DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention and are not intended to limit or limit the scope of the invention. It will be understood by those of ordinary skill 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.
As used herein, the term " comprises " or " comprising " or the like should not be construed as necessarily including the various elements or steps described in the specification, May not be included, or may be interpreted to include additional components or steps.
Also, as used herein, terms including ordinals such as " first " or " second " can be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.
The embodiments are directed to a method and system for providing a cloud print service, and a cloud server supporting the cloud print service. The present invention relates to a cloud server that supports a cloud print service, Detailed explanation is omitted.
1 is a diagram for explaining a cloud print service based on a telephone number according to an embodiment.
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 the present embodiment may correspond to portable mobile devices or user devices having mobile communication functions such as a smart phone, a tablet device, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and the like, Do not.
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 providing a cloud 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 that provides a cloud print service based on a telephone number according to one embodiment.
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 function of each of the components included in the image forming system 1 for providing a cloud print 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.
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 cloud 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 diagram showing a detailed configuration of the cloud server 40 of the image forming system 1 according to the embodiment.
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.
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 print application providing a cloud print service based on a telephone number, having a function similar to the print application of the mobile device 11 of the first individual 21 described above 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 cloud print 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 and 10B illustrate a second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") corresponding to the receiving terminals in the image forming system 1 providing the cloud print service based on the telephone number according to the present embodiment, The mobile devices 13, 15 or 17 of the person 25 ("BRAD PITT") or the fourth person 27 ("TOM CRUISE") are connected to the image forming apparatuses 31, 33 35 in accordance with the present invention.
6A-10B will focus on the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") as the recipient, but the contents of FIGS. 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 the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to the image forming device 31 to provide the cloud server 40 with the telephone number of the mobile device 13 And figures for illustrating the process of registering a telephone number.
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 a method of mapping the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to the image forming device 31 to provide the cloud server 40 with the telephone number of the mobile device 13 FIG. 2 is a view for explaining a process of registering a license.
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.
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 to provide the cloud server 40 with the telephone number of the mobile device 13 FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering a number. FIG.
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 for registering the telephone number of the mobile device 13 in the cloud server 40 according to an embodiment.
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 how to map 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, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering a telephone number of a telephone number.
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 how to map the telephone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to the image forming device 31 to provide the cloud device 40 with the mobile device 13 And a telephone number of the mobile terminal.
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 map the phone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to an email address to provide the cloud server 40 with the phone number of the mobile device 13 FIG. 2 is a view for explaining a process of registering a license.
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 map the phone number of the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 to an email address to provide the cloud server 40 with the phone number of the mobile device 13 FIG. 2 is a view for explaining a process of registering a license.
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 are diagrams for explaining a process of transmitting content to be printed based on a telephone number from the mobile device 11 of the first individual 21 to the cloud server 40 according to an embodiment.
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 an embodiment of a mobile device 13 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, Are diagrams for explaining a user interface (UI) screen.
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 for explaining a process of transmitting contents to be printed based on a telephone number from the image forming apparatus 35 to the cloud server 40, according to another embodiment.
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 illustrates a user interface (UI) screen 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 FIG.
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 cloud 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 are diagrams for explaining a process of transmitting contents to be printed based on a telephone number from the computing device 19 of the first individual 21 to the cloud server 40 according to another embodiment admit.
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 cloud 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 cloud 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.
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 are diagrams for explaining the process of printing the content delivered from the first individual 21 by the second person 23 on the image forming apparatus 31 based on the telephone number according to an embodiment admit.
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 are diagrams for explaining 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 These are the drawings.
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 Respectively.
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.
Figures 18A and 18B illustrate the process of printing a content delivered from a first person 21 on an image forming apparatus 31 by a second person 23 based on a telephone number according to another embodiment Respectively.
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 110 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 user of a mobile device 13 for printing content from a first person 21 on an image forming device 31 based on a telephone number, (UI) screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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 diagram for explaining the concept of direct printing and full printing of the image forming system 1 according to one embodiment.
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.
21 is a diagram for explaining notification of the arrival of content when a content to be printed is received in the mobile device 13 of the receiver second personal 23 according to an embodiment.
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 the telephone number of an administrator 29 according to an embodiment.
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 illustrates the management of phone numbers of an individual, a company, or a group by separating the white list 2301 and the black list 2302 in the cloud server 40 according to an embodiment. 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 is a diagram for explaining facsimile transmission of contents from the mobile device 11 of the first individual 21 based on the fax telephone number of the image forming apparatus 31 according to an embodiment .
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 is a diagram for explaining a cloud print service environment based on a telephone number.
Referring to FIG. 25, a cloud-based service environment based on a telephone number based on a cloud server 40 is schematically shown. In order to support the cloud print service based on the telephone number, the cloud server 40 may store the telephone number and various information corresponding to each other. For example, it is possible to store information such as a phone number and image forming apparatus information corresponding thereto, or a form in which other information is associated with the telephone number, such as the telephone number, the print job, and the identification information of the print job. In FIG. 25, the sender devices 50 on the left side and the receiver device 60 on the right side can be distinguished on the basis of the cloud server 40.
25, the left side of the cloud server 40 shows embodiments in which a sender who wants to send a print job registers a print job to the cloud server 40 using various kinds of sender devices 50 have. For example, a sender may select a content displayed on a screen after executing an application of the mobile device, specify a file, scan a document to generate scan data, or use a print program on a user computer such as a laptop or a desktop By specifying the contents to be printed, a print job can be generated. The generated print job can be transmitted to the cloud server 40 supporting the phone number-based cloud print service by the caller using the user interface of each of the sender devices 50 by inputting the recipient's phone number.
On the other hand, in FIG. 25, when the right side of the cloud server 40 is viewed, a receiver for performing a print job receives print jobs from the cloud server 40 using various types of recipient devices 60 Lt; / RTI > At this time, there are two methods of receiving the print job from the cloud server 40 using the recipient devices 60, namely, a direct print method and a pull print method. Which of the two methods to use can be determined according to the user's setting.
The direct print method is preset in the cloud server 40 so as to transmit the print job to the image forming apparatus information corresponding to the recipient's telephone number. Even if there is no separate print job request from the recipient, the cloud server 40 The print job is immediately transmitted to the image forming apparatus corresponding to the receiver's telephone number, and the print job is performed. The pull print method registers the print job transmitted from the sender devices 50 to the cloud server 40 in the cloud server 40 and transmits the print job registered in the cloud server 40 to the mobile device corresponding to the recipient's phone number Information is transmitted to inform the recipient that the print job has been registered in the cloud server 40. When there is a print job execution request from the recipient, the print job is transmitted from the cloud server 40 to the recipient device 60, This is how it is done.
A more detailed description of the pull print method is as follows. After executing the application of the mobile device, the recipient can select a print job to be printed from the print job list displayed on the screen and request execution of the print job. At this time, it is possible to further select the image forming apparatus information to be printed. When there is a request for a print job from the receiver, the cloud server 40 may transmit the requested print job to the image forming apparatus set in advance corresponding to the telephone number or selected by the recipient so that the print job is performed. In the following embodiments, it is assumed that the system is a pull print system, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
In the case of the cloud print service using the same management server as the existing enterprise server, since it is the cloud print service based on the user account, the cloud print service based on the phone number is different from the cloud print service based on the phone number described in FIG. In other words, a device that supports an existing user account-based cloud print service performs a print job through user login using a user account. Therefore, when a print job is transmitted or a print job is managed, a user's phone number is not used Do not. In addition, a device that supports an existing user account-based cloud print service does not necessarily store a user's phone number when registering user information, and generally does not provide a field for storing a phone number. Therefore, while using a management server such as an existing enterprise server and a device supporting a user account-based cloud print service such as a usable device through user login using a user account, the above-described cloud-based cloud print service A technology for linking cloud print service based on a user account and cloud print service based on a telephone number is needed. Hereinafter, the embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.
26 is a diagram for explaining a system for providing a cloud print service in which a cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud print service based on a telephone number are combined according to an embodiment.
26, when a management server 200 supporting a cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud server 300 supporting a phone number based cloud print service are associated with each other, the user device 100, (200), the cloud server (300), and the mobile device (400).
In the following embodiments, the user device 100 and the management server 200 support a cloud print service based on a user account, and support a cloud print service based on a user account. Therefore, And thus are devices that do not provide a phone number based cloud print service.
The user device 100 may be various forms such as an image forming apparatus, a user computer such as a desktop or a laptop, a mobile device, and the like, but refers to a device that a user can use through user authentication using a user account. Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience, the user device 100 is an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the user device 100, for example.
When the user logs in to the user device 100 using the user account, the management server 200 performs user authentication using the user account database and manages the usage amount, the user's permission, and the history of the user have.
The cloud server 300 can serve as a device for supporting a cloud print service based on a user account and a device supporting a cloud-based service based on a phone number. In other words, it is possible to perform communication with the user device 100, which is a device supporting the cloud print service based on the user account, and the management server 200, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 400 < / RTI >
The mobile device 400 supports a cloud-based cloud print service capable of communicating with the cloud server 300, and can support a cloud-based cloud print service, unlike the user device 100. The user device 100 may also be mobile, but the mobile device 400, unlike the user device 100, may transmit a user account based print job to the management server 200 or the cloud server 300 Based print job can be transmitted to the cloud server 300.
The management server 200 supporting the cloud print service based on the user account and the cloud server 300 supporting the phone number based cloud print service are interlocked with each other so that the cloud print service based on the user account and the cloud print service based on the telephone number The system 500 may be configured to provide a cloud print service. At this time, the cloud server 300 can perform server-client communication with the management server 200 to maintain security.
The cloud server 300 may be a public cloud server or a private cloud server. Accordingly, the location where the print job is registered in the system 500 providing the cloud print service including the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can be changed. This is due to the difference in security level according to the type of the cloud server 300, which will be described below with reference to FIGS. 27A and 27B.
27A and 27B are views for explaining a structure of a cloud server according to an embodiment.
27A and 27B, the cloud server 300 of FIG. 27A and FIG. 27B commonly includes a server unit 3100 and a user information database 3200, and the cloud server 300 of FIG. And further includes a database 3300. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that other general-purpose components other than the components shown in FIGS. 27A and 27B can be further included.
In the cloud server 300, there can be a public cloud server or a private cloud server. In the case where the cloud server 300 is public, it is advantageous from the cost point of view, but the security is weak. When the cloud server 300 is private, the cloud server 300 is disadvantageous in cost, . Therefore, in order to maintain security, when the cloud server 300 is public, the print job is managed in the system 500 providing the cloud print service including the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 It is preferably registered on the server 200 side. On the contrary, when the cloud server 300 is private, the print job is registered in the cloud server 300 side in the system 500 that provides the cloud print service including the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 . Particularly, when the cloud server 300 is private, the private cloud server is mostly used because there is no space for storing the print job in the management server 200. Therefore, a print job is registered on the side of the cloud server 300 .
27A is a case in which the cloud server 300 is public, and does not include the print job database 3300 for registering the print job, as shown in Fig. 27A.
On the other hand, Fig. 27B can include a print job database 3300 for registering a print job when the cloud server 300 is private. In this case, the registration of the print job can be managed by the cloud server 300 without registering the print job in the management server 200. [ For example, in a case where there is no print job database 3300 for registering a print job in the management server 200 or it is difficult to newly construct a print job database 3300 for registering a print job in the management server 200, The cloud server 300 shown in Fig. 27B including the print job database 3300 can be used.
Therefore, in the following embodiments, when the cloud server 300 is public, it is assumed that the cloud server 300 is a cloud server 300 having the configuration shown in FIG. 27A. In the case where the cloud server 300 is private, It is assumed that the cloud server 300 has the configuration shown in FIG. 27B. 29 and 29, when the cloud server 300 is public or private, the cloud service 300 based on the user account and the cloud print service based on the phone number, The configuration and operation of a system for providing a print service will be described.
28 is a diagram for explaining the structure and operation of a system for providing a cloud print service in which a cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud print service based on a phone number are combined according to an embodiment. Specifically, the case where the cloud server 300 included in the system 500 providing the cloud print service is a public cloud server.
28, a system 500 for providing a cloud print service in which a cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud print service based on a phone number are linked may include a management server 200 and a cloud server 300 . The management server 200 supporting the user account based cloud print service can communicate with the user device 100 and the cloud server 300 supporting the phone number based cloud print service can communicate with the user device 100, And can also communicate with the mobile device 400.
Referring to FIG. 28, there is shown a configuration required for linking the management server 200 supporting the cloud print service based on the user account and the cloud server 300 supporting the phone number-based cloud print service.
The management server 200 supporting the user account based cloud print service may include a client unit 2100, a user account database 2200, a print job acceptance unit 2300, and a print job database 2400. 27A, the print job database 2400 is included in the management server 200. [ The cloud server 300 supporting the cloud print service based on the telephone number may include a server unit 3100 and a user information database 3200.
The management server 200 can receive a print job from the user device 100. [ For example, when the user device 100 is an image forming apparatus, the management server 200 can receive the scan data generated by the image forming apparatus. At this time, the user device 100 can transmit a print job based on a user account, which is available through user authentication using a user account and transmits a user account of the recipient together with the print job to the management server 200 .
The user account database 2200 can store various information related to each user account including the user account. For example, each user account and information about the usage amount of the user corresponding to the user account, or authority information, and the like may be stored.
The print job permitting unit 2300 can determine whether the print job is permitted based on the user account included in the user account based print job received by the management server 200. [ For example, the print job permitting unit 2300 can determine whether the print job is permitted by checking whether the user account received along with the print job exists in the user account database 2200 in the management server 200. [ In addition, the print job acceptance unit 2300 may determine whether the print job is permitted by considering the usage amount or authority of the user corresponding to the user account.
The print job database 2400 can register the print job permitted by the print job acceptance unit 2300. [ For example, the print job received in the management server 200 may be stored in correspondence with the user account of the recipient.
The client unit 2100 of the management server 200 is a communication module on the management server 200 that can perform server-client communication with the cloud server 300. In other words, the management server 200 for performing communication maintaining security between the management server 200 supporting the cloud print service based on the user account and the cloud server 300 supporting the user account based cloud print service ) Side communication module.
The client unit 2100 of the management server 200 transmits information to be transmitted to the mobile device 400 or information required to control the cloud server 300 to the cloud server 300 through the cloud server 300, It is possible to receive from the cloud server 300 the information to be transmitted to the user device 100 and the information required to control the management server 200. [ For example, the client unit 2100 may determine whether the print job is permitted or not, determined by the print job acceptance unit 2300, or the registered result of the permitted print job registered by the print job database 2400, To the server 300 or to receive from the cloud server 300 the print job received in the cloud server 300 or the print job execution request information transmitted from the mobile device 400 to the cloud server 300 .
The cloud server 300 may receive a print job from the mobile device 400. [ At this time, when the mobile device 400 transmits the print job to the cloud server 300, the mobile device 400 may transmit a phone number-based print job together with the recipient's phone number. In addition, the cloud server 300 may receive print job execution request information from the mobile device 400, and may be a telephone number based print job execution request information to which a telephone number is transmitted together.
The user information database 3200 may store user information in a form in which a user's phone number and a user account are associated with each other. That is, the user's telephone number and the user account are associated with each other and stored in the user information database 3200, so that the user account and the telephone number can be mutually converted. For example, the telephone number of the user can be converted into a user account corresponding to the telephone number, or vice versa, using the user account, into a telephone number corresponding to the user account. The user information database 3200 may store user information in a form in which the telephone number and the user account are further mapped to information of a device such as an image forming apparatus.
The server unit 3100 of the cloud server 300 is a communication module on the side of the cloud server 300 that can perform server-client communication with the management server 200. [ In other words, the cloud server 300 (hereinafter, referred to as " cloud server 300 ") for performing communication maintaining security between the management server 200 supporting the cloud print service based on the user account and the cloud server 300 supporting the cloud print service based on the user account ) Side communication module.
The server unit 3100 of the cloud server 300 receives the information to be transmitted to the mobile device 400 or the information required for the control of the cloud server 300 through the cloud server 300 from the management server 200, It is possible to transmit to the management server 200 the information to be transmitted to the user device 100 and the information necessary for the control of the management server 200. [ For example, the server unit 3100 may determine whether the print job is allowed or not, determined by the print job acceptance unit 2300 of the management server 200, or by the print job database 2400 of the management server 200 The print job execution request information transmitted from the mobile device 400 to the cloud server 300 or the print job execution request information transmitted from the mobile device 400 to the cloud server 300, And the like to the management server 200.
The information received from the management server 200 or transmitted to the management server 200 should be information based on the user account that can be used in the management server 200. [ This is because the management server 200 is a device that supports the cloud print service based on the user account. The server unit 3100 of the cloud server 300 may perform a server-client communication with the client unit 2100 of the management server 200 so that the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can be interlocked with each other. By converting the user account and the telephone number using the user information database 3200, it is possible to mediate a device supporting the cloud print service based on the telephone number and a device supporting the cloud print service based on the user account.
29 is a diagram for explaining the structure and operation of a system for providing a cloud print service in which a cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud print service based on a telephone number are combined according to another embodiment. Specifically, the cloud server 300 included in the system 500 for providing the cloud print service is a private cloud server.
29, a system 500 for providing a cloud print service in which a cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud print service based on a phone number are linked may include a management server 200 and a cloud server 300 . The management server 200 supporting the user account based cloud print service can communicate with the user device 100 and the cloud server 300 supporting the phone number based cloud print service can communicate with the user device 100, And can also communicate with the mobile device 400.
