cloud server 40 returns the information of the content mapped to the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23 to the image forming apparatus 31. [

However, if the two PIN codes are not the same, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 rejects the return.

In step 1619, the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 31 displays a list of contents currently delivered to the second individual 23.

The network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 transmits the print data of the selected content to the image forming apparatus 31 when the second individual 23 selects the content to be printed in the content list in step 1620. [

In step 1621, the image forming unit 340 of the image forming apparatus 31 prints the content.

16A and 16B, only the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") prints the content in the image forming apparatus 31. However, in the image forming apparatus 31 and the cloud server 40 Between steps 1619 and 1621, steps similar to at least one of steps 1514 to 1522 of FIG. 15B may be additionally performed. For example, the second person 23 can display the preview of the content to be printed or input the printing options by the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 31. [ Also, the second individual 23 may refuse to print the content or perform full printing. That is, the printing processes of Figs. 15A to 16B may be performed in combination with each other.

17A and 17B illustrate a process in which the second person 23 prints the content transferred from the first person 21 in the image forming apparatus 31 based on the telephone number according to another embodiment of the present invention FIG.

17A and 17B, in step 1711, the cloud server 40 transmits the upload information of the content to be printed to the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23 (" JANE KIM ").

In step 1712, the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 notifies the information that the content to be printed has arrived at the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23.

The network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 is wirelessly connected to the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 and displays information about the telephone number of the mobile device 13 in an image Forming apparatus 31 as shown in Fig.

Here, the network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 and the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 can be connected through a wireless network such as WI-FI, WI-FI Direct, NFC, Bluetooth, have.

For example, the step 1713 can be performed by the mobile device 13 activating the NFC function and NFC-tagged to the image forming apparatus 31.

The network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 is connected to the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 wirelessly and transmits information about the telephone number obtained from the mobile device 13 To the cloud server (40).

In step 1715, the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 returns the information on the content mapped to the telephone number to the image forming apparatus 31. [

In step 1716, the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 31 displays a list of contents currently delivered to the second individual 23.

The network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 transmits the print data of the selected content to the image forming apparatus 31 when the second individual 23 selects the content to be printed in the content list in step 1717. [

In step 1718, the image forming unit 340 of the image forming apparatus 31 prints the content.

However, between steps 1716 and 1718 of FIG. 17B, steps similar to at least one of steps 1514 to 1522 of FIG. 15B may be additionally performed. For example, the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") can display the preview of the content to be printed, or receive print options, through the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 31. Also, the second individual 23 may refuse to print the content or perform full printing. That is, the printing processes of Figs. 15A to 17B may be performed in combination with each other.

18A and 18B illustrate a process in which the second person 23, based on the telephone number, prints the content delivered from the first person 21 in the image forming apparatus 31, according to another embodiment of the present invention FIG.

18A and 18B, at step 1811, the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") uses the computing device 19 to access the embedded web page 1801 provided by the image forming apparatus 31, . Here, the computing device 19 corresponds to a PC, a notebook computer, and the like, and may be the user device 10 of FIG. Accordingly, the computing device 19 includes a user interface unit 110, a control unit 120, and a network interface unit 130.

In step 1812, the second individual 23 logs into the embedded web page 1801. [

In step 1813, the user interface unit 130 of the computing device 19 displays the list of contents currently delivered to the second individual 23 via the embedded web page 1801. [

The network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 transmits the print data of the selected content to the image forming apparatus 31 when the second individual 23 selects the content to be printed in the content list in step 1814. [

In step 1815, the image forming unit 340 of the image forming apparatus 31 prints the content.

Between steps 1713 and 1815 of FIG. 18B, steps similar to at least one of steps 1514 to 1522 of FIG. 15B may be additionally performed. For example, the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") may allow the user interface 110 of the computing device 19 to display a preview of the content to be printed or receive printing options. Also, the second individual 23 may refuse to print the content or perform full printing. That is, the printing processes of Figs. 15A to 18B can be performed in combination with each other.

Figure 19 is a block diagram of a mobile device 13 for printing content from a first person 21 on an image forming device 31 based on a telephone number and in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. (UI) screen of FIG.

The control unit 120 of the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23 (" JANE KIM ") executes the printing application.

The second content 1903 is displayed by clicking on the received content list icon 1902 on the first screen 1901 of the printing application by the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ").