Referring to FIG. 29, a configuration is shown in which a management server 200 supporting a cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud server 300 supporting a phone-based cloud print service are interworked.
The management server 200 supporting the cloud print service based on the user account may include a client unit 2100, a user account database 2200, and a print job acceptance unit 2300. Unlike FIG. 28, the management server 200 does not include the print job database 2400. The cloud server 300 supporting the cloud print service based on the telephone number may include a server unit 3100, a user information database 3200, and a print job database 3300. As described above with reference to Fig. 27B, the print job database 3300 is included in the cloud server 300. Fig. 28 will not be described. Only portions different from those described in Fig. 28 by including the print job database 3300 in the cloud server 300 will be described below.
The print job database 3300 of the cloud server 300 can register a print job permitted by the print job acceptance unit 2300 of the management server 200. [ For example, the print job received by the cloud server 300 may be stored in correspondence with the recipient's user account or telephone number. The cloud server 300 may receive a print job based on a user account from the user device 100 or a print job based on a phone number from the mobile terminal 400. Since the user's telephone number and the user account are stored in correspondence with each other in the user information database 3200, the user account and the telephone number can be converted using the user's account number and the user account, so that the user account or the telephone number is stored in the cloud server 300 The received print job can be stored in association with each other.
28, since the print job database 3300 is included in the cloud server 300, the print job database 3300 can be printed (received) from the cloud server 300 without receiving the registration result of the print job permitted from the management server 200, The print job is not transmitted to the management server 200 because the job is registered.
Hereinafter, embodiments of a cloud print service provided in a system 500 for providing a cloud print service in which a cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud print service based on a telephone number are linked will be described with reference to the drawings in FIGS. 30 to 36 .
FIG. 30 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a cloud print service in which a cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud print service based on a phone number are combined with a public cloud server according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 7 is a diagram for explaining a cloud print service provided. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the user device 100 is an image forming apparatus which is an example of the user device 100. [ In other words, when an image forming apparatus, which is an example of the user device 100, transmits a print job as a sender to the system 500 that provides the cloud print service including the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 The user device 100, the management server 200, the cloud server 300, and the mobile device 400 will be described.
The user can perform user login using the user account to the user device 100 (S 3005). At this time, the user device 100 refers to a device that the user can use through user authentication using the user account. For example, the image forming apparatus in the enterprise can be used as an example of the user device 100 because the user can use the user by performing user login using his or her own user account.
The user device 100 requests a login to the management server 200 using the user account input from the user and the management server 200 permits the user's login through the user authentication procedure for confirming the user account (S3010). If the user is allowed to log in, the user can start the procedure for receiving the cloud print service using the user device 100. [
The user device 100 can execute an application supporting the cloud print service according to the input of the user. (S3015) In other words, the user can execute the application supporting the cloud print service in the user device 100 . At this time, the application supporting the cloud print service serves as an interface for connecting the user device 100 with the system 500 that provides the cloud print service based on the user account and the cloud print service based on the phone number . If the application executed by the user device 100 guarantees connection to the management server 200 supporting the cloud print service based on the user account rather than the entire system 500 providing the cloud print service, The server 200 needs to set a trigger so that the print job can be retransmitted to the cloud server 300. [
The user can select the recipient from the address book of the user device 100 to send the print job to the other user as a sender. (S3020) The address book stores the user's user account so that the user, A plurality of user accounts can be displayed so that the user can select the user account.
The user can create a print job using the user device 100 and request processing of the print job. (S3025) For example, in the image forming apparatus, which is an example of the user device 100, Scan data to generate scan data, and request processing of the print job to transmit the generated scan data to another user.
The user device 100 can transmit the print job requested by the user to the management server 200. (S3030) In other words, the management server 200 can receive the print job. At this time, the print job received from the user device 100 to the management server 200 may be a user account based print job, and may include a user account and a print job.
The management server 200 can determine whether the print job is permitted based on the user account. (S3035) The management server 200 determines whether the print job is included in the user account-based print job sent from the user device 100 Based on the user account, it is possible to determine whether or not the printing job is permitted. For example, the management server 200 can determine whether the user account of the recipient included in the received user account-based print job is a user account that can receive the cloud print service, .
The management server 200 can register the permitted print job according to the determination result of the permission or inhibition of the print job. (S3040) The cloud server 300 included in the system 500 providing the cloud print service transmits Since it is a cloud server, the print job has to be registered in the management server 200 side in FIG. The management server 200 can register the print job based on the user account in association with the print job identification information. When a plurality of print jobs exist in the same user account, the management server 200 can manage the print job using the print job identification information. If the print job is not permitted, the print job sent to the management server 200 may be deleted.
The management server 200 can transmit the print job registration result to the cloud server 300. (S3045) In other words, the cloud server 300 can receive the print job registration result from the management server 200. [ At this time, the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can perform server-client communication, and data transmitted between the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can be transmitted in the form of encrypted data through a key. The print job registration result may include a user account of the recipient and print job identification information that identifies the print job.
The cloud server 300 transmits the registration result of the print job permitted by the management server 200 to the cloud server 300 so that the user account of the recipient included in the registration result of the permitted print job is transmitted to the telephone (S3050). For connection with the mobile device 400 supporting the cloud print service based on the telephone number, the user account included in the registration result of the received print job is converted into a telephone number corresponding to the user account Number, the process of linking the cloud print service based on the user account with the cloud print service based on the telephone number is performed. To this end, the cloud server 300 has previously been described as having a user information database 3200 for storing user information in a form in which a user's telephone number and user account are associated with each other.
The cloud server 300 can notify the registration of the print job permitted to the mobile device 400. (S3055) At this time, the cloud server 300 transmits the print job identification information to the converted phone number from the user account of the receiver Thereby allowing the registration of the permitted print job to be notified.
According to the above process, a user account-based print job requested by the sender through the user device 100 using the user account is provided to the management server 200 and the cloud print server 300 including the cloud server 300 (500), and is transmitted to a telephone number corresponding to the user account of the receiver. In this process, the cloud print service based on the user account is associated with the cloud print service based on the telephone number, and the cloud server 300 can convert the user account into the telephone number corresponding to the user account.
Thereafter, the recipient can confirm that there is a registered print job through his / her mobile device 400, and can select a print job to perform according to a pull print method and request execution of a print job.
31 is a flowchart illustrating a process of requesting a print job from a user device when a system providing a cloud print service that links a cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud print service based on a phone number includes a private cloud server according to another embodiment FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a cloud print service provided in the case of FIG. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the user device 100 is an image forming apparatus which is an example of the user device 100. [ In other words, when an image forming apparatus, which is an example of the user device 100, transmits a print job as a sender to the system 500 that provides the cloud print service including the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 The user device 100, the management server 200, the cloud server 300, and the mobile device 400 will be described.
31 corresponds to the type difference between the above-described FIG. 30 and the cloud server 300, so that the parts overlapping with the contents of FIG. 30 described above will be briefly described. Even if omitted here, can do.
The user can perform user login using the user account to the user device 100. (S 3105)
The user device 100 requests a login to the management server 200 using the user account input from the user and the management server 200 permits the user's login through the user authentication procedure for confirming the user account (S 3110)
The user device 100 can execute an application supporting the cloud print service according to the input of the user (S 3115)
The user can select the recipient from the address book of the user device 100 to send the print job to the other user as a sender (S 3120)
A user can create a print job using the user device 100 and request processing of the print job (S3125)
The contents of S 3105 to S 3125 are as described above for S 3005 to S 3025 in FIG.
The user device 100 may transmit a request for permission of the print job requested by the user to the management server 200. (S3130) At this time, the user device 100 requests the permission of the print job received from the user device 100 The request may include a user account. In other words, by sending the user account of the recipient to the management server 200, the management server 200 determines whether the print job is allowed.
The user device 100 can transmit the print job requested by the user to the cloud server 300. (S3355) At this time, the print job transmitted from the user device 100 to the cloud server 300 is a user account- As a print job, it may include a user account and a print job. The print job transmission to the cloud server 300 of S 3135 is performed simultaneously with the print job permission request to the management server 200 of S 3130 or after the determination of whether or not the print job of the management server 200 is permitted It is possible.
The management server 200 can determine whether or not the print job is allowed based on the user account. (S3140) The management server 200 determines whether the user device 100 is allowed to print according to the print job permission request of the user device 100. [ Based on the user account received from the user. For example, the management server 200 can determine whether a print job is permitted by checking whether the user account of the recipient is a user account that can receive the cloud print service.
The management server 200 can transmit the determination result of the permission or denied permission to the cloud server 300. (S345) In other words, the cloud server 300 can receive the permission or non-permission determination result from the management server 200. [ At this time, the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can perform server-client communication, and data transmitted between the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can be transmitted in the form of encrypted data through a key. The result of the determination as to whether or not the print job is permitted may include a value indicating a user account of the recipient and a result of determining whether or not to allow the print job.
The cloud server 300 can register the permitted print job according to the determination result of whether or not the print job is permitted. (S350) In other words, the cloud server 300 transmits the print job sent from the user device 100 The permitted print job can be registered by confirming the result of the permission determination transmitted from the management server 200. [ 29 that the print job can be registered on the cloud server 300 side because the cloud server 300 included in the system 500 for providing the cloud print service is a private cloud server. The cloud server 300 can register the print job based on the user account in association with the print job identification information. When a plurality of print jobs exist in the same user account, the management server 200 can manage the print job using the print job identification information. If the print job is not permitted, the print job sent to the cloud server 300 may be deleted.
The cloud server 300 may convert the user account of the recipient of the registered print job into a telephone number corresponding to the user account. (S 3155) The mobile device 400 supporting the cloud print service based on the telephone number For the connection, the user account of the receiver for the print job registered in the cloud server 300 is converted into a telephone number corresponding to the user account, thereby linking the cloud print service based on the user account with the cloud print service based on the telephone number It is through the process. To this end, the cloud server 300 has previously been described as having a user information database 3200 for storing user information in a form in which a user's telephone number and user account are associated with each other.
The cloud server 300 may notify the registration of the print job permitted to the mobile device 400. (S360) At this time, the cloud server 300 transmits print job identification information to the converted phone number from the receiver's user account Thereby allowing the registration of the permitted print job to be notified.
According to the above process, a user account-based print job requested by the sender through the user device 100 using the user account is provided to the management server 200 and the cloud print server 300 including the cloud server 300 (500), and is transmitted to a telephone number corresponding to the user account of the receiver. In this process, the cloud print service based on the user account is associated with the cloud print service based on the telephone number, and the cloud server 300 can convert the user account into the telephone number corresponding to the user account.
Thereafter, the recipient can confirm that there is a registered print job through his / her mobile device 400, and can select a print job to perform according to a pull print method and request execution of a print job.
FIG. 32 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a cloud print service based on a user account based on a user account and a cloud print service based on a phone number based on a public cloud service in a case where the system includes a public cloud server, Fig. 7 is a diagram for explaining a cloud print service provided. In other words, when the user transmits, as a caller, the print job to the system 500 providing the cloud print service including the management server 200 and the cloud server 300, The management server 200, the cloud server 300, and the mobile device 400 will be described.
The mobile device 400 can execute an application supporting the cloud print service according to the input of the user. (S3205) In other words, the user can execute the application supporting the cloud print service in the mobile device 400 . At this time, the application supporting the cloud print service serves as an interface for connecting the system 500 providing the cloud print service in which the cloud print service based on the user account and the cloud print service based on the phone number are connected to the mobile device 400 .
The user can select the content to be transmitted for the print job in the mobile device 400. (S3210) The mobile device 400 transmits a file corresponding to the content selected by the user so that the content selected by the user can be transmitted to the outside Can be obtained.
The user can select the recipient from the contact of the mobile device 400 to send the print job to the other user as the sender. (S3215) The contact may store the user's phone number, and the user, who is the sender, A plurality of telephone numbers can be displayed so that the telephone number can be selected.
The user can request the processing of the print job using the mobile device 400. That is, in order to allow the recipient selected in the contact to print the file of the contents selected by the mobile device 400, Processing can be requested.
The mobile device 400 can transmit the requested print job from the user to the cloud server 300. (S3225) In other words, the cloud server 300 can receive the print job. At this time, the print job received from the mobile device 400 to the cloud server 300 may be a phone number based print job, and may include a telephone number and a print job.
The cloud server 300 may convert the telephone number of the recipient included in the telephone number-based print job transmitted from the mobile device 400 into a user account corresponding to the telephone number. (S3230) The cloud server 300 Converts the telephone number included in the received print job into a user account corresponding to the telephone number for connection with the management server 200 supporting the cloud print service based on the user account, To a cloud print service based on a user account. To this end, the cloud server 300 has previously been described as having a user information database 3200 for storing user information in a form in which a user's telephone number and user account are associated with each other.
The cloud server 300 may transmit the converted user account based print job including the converted user account from the telephone number to the management server 200. (S3235) In other words, the management server 200 transmits the converted A user account-based print job can be received from the cloud server 300. At this time, the cloud server 300 and the management server 200 can perform server-client communication, and data transmitted to each other can be transmitted as encrypted data through a key. At this time, the print job transmitted from the cloud server 300 to the management server 200 may be a user account based print job, and may include a user account and a print job.
The management server 200 can determine whether the print job is allowed or not based on the user account. (S3240) The management server 200 determines whether or not the converted user account included in the converted user account- It is possible to judge whether or not the printing job is permitted based on the judgment result. For example, the management server 200 can determine whether the user account of the recipient converted from the recipient's phone number is a user account that can receive the cloud print service, thereby determining whether the print job is permitted.
The management server 200 can register the allowed print job according to the determination result of whether or not the print job is permitted. (S 3245) The cloud server 300 included in the system 500 providing the cloud print service is a public Since it is a cloud server, the print job has to be registered in the management server 200 side in FIG. The management server 200 can register the print job based on the user account in association with the print job identification information. When a plurality of print jobs exist in the same user account, the management server 200 can manage the print job using the print job identification information. If the print job is not permitted, the converted user account-based print job sent to the management server 200 may be deleted.
The management server 200 can transmit the print job registration result to the cloud server 300. (S 3250) In other words, the cloud server 300 can receive the print job registration result from the management server 200. At this time, the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can perform server-client communication, and data transmitted between the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can be transmitted in the form of encrypted data through a key. The print job registration result may include a user account of the recipient and print job identification information that identifies the print job.
The cloud server 300 transmits the registration result of the print job permitted by the management server 200 to the cloud server 300 so that the user account of the recipient included in the registration result of the permitted print job is transmitted to the telephone (S 3255) In order to connect with the mobile device 400 supporting the cloud print service based on the telephone number, the user account included in the registration result of the received print job is converted into the user account corresponding to the user account To convert the user account-based cloud print service to a phone number-based cloud print service. To this end, the cloud server 300 has previously been described as having a user information database 3200 for storing user information in a form in which a user's telephone number and user account are associated with each other.
The cloud server 300 may inform the mobile device 400 of the registration of the allowed print job. (S 3260) At this time, the cloud server 300 prints the converted telephone number from the converted user account in S 3230 By transmitting the job identification information, registration of the permitted print job can be notified.
According to the above process, a telephone number-based print job requested by the sender through the mobile device 400 using the telephone number is provided to the management server 200 and the system 300 that provides the cloud print service including the cloud server 300 The user's telephone number is converted to the user account of the telephone number, and the telephone number of the user account is reconverted to the telephone number of the recipient. In this process, the cloud print service based on the telephone number is associated with the cloud print service based on the user account. To this end, the process of converting the telephone number into the user account corresponding to the telephone number in the cloud server 300, And reconverting the converted telephone number to a telephone number corresponding to the converted user account.
Thereafter, the recipient can confirm that there is a registered print job through his / her mobile device 400, and can select a print job to perform according to a pull print method and request execution of a print job.
33 is a flowchart illustrating a process of requesting a print job from a mobile device when a system providing a cloud print service that links a cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud print service based on a phone number includes a private cloud server according to another embodiment FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a cloud print service provided in the case of FIG. In other words, when the user transmits, as a caller, the print job to the system 500 providing the cloud print service including the management server 200 and the cloud server 300, The management server 200, the cloud server 300, and the mobile device 400 will be described.
33 corresponds to the type difference between the above-described FIG. 32 and the cloud server 300, so that the parts overlapping with the contents of FIG. 32 described above will be briefly described. Even if omitted below, can do.
The mobile device 400 may execute an application supporting the cloud print service according to the input of the user. (S 3305)
The user can select the content to be transmitted for the print job in the mobile device 400 (S3310)
The user can select the recipient from the contact of the mobile device 400 to send the print job to the other user as a sender (S3315)
The user can request the processing of the print job using the mobile device 400 (S3320)
The mobile device 400 may transmit the requested print job from the user to the cloud server 300. (S3325) At this time, the print job received from the mobile device 400 in the cloud server 300 is a phone number- As a print job, it may include a telephone number and a print job.
The cloud server 300 may convert the telephone number of the recipient included in the telephone number-based print job transmitted from the mobile device 400 into a user account corresponding to the telephone number (S3330)
The contents of S 3305 to S 3330 are as described above for S 3205 to S 3230 of FIG.
The cloud server 300 can transmit a request for permission of the print job requested by the user to the management server 200. (S3335) In other words, the management server 200 transmits an acceptance request of the print job to the cloud server 300, Lt; / RTI > At this time, the cloud server 300 and the management server 200 can perform server-client communication, and data transmitted to each other can be transmitted as encrypted data through a key. At this time, the accepted request of the print job received from the cloud server 300 to the management server 200 may include the converted user account. In other words, by sending the user account of the recipient to the management server 200, the management server 200 determines whether the print job is allowed.