In the second screen 1903, a first person 21 ("JOHN LEE") and a list 1904 of contents delivered from other individuals are displayed.

The second person 23 ("JANE KIM") selects the content ("Image001.JPG") delivered from the first person 21 ("JOHN LEE") from the list 1904, Quot; Image001.JPG ") can be commanded by clicking the content (" Image001.JPG ").

However, the configuration of the UI screen in Fig. 19 is arbitrarily shown for convenience of description of the present embodiment, and the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration of the UI screen in Fig.

11A to 19, when the content to be printed is transmitted from the sender first individual 21 (" JOHN LEE "), the control unit 410 causes the content to be printed in the print data format To generate print data of the content. The cloud server 40 then transmits the print data of the content to the image forming apparatus 31 designated by the recipient second person 23 ("JANE KIM"), particularly the recipient second person 23.

15A to 19, the content transmitted from the sender first person 21 (" JOHN LEE ") to the recipient second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") in the image forming system 1, Various methods for printing in the printing apparatus 31 have been described.

20 is a view for explaining the concept of direct printing and full printing of the image forming system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

20, the recipient second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") receives information about the content to be printed from the sender first person 21 (" JOHN LEE & .

First, direct printing means that contents are directly printed to the representative image forming apparatus 31 set as a default in advance when the contents to be printed arrive to the second person 23. That is, even if the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") does not operate the mobile device 13, the print data for the content is directly transferred from the cloud server 40 to the image forming apparatus 31, (31).

Referring to FIG. 6E, the second person 23 can activate (ON) or deactivate (OFF) the direct printing function through the icon 606 of the item that can set the direct printing mode of the printing application.

When the direct printing function is activated, the second person 23 selects one of the image forming apparatuses 31 (e.g., " CLP-680 ") from the list of image forming apparatuses, 607, the image forming apparatus 31 can be designated as a representative printer or a default printer.

Therefore, when the direct printing function is activated (ON), the content that has arrived at the second individual 23 can be printed directly at the image forming apparatus 31 without confirmation of the second individual 23.

Next, the full printing means that when the content to be printed arrives at the second individual 23, the printing of the content does not start immediately, but is in a held state or a waiting state. That is, full printing may be performed when the direct printing function is inactivated (OFF).

According to the full printing, when the content to be printed arrives at the second individual 23, the second individual 23 inputs the print request for the content, deletes the content, or the image forming apparatuses 31, 33, or 35), or forward content to other individuals 25 or 27. [ That is, the second individual 23 (" JANE KIM ") inputs at least one processing request in the mobile device 13, and processing such as printing, deletion, and forwarding of the content is performed.

That is, the image forming system 1 according to the present embodiment can support both direct printing and full printing.

FIG. 21 is a diagram for explaining notification of the arrival of contents when contents to be printed are received in the mobile device 13 of the receiver second personal 23, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

21, the first person 21 (" JOHN LEE ") sends the content to be printed to the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ").

As described above, the cloud server 40 can transmit information on the content to be printed in a message by SMS or MMS, based on the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23.

When a message arrives at the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23, the message application installed in the mobile device 13 displays an arrival notification 2101 of the content to be printed.

When the message application is executed in the mobile device 13, the content information message 2102 received from the cloud server 40 is displayed. The content information message 2102 includes information on the content (" Image001.JPG ") transmitted by the first individual 21.

22 is a diagram for explaining a management service for monitoring the status of the image forming apparatus 31 based on a telephone number of an administrator 29 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

22, the cloud server 40 manages the telephone number of the mobile device 18 of the manager 29 and the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 by the registration procedures of FIGS. 6A to 10B, Are managed and managed in advance. Here, the manager 29 and the mobile device 18 are present in the image forming system 1 of Fig.

When an error such as a paper jam, a paper shortage, or a toner shortage occurs in the image forming apparatus 31, the cloud server 40 collects information on the error generated from the image forming apparatus 31. [

The cloud server 40 transmits the error information of the image forming apparatus 31 to the mobile device 18 of the manager 29 mapped to the image forming apparatus 31. [ At this time, the cloud server 40 can transmit the error information of the image forming apparatus 31 by transmitting a message 2201 by SMS or MMS using the telephone number of the mobile device 18 of the manager 29 .