The management server 200 can determine whether the print job is permitted based on the user account. (S3340) The management server 200 can determine whether the print job is allowed or not based on the converted user account have. For example, the management server 200 can determine whether the user account of the recipient converted from the recipient's phone number is a user account that can receive the cloud print service, thereby determining whether the print job is permitted.
The management server 200 can transmit the determination result of the permission or denial to the cloud server 300. (S3345) In other words, the cloud server 300 can receive the determination result of the permission or denial from the management server 200. [ At this time, the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can perform server-client communication, and data transmitted between the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can be transmitted in the form of encrypted data through a key. The result of the determination as to whether or not the print job is permitted may include a value indicating a user account of the recipient and a result of determining whether or not to allow the print job.
The cloud server 300 can register a permitted print job according to a determination result of whether or not the print job is permitted. (S3350) The cloud server 300 included in the system 500 providing the cloud print service is registered in the private 29 that the print job can be registered on the cloud server 300 side because it is a cloud server. The cloud server 300 can register the print job in association with the print job identification information. When there are a plurality of print jobs in the same user account, the cloud server 300 can manage the print job using the print job identification information. If the print job is not allowed, the print job sent to the cloud server 300 may be deleted.
The cloud server 300 may convert the recipient's user account for the registered print job back to the phone number corresponding to the user account. (S3355) The mobile device 400 supporting the cloud- The user's account of the receiver for the print job registered in the cloud server 300 is converted into a telephone number corresponding to the user account so as to connect the cloud print service based on the user account with the cloud print service based on the telephone number It is the process of making. To this end, the cloud server 300 has previously been described as having a user information database 3200 for storing user information in a form in which a user's telephone number and user account are associated with each other.
The cloud server 300 can inform the mobile device 400 of the registration of the allowed printing job. (S3360) At this time, the cloud server 300 prints the converted telephone number from the converted user account at S3330 By transmitting the job identification information, registration of the permitted print job can be notified.
According to the above process, a telephone number-based print job requested by the sender through the mobile device 400 using the telephone number is provided to the management server 200 and the system 300 that provides the cloud print service including the cloud server 300 The user's telephone number is converted to the user account of the telephone number, and the telephone number of the user account is reconverted to the telephone number of the recipient. In this process, the cloud print service based on the telephone number is associated with the cloud print service based on the user account. To this end, the process of converting the telephone number into the user account corresponding to the telephone number in the cloud server 300, And reconverting the converted telephone number to a telephone number corresponding to the converted user account.
Thereafter, the recipient can confirm that there is a registered print job through his / her mobile device 400, and can select a print job to perform according to a pull print method and request execution of a print job.
FIG. 34 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a cloud print service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In the case where the cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud print service based on a phone number are cloud- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a cloud print service requesting execution of a print job. In other words, the system 500 for providing the cloud print service including the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 by confirming that the user has registered the print job in the mobile device 400, The operation of the user device 100, the management server 200, the cloud server 300, and the mobile device 400 will be described.
The mobile device 400 can execute an application supporting the cloud print service according to the input of the user. (S3405) In other words, the user can execute the application supporting the cloud print service in the mobile device 400 . At this time, the application supporting the cloud print service serves as an interface for connecting the system 500 providing the cloud print service in which the cloud print service based on the user account and the cloud print service based on the phone number are connected to the mobile device 400 .
The user can select a print job from the mobile device 400. (S3410) The mobile device 400 displays a print job list related to the registered print job so that the user can select a print job, You can choose to work.
The user can further select an image forming apparatus to be used in printing of the print job in the mobile device 400. (S3415) The mobile device 400 is configured to allow the user to select an image forming apparatus, A list of the image forming apparatus can be displayed, and the image forming apparatus can be selected from the user.
The user can request the execution of the print job using the mobile device 400. (S3420) In other words, the user can perform the print job so that the print job selected by the mobile device 400 can be printed by the selected image forming apparatus. Can be requested.
The mobile device 400 may transmit the print job execution request information related to the execution of the print job requested by the user to the cloud server 300. (S3425) In other words, the cloud server 300 transmits the print job execution request information . At this time, the print job execution request information received from the mobile device 400 in the cloud server 300 may include a telephone number and print job identification information for identifying a print job selected from the user. If the selection of the image forming apparatus is input from the user, the image forming apparatus identification information may further include image forming apparatus identification information for identifying the image forming apparatus.
The cloud server 300 may convert the phone number of the recipient included in the print job execution request information transmitted from the mobile device 400 into a user account corresponding to the phone number. Converts a telephone number included in the received print job into a user account corresponding to the telephone number for connection with the management server 200 supporting the cloud print service based on the user account, It is the process of linking with the user account based cloud print service. To this end, the cloud server 300 has previously been described as having a user information database 3200 for storing user information in a form in which a user's telephone number and user account are associated with each other.
The cloud server 300 may transmit print job execution request information including the user account converted from the telephone number to the management server 200. (S3435) In other words, the management server 200 transmits the converted user account From the cloud server 300, print job execution request information including the print job execution request information. At this time, the cloud server 300 and the management server 200 can perform server-client communication, and data transmitted to each other can be transmitted as encrypted data through a key.
The management server 200 may determine whether the print job is permitted based on the user account included in the print job execution request information. (S3440) For example, the management server 200 determines whether the print job is permitted It is possible to determine whether or not the print job is permitted by checking whether the user account of the converted recipient is a user account that can receive the cloud print service.
The management server 200 can instruct the execution of the print job according to the determination result of the permission or inhibition of the print job. (S3445) The cloud server 300 included in the system 500 for providing the cloud print service is a public cloud Since the server is a server, the print job may be registered on the management server 200 side. If the print job is permitted, the registered print job corresponding to the print job identification information is transmitted to the image forming apparatus connected to the management server 200, and the execution of the print job can be instructed. At this time, the image forming apparatus is an apparatus that can be used through user authentication using a user account, and may correspond to an example of the user device 100 connected to the management server 200.
The image forming apparatus 100, which is an example of the user device 100, receives a print job execution instruction from the management server 200 and can perform a print job. (S3450)
The management server 200 can transmit the print job execution result to the cloud server 300. (S3455) In other words, the cloud server 300 can receive the print job execution result from the management server 200. [ At this time, the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can perform server-client communication, and data transmitted between the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can be transmitted in the form of encrypted data through a key. The print job execution result may include a value indicating a user account of the recipient and a result of performing the print job.
By transmitting the print job execution result to the cloud server 300 by the management server 200, the cloud server 300 can convert the user account of the recipient included in the print job execution result into the telephone number corresponding to the user account (S 3460) In order to connect with the mobile device 400 supporting the cloud print service based on the telephone number, the user account included in the received print job execution result is converted into the telephone number corresponding to the user account, The process of linking the user account-based cloud print service with the phone-based cloud print service. To this end, the cloud server 300 has previously been described as having a user information database 3200 for storing user information in a form in which a user's telephone number and user account are associated with each other.
The cloud server 300 can notify the result of the print job to the mobile device 400. (S3465) At this time, the cloud server 300 performs the print job on the converted phone number from the user account converted in S3430 By transmitting a value indicating the result, the user can know the result of the print job execution through the mobile device 400.
FIG. 35 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a cloud print service in which a cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud print service based on a phone number are combined with a private cloud server according to another embodiment, FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a cloud print service requesting execution of a print job according to an embodiment of the present invention. In other words, the system 500 for providing the cloud print service including the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 by confirming that the user has registered the print job in the mobile device 400, The operation of the user device 100, the management server 200, the cloud server 300, and the mobile device 400 will be described.
35 corresponds to the type difference between the above-described FIG. 34 and the cloud server 300, so that the parts overlapping with the contents of FIG. 34 described above will be briefly described. Even if the contents are omitted in the following description, can do.
The mobile device 400 may execute an application supporting the cloud print service according to the input of the user (S 3505)
The user may select a print job from the mobile device 400. (S3510)
The user can further select the image forming apparatus to be used for printing the print job in the mobile device 400. (S3515)
The user can request the execution of the print job using the mobile device 400. (S3520)
The mobile device 400 may transmit the print job execution request information related to the execution of the print job requested by the user to the cloud server 300. (S3525)
The cloud server 300 may convert the telephone number of the recipient included in the print job execution request information transmitted from the mobile device 400 into a user account corresponding to the telephone number.
The contents of S 3505 to S 3530 are as described above for S 3405 to S 3430 of FIG.
The cloud server 300 may transmit a request for permission of the print job requested by the user to the management server 200. (S3535) At this time, the cloud server 300 requests the permission of the print job received from the cloud server 300 The request may include a user account. In other words, a user account converted from the telephone number is transmitted to the management server 200, so that the management server 200 determines whether the print job is permitted. At this time, the cloud server 300 and the management server 200 can perform server-client communication, and data transmitted to each other can be transmitted as encrypted data through a key.
The cloud server 300 may transmit the print job requested by the user to the image forming apparatus which is one example of the user device 100. (S3540) The cloud server 300 included in the system 500 providing the cloud print service Is a private cloud server, the print job may be registered on the cloud server 300 side. The print job transmission of S 3540 may be performed simultaneously with the print job permission request to the management server 200 of S 3535 or may be performed after the determination of whether or not the print job of the management server 200 of S 3545 is permitted.
The management server 200 may determine whether the print job is allowed based on the user account included in the print job execution request information. (S3545) For example, the management server 200 may determine It is possible to determine whether or not the print job is permitted by checking whether the user account of the converted recipient is a user account that can receive the cloud print service.
The management server 200 can instruct the execution of the print job in accordance with the determination result of the permission or inhibition of the print job. (S3550)
The image forming apparatus 100 that is an example of the user device 100 receives a print job execution instruction from the management server 200 and can perform a print job received from the cloud server 300. (S3555)
The management server 200 can transmit the print job execution result to the cloud server 300. (S3560) In other words, the cloud server 300 can receive the print job execution result from the management server 200. [ At this time, the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can perform server-client communication, and data transmitted between the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 can be transmitted in the form of encrypted data through a key. The print job execution result may include a value indicating a user account of the recipient and a result of performing the print job.
By transmitting the print job execution result to the cloud server 300 by the management server 200, the cloud server 300 can convert the user account of the recipient included in the print job execution result into the telephone number corresponding to the user account (S3565) In order to connect with the mobile device 400 supporting the cloud print service based on the telephone number, the user account included in the received print job execution result is converted into the telephone number corresponding to the user account, The process of linking the user account-based cloud print service with the phone-based cloud print service. To this end, the cloud server 300 has previously been described as having a user information database 3200 for storing user information in a form in which a user's telephone number and user account are associated with each other.
The cloud server 300 may notify the result of the print job to the mobile device 400. (S3570) At this time, the cloud server 300 performs the print job on the converted phone number from the converted user account in S3530 By transmitting a value indicating the result, the user can know the result of the print job execution through the mobile device 400.
36 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing login of a user device based on a telephone number by using a system for providing a cloud print service in which a cloud print service based on a user account and a cloud print service based on a telephone number are linked according to an embodiment Fig. In other words, in order to perform a user login of the user device 100, a user may use the mobile device 400 to transmit the phone number through the user device 100, including the management server 200 and the cloud server 300 The operation of the user device 100, the management server 200, the cloud server 300, and the mobile device 400 when transmitting the data to the system 500 providing the cloud print service.
The mobile device 400 can execute an application supporting the cloud print service according to the input of the user. (S 3605) In other words, the user can execute the application supporting the cloud print service in the mobile device 400 . In order to receive the cloud print service of the system 500 providing the cloud print service, the user login of the user device 100 is required first. The user uses the mobile device 400 in which the application supporting the cloud print service is executed A user can be requested to log in the user device 100.
The mobile device 400 may transmit the telephone number to the user device 100 via NFC-tagging with the user device 100. (S3610) Data communication between the mobile device 400 and the user device 100 may be performed by NFC - Not only tagging but also various wireless communication such as near-infrared communication, Zigbee, bluetooth, WiFi-direct. By transmitting user information such as a telephone number to the user device 100, the user device 100 can acquire information to perform user authentication. In the case of the management server 200, since user login and user authentication based on the user account are allowed, user authentication can not be received from the management server 200 using the telephone number. Accordingly, the user device 100 may perform the following process of performing user login of the user device 100 through a process of converting a telephone number into a user account.
The user device 100 can request a user login of the user device 100 by transmitting the phone number received from the mobile device 400 to the cloud server 300. (S3615) At this time, The identification information of the user device 100 may also be transmitted.
The cloud server 300 may convert the telephone number transmitted from the user device 100 into a user account corresponding to the telephone number (S3620). To this end, the cloud server 300 may have a user information database 3200 for storing user information in a form in which a user's telephone number and a user account are associated with each other.
The cloud server 300 may request a user login to the user device 100 by transmitting the converted user account from the phone number to the management server 200 on behalf of the user device 100. In operation 3625, At this time, the identification information of the user device 100 to which the user is to log in may also be transmitted.
The management server 200 may perform user account authentication on the user account transmitted from the cloud server 300. (S3630) To this end, the management server 200 transmits a user ID of a user who can receive the cloud print service And a user account database 2200 for storing and managing user accounts. The management server 200 can authenticate the user account by checking whether the user account transferred from the cloud server 300 exists in the user account database 2200. [
The management server 200 may allow a user login to the user device 100 corresponding to the user account when the user account transmitted from the cloud server 300 exists in the user account database 2200. 3635) When there are a plurality of user devices 100 corresponding to the user account, based on the identification information of the user device 100 transmitted together, it is possible to confirm the user device 100 requesting the user login.
By performing the user login of the user device 100 in accordance with the above process, the cloud print service using the user device 100 can be provided.
37 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a cloud print service according to an embodiment. Hereinafter, the contents described for the system 500 for providing the cloud print service may be applied to the method for providing the cloud print service.
Referring to FIG. 37, FIG. 37 shows a process when a user requests transmission of a print job to another user through the system 500 providing a cloud print service.
First, in step 3710, the system 500 providing the cloud print service can receive a print job. For example, the management server 200 included in the system 500 for providing a cloud print service can receive a user account-based print job from the user device 100. In another example, a cloud server 300 included in a system 500 providing a cloud print service receives a print job based on a user account from the user device 100 or receives a print job from a mobile device 400 A print job can be received. However, if a print job based on a telephone number is received, the process of converting the telephone number into a user account corresponding to the telephone number may be performed so as to perform the following process.
In step 3720, the system 500 providing the cloud print service can determine whether to allow the print job based on the user account. Since the management server 200 supporting the cloud print service based on the user account determines whether or not the print job is permitted, by using the user account included in the received print job or the user account converted from the phone number, Can be determined.
In step 3730, the system 500 providing the cloud print service can register the permitted print job according to the determination result of whether or not to allow the print job. However, depending on the type of the cloud server 300 included in the system 500 that provides the cloud print service, the registered position of the permitted print job may be changed. For example, if the cloud server 300 is a public cloud server, the print job may be stored in the management server 200. [ Conversely, if the cloud server 300 is a private cloud server, the print job may be stored in the cloud server 300. [ Particularly, when the cloud server 300 is a private cloud server, the management server 200 transmits the determination result of the permission of the print job according to the permission request of the print job to the cloud server 300, The registration of the permitted print job can be performed.
In step 3740, the system 500 providing the cloud print service may convert the user account to a telephone number corresponding to the user account. This is for informing the registration of the print job to the mobile terminal 400 supporting the cloud print service based on the telephone number. To this end, the cloud server 300 may include a user information database 3200 for storing user information in a form in which a user's telephone number and a user account are associated with each other. However, when the cloud server 300 is a public cloud server, the registration result of the print job permitted by the management server 200 is transmitted to the cloud server 300, so that the cloud server 300 can respond to the user account To a telephone number.
At step 3750, the system 500 providing the cloud print service may inform the user of the registration of the accepted print job with the converted phone number from the user account.
Through the process of steps 3710 to 3750, the cloud print service based on the user account is associated with the cloud print service based on the telephone number. To this end, the cloud server 300 converts the user account into a telephone number corresponding to the user account And the like.
38 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a cloud print service according to another embodiment. Hereinafter, the contents described for the system 500 for providing the cloud print service may be applied to the method for providing the cloud print service.
Referring to FIG. 38, when a user requests the system 500 providing the cloud print service to perform a print job using a pull print method using the mobile device 400, the process is shown.
First, in step 3810, the system 500 providing the cloud print service can receive print job execution request information based on a telephone number. Specifically, the cloud server 300 supporting the phone number-based cloud print service included in the system 500 for providing the cloud print service receives the telephone number and the print job selected from the user from the mobile device 400 And can receive print job execution request information including print job identification information. If the mobile device 400 receives the selection of the image forming apparatus from the user, the print job execution request information may further include image forming apparatus identification information for identifying the image forming apparatus.
At step 3820, the system 500 providing the cloud print service may convert the telephone number to a user account corresponding to the telephone number. Specifically, the cloud server 300 supporting the cloud print service based on the phone number, included in the system 500 for providing the cloud print service, receives the print job execution request information included in the print job execution request information received from the mobile device 400, You can convert the number to a user account that corresponds to the phone number. To this end, the cloud server 300 may include a user information database 3200 for storing user information in a form in which a user's telephone number and a user account are associated with each other. Through this process, the cloud print service based on the telephone number and the cloud print service based on the user account can be linked.