23 is a flowchart illustrating a process of managing phone numbers of an individual, a company, or a group by separating a white list 2301 and a black list 2302 in the cloud server 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig.

Referring to FIG. 23, the storage unit 420 of the cloud server 40 may manage the telephone numbers by storing a white list 2301 and a black list 2302.

A white list 2301 and a black list 2302 may be requested from the receiving side individual 13,15 or 17 and stored in the cloud server 40. [

The white list 2301 is a management list for receiving only contents delivered from specific telephone numbers that are permitted. Thus, according to the white list 2301, the content delivered from the unauthorized telephone numbers is not transmitted to the receiving individuals 13,15 or 17.

The black list 2302 is a management list for rejecting only content delivered from specific phone numbers that are not allowed. Thus, according to a black list 2302, content delivered from telephone numbers not included in the black list 2302 can be transmitted to the receiving individuals 13,15 or 17 have.

The second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") corresponding to the recipient, as illustrated in the preceding figures, may be associated with his or her mobile device 13, computing device 19 or imaging devices 31, A white list 2301 or a black list 2302 may be stored in advance in the cloud server 40 by using the server 35. [

24 illustrates facsimile transmission of content from the mobile device 11 of the first person 21 based on the fax telephone number of the image forming apparatus 31, according to an embodiment of the present invention FIG.

24, the first individual 21 (" JOHN LEE ") selects the content to be faxed at the mobile device 11 and transmits the fax telephone number (e.g., " 82-31-580-XXXX ").

The cloud server 40 receives the information about the contents and the fax telephone number to be faxed from the mobile device 11 by the first individual 21. Here, the cloud server 40 may have a function of a fax server.

The cloud server 40 faxes the information about the content to the image forming apparatus 31 having the received fax telephone number. Then, the image forming apparatus 31 prints the faxed contents.

That is, Fig. 24 differs from the drawings described above only in that the receiving terminal is changed to the image forming apparatus 31 and is facsimile transmitted, and the receiving terminal transmits the image data to the mobile devices 13, 15 or 17, The operation and function of the above-described drawings can also be applied to Fig.

25 to 43, which will be described below, are processes performed in a time-series manner in the image forming system 1 according to the present embodiment. Therefore, even though omitted in the following description, . ≪ / RTI >

25 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

The user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 11 of the first person 21 (" JOHN LEE ") receives the selection information for the content to be printed and the second person 23 to receive the content to be printed, (&Quot; JANE KIM ") of the mobile device 13.

In step 2502, the control unit 120 of the mobile device 11 generates print job information including selection information and destination information.

In step 2503, the network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 11 transmits the generated print job information to the telephone number of the mobile device 13.

26 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In step 2601, the image forming unit 340 of the image forming apparatus 31 scans the document to generate scan data.

In step 2602, the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 31 transmits the destination information for the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") to receive the scanned document .

In step 2603, the control unit 320 of the image forming apparatus 31 generates print job information including scan data and destination information for the scanned document.

In step 2604, the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 transmits the generated print job information to the telephone number of the mobile device 13.

Figure 27 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In step 2701, the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 11 of the first individual 21 (" JOHN LEE ") receives selection information on the content to be printed.

In step 2702, the control unit 120 of the mobile device 11 executes a printer driver that sets a destination to receive the content to be printed.

In step 2703, the network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 11 transmits the content to be printed to the destination (for example, the second personal 23 (" JANE KIM ") set by the printer driver, To the telephone number of the user.

28 is a flowchart of a method of providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

The user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 11 of the first personal 21 (" JOHN LEE "), the user interface unit 310 of the image forming apparatus 31, or the computing device 19, The user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 selects the content to be printed and the email address mapped to the phone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") to receive the content to be printed And receives destination information about the destination.

The control unit 120 of the mobile device 11, the control unit 320 of the image forming apparatus 31 or the control unit 120 of the computing device 19 in step 2802 receives the print job including the selection information and the destination information And generates an e-mail with information attached thereto.

In step 2803, the network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 11, the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31, or the network interface unit 130 of the computing device 19, , The phone number, and the email address to the cloud server 40 that manages the mapping information.

29 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In step 2901, the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 11 of the first personal 21 (" JOHN LEE ") includes the phone numbers assigned to the mobile devices of the other persons stored in the mobile device 11. [ A list of contact lists and contents to be displayed.

In step 2902, the network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 11 transmits the content to be printed and the content to be printed (e.g., a second personal 23 (" JANE KIM ")) 13) is selected, information on the content to be printed is transmitted to the selected telephone number.

30 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In step 3001, the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 transmits the selection information for the content to be printed, which is transmitted from the mobile device 11 of the first individual 21 (" JOHN LEE "), (E.g., the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ")) to receive the destination information for the phone number of the mobile device 13.

In step 3002, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 maps the selection information and the destination information, and registers the print job information for the other person (the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ")).

In step 3003, the storage unit 420 of the cloud server 40 stores the registered print job information.

31 is a flow diagram of a method of providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In step 3101, the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 transmits the selection information for the content to be printed and a tune (for example, the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ")) The mobile device 13 receives the e-mail including the destination information for the e-mail address mapped to the phone number of the mobile device 13 of the mobile device 13.

In step 3102, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 maps the telephone number and the selection information mapped to the e-mail address from the received e-mail, and prints the other person 23 (" JANE KIM & Register the job information.

In step 3103, the storage unit 420 of the cloud server 40 stores the registered print job information.

32 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In step 3201, the network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23 (" JANE KIM ") receives the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 from the image forming apparatus 31 .

The control unit 120 of the mobile device 13 generates registration request information of the mobile device 13 to which the telephone number of the mobile device 13 and the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 are mapped.

The network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 transmits the registration request information to the cloud server 40 managing the mapping information between the phone number of the mobile device 13 and the image forming apparatus 31 do.

33 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In step 3301, the network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 transmits information on the telephone number of the mobile device 13 from the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") .

In step 3302, the control unit 320 of the image forming apparatus 31 generates registration request information of the image forming apparatus 31, to which the telephone number of the mobile device 13 and the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 are mapped do.

The network interface unit 330 of the image forming apparatus 31 transmits the generated registration request information to the cloud server 40 that manages the mapping information between the telephone number of the mobile device 13 and the image forming apparatus 31 ).

34 is a flowchart of a method of providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

The network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 receives the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23 (" JANE KIM ") and the telephone number of the image forming apparatus The registration request information including identification information of the terminal 31.

In step 3402, the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 updates the registration information of the mobile device 13, to which the telephone number and the image forming apparatus 31 are mapped, based on the received registration request information.

In step 3403, the storage unit 420 of the cloud server 40 stores the updated registration information.

35 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In step 3501, the image forming apparatus 31 receives information on the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23 (" JANE KIM ").

In step 3502, the cloud server 40 transmits the first PIN code to the mobile device 13 having the received phone number.

In step 3503, the image forming apparatus 31 transmits the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 and the second PIN code input through the image forming apparatus 31 to the cloud server 40.

In step 3504, the cloud server 40 compares the first PIN code transmitted to the mobile device 13 and the second PIN code received from the image forming apparatus 31 to obtain the telephone number and the telephone number of the image forming apparatus 31 And registers the mapping information. That is, if the first PIN code and the second PIN code match as a result of the comparison, the cloud server 40 registers the mapping information.

36 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In step 3601, the computing device 19 transmits information on the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") via the embedded web page provided by the image forming apparatus 31 .

In step 3602, the cloud server 40 transmits the first PIN code to the mobile device 13 having the received telephone number.

In step 3603, the computing device 19 transmits the identification information of the image forming apparatus 31 and the second PIN code input via the embedded web page to the cloud server 40. [

In step 3604, the cloud server 40 compares the first PIN code transmitted to the mobile device 13 and the second PIN code received from the computing device 19, thereby obtaining the telephone number and the mapping of the image forming apparatus 31 Register information. That is, if the first PIN code and the second PIN code match as a result of the comparison, the cloud server 40 registers the mapping information.

37 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile device 13 of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") receives, via the user interface unit 110, information about the email address to be mapped to the phone number of the mobile device 13 do.

In step 3702, the mobile device 13 transmits the registration request information of the mobile device 13, to which the phone number and the e-mail address of the mobile device 13 are mapped, to the cloud server 40. [

In step 3703, the cloud server 40 registers mapping information between the phone number and the email address of the mobile device 13 based on the registration request information.