In step 3830, the system 500 providing the cloud print service can determine whether the print job corresponding to the converted user-account-based print job execution request information is permitted based on the converted user account. Specifically, the management server 200, which is included in the cloud printing service providing system 500 and supports the cloud print service based on the user account, receives the print job execution request information based on the converted user account from the cloud server 300 Or accepts a print job using the converted user account, thereby determining whether or not the print job is permitted. For example, when the cloud server 300 included in the system 500 providing the cloud print service is a public cloud server, since the registered print job exists in the management server 200, the converted user account and the print job identification The print job execution request information based on the converted user account is transmitted to the management server, so that the management server 200 can determine whether the print job is allowed or not. As another example, when the cloud server 300 included in the system 500 providing the cloud print service is a private cloud server, since the registered print job is in the cloud server 300, The management server 200 can determine whether the print job is allowed or not by requesting permission of the print job.
In step 3840, the system 500 providing the cloud print service can instruct execution of the permitted print job according to the determination result of whether or not to allow the print job. Specifically, the management server 200, which is included in the system 500 for providing the cloud print service and supports the user account-based cloud print service, can instruct the image forming apparatus to perform the print job permitted. At this time, when the cloud server 300 included in the system 500 providing the cloud print service is a public cloud server, since the registered print job is in the management server 200, To the image forming apparatus, and can instruct the execution of the print job. On the other hand, when the cloud server 300 included in the system 500 providing the cloud print service is a private cloud server, since the registered print job is in the cloud server 300, To the image forming apparatus, and the management server 200 can instruct the execution of the printing job.
The management server 200 may transmit the print job execution result to the mobile device 400 via the cloud server 300 in order to transmit the print job execution result to the mobile device 400. [ The cloud server 300 can convert the user account converted from the telephone number into the telephone number again, thereby transmitting the print job execution result to the mobile device 400 corresponding to the telephone number.
Through the process of steps 3810 to 3840, the cloud print service based on the telephone number is associated with the cloud print service based on the user account, and the cloud server 300 converts the telephone number into a user account corresponding to the telephone number And the like.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, a recipient can set a print job condition to a cloud server, and the cloud server transmits a print job to at least one electronic device among connected electronic devices according to a set print job condition to perform a print job can do.
Generally, in a cloud print service provided by a cloud server, when a recipient is not suitable for receiving a print job, or when the image forming apparatus is not suitable for performing a print job, when the sender transmits content to be printed, Or the image forming apparatus can not perform the printing operation.
In order to solve such a problem, a method of setting a print job condition by a receiver and performing a print job by transmitting a print job to at least one electronic device among connected electronic devices in accordance with a print job condition set by the cloud server . Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 39 to 50. FIG.
39 is a diagram illustrating a cloud printing system environment.
The cloud printing system environment may include a mobile terminal 3900, a cloud server 4000, an image forming device 4100, and a mobile terminal 3905. However, the present invention is not limited to a mobile terminal, and a person skilled in the art can readily understand that various electronic devices such as a notebook, a tablet, a PC, and a PDA can replace the mobile terminal and perform the same functions as the mobile terminal.
In the cloud printing system, the user uploads data stored in the mobile terminal 3900 to the cloud server 4000. The user can then request the cloud server 4000 at a desired time and place to print the corresponding data. For example, the user can request data from the cloud server 4000 using the mobile terminal 3905 or the image forming apparatus 4100, and can print the data in the image forming apparatus 4100. [
Meanwhile, the cloud server 4000 may be provided with a storage space for each user, and the storage space of each user may be mapped to correspond to the telephone number of the user's mobile terminal.
Then, the user uses the mobile terminal 3900 to transmit the print job to the cloud server 4000 with the destination of the telephone number of the mobile terminal 3905 as a destination. In this case, the cloud server 4000 stores the print job in the storage space of the mapped user corresponding to the telephone number of the mobile terminal 3905. [
The user confirms the print request stored in the storage space using the mobile terminal 3905. [ The cloud server 4000 transmits the stored print job to the mobile terminal 3905 at the request of the user. The mobile terminal 3905 receives the print job, and the user confirms the received print job content using the mobile terminal 3905 through a preview or the like. The user can perform the print job by transferring the thus-confirmed print job to the image forming apparatus 4100 connected to the mobile terminal 3905. [ Meanwhile, the cloud server 4000 may map an arbitrary phone number for each image forming apparatus included in the cloud printing system, and use the mapped phone number as a destination address of data transmission. At this time, a storage space may be provided for each image forming apparatus in the cloud server 4000, and the storage space of each image forming apparatus may be mapped to correspond to the telephone number of the image forming apparatus. For example, the telephone number 031-xxx-yyyy may be mapped to correspond to the image forming apparatus 4100 and the mapped telephone number 031-xxx-yyyy may be used as the destination address. Accordingly, when the user requests the cloud server 4000 for a print job whose destination is the phone number mapped using the mobile terminal 3900, the cloud server 4000 transmits a print job to the storage space of the image forming apparatus 4100 . And the cloud server 4000 can transmit the stored print job to the image forming apparatus 4100. [ The image forming apparatus 4100 receives the print job and performs the received print job.
On the other hand, the user can confirm the storage space of the image forming apparatus 4000 in the cloud server 4000 by using the image forming apparatus 4100. The cloud server 4000 transmits the print job stored in the storage space at the request of the user. The image forming apparatus 4000 can receive a print job and perform a print job.
Also, the cloud server 4000 can map the image forming apparatus 4100 to correspond to the telephone number of the user's mobile terminal 3905, and use the mapped telephone number as the destination address of the data transmission. As described above, the cloud server 4000 may store a storage space for each user, and map the storage space for each user to correspond to the telephone number of the user's mobile terminal 3905. [
At this time, when the user transmits a print job to the cloud server 4000 using the mobile terminal 3900 as a destination as the destination, the cloud server 4000 transmits the print job to the user's storage space . The cloud server 4000 transmits the print job stored in the storage space to the image forming apparatus 4100. [ The image forming apparatus 4100 receives the print job and performs the received print job.
In a cloud printing system environment based on a telephone number, there is a problem that it is difficult to perform a print job in a situation where a user can not confirm a print job. In other words, when the user of the mobile terminal 3905 is absent, it is difficult to perform the printing operation in a situation where the user can not confirm the printing operation.
Further, when a print job is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 4100 mapped to an arbitrary telephone number, it is difficult to perform the print job when the image forming apparatus 4100 is not suitable to perform the print job There was a problem. That is, when the image forming apparatus is out of order or when it is desired to print in color, and the image forming apparatus supports only black and white, there is a difficulty in performing the printing operation.
40 is a diagram illustrating a cloud printing system in accordance with one embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 40, a cloud printing system according to an embodiment includes a mobile terminal 3900, a cloud server 4000, and an image forming apparatus 4100.
The mobile terminal 3900 included in the cloud printing system according to one embodiment transmits the print job to the cloud server 4000. [ The cloud server 4000 receives the print job and selects one of the connected image forming apparatuses 4100 according to the set print job conditions. The cloud server 4000 transmits the print job to the selected image forming apparatus 4100. [ The image forming apparatus 4100 receives the print job and performs the received print job.
Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 3900 includes a transmitting unit 3910, a receiving unit 3920, and a controlling unit 3930.
The transmitting unit 3910 transmits data. More specifically, the transmitting unit 3910 transmits data including a print job, and the receiving unit 3920 receives data.
The control unit 3930 can control the transmitting unit 3910 to transmit a print job whose destination is at least one or more telephone numbers.
The mobile terminal 3900 may further include an interface unit (not shown) for receiving input from a user.
The control unit 3930 receives the information indicating the printing job condition from the interface unit (not shown), and controls the transmitting unit 3910 to transmit the information indicating the printing job condition to the cloud server 4000.
The cloud server 4000 includes a receiving unit 4010, a transmitting unit 4020, a controlling unit 4030, a condition setting unit 4040, and a selecting unit 4050.
The receiving unit 4010 receives the data. Specifically, the receiving unit 4010 can receive a print job. Or the receiving unit 4010 can receive information indicating the printing job condition. Also, the receiving unit 4010 includes an ARS connector, and can receive information indicating the printing job condition from the ARS server.
The transmitting unit 4020 transmits data. More specifically, the transmission unit 4020 can transmit a print job.
The control unit 4030 can control the receiving unit 4010 to receive a print job whose destination is at least one or more telephone numbers. In particular, the control unit 4030 can control the receiving unit 4010 to receive a print job having a plurality of telephone numbers as a group. Further, the control unit 4030 can control the transfer unit 4020 to transfer the print job to the selected image forming apparatus. The control unit 4030 can control the receiving unit 4010 to receive information indicating the printing job condition from the mobile terminal 3900. [ The control unit 4030 can control the receiving unit 4010 to receive information indicating the printing job condition from the ARS server. In addition, the control unit 4030 can control the condition setting unit 4040 to set the print job condition based on the information indicating the received print job condition.
The condition setting unit 4040 sets the printing job condition, and the selecting unit 4050 selects at least one of the image forming apparatuses corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers included in the group. The selection unit 4050 also checks the printing job condition set in the condition setting unit 4040 and determines whether the printing job condition is suitable for receiving the printing job in the image forming apparatus corresponding to the telephone number. Further, when it is determined that the selection unit 4050 is not a condition suitable for receiving the print job in the image forming apparatus corresponding to the telephone number, the selection unit 4050 can select an image forming apparatus other than the image forming apparatus corresponding to the telephone number. At this time, another image forming apparatus may be an image forming apparatus previously specified in the condition setting section 4040. [ The selecting unit 4050 controls the transmitting unit 4020 to transmit a request for confirming the printing job condition set in the image forming apparatus corresponding to the telephone number and controls the receiving unit 4010 to receive a response to the transmitted request And can determine whether or not it is a condition suitable for receiving a print job. The selection unit 4050 checks the capability information of the image forming apparatuses corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers to determine whether the image forming apparatus corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers is a condition suitable for performing a print job , And selects at least one of the image forming apparatuses corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers included in the group according to the determined result. The capability information may include information indicating at least one of the current state of the image forming apparatus and whether the image forming apparatus supports color / monochrome printing.
The selection unit 4050 controls the reception unit 4010 to receive the capability information of the image forming apparatuses corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers. The selecting unit 4050 also checks the printing job conditions set based on the capability information received by the receiving unit 4010 to determine whether the image forming apparatus corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers is a suitable condition for performing a printing job. The selecting unit 4050 also checks the capability information of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the telephone number to determine whether the condition is suitable for performing the printing job in the image forming apparatus corresponding to the telephone number, It is possible to select an image forming apparatus other than the image forming apparatus corresponding to the telephone number. At this time, another image forming apparatus may be an image forming apparatus previously specified in the condition setting section 4040. [
The image forming apparatus 4100 includes a receiving unit 4110, a transmitting unit 4120, a controlling unit 4130, and a printing job performing unit 4140.
Receiving unit 4110 receives data. Specifically, the receiving unit 4110 receives a print job. Or the receiving unit 4110 may receive a request for the capability information for the image forming apparatus 4100. [ The receiving unit 4110 may receive a request for confirming the set print job condition.
The transmitting unit 4120 transmits the data. The transmission unit 4120 can transmit the capability information to the image forming apparatus 4100. [ In addition, the transmission unit 4120 may transmit a response according to the request for confirming the set print job condition.
The control unit 4130 controls the receiving unit 4110 and the transmitting unit 4120. The control unit 4130 can control the print job performing unit 4140. The control unit 4130 controls the receiving unit 4110 to receive a print job from the server. The control unit 4130 can control the receiving unit 4110 to receive the request for the capability information for the image forming apparatus 4100 or the request for confirming the set printing job condition. The control unit 4130 can control the transfer unit 4120 to transfer the capability information for the image forming apparatus 4100 to the cloud server 4000. [ The control unit 4130 can control the transmitting unit 4120 to transmit a response to the request for confirming the printing job condition.
The print job performing unit 4140 performs a print job based on the data received by the receiving unit 4110. [
Here, the cloud printing system is not limited to directly receiving and executing a print job in an image forming apparatus, but a print job is first transmitted to an electronic apparatus such as a mobile terminal, and the image forming apparatus can receive a print job from the electronic apparatus have.
41 is a diagram for explaining a method of performing a print job based on a telephone number according to an embodiment.
According to one embodiment, a user sets a print job condition in advance in a server, and performs a print job in an appropriate printer according to a print job condition set in the server.
Referring to FIG. 41, in step S4101, S4102, and S4103, the user sets a print job condition in the server.
In step S4101, the user B sets an automatic forwarding condition. In this case, the automatic forwarding condition means a condition that is a criterion for selecting an electronic device to which a print job is transmitted among the electronic devices connected to the cloud server. For example, the automatic forwarding condition may include conditions in which the mobile terminal is not suitable for receiving print jobs or the printer is not suitable for performing print jobs. The user can designate the electronic device to which the print job is to be transmitted when the automatic forwarding condition is satisfied together with the automatic forwarding condition.
At this time, the user can set it through a mobile app (app) running on the mobile terminal, through the UI of the image forming apparatus, or through the telephone answering service (ARS).
In one embodiment, the user B sets a condition such that the print job received by the cloud server 4000 at 18:00 on the 9th to 11th of the 10th day is transmitted to the kiosk C using the mobile terminal. At the same time, the user B sets a condition that the print job received by the cloud server 4000 is transmitted to the kiosk C when the user B is in the vicinity. At this time, the user B sets the phone number (010-AAAA-BBBB) of the user B as a destination to be limited to the print job received by the cloud server 4000.
In step S4102, the cloud server 4000 may request approval from the kiosk C so that the print job can be transmitted to the kiosk C in accordance with the set automatic forwarding condition.
In step S4103, the kiosk C sends a response to the server to approve the approval request of the cloud server 4000. [ Upon receiving a response from the server, the server completes the automatic forwarding condition setting for the print job received with the telephone number of the user B as the destination.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the cloud server 4000 can complete the automatic forwarding condition setting without performing steps S4102 and S4103.
Referring to FIG. 42, in steps S4104 to S4108, the user transmits a print job to the cloud server 4000, and the cloud server 4000 transmits the print job to the appropriate printer, thereby performing a print job in the printer.
In step S4104, the user A transmits the print job with the telephone number (010-AAAA-BBBB) of the mobile terminal of the user B as a destination.
In step S4105, the cloud server 4000 confirms the forwarding condition set in step S4101-S4103. In this embodiment, the time point at which the print job is transmitted by the user A is 10 days at 10 days. The server determines that the set automatic forwarding condition is satisfied. The server can send a message to the user A confirming whether or not to send the print job to the kiosk C. [
In step S4106, the user A sends a message to the server to approve the transfer of the print job to the kiosk C using the mobile terminal.
In step S4107, the server transmits the print job to the kiosk C. [ The kiosk C can receive a print job and perform a print job.
In step S4108, after the print job is performed by the kiosk C, the cloud server sends a notification to the kiosk C to inform that the print job is completed.
However, when the cloud server 4000 transmits the print job to the kiosk C, the print job can be directly transmitted to the kiosk C without transmitting the approval request to the user A. [
42 is a diagram for explaining a process of setting print job conditions in the server according to an embodiment.
Referring to (a) of FIG. 42, a user executes a mobile app on a mobile terminal, and selects a phone number to which a print job is to be automatically distributed according to his / her phone number and condition. The user also sets print job conditions. The print job conditions can be variously set according to the time (from several days to several days) and the state of the user using the mobile terminal (when the user is absent). It is also possible to set variously according to whether or not the image forming apparatus can perform the printing operation (whether or not the image forming apparatus is malfunctioning, and whether or not the image forming apparatus supports color printing).
When the setting is completed, the conditions set by the user are transferred to the cloud server and stored. On the other hand, the user can set the telephone number assigned to the image forming apparatus, the telephone number to which the print job is to be distributed, and the print job condition through the image forming apparatus UI, and similarly, the conditions set by the user can be transmitted to the cloud server and stored.
Referring to FIG. 42 (b), when setting through the ARS, the user dials an ARS representative number using a conventional telephone. The ARS server receiving the call is guided by voice, and the user presses the button of the telephone set. The steps to set these conditions are similar to those for mobile apps. When the setting is completed, print job conditions are transferred from the ARS server to the cloud server through the ARS connector of the cloud server and stored.
43 is a diagram for explaining a process in which a sender sets a print job condition and requests a print job and performs a print job according to an embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 43, the sender A who sends the print job can set the print job conditions similarly to the recipient B in FIG.
Caller A pre-sets the conditions of the print job before transmitting the print job. That is, caller A sets the telephone numbers of the printing device group to which the sender A wants to send before sending the job. The image forming apparatus telephone numbers of the offices B, C, and D are set as one group through the mobile app or the ARS. Then, the caller A immediately sets in the cloud server 4000 as a print job condition that the print job is performed immediately and the print job is performed in the color document.
In step S4301, the caller A transmits a print job to the cloud server, the destination of which is the telephone number of the image forming apparatuses of the offices B, C, and D as a group.
The cloud server checks the status of each of the image forming apparatuses set in the group so that the image forming apparatuses matching the print job conditions set by the sender A are confirmed. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the image forming apparatus of the office B has no current status, the image forming apparatus of the office C does not support the color printing option, and the image forming apparatus of the office D satisfies the set conditions.
The cloud server can receive the capability information from each image forming apparatus and confirm that it meets the set conditions. Specifically, in steps S4302, S4304, and S4306, the cloud server sends a message indicating that the status is checked to each image forming apparatus, and in response thereto, information including the capability is received in steps S4303, S4305, and S4307 The state of the image forming apparatus can be checked.
As a result, in step S4308, the cloud server selects the image forming apparatus of the office D and transmits the print job. The image forming apparatus of the office D receives the print job and performs the received print job.
44 is a view for explaining a method of performing a print job based on a telephone number according to another embodiment.
In this embodiment, the user B executes the mobile application in his / her mobile terminal to set the print job condition in advance. More specifically, the user B sets the telephone number to be forwarded to the user C (010-CCCC-DDDD) for the print job transmitted with his telephone number as the destination. User B also set up a print job to be forwarded when user B is away from home.
In step S4401, the user A transmits the print job to the cloud server using the telephone number (010-AAAA-BBBB) of the user B as the destination by using the electronic device.
In step S4402, the cloud server sends a message to the mobile terminal of the user B indicating that there is a print request.
In step S4403, the mobile terminal of the user B transmits a message to the cloud server informing the user that the user B is out of home, in response to a message indicating that there is a print request.
In step S4404, the cloud server receives a message from the user B, confirms that B is at home, and sends a print job approval request to the mobile terminal of the user C.
In step S4405, the user C transmits a message to the cloud server to approve the approval request using his / her mobile terminal.
In step S4406, the cloud server transmits the print job to the image forming apparatus mapped in correspondence with the telephone number of the mobile terminal of the user C. [ The image forming apparatus receives the print job and performs the received print job.
In step S4407, the cloud server may transmit a message to the user A indicating that the print job transmitted using the telephone number of the mobile terminal of the user C is the destination.
45 is a diagram for explaining a method of performing a print job based on a telephone number according to another embodiment.
In the present embodiment, the user sets print job conditions through the UI of the image forming apparatus of the office B, and transmits print job conditions set to the cloud server to store the print job conditions in the cloud server. At this time, it is assumed that the user sets the printing job condition so as to transmit the printing job with the telephone number of the office C as the destination when the image forming apparatus of the office B fails.
In step S4501, the user A uses the mobile terminal of his / her own to transmit the print job to the cloud server with the telephone number (031-AAA-BBBB) of the image forming apparatus of the office B as a destination.
In step S4502, the cloud server sends a request to the image forming apparatus of office B to confirm the printing job condition.
In step S4503, the image forming apparatus of the office B sends a message to the cloud server informing that the image forming apparatus has failed, in response to the request for confirming the printing job condition.
In step S4504, the cloud server receives a message from the image forming apparatus of the office B. [ The cloud server confirms that the image forming apparatus of the office B is broken through the received message. Therefore, the cloud server transmits the print job with the telephone number (031-CCC-DDDD) of the image forming apparatus of the office C as a destination. That is, the cloud server transmits the print job to the image forming apparatus of the office C. The image forming apparatus of the office C can receive the print job from the cloud server and perform the print job.
46 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a print job based on a telephone number according to an embodiment.
In step S4600, the cloud server receives a print job request whose destination is at least one or more telephone numbers.
In step S4610, the cloud server selects at least one of the connected electronic devices according to the condition set by the user. On the other hand, the cloud server checks the capability information of the electronic device corresponding to the telephone number to determine whether the electronic device corresponding to the telephone number is a suitable condition for performing the print job, , It is possible to select an electronic device other than the electronic device corresponding to the telephone number. At this time, the electronic apparatuses other than the electronic apparatuses corresponding to the telephone numbers may be electronic apparatuses preset by the user.
In step S4620, the cloud server sends a print job request to the selected electronic device.
47 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a print job based on a telephone number according to another embodiment.
In step S4710, the cloud server receives a print job request as a group with a plurality of telephone numbers as destinations.
In step S4720, the cloud server selects at least one of the electronic devices corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers included in the group.
In step S4730, the cloud server sends a print job request to the selected electronic device.
48 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a print job based on a telephone number according to another embodiment.
In step S4800, the cloud server receives a print job request as a group with a plurality of telephone numbers as destinations.
In step S4810, the cloud server determines whether it is a condition suitable for receiving a print job request from the electronic device corresponding to the telephone number.
In step S4820, if it is determined that the cloud server is not a condition suitable for receiving a print job request from the electronic device, the cloud server selects another electronic device. At this time, the electronic apparatuses other than the electronic apparatuses corresponding to the telephone numbers may be electronic apparatuses preset by the user.
In step S4830, the cloud server sends a print job request to the selected electronic device.
49 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a print job based on a telephone number according to another embodiment.
In step S4900, the cloud server sets print job conditions in the server. Specifically, a condition can be set on a server by executing an application on a mobile terminal or a host, or a condition can be set on a server by calling an ARS server connected to the server by ARS.
In step S4910, the cloud server receives a work request having at least one or more telephone numbers as a destination.
In step S4920, the cloud server selects at least one of the connected electronic devices according to the condition set by the user.
In step S4930, the cloud server transmits the print job to the selected electronic device.
50 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a print job based on a telephone number according to another embodiment.
In step S5000, the cloud server receives a print job request as a group with a plurality of telephone numbers as destinations.
In step S5010, the cloud server checks the capability information of the electronic device corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers, and determines whether the electronic device corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers is a condition suitable for performing the print job. On the other hand, it is preferable to receive the capability information of the electronic device corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers, and to check the set conditions based on the received capability information, so that the electronic device corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers It can be judged whether it is a condition.
In step S5020, the cloud server selects at least one of the electronic devices corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers included in the group according to the determined result.
In step S5030, the cloud server transmits a print job request to the selected electronic device.
Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention, a sender transmits only one print job with different purpose together with the lifetime information of the print job to the cloud server, and transmits the print job to the electronic device according to the life information of the print job So that a printing operation can be performed.
Generally, in a cloud print service provided by a cloud server, a sender transmits the same print job several times in order to transmit the same print job with different purpose. Therefore, unnecessary transmission traffic is generated, and the same print job is stored separately in various storage spaces, thereby wasting storage space unnecessarily.
In order to solve such a problem, in the following embodiments, when the sender transmits the same print job with different purpose only once with the life information of the print job, the cloud server judges whether or not the content can be transferred according to the life information of the print job And a method of transmitting a print job to an electronic device to perform a print job. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 51 to 64. FIG.
51A is a diagram illustrating a cloud printing system environment.
Referring to FIG. 51A, a cloud printing system environment includes a mobile terminal 5100, a cloud server 5200, and an image forming apparatus 5300-5302. However, those skilled in the art can easily understand that various electronic devices such as a laptop, tablet, PC, and PDA can replace the mobile terminal 5100 to perform the same function as the mobile terminal 5100 without being limited to the mobile terminal 5100 .
In the cloud printing system, the user uploads the stored data to the cloud server 5200 using the mobile terminal 5100. The user can then request the cloud server 5300 at a desired time and place to print the corresponding data.
Meanwhile, the cloud server 5200 may map an arbitrary phone number for each image forming apparatus, and use the mapped phone number as a destination address of data transmission. At this time, a storage space may be provided for each image forming apparatus in the cloud server 5200, and the storage space of each image forming apparatus may be mapped to correspond to the telephone number of the image forming apparatus. For example, the telephone number 031-xxx-yyyy may be mapped to correspond to the image forming apparatus 5300, and the mapped telephone number may be used as the destination address. Therefore, when the user requests the cloud server 5200 for a print job whose destination is the telephone number mapped by using the mobile terminal 5100, the cloud server 5200 prints the print job in the storage space of the image forming apparatuses 5300-5302 Save your work. The cloud server 5200 can transmit the stored print job to the image forming apparatuses 5300-5303. The image forming apparatuses 5300-5302 receive the print job and perform the received print job.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the cloud server 5200 may provide a print work space for each telephone number, and the cloud server 5200 may map the printer to correspond to the storage space for each telephone number. For example, the A printer can be mapped and set corresponding to the storage space of the mobile terminal telephone number of A. Such storage space for each telephone number can be accessed by a person corresponding to the telephone number. For example, the storage space of the telephone number of the mobile terminal of A can be accessed by the user A using the terminal.
In the present embodiment, the user tries to transmit a print job by using the telephone numbers of A to C as destinations. At this time, it is assumed that each printer is mapped to a storage space of a mobile terminal phone number for each user.
In step S5101, the user transmits a print job whose destination is the telephone number of A to the cloud server 5200 using the mobile terminal.
In step S5102, the user transmits a print job having the telephone number of B as a destination.
In step S5103, the user transmits a print job whose destination is the telephone number of C.
The cloud server 5200 receives a print job and stores the print job in a storage space provided for each phone number. At this time, the print file included in the print job can be stored. Each print job is different only in destination, but the file to be printed is the same. However, since the print job is requested individually, the same print file is stored individually in the storage space per phone number.
In this embodiment, since the user has requested to print the print file " a.doc " file, the print file " a.doc " file is stored in the storage space of the user by telephone number.
Therefore, the user has to send the print job which is different in purpose but several times, thus causing unnecessary transmission traffic. In addition, since the same print file is individually stored in the storage space for each telephone number, the storage space is unnecessarily wasted.
51B is a diagram illustrating a cloud printing system environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In step S5111, the user transmits a print job whose destination is the telephone number of A to C to the cloud server 5200 using the mobile terminal.
The cloud server 5200 can store only one print file included in the print job, map the print number to the print file and set it, and store the set print number. At this time, the stored form can be stored in the form of a table in which the print file and the number of times of printing are mapped. For example, in the form of a table in which the number of printings " 3 " is mapped in correspondence with the file " a.doc ".
The cloud server 5200 can be set by mapping to a telephone number in a form in which one stored print file is referred to, unlike FIG. 51A. At this time, the stored form can be stored in the form of a table in which a print file reference is mapped to a telephone number. For example, a print file reference pointing to a print file " a.doc " and a table mapped with a telephone number. At this time, the telephone number of the user is mapped to correspond to the storage space for each telephone number.
Therefore, according to an embodiment, when the mobile terminal transmits a print job for the same print file having a plurality of telephone numbers as destinations, only one print job is transmitted to cause the unnecessary transmission traffic, It is possible to efficiently use the resources of the cloud server without unnecessarily wasting the storage space per phone number.
52 is a diagram illustrating a cloud server according to an embodiment.
52, the cloud server 5200 includes a receiving unit 5210, a storing unit 5220, a determining unit 5230, a transmitting unit 5240, and a controlling unit 5250.
The cloud server 5200 according to an exemplary embodiment receives a print job from the outside, determines whether or not the print job can be transmitted according to the lifetime of the received print job, and transmits the print job according to the determined result.
The receiving unit 5210 receives the data, and the transmitting unit 5240 transmits the data. Specifically, the receiving unit 5210 receives the print job, and the transfer unit 5240 transmits the print job.
The storage unit 5220 stores data. Specifically, the storage unit 5220 stores the contents and the lifetime of the set print job.
The determination unit 5230 determines whether or not the content can be transmitted according to the lifetime of the print job.
The control unit 5250 controls the receiving unit 5210 to receive a print job whose destination is a plurality of telephone numbers. The control unit 5250 controls the storage unit 5240 to store the contents included in the print job as one file. In addition, the control unit 5250 controls the storage unit 5240 to map and set the lifetime of the print job so as to correspond to the stored content, and to store the life of the set print job. The control unit 5250 controls the transmission unit 5240 to transmit the content to at least one of the plurality of electronic apparatuses corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers according to the determination result of the determination unit 5230. [
On the other hand, the control unit 5250 can control the storage unit 5240 to map and set the number of printable times so as to correspond to the stored contents, and to store the printable number of times of the set print job. At this time, if the number of printable times is not 0, the determination unit 5230 can determine that the content can be transmitted. Also, the controller 5250 may control the storage unit 5240 to adjust the number of printable times when the content is transmitted. If the printable count is 0, the control unit 5250 can delete the stored content.
Meanwhile, the control unit 5250 can control the storage unit 5240 to map and set the printable period to correspond to the stored contents, and to store the printable period of the set print job. At this time, the determination unit 5230 determines whether or not the printable period has elapsed. If it is determined that the printable period has not elapsed, the determination unit 5230 can determine that the content is transferable.
If it is determined that the printable period has passed, the control unit 5250 can delete the stored content.
The control unit 5250 controls the receiving unit 5210 to receive a request for content from at least one of the plurality of electronic devices. When the request is received, the determination unit 5230 determines whether the content can be transmitted to the requested electronic device according to the lifetime of the print job. The control unit 5250 may control the transmitting unit 5240 to transmit the content to the requested electronic device according to the determined result.
Meanwhile, the controller 5250 may control the storage unit 5220 to map and store a plurality of telephone numbers corresponding to the contents, respectively. The control unit 5250 also controls the storage unit 5220 to delete the destination telephone number of the stored telephone number when a print job is transmitted to at least one telephone number as a destination. The control unit 5250 may control the transmitting unit 5240 to transmit the content to the electronic device corresponding to the stored telephone number. That is, the content may not be repeatedly transmitted to one electronic device several times.
However, the present invention is not limited to mapping the telephone number corresponding to the content, and the control unit can store the content only once in the print job for a plurality of destinations and control it to be printed once at each destination in various ways.
The control unit 5250 can control the storage unit 5220 such that the number of printable times is set and stored in correspondence with the number of telephone numbers that are the destinations of the print job. For example, when receiving a print job having three telephone numbers as destinations, the control unit 5250 can control the storage unit 5220 to set and store the number of printable times to three.
53 is a diagram illustrating a cloud printing system according to an embodiment.
The cloud printing system according to one embodiment includes a mobile terminal 5100, a cloud server 5200, and an image forming apparatus 5300.
The mobile terminal 5100 included in the cloud printing system according to one embodiment transmits the print job to the cloud server 5200. [ The cloud server 5200 receives the print job, sets the lifetime of the print job, and transmits the print job to the image forming apparatus 5300 according to the life of the set print job. The image forming apparatus 5300 receives the print job and performs the received print job.
The mobile terminal 5100 includes a receiving unit 5110, a transmitting unit 5120, a controlling unit 5130 and a storing unit 5140 and a user input receiving unit 5150.
The receiving unit 5110 receives the data, and the transmitting unit 5120 transmits the data. Specifically, a print job can be transmitted.
The storage unit 5140 stores data. More specifically, the storage unit 5140 stores the content.
The user input receiving unit 5150 receives an input from a user for controlling various operations of the mobile terminal. Specifically, the user input receiving unit 5150 receives an input for selecting a plurality of telephone numbers from the user. Also, the user input receiving unit 5150 may receive an input from the user to select a content to be included in the print request among the contents stored in the storage unit 5140.
The control unit 5130 controls the user input receiving unit 5150 to receive an input for selecting a plurality of telephone numbers and an input for selecting a content to be included in a print job from the user, The print control unit 5120 controls the transfer unit 5120 to transfer the print job.
Meanwhile, the cloud server 5200 performs the same operation as that of the cloud server 5200 shown in FIG. 52, and thus its detailed description is omitted.
The image forming apparatus 5300 includes a receiving unit 5310, a transmitting unit 5320, a printing job performing unit 5330, and a controlling unit 5340.
The receiving unit 5310 receives the data and the transmitting unit 5320 transmits the data. Specifically, the receiving unit 5310 may receive a print job, and the transmitting unit 5320 may transmit a request for the content.
The control unit 5340 controls the receiving unit to receive the content from the cloud server 5300. The control unit 5340 controls the transmitting unit 5320 to transmit the request for the content to the cloud server 5200 and controls the receiving unit 5310 to receive the content from the cloud server 5200 in response thereto .
Meanwhile, the print job performing unit 5330 performs a print job based on the content received by the receiving unit 5310. [
Here, the cloud printing system is not limited to directly receiving and executing contents in the image forming apparatus, but contents can be transmitted to an electronic apparatus such as a mobile terminal firstly, and the image forming apparatus can receive and execute contents from the electronic apparatus.
54 is a diagram for explaining a process of group setting in a mobile terminal and a print job having a plurality of telephone numbers as a destination according to an embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 54, a user can set a group including a plurality of telephone numbers using a mobile terminal, and can generate a print job having a plurality of telephone numbers as destinations. Specifically, the mobile terminal may receive input from a user to create a group setting and a print job.
The user selects group setting 5430 in the print request screen 5400 displayed on the mobile terminal to set up a group including a plurality of telephone numbers. The user selects Add 5411 on the group management screen 5410 displayed on the mobile terminal. The user inputs the name of the group to be created and the telephone number to be included in the group in the group name input field 5421 and the telephone number input field 5422 on the group addition screen 5420 displayed on the mobile terminal. For example, in the present embodiment, the user creates a " work group A " that includes telephone numbers " 010-1111-1111 " and " 010-2222-2222 ". After inputting, the user selects Add 5023 to create a group. It is confirmed that the " study group A group " is added in the group management screen 5410. [ The user enters the destination telephone number or group in the destination input 5401 on the print request screen 5400 displayed on the mobile terminal. For example, in the present embodiment, the telephone numbers " 010-1111-1111 ", " company " Thereafter, when the user selects the print 5402, the user can generate a print job having the destination input from the destination input 5401 and transmit it to the cloud server.
55 is a diagram for explaining a process of transmitting a process of transmitting a print job with a plurality of phone numbers as destinations as another embodiment.
The user can select a destination to be transmitted through a check mark on the destination selection screen 5500 displayed on the mobile terminal. In the present embodiment, the user has selected the " MY COMPANY " group as the destination of the print job.
The user can select the content type on the content type selection screen 5510 to be displayed later. In this embodiment, the user has selected " Documents " to print the document.