38 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In step 3801, the computing device 19 receives information on the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") via the embedded web page provided by the image forming apparatus 31, And receives information on the e-mail address to be mapped to the telephone number.

In step 3802, the cloud server 40 transmits the first PIN code to the mobile device 13 having the received telephone number.

In step 3803, the computing device 19 transmits the second PIN code, which is input via the embedded web page, to the cloud server 40.

In step 3804, the cloud server 40 compares the first PIN code transmitted to the mobile device 13 and the second PIN code received from the computing device 19, thereby registering the mapping information of the telephone number and the e-mail address do. That is, if the first PIN code and the second PIN code match as a result of the comparison, the cloud server 40 registers the mapping information.

39 is a flowchart of a method of providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

The network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") sends upload information of at least one content mapped to the phone number of the mobile device 13, From the server (40).

In step 3902, the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13 displays a list of at least one content mapped to the phone number based on the received upload information.

In step 3903, the control unit 120 of the mobile device 13 generates a processing request for the content selected by the user (the second individual 23 (" JANE KIM ")) from the displayed list.

In step 3904, the network interface unit 130 of the mobile device 13 transmits a processing request to the cloud server 40. [

40 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In step 4001, the storage unit 420 of the cloud server 40 stores the upload information of at least one content mapped to the phone number and phone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM & / RTI >

In step 4002, the network interface unit 430 of the cloud server 40 transmits the upload information to the mobile device 13 having the telephone number.

In step 4003, when the control unit 410 of the cloud server 40 receives a processing request for at least one content from the mobile device 13 through the network interface unit 430, the control unit 410 receives an operation corresponding to the received processing request .

41 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In step 4101, the image forming apparatus 31 receives information on the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second individual 23 (" JANE KIM ") via the user interface unit 310.

In step 4102, the cloud server 40 sends a list of at least one content mapped to the phone number to the mobile device 13 having the received phone number.

In step 4103, the image forming apparatus 31 displays a list of at least one content.

In step 4104, the cloud server 40 performs a task corresponding to the processing request based on the processing request of the mobile device 13 for at least one content.

Figure 42 is a flow diagram of a method for providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In step 4201, the network interface unit 130 of the computing device 19 accesses the embedded web page provided by the image forming apparatus 31, based on the login information of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") do.

In step 4202, the user interface unit 110 of the computing device 19 displays a list of at least one phone number mapped based on the phone number of the mobile device 13 corresponding to the login information.

In step 4203, the control unit 120 of the computing device 19 generates a processing request for the content selected by the user (e.g., the second individual 23) from the displayed list.

In step 4204, the network interface unit 130 of the computing device 19 transmits the processing request to the cloud server 40. [

43 is a flowchart of a method of providing a print service based on a telephone number, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

At step 4301, the mobile device 11 of the first person 21 (" JOHN LEE ") receives the selection information for the content to be printed and the second person 23 Via the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 11, the destination information for the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the mobile device 11 from the first individual 21.

In step 4302, the mobile device 11 transmits the print job information including the selection information and the destination information to the cloud server 40.

In step 4303, the mobile device 13 displays, via the user interface unit 110 of the mobile device 13, print job information received from the cloud server based on the telephone number.

In step 4304, the image forming apparatus 31 prints the content based on the print job information received from the cloud server 40. [

The above-described embodiments of the present invention can be embodied in a general-purpose digital computer that can be embodied as a program that can be executed by a computer and operates the program using a computer-readable recording medium. In addition, the structure of the data used in the above-described embodiments of the present invention can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium through various means. The computer-readable recording medium includes a storage medium such as a magnetic storage medium (e.g., ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), optical reading medium (e.g., CD ROM,

The present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the present invention.

1: Image forming system 11: Mobile device
13: mobile device 15: mobile device
17: mobile device 21: first person
23: second person 25: third person
27: fourth person 31: image forming apparatus
33: image forming apparatus 35: image forming apparatus
40: Cloud server

Claims (1)

A method of providing a print service based on a telephone number in a user device,
Displaying a list of contacts and a list of contents including phone numbers assigned to mobile devices of other people stored in the user device; And
And transmitting information on the content to be printed to the selected phone number when the content to be printed and a phone number of a mobile device of a third party to receive the content to be printed are selected.

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