The user selects a file to be printed on the print file selection screen 5520 to be displayed later. In the print file selection screen 5520, various files stored in the mobile terminal can be displayed, and the user can select the file through the check mark. On the other hand, in order to transmit such a print job, the user can confirm the data to be printed in advance through the preview screen 5530 and transmit the print job.
56 is a diagram showing an HTTP packet in a form of transmitting a print job to a plurality of telephone numbers according to an embodiment.
The HTTP packet 5600, which is a form of sending a print job at the mobile terminal, includes content related to the request URL 5610, the telephone number 5620, and the print file 5630.
In this embodiment, the user uses the telephone numbers " 010-0000-0000 ", " 010-1111-1111 ", and " 010-2222-2222 " .xx / transmit / " to send a print job for the print file " document.doc ".
The mobile terminal generates an HTTP packet by setting the request URL 5610 to http: //xx.xx.xx.xx/transmit/, which is the address of the cloud server. Further, the destination telephone number 5620 is set to the telephone number " 010-0000-0000 ", " 010-1111-11111 ", and " 010-2222-2222 " Also, an HTTP packet is generated by setting the print file 5630 to " document.doc ". The mobile terminal generates an HTTP packet including the content related to the request URL 5610, the telephone number 5620, and the print file 5630, and transmits the HTTP packet to the cloud server in the form of a print job having a plurality of telephone numbers as a destination Lt; / RTI >
However, it is not limited to requesting a print job in the form of an HTTP packet, and the print job can be transmitted in various forms.
57 is a view showing data, a count table, a telephone number, and a data reference table for managing a print job according to an embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 57, the cloud server stores a data and count table 5700, a telephone number and a reference table 5710, and can manage received work requests using these tables 5700 and 5710.
The data and count table 5700 maps and stores " file name " and " printable count ". For example, when receiving a request to print an " image.jpg " file with three telephone numbers as destinations from outside the cloud server, in one row of the data and count table 5700, " file name " Image.jpg " and " printable count " are stored as " 3 ".
The telephone number and data reference table 5710 maps and stores " telephone number " and " document reference ". At this time, the telephone number can be mapped corresponding to the telephone number storage space.
For example, when receiving a request to print an " image.jpg " file with three telephone numbers from outside the cloud server as a destination, a " document reference " .jpg ". On the other hand, the telephone number and the " telephone number " in the reference table 5710 are stored in three lines with each telephone number serving as a destination.
At this time, only one file "image.jpg" to be printed is stored in the cloud server. In other words, the cloud server does not store "image.jpg" files by phone number. Therefore, those skilled in the art can easily understand that "image.jpg" represented in "document reference" and "file name" indicates one stored "image.jpg". Quot; document reference " and " file name " may be mapped to corresponding stored document files.
58A is a diagram for explaining a process of managing a print job stored in a cloud server when there is a print job from the outside according to an embodiment.
58A, in step S5810, the printer requests a print job for " image.jpg ". In step S5820, the cloud server sends the file " image.jpg " to the printer. At this time, the telephone number set corresponding to the printer requesting the print job is " 010-4444-4444 ". The cloud server 5200 deletes the telephone number and the row whose telephone number is " 010-4444-4444 " in the document reference table 5810 and the document reference is " image.jpg ". And then decrements the " printable count " of the row whose file name is " image.jpg " in the data and count table 5800. In the present embodiment, the " printable count " is reduced from 3 to 2.
58B is a diagram for explaining a process of managing a print job stored in a cloud server when there is a print job from the outside according to an embodiment.
58B, in step S5830, the printer requests a print job for " document.doc ". In step S5840, the cloud server sends a file " document.doc " to the printer. At this time, the telephone number corresponding to the printer requesting the print job is " 010-4444-4444 ". The cloud server deletes the telephone number and the row whose telephone number is " 010-4444-4444 " in the document reference table 5830 and the " document reference " As shown in FIG. 58B, the telephone number and document reference table 5830 show a state after the cloud server deletes such a row.
Thereafter, the cloud server reduces the " printable count " of the row in which the " document file " is " document.doc " in the file name and count table 5840. At this time, since the reduced printable count is 0, the row with the " document.doc " document.doc " on the table 5840 is deleted.
FIG. 59 is a diagram showing data, a printable period table, a telephone number, and a data reference table for managing a print job according to an embodiment.
59, the cloud server stores a data and printable period table 5900, a telephone number and a reference table 5910, and uses these tables 5900 and 5910 to manage received job requests have.
The data and printable period table 5900 maps and stores " file name ", " printable period ", and " registration date ". At this time, the " printable period " can be preset in the cloud server. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the printable period is set to 2 days in a lump. For example, when receiving a request to print an " image.jpg " file with three phone numbers as destinations from outside the cloud server, the " file name " in one row of the data and printable period table 5900 is printed Quot; image.jpg " and the " printable period " to be stored are stored as " two days ". At this time, when a print job is registered (stored) in the cloud server, information on the date and time can be acquired and the registration date and time can be stored together. In this embodiment, the registration date and time is " 2013-12-02 ".
60 is a diagram for explaining a process of managing a print job stored in a cloud server when there is a print job from the outside according to another embodiment.
Referring to Fig. 60, in step S6010, the printer requests a print job for " image.jpg ". At this time, the telephone number corresponding to the printer requesting the print job is " 010-4444-4444 ". The cloud server 5200 identifies the " printable period " of the row whose file name is " image.jpg " in the data and printable period table 6000. In the case where the time of printing job is 2013-12-03, it is confirmed that the printable period from the registration date "2013-12-02" is not in the state of 2 days. Accordingly, in step S6020, the cloud server transmits the print job to the printer.
However, when the point of time of the print job is " 2013-12-05 ", the cloud server confirms that the printable period has already passed at the registration date. Therefore, at this time, the step S6020 is not performed, and the row whose "file name" is "image.jpg" in the data and printable period table 6000 is deleted. At this time, it is possible to delete a row in which the file reference is " image.jpg " in the telephone number and file reference table 6010 associated therewith.
61 is a flowchart of a method of performing a print job based on a telephone number according to an embodiment.
In step S6100, the server receives a print job whose destination is a plurality of telephone numbers.
In step S6110, the server stores the contents included in the print job as one file.
In step S6120, the server maps and sets the lifetime of the print job so as to correspond to the stored content, and stores the lifetime of the set print job.
In step S6130, the server determines whether the print data can be transmitted according to the life of the set print job. The server receives a request for content from at least one of the plurality of electronic apparatuses and, when the request is received, determines whether the content can be transmitted to the requesting electronic apparatus according to the lifetime of the set print job.
In step S6130, the server transmits the contents to at least one of the plurality of electronic apparatuses corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers according to the determination result. At this time, the server can transmit the content to the electronic device that requested the content according to the determined result.
62 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a print job based on a telephone number according to another embodiment.
In step S6200, the server receives a print job whose destination is a plurality of telephone numbers.
In step S6210, the server stores the contents included in the print job as one file.
In step S6220, the server maps and sets the printable count so as to correspond to the stored content, and stores the set printable count. At this time, the number of printable times can be set corresponding to the number of telephone numbers which are destinations of the print job.
In step S6230, the server determines whether or not the content is transferable according to whether or not the number of printable times is 0 or not. That is, if the number of printable times is not 0, the server can determine that the content can be transmitted.
In step S6240, the content is transmitted to at least one of the plurality of electronic devices corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers according to the determination result.
On the other hand, when the content is transmitted, the number of printable times can be further adjusted. If the number of printable times is zero, the content can be deleted.
63 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a print job based on a telephone number according to another embodiment.
In step S6300, the server receives a print job whose destination is a plurality of telephone numbers.
In step S6310, the server stores the contents included in the print job as one file.
In step S6320, the server maps and sets the printable period to correspond to the stored content, and stores the set printable period.
In step S6330, the server determines whether or not the content can be transmitted according to whether or not the printable period has elapsed. That is, when it is determined that the printable period has not elapsed, the server can determine that the content is transferable.
In step S6340, the server transmits the contents to at least one of the plurality of electronic apparatuses corresponding to the plurality of telephone numbers according to the determination result.
On the other hand, when the printable period has elapsed, the server can delete the content.
64 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a print job based on a telephone number according to another embodiment.
In step S6400, the server receives a print job having a plurality of telephone numbers as destinations.
In step S6410, the server stores the contents included in the print job as one file.
In step S6420, the server maps and sets the printable times so as to correspond to the stored contents, and stores the set printable times.
In step S6430, the server maps and stores a plurality of telephone numbers corresponding to the contents, respectively.
In step S6440, the server determines whether or not the content can be transmitted according to whether or not the printable count is 0 or not.
In step S6450, the server transmits the content to the electronic device corresponding to the stored telephone number.
In step S6460, the server deletes the transmitted destination telephone number when it is transmitted.
Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention, a sender can transmit content to a person who is not subscribed to a cloud print service, and at this time, invitation to a non-subscriber can be invited to induce subscription of a cloud print service and receive content upon subscription .
In general, the cloud print service provided by the cloud server was provided only to the users subscribed to the cloud print service. Accordingly, the sender can not deliver the content to be printed unless the receiver is a user subscribed to the cloud print service, and users who are not subscribed to the cloud print service are required to subscribe to the cloud print service to receive the cloud print service. In order to solve such a problem, in the following embodiments, a sender can transmit content to be printed to a person who is not subscribed to the cloud print service. At this time, the invitation message is sent to the non-participant to induce subscription of the cloud print service, To receive content that has been received. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 65 to 80. FIG.
65 is a diagram illustrating a cloud printing system according to an embodiment.
65, a cloud printing system according to an embodiment includes a user device 6500, a cloud server 6600, and a device 6700.
According to one embodiment of the cloud printing system, the user device 6500 transmits the content and the telephone number to which the content is to be transmitted to the cloud server 6600. [ The cloud server 6600 determines whether the received phone number is a phone number registered in the server. If it is determined that the received phone number is not the phone number registered in the server, the cloud server 6600 transmits a server registration inducement message to the received phone number, So as to correspond to the telephone number. The device 6700 transmits a server registration request corresponding to the registration inducement message to the cloud server 6600 and the cloud server 6600 transmits the stored content to the device 6700. [
Accordingly, according to an exemplary embodiment, the user of the user device 6500 can transmit content and a telephone number to be transmitted regardless of whether a telephone number to be transmitted to the server is registered.
On the other hand, the user of the device 6700 mapped with the phone number not registered in the cloud server 6600 receives the server registration inducement message from the cloud server 6600 and transmits a server registration request to the cloud server 6600 do. The user's telephone number is registered in the server according to the transmitted server registration request. Thus, non-parties can easily lead to subscribing to a phone number-based printing service.
The user of the device 6700 can also receive the content stored before registration from the cloud server 6600, along with registration. That is, the device 6700 can receive the stored content before the phone number of the device 6700 is registered, thereby providing a seamless service experience to the user.
Meanwhile, the user of the user device 6500 can transmit the content irrespective of whether the phone number to be transmitted is registered in the cloud server 6600 or not. Thus, the user of the user device 6500 may have confidence that the content will be sent to the desired telephone number.
65, the user device 6500 includes a network interface unit 6510 and a control unit 6520.
The network interface unit 6510 transmits the content and the telephone number to which the content is to be transmitted. Also, the network interface unit 6510 may receive a message indicating whether to transmit the server registration inducement message, and may transmit a response to the message.
The control unit 6520 controls the network interface unit 6510 to transmit the content and the telephone number to which the content is to be transmitted. On the other hand, the control unit 6520 receives a message indicating whether to transmit a server registration induction message from the cloud server 6600, and controls the network interface unit 6510 to transmit a response to the message to the cloud server 6600 .
The user device 6500 may include a user interface portion (not shown). The user interface unit (not shown) may receive an input from the user indicating content and a telephone number to which the content is to be transmitted. The user interface unit (not shown) may receive a response to the message indicating whether to transmit the server registration induction message from the user.
The cloud server 6600 includes a network interface unit 6610, a control unit 6620, a determination unit 6630, and a storage unit 6640.
The network interface unit 6610 receives the content and the telephone number to which the content is to be transmitted. The network interface unit 6610 transmits the server registration inducement message to the received telephone number and transmits the content stored in the storage unit 6640 to the device 6700 mapped to correspond to the received telephone number.
The storage unit 6640 stores contents and telephone numbers. The storage unit 6640 may also store a user identifier.
The determination unit 6630 determines whether the telephone number received from the network interface unit 6610 is a telephone number registered in the server. In addition, the determination unit 6630 may determine whether a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the stored content was stored.
If the controller 6620 determines that the received phone number is not the registered phone number, the controller 6620 transmits a server registration inducement message to the received phone number, receives a server registration request corresponding to the server registration inducement message, And controls the network interface unit 6610 to transmit the content stored in the mapped device so as to correspond to the content.
Also, the control unit 6620 controls the storage unit 6640 to store the content corresponding to the received telephone number. Meanwhile, if the determination unit 6630 determines that the content stored in the determination unit 6630 has passed the predetermined period, the control unit 6620 may control the storage unit 6640 to delete the stored content.
Meanwhile, the cloud server 6600 may further include an authentication unit (not shown). Upon receiving the server registration request, the authentication unit (not shown) authenticates the telephone number.
The control unit 6620 may control the storage unit 6640 to map and register a plurality of telephone numbers corresponding to the user identifier.
The control unit 6620 sends a message to the device 6600 indicating whether or not to transmit the message, receives a response to the message from the device 6600, and transmits a server registration inducement message based on the response 6610).
The device 6700 includes a network interface unit 6710 and a control unit 6720.
The network interface unit 6710 receives the server registration inducement message. In addition, the network interface unit 6710 transmits a server registration request in response to the server registration inducement message.
The control unit 6720 receives the server registration message, transmits the server registration request in response to the server registration inducing message, and controls the network interface unit 6710 to receive the content.
The device 6700 may include a user interface unit (not shown). The user interface unit (not shown) receives the server registration request from the user corresponding to the server registration inducement message, and displays the received content to the user.
The device 6700 may include a print job performing unit (not shown). A print job performing unit (not shown) performs a job of printing the received content. For example, device 6700 may be a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal stores a telephone number unique to the USIM chip or the like and can communicate with the corresponding telephone number using the mobile network. Therefore, even when the telephone number is not registered in the server, the cloud server 6600 uses MMS Server registration message can be transmitted. The user can receive content from the cloud server 6600 using the mobile terminal, preview the content through a display or the like, and transmit the content directly to the image forming apparatus connected to the mobile terminal and print the content. Alternatively, the user maps and registers the image forming apparatus so as to correspond to the telephone number registered in the server using the mobile terminal, and transmits the registration to the cloud server 6600 from the mobile terminal so as to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus mapped by the cloud server 6600 You can make a request.
However, the device 6700 may be an apparatus including a print job performing unit (not shown) such as an image forming apparatus. For example, in the case of a kiosk (kiosk) that is a common image forming apparatus, the cloud server 200 can communicate with the image forming apparatus via the telephone network by using a unique telephone number, A server registration request is made through the user interface unit of the apparatus, the corresponding image forming apparatus can be registered, and the contents can be received.
66 is a diagram illustrating a cloud server according to an embodiment.
The cloud server 6600 according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 66 performs the same functions as the cloud server 6600 shown in FIG. 65, and thus a detailed description will be omitted.
67 is a diagram for explaining a method of providing a cloud-printing service based on a telephone number in a cloud printing system according to an embodiment.
In step S6710, the user device 6500 transmits the content and the telephone number to which the content is to be transmitted to the cloud server 6600. [ The cloud server 6600 receives the contents and the telephone number to which the contents are to be transmitted.
In step S6720, the cloud server 6600 determines whether the received phone number is a phone number registered in the server.
If it is determined in step S6730 that the received phone number is not a phone number registered in the server, the cloud server 6600 transmits a server registration inducement message to the received phone number. The device 6700 receives a server registration inducement message from the cloud server 6600. [
In step S6740, the cloud server 6600 stores the content corresponding to the received telephone number.
In step S6750, the device 6700 can make a server registration request to the cloud server 6600 in response to the received server registration inducement message.
In step S6760, the cloud server 6600 may transmit the content stored in the mapped device 6700 to correspond to the telephone number.
68 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a cloud printing service based on a telephone number according to an exemplary embodiment.
In step S6800, the cloud server 6600 receives the contents and the telephone number to which the contents are to be transmitted.
In step S6810, the cloud server 6600 determines whether the received phone number is a phone number registered in the server.
If it is determined in step S6820 that the received phone number is not a phone number registered in the server, the cloud server 6600 stores the content to be mapped to the phone number.
In step S6830, the cloud server 6600 transmits a server registration inducement message to the device 6700 with the received telephone number.
In step S6840, the cloud server 6600 receives a server registration request from the device 6700 corresponding to the server registration inducement message. Upon receipt, the cloud server 6600 transmits the content stored in the mapped device 6700 to correspond to the received phone number.
In step S6850, when it is determined that the received phone number is a phone number registered in the server, the cloud server 6600 stores the content to be mapped to the registered phone number.
In step S6860, the cloud server 6600 transmits the content stored in the device mapped to correspond to the received telephone number.
69 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a cloud printing service based on a telephone number according to another embodiment.
In step S6900, the cloud server 6600 receives the content and the telephone number to which the content is to be transmitted.
In step S6910, the cloud server 6600 determines whether the received telephone number is a telephone number registered in the server.
If it is determined in step S6920 that the received phone number is not a phone number registered in the server, the cloud server 6600 stores the content to be mapped to the phone number.
In step S6930, the cloud server 6600 transmits a server registration inducement message to the received telephone number.
In step S6940, the cloud server 6600 receives a server registration request corresponding to the server registration inducement message.
In step S6950, the cloud server 6600 performs authentication on the telephone number to determine whether it is successful.
In step S6960, if the authentication of the telephone number is successful, the cloud server 6600 maps the device 6700 to correspond to the telephone number and registers it.
In step S6970, the cloud server 6600 transmits the content stored in the device 6700 mapped to correspond to the received telephone number.
In step S6980, if the received phone number is a phone number registered in the server, the cloud server 200 stores the content to be mapped to the registered phone number.
In step S6990, the cloud server 6600 transmits the content stored in the device 6700 mapped to correspond to the received telephone number.
70 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a cloud printing service based on a telephone number according to another embodiment.
In step S7000, the cloud server 6600 receives the content and the telephone number to which the content is to be transmitted.
In step S7010, the cloud server 6600 determines whether the received phone number is a phone number registered in the server.
In step S7020, if the received phone number is not a phone number registered in the server, the cloud server 6600 stores the content to be mapped to the phone number.
In step S7030, the cloud server 6600 transmits a server registration inducement message to the received telephone number. For example, the cloud server 6600 sends a server registration inducement message to the mapped device 6700 to correspond to the received phone number.
In step S7040, the cloud server 6600 receives a server registration request corresponding to the server registration inducement message.
In step S7050, the cloud server 6600 performs authentication on the telephone number to determine whether it is successful. The cloud server 6600 also authenticates the user identifier to determine if it is successful.
In step S7060, the cloud server 6600 maps the device 6700 to correspond to the telephone number and registers it. Also, the cloud server 6600 maps and registers the telephone number so as to correspond to the user's user identifier. At this time, the cloud server 6600 can map and register a plurality of phone numbers so as to correspond to the user identifier.
In step S7070, the cloud server 6300 transmits the content stored in the device 6700 mapped to correspond to the received telephone number.
In step S7080, if the received phone number is a phone number registered in the server, the cloud server 6600 stores the content to be mapped to the registered phone number.
In step S7090, the cloud server 6600 transmits the content stored in the device mapped to correspond to the received telephone number.
On the other hand, when the user registers the phone number so as to correspond to the user identifier, when the user logs in through the authentication of the user identifier, the user confirms all the contents having the plurality of phone numbers mapped so as to correspond to the user identifier . For example, the cloud server 6600 provides a web page for providing a printing service to a user, and when a user logs in by performing authentication for a user identifier through a web page, a plurality of You can see all the content with the phone number as the destination.
However, when the user confirms the contents received by his / her telephone number using the mobile terminal, only the contents mapped to correspond to the telephone number can be confirmed. That is, even if a plurality of telephone numbers are mapped so as to correspond to a user identifier, when using a mobile terminal, only content corresponding to the corresponding telephone number can be received. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to previously set the content to be a destination with a plurality of phone numbers mapped so that the user corresponds to the user identifier.
71 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a cloud printing service based on a telephone number according to another embodiment.
In step S7100, the cloud server 6600 receives the contents and the telephone number to which the contents are to be transmitted.
In step S7110, the cloud server 6600 determines whether the received phone number is a phone number registered in the server.
In step S7120, if the cloud server 6600 determines that it is not registered with the server, it stores the received phone number to be mapped to the phone number.
In step S7130, the cloud server 6600 transmits a server registration inducement message to the received telephone number. For example, the cloud server 6600 sends a server registration inducement message to the mapped device 6700 to correspond to the received phone number
In step S7140, the cloud server 6600 determines whether a predetermined period has elapsed from the time when the content is stored.
In step S7150, the cloud server 6600 determines that a predetermined period has not elapsed from the time when the content is stored. Upon receipt of the server registration request corresponding to the server registration inducement message from the device 6700, And transmits the content stored in the mapped device 6700.
If it is determined in step S7160 that the received phone number is a phone number registered in the server, the cloud server 6600 stores the content to be mapped to the registered phone number.
In step S7170, the cloud server 6600 transmits the content stored in the device mapped to correspond to the received telephone number.
In step S7180, the cloud server 6600 deletes the stored content if it is determined that the predetermined period has elapsed from the stored time point.
72 is a diagram for explaining a process of transmitting a service subscription invitation message to a telephone number to which content is to be transmitted according to an embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 72, a user inputs a telephone number to which content is to be transmitted using a user device 6600, and transmits the content. At this time, if the cloud server 6600 determines that the telephone number to which the content is to be transmitted is a telephone number that is not registered, the cloud server 6600 transmits a message 7210 to the user device 6500. The message 7210 includes a message asking whether to transmit the service subscription invitation message to the other party using the telephone number to which the content is to be transmitted. If the user selects OK (7215) in the message 7210, the cloud server 6600 sends a service subscription invitation message to the phone number to be transmitted. For example, the cloud server 6600 sends a service subscription invitation message to the device 6700. Device 6700 may be a device that uses a unique phone number, such as a portable terminal. However, the cloud server 6600 is not limited to transmitting the service subscription invitation message, and if the user device 6500 is a mobile terminal, the service subscription invitation message in the form of SMS may be directly transmitted to the device 6700.
The device 6700 can download the application from the address indicated in the service subscription invitation message 7220 and install it in the application, and transmit the service subscription request to the cloud server 6600 in the application. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the user can make a service subscription request to the cloud server 6600 without installing an application.
73 is a diagram for explaining a process in which a service non-subscriber performs authentication to subscribe to a service according to an embodiment.
Referring to Figure 73 (a), the device 6700 is a mobile terminal. That is, since the mobile terminal uses a unique phone number, the mobile terminal can receive the SMS and perform authentication on the phone number.
The device 6700 requests (7310) an authentication number from the cloud server 6600 on the application providing the service to authenticate the telephone number. Upon request, the cloud server 6600 generates a PIN code. When the cloud server 6600 transmits the generated PIN code to the mobile terminal, the user confirms the transmitted PIN code, inputs the PIN code, selects authentication 7320, and the device 6700 transmits the generated PIN code to the cloud server 6600 The authentication number is transmitted and the generated PIN code is compared and confirmed whether it is the same. If it matches the generated PIN code, authentication for the telephone number is completed.
Referring to FIG. 73 (b), FIG. 73 illustrates a process of authenticating an account used in a service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 73 (b), the user inputs the user account into the input field 7330, then inputs the password into the input field 7340 and selects the login 7350 to send the information including the user account and the password to the cloud And sends the authentication request to the server 6600 for authentication.
For example, in the present embodiment, the user inputs the user account " samsung " into the input field 7330, inputs the password 4 digits " **** " into the input field 7340, selects the login 7350, For example.
The cloud server 6600 completes the authentication of the user account when the information of the stored user account and password matches the information of the user account and password inputted by the user.
74 is a diagram for explaining a process for performing authentication in an API server which is a part of the cloud server 6600 according to an embodiment.
74, in step S7410, the device 6700 requests the API server to authenticate the PIN code.
In step S7420, the API server determines whether or not to forward the account at the time of authentication for the telephone number. That is, the user can request the API server to perform the authentication for the user account together with the authentication for the telephone number using the device 6700, and the API server determines whether to forward the account together with the telephone number authentication, Confirm that you want to perform authentication on the same machine.
In step S7430, if it is determined that the user account is not transmitted together with the telephone number authentication, the API server determines whether the telephone number is registered in the database. That is, when the API server authenticates the telephone number, if it is determined that the authentication is not requested together with the account, the API server determines whether the telephone number is registered in the database.
In step S7440, if the API server determines that the telephone number is registered in the database, it determines whether the registered telephone number is linked to the account.
If it is determined in step S7450 that the registered phone number is associated with the account, the API server requests the user device 6500 to perform authentication for the user account determined to be interlocked with the device 6700. [ At this time, upon receiving a request indicating that authentication for the user account is to be performed, the authentication server is requested to pass the account together to obtain an access token for the account. On the other hand, upon receiving a request indicating that authentication for the user account is not to be performed, a request to the authentication server to obtain a new access token do.
In step S7460, if it is determined that the registered telephone number is not associated with the account, the API server requests the authentication server to obtain a new access token. That is, the API server registers the telephone number and requests an access token from the authentication server to obtain authorization to use the service. In step S7470, the API server receives the authentication result for the request from the authentication server. For example, if authentication is successful for a request, an access token is returned; if authentication fails, a value indicating authentication failure rather than an access token is returned.
75 is a diagram for explaining a process for performing authentication in an authentication server that is a part of the cloud server 6600 according to an embodiment.
In step S7510, the authentication server receives a PIN code authentication request from the API server.
In step S7520, the authentication server determines whether the user account is received together with the authentication of the telephone number.
If it is determined in step S7530 that the user account is transmitted together, the authentication server checks whether the telephone number is associated with another account.
If it is determined in step S7550 that the telephone number is associated with another account, the authentication server performs authentication for the transferred user account. At the same time, PIN code authentication can be performed. If authentication is successful, the authentication server deactivates the access token for the other account.
In step S7540, the authentication server determines whether the PIN code authentication is successful.
If it is determined in step S7560 that the PIN code authentication is successful, the authentication server determines whether the access token is assigned to the telephone number.
In step S7570, if it is determined that the access token is assigned to the telephone number, all access tokens for the telephone number are deactivated.
In step S7590, if it is determined that the access token is not assigned to the telephone number, the authentication server allocates a new access token for the telephone number. Also, if it is determined that an access token is assigned to the telephone number, the authentication server assigns a new access token to the telephone number. On the other hand, if you deactivate the access token for another account, the authentication server can assign a new access token for the phone number. Also, if it is determined that the telephone number is not associated with another account, the device 300 is requested to authenticate the account. The authentication server can also perform authentication for the PIN code. If authentication is successful, the authentication server assigns a new access token for the phone number.
In step S7580, if the PIN code is authenticated and the authentication fails, a value notifying the authentication failure is returned to the API server.
76 is a diagram for explaining a process in which a service non-subscriber performs authentication for a telephone number in response to a service subscription message.
FIG. 76A is a diagram for explaining a process in which a service fee request a PIN code.
The user A 7600 uses the mobile terminal M1 as the usage device 7610 and the telephone number 7620 uses 010 and the application installation state 7630 indicates that the application service state Has not been associated with any ID with respect to the user account interlock state 7640 and has not obtained an access token with respect to the access token acquisition state 7650. [
In step S7610, the user A (7600) requests the PIN code to the API server 7660 using the mobile terminal M1 as the usage device 7610. [
In step S7620, the API server 7660 requests the authentication server 7670 for the PIN code.
In step S7630, the authentication server 76270 generates a PIN code and stores it in the database 1280. [
In step S7640, the authentication server 7670 transmits the PIN code generated by the SMS to the mobile terminal M1.
Accordingly, the user A 7600 can use the mobile terminal Ml as the using device 7610, request the PIN code, and receive the PIN code from the authentication server via SMS.
FIG. 76B is a diagram for explaining a process of requesting a PIN code based on a received PIN code to perform authentication.
In step S7650, the user A (7600) requests the API server (7660) to authenticate the PIN code using the mobile terminal M1.
In step S7660, the API server 7660 verifies the user table stored in the database 7680. [ In this case, the user table means that the user identifier, the telephone number, and the device are mapped to correspond to each other and stored in the form of a table.
In step S7670, if there is no user registered with the requested telephone number, the API server 7660 requests the authentication server 7670 to authenticate the PIN code.
In step S7680, the authentication server 7670 generates an access token for the PIN code authentication request and stores it in the database 7680. [
In step S7690, the authentication server 7670 returns the generated token to the API server 7660. [
In step S7695, the API server 7660 returns an access token to the mobile terminal M1.
Accordingly, the user A (7600) can register the telephone number so that the mobile terminal M1 can use the service, and access the contents stored in the cloud server using the access token.
FIG. 77 is a diagram for explaining a process of performing an authentication request for a telephone number so that a subscriber of the service can use the service using another device. FIG.
In this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 77, the user A assumes that the mobile terminal M1 acquires the access token and is able to use the service using the mobile terminal M1.
The user A 7700 uses the tablet T1 as the used device 7715, the telephone number 7725 uses 010, the service application is installed with respect to the application installation state 7735, 7745) and has not acquired an access token with respect to the access token acquisition state 7755
77A is a diagram for explaining a process of requesting a PIN code according to an embodiment.
In step S7710, the user A (7700) requests the PIN code to the API server 7760 using the tablet T1.
In step S7720, the API server 7760 requests the authentication server 1370 for the PIN code.
In step S7730, the authentication server 7770 generates a PIN code for the PIN code request, and stores the generated PIN code in the database 7780. [
In step S7740, the authentication server 7770 transmits the generated PIN code to the mobile terminal M1 via SMS. However, if tablet T1 has a different phone number than mobile terminal M1, then PIN code can be transmitted to tablet T1.
77B is a diagram for explaining a process of requesting authentication for a PIN code according to an embodiment.
In step S7750, the user can confirm the PIN code received at the mobile terminal M1, input the confirmed PIN code using the tablet T1, and request the API server 7760 to authenticate the PIN code.
In step S7760, the API server 7760 confirms the user table stored in the database 7780. [ The API server 7760 confirms that the mobile terminal M 1 is already registered for the requested telephone number " 010 ".
In step S7770, the API server 7760 transmits a PIN code authentication request to the authentication server 7770. [
In step S7780, the authentication server 7770 generates an access token and stores the generated access token in the database 7780. [
In step S7790, the authentication server 7770 returns the generated access token to the API server 7760. [
In step S7795, the API server 7760 returns an access token to the tablet T1.
The tablet T1 receives the access token and is able to use the service with the tablet T1. However, since the previously obtained access token is inactivated, the mobile terminal Ml is changed to a state in which the user A (7700) can not use the service using the mobile terminal Ml.
In this case, the user A (7700) requests the PIN code using the mobile terminal M1 in order to use the service by using the mobile terminal M1, inputs the received PIN code and requests the PIN code authentication, M1 may reacquire the access token. In this case, the authentication server 7770 deactivates the access token received at the tablet T1, so that the user A (7700) is changed to a state in which the service can not be used using the mobile terminal T1.
78 is a diagram for explaining a process of linking a user account registered with a service to a registered phone number.
User A 7800 wants to associate the user account with the registered phone number.
The user A 7800 uses the mobile terminal M1 as the using device 7810, the telephone number 7820 uses "010", the service application is installed with respect to the application installation state 7830, It is in a state that it is not associated with any ID with respect to the interworking state 7840 and it has acquired the access token in relation to the access token acquisition state 7850. [
78A is a diagram for explaining a process of linking a user ID and a telephone number in the mobile terminal M1.
In step S7810, the user A (7800) transmits an account linking request to the API server (7860) using the mobile terminal (M1). At this time, the account link request is transmitted with the telephone number and the account as one parameter.
In step S7815, the API server 7860 confirms the user table stored in the database 7880. [
In step S7820, the API server 7860 requests an access token for the user account from the authentication server 7870 if there is no user account registered with the requested telephone number by checking the stored user table.
In step S7825, all the access tokens for the telephone numbers registered with the authentication server 7870 are deactivated, and an access token for the new user account is generated. The generated token is stored in the database 7880.
In step S7830, the authentication server 7870 returns an access token to the API server 7860 for the created user account.
In step S7835, the API server 7860 returns an access token for the user account to the mobile terminal M1.
Therefore, in the mobile terminal M1, the user account A and the telephone number " 010 "
78B is a diagram for explaining a process of requesting and receiving a PIN code to perform authentication for the tablet T1 according to an embodiment.
In step S7840, the user A (7800) requests the PIN code from the API T1 to the API server (7800).
In step S7845, the API server 7860 requests the authentication server 7800 for the PIN code.
In step S7850, the authentication server 7870 generates a PIN code, and stores the generated PIN code in the database 7880. [
In step S7855, the authentication server 7870 transmits the PIN code generated by the SMS to the mobile terminal M1.
78C is a diagram for explaining a process of performing authentication by requesting authentication of a PIN code according to an embodiment.
In step S7860, the user A (7800) inputs the PIN code received from the mobile terminal M1 and transmits a PIN code authentication request to the API server (7860).
In step S7865, the API server 7860 verifies the user table stored in the database 7880. [ The API server 7860 checks the user table and confirms that the telephone number " 010 " and the user account " A " are linked using the mobile terminal M1.
In step S7870, the API server 7860 may request the tablet T1 to authenticate for the interlocked user account " A ". Since user A 7800 owns an interlocked user account "A", user A 7800 uses tablet T1 to send a PIN code authentication request along with user account "A" back to API server 7860 do.
In step S7875, the API server 7860 confirms the user table stored in the database 7880. [ API server 7860 verifies whether the requested telephone number and user account match what was previously registered.
If it is determined in step S7880 that the password is identical, the API server 7860 transmits a PIN code authentication request to the authentication server 7870 including the user account " A ".
In step S7885, the authentication server 7870 performs authentication of the PIN code and the user account, and additionally generates an access token for the tablet T1 without deactivating the existing access token in the state where the authentication is performed. The generated access token is stored in database 7880.
In step S7890, the authentication server 7870 transmits the generated additional access token to the API server 7860. [
In step S7895, the API server 7860 transmits an access token to the tablet T1.
Unlike before, the existing access token is not deactivated so that user A (7800) can use the service using the tablet T1 as well as the service using the mobile terminal M1.
79 is a diagram for explaining a process of authenticating a service using a mobile terminal M2 using another telephone number.
User A (7900) attempts to use the service using the new mobile terminal M2. That is, the user A (7900) uses the mobile terminal M2 as the device 7918, uses "011" as the telephone number 7928, and the service application is not installed , It is in a state not associated with any ID with respect to the user account interlock state 7948 and has not acquired an access token with respect to the access token acquisition state 7958. [
79A is a diagram for explaining a process of requesting and receiving a PIN code to use a service using the mobile terminal M2.
In step S7910, the user A (7900) transmits the PIN code request to the API server (7960) using the mobile terminal (M2).
In step S7915, the API server 7960 transmits a PIN code request to the authentication server 7970. [
In step S7920, the authentication server 7970 generates a PIN code in response to the PIN code request, and stores the generated PIN code in the database 7980. [
In step S7925, the authentication server 7970 transmits the generated PIN code to the mobile terminal M2 via SMS.
79B is a diagram for explaining a process of requesting PIN code authentication using mobile M2 to obtain an access token.
In step S7930, the user 7900 inputs the received PIN code using the mobile terminal M2 and transmits a PIN code authentication request to the API server 7960. [
In step S7935, the API server 7960 confirms the user table stored in the database.
In step S7940, the API server 7960 confirms that there is no user registered with the requested telephone number " 011 ", and the API server 7960 transmits a PIN code authentication request to the authentication server 7970. [
In step S7945, the authentication server 7970 receives the PIN code authentication request, performs authentication on the PIN code, and if successful, generates an access token in response to the PIN code authentication request and transmits the generated access token to the database 7980. [ .
In step S7950, the authentication server 7970 transmits the generated access token to the API server 7960. [
In step S7955, the API server 7960 transmits the access token to the mobile terminal M2.
Accordingly, the user A (7900) receives the access token using the mobile terminal M2 and can use the service using the mobile terminal M2. On the other hand, in the case of the mobile terminal M1 and the tablet M2 registered with the other telephone number " 010 ", since the access token remains, the service can be used by using these devices.
79C is a diagram for explaining a process of linking a telephone number and a user account using the mobile M2.
In step S7960, the user A (7900) transmits the authentication request together with the user account " A " to the API server 7960 using the mobile terminal M2.
In step S7965, the API server 7960 checks the user table stored in the database 7980. [ If it is determined that the requested telephone number " 011 " is linked with the user account and it is determined that the requested telephone number is not interlocked with the user account, the API server 7960 transmits an authentication request to the authentication server 7970 ).
In step S7975, the authentication server 7970 performs authentication on the user account and the telephone number according to the authentication request, and if authentication is successful, generates the access token. At this time, the previously existing access token is deactivated and a new access token is generated instead. The generated access token is stored in database 7980.
In step S7980, the authentication server 7970 transmits the generated access token to the API server 7960. [
In step S7985, the API server 7960 transmits the access token to the mobile terminal M2.
Accordingly, the user A (7900) can use the service using the mobile terminal M2.
80 is a diagram for explaining a process in which another user B authenticates to use a service using the mobile terminal M3.
80A is a diagram for explaining a process in which another user B requests a PIN code using the mobile terminal M3 and receives a PIN code.
Referring to FIG. 80A, the user A requests the termination of the mobile terminal M 1. Therefore, the user A can no longer use the mobile terminal M1. 0102 ", the user B 8005 has opened the mobile terminal M3 with the telephone number " 010 ".
The user B 8005 uses the mobile terminal M3 as the used device 8019 and the telephone number 8029 as "010", the service application is installed with respect to the application installation state 8039, Has not been associated with any ID with respect to the interworking state 8049 and has not obtained an access token with respect to the access token acquisition state 8050. [
In step S8010, user B 8005 transmits a PIN code request to API server 8060 using mobile terminal M3.
In step S8015, the API server 8060 transmits a PIN code request to the authentication server 8070. [
In step S8020, the authentication server 8070 receives the PIN code request, generates a PIN code according to the received PIN code request, and stores the generated PIN code in the database 8080. [
In step S8025, the authentication server 8070 returns the PIN code generated by the SMS to the mobile terminal M3.
80B is a diagram for explaining a process in which another user B requests the PIN code authentication using the mobile terminal M3 to perform authentication and obtain an access token.
In step S8030, the user B (8005) confirms and inputs the received PIN code, and transmits a PIN code authentication request to the API server (8060).
In step S8035, the API server 8060 checks the user table stored in the database 8080. [
Since the telephone number " 010 " is linked to the user account " A " in step S8040, the API server 8060 sends a request to the mobile terminal M3 Lt; / RTI >
In step S8045, since user B 1605 does not have a user account, user B 8005 transmits the PIN code authentication to API server 8060 without using a user account using mobile terminal M3.
In step S8050, the API server 8060 transmits a PIN code authentication request to the authentication server 8070. [
In step S8055, the authentication server 8070 performs authentication on the PIN code, and if authentication is successful, generates an access token. At this time, since the access token for the device mapped to correspond to the telephone number " 010 " is all deactivated, the access token of the tablet T1 previously used by the user A 8000 is inactivated, and the user A (8000) The service will no longer be available using tablet T1.
The generated access token is stored in the database 8080.
In step S8060, the authentication server 8070 transmits the generated access token to the API server 1660. [
In step S8065, the API server 8060 receives the access token and transmits it to the mobile terminal M3.
Thus, the mobile terminal M3 obtains the access token, and the user B 1605 becomes able to use the service using the mobile terminal M3.
80C is a diagram for explaining a process in which a user B uses a mobile terminal M3 to link a telephone number with a user account.
In this embodiment, the user B 8005 tries to associate the telephone number " 010 " with the user account " B ".
The user B 8005 uses the mobile terminal M3 as the used device 8019 and the telephone number 8029 as "010", the service application is installed with respect to the application installation state 8039, It is in a state that it is not associated with any ID with respect to the interworking state 8049 and it has acquired the access token with respect to the access token acquisition state 8050. [
In step S8070, the user B 8005 transmits the authentication request together with the user account to the API server 8060 using the mobile terminal M3.
In step S8075, the API server 1660 checks the user table stored in the database 1680. [
In step S8080, since there is no user account associated with the requested telephone number " 010 ", the API server 8060 transmits the authentication request together with the user account to the authentication server 8070. [
In step S8085, if the authentication server 8070 performs authentication for the user account " B " and the telephone number " 010 " and succeeds, the previous access token is deactivated and a new access token is generated. The generated access token is sent to database 8080. [
In step S8090, the authentication server 8070 transmits the generated access token to the API server 8060. [
In step S8095, API server 8060 receives the access token and transmits the received access token to mobile terminal M3.
The mobile terminal M3 obtains the access token, and therefore the user B (8005) becomes able to use the service using the mobile terminal M3.
According to an exemplary embodiment, since contents can be transmitted not only in invitation messages to non-subscribers but also when subscribing to services, it is not necessary to transmit contents many times. Also, since the service can be used regardless of whether or not the other party is present, the service can be easily spread by transmitting the document to anyone. In addition, since the non-subscriber can confirm the received document before subscribing to the service after subscribing to the service, the sender does not need to request retransmission.
On the other hand, in FIG. 2 and the like, the image forming apparatus 31 of the image forming system 1 has assumed itself to support a function capable of providing a cloud print service based on the telephone number described above. However, in accordance with the support specification of the image forming apparatus 31, the image forming apparatus 31 can not connect to the cloud server 40 when the network connection function capable of communicating with the cloud server 40 is not supported, There is a possibility that only 1: 1 communication using USB connection is possible. In such a case, since the image forming apparatus 31 can not be connected to the cloud server 40 independently, the image forming apparatus 31 can not participate in the cloud print service based on the telephone number. Hereinafter, a method for providing a cloud print service based on a telephone number in an environment in which the image forming apparatus 31 can not directly connect to the cloud server 40 because the network connection function is not supported will be described.
81 is a diagram showing an image forming system 8100 supporting the cloud print service of the image forming apparatus 37 using the computing device 20 in which the agent application 101 is installed, according to an embodiment.
Unlike the image forming system 1 of FIG. 2 described above, the image forming system 8100 is additionally provided with a computing device 20 in which an agent application 101 is installed. Here, it is assumed that the image forming apparatus 37 of the image forming system 8100 can not be connected to the cloud server 40 independently because the network connection function is not supported. Therefore, in the following, different reference numerals are used so that the image forming apparatus 37 of FIG. 81 is different from the image forming apparatus 31 of FIG. 2 and the like described above.
81, a first person 21 (e.g., " JOHN LEE ") selects content that is in use or stored in the mobile device 11 and a second person 23, (E.g., " JANE KIM ") via the mobile device 11. The content information input from the mobile device 11 and the telephone number of the second person 23 are transmitted to the cloud server 40. [
The cloud server 40 maps and stores the content information transmitted from the mobile device 11 and the telephone number of the second individual 23.
The cloud server 40 manages the telephone numbers subscribed to the cloud print service and the registration information of the image forming apparatuses designated in each of the telephone numbers as described above. The cloud server 40 determines that the print subject of the content requested by the telephone number of the second person 23 is the image forming apparatus 37 based on the registration information between the telephone numbers and the image forming apparatuses.
Further, the cloud server 40 also manages the path information regarding the paths for transmitting the print data of the contents to each of the image forming apparatuses specified in the telephone numbers. The path information indicates whether the cloud server 40 directly transmits the print data to the image forming apparatus (for example, the image forming apparatus 31 in FIG. 2), or the image forming apparatus (for example, (E.g., the computing device 20 of Figure 81) connected to the computing device (e.g., device 37). That is, the path information managed by the cloud server 40 may be information for determining which image forming apparatus is capable of direct network connection with the cloud server 40 or not.
81, it is assumed that the image forming apparatus 37 can not establish a direct network connection with the cloud server 40. The cloud server 40 then transmits the image designated by the telephone number of the second individual 23 The content to be printed in the forming device 37 is processed through the computing device 20 in which the agent application 101 is installed.
The cloud server 40 transmits the content information transmitted from the mobile device 11 to the computing device 20 in which the agent application 101 is executing.
The agent application 101 manages the list of telephone numbers and image forming apparatuses subscribed to the cloud print service. For example, the agent application 101 can manage the image forming apparatus 37 by mapping the telephone number of the second person 23 with the telephone number of the second person 23.
The computing device 20 delivers the print data for the content transmitted to the telephone number of the second individual 23 to the image forming apparatus 37 based on the lists managed by the agent application 101. [
The image forming apparatus 37 prints the transferred print data. The printing of the content in the image forming apparatus 37 is completed so that the cloud print service requested from the mobile device 11 of the first person 21 to the telephone number of the second person 23 is completed.
In the following, the functions of the agent application 101 for intermediating the cloud print service based on the telephone number requested from the cloud server 40 to the image forming apparatus 37 without network connection function and the function of the computing device 20 Will be described in more detail.
On the other hand, even if it is supposed that the image forming apparatus 31 of FIG. 2 having a network connection function exists instead of the image forming apparatus 37 without the network connecting function in FIG. 81, It is possible to provide the cloud print service as described above. Particularly, if the image forming apparatus 31 uses the agent application 101 installed in the computing device 20, the data related to the cloud print service to be processed in the image forming apparatus 31 is distributed to the agent application 101 The data throughput of the image forming apparatus 31 can be reduced.
82 is a detailed configuration diagram of a computing device 20 supporting a cloud print service based on a telephone number, according to an embodiment.
82, the computing device 20 is connected between the cloud server 40 and the image forming apparatus 37 to support the cloud print service of the image forming apparatus 37 in the image forming system 8100 of FIG. 81 Lt; / RTI >
The computing device 20 includes a control unit 210, a network interface unit 220, a user interface unit 230, and a storage unit 240, such as a general PC or a notebook computer. However, in FIG. 82, only the hardware components related to this embodiment will be described in order to prevent the features of this 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. 82 may be included.
The control unit 210 is a hardware component that controls the overall operation and function of the computing device 20. In particular, the control unit 210 may execute the agent application 101 supporting the cloud print service based on the telephone number.
The agent application 101 may upload the requested content to the cloud server with the target phone number subscribed to the cloud print service (e.g., the phone number of the second person 23 (e.g., " JANE KIM ")) (For example, the telephone number of the second person 23), the content is printed in the image forming apparatus 37 designated by the target telephone number (for example, the telephone number of the second person 23).
The agent application 101 manages the list of telephone numbers and the image forming apparatuses subscribed to the cloud print service, as described above. Thus, the target phone number (e.g., the phone number of the second person 23) may be included in the phone number list managed by the agent application 101. Then, the image forming apparatus 37 may be included in the image forming apparatus list managed by the agent application 101. [ Furthermore, mapping relations of each other are specified between the list of telephone numbers managed by the agent application 101 and the image forming apparatus list.
On the other hand, the agent application 101 can also execute the functions of the printer driver 1301 described in Figs. 13A and 13B.
The control unit 210 may be implemented with at least one processor such as a central processing unit (CPU), an application processor (AP), and the like.
The network interface unit 220 is a hardware component that supports a wired or wireless communication function. The network interface unit 220 is a hardware component that supports wireless communication such as WI-FI, WI-FI Direct, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth, , Or 2G mobile communication, 3G mobile communication, or 4G mobile communication.
The network interface unit 220 receives print data of the content transmitted to the target telephone number (for example, the telephone number of the second person 23) from the cloud server 40. [ The network interface unit 220 then delivers the print data to the image forming apparatus 37 designated by the target telephone number (for example, the telephone number of the second individual 23) by the agent application 101.
The user interface unit 230 is a hardware component including an input device or a display device, and displays information to the user of the computing device 20 or inputs information from the user. The user interface unit 230 includes 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 interface unit 230 displays a user interface screen of the agent application 101 to the user. The user can also input information on the user interface screen of the agent application 101 running on the computing device 20 via the user interface unit 230. [
The storage unit 240 is a hardware component such as a memory capable of storing data, a hard disk drive (HDD), and a solid state drive (SSD). In particular, the agent application 101 may be installed in the storage unit 240. In addition, the storage unit 240 stores a list of telephone numbers managed by the agent application 101 and information on the image forming apparatus list.
83 is a diagram for explaining a process of supporting a cloud service based on a phone number using an agent application 101 installed in the computing device 20, according to an embodiment.
In step 8301, the control unit 210 of the computing device 20 executes the agent application 101. [ Here, the agent application 101 assumes that the use registration is completed in advance in the cloud server 40. [
In step 8302, the first person 21 (" JOHN LEE ") sends, via the mobile device 11, information about the content to be printed and a second person 23 KIM "). Here, the telephone number of the second person 23 may be the telephone number assigned to the mobile device 13 of the second person 23 described above in Fig.
In step 8303, the mobile device 11 transmits the content input to the telephone number of the second individual 23. That is, the mobile device 11 uploads the information about the inputted content and the information about the telephone number of the second person 23 to the cloud server 40. [
In step 8304, the cloud server 40 maps information about the received content and information about the telephone number of the second person 23, and stores the information.
In step 8305, based on the registration information between the telephone numbers and the image forming apparatuses, the print subject of the content requested by the telephone number of the second person 23 is the image forming apparatus 37 . The content to be printed in the image forming apparatus 37 is stored in the cloud server 40 on the basis of the path information on the paths for transmitting the print data of the contents to the image forming apparatuses, It is determined that the processing is performed through the device 20.
That is, the cloud server 40 identifies that the telephone number of the second person 23 is registered by the agent application 101 installed in the computing device 20. [
In step 8306, the cloud server 40 transmits upload information about the requested content from the mobile device 11 to the computing device 20 in which the agent application 101 is installed. Then, the cloud server 40 transmits the print data of the content to the computing device 20.
According to an exemplary embodiment, there may be a print approval process of the computing device 20 between the time when the upload information about the content is transmitted and the time when the print data of the content is transmitted. For example, only when the computing device 20 returns the print request of the content to the cloud server 40 after the upload information related to the content is transmitted, the cloud server 40 instructs the cloud server 40 to transmit the print data of the content can do. However, according to another embodiment, print data may be transmitted immediately after transmission of the upload information, without the print approval process of the computing device 20. [ That is, the step 8306 can be performed without being limited by any one embodiment.
On the other hand, the cloud server 40 provides the computing device 20 with upload information about the content and a URL address from which the print data can be downloaded. Accordingly, the network interface unit 220 of the computing device 20 can receive upload information and print data relating to the content from the cloud server 40 by accessing the URL address provided.
The storage unit 240 of the computing device 20 stores upload information and print data related to the content received from the cloud server 40. [
In step 8307, the control unit 210 of the computing device 20 determines whether or not the phone number of the second personal 23 has been transmitted to the telephone number of the second person 23 based on the telephone number list and the image forming apparatus list being managed by the executed agent application 101 The image forming apparatus 37 designated by the telephone number of the second individual 23 is determined as an object to be printed with the contents.
The network interface unit 220 of the computing device 20 transmits the print data of the content received from the cloud server 40 to the image forming apparatus 37 in step 8308.
At this time, the control unit 210 of the computing device 20 may transmit print data in a FIFO manner. The control unit 210 of the computing device 20 may control the storage unit 240 to immediately delete the stored print data when the transmission of the print data is completed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the control unit 210 of the computing device 20 may be configured to temporarily store print data stored after a predetermined period of time so that the print data can be re- 240 can be controlled.
In step 8309, the image forming apparatus 37 completes the cloud print service based on the telephone number requested by the telephone number of the second individual 23 by printing the content using the transmitted print data.
As described above, if the computing device 20 in which the agent application 101 is installed is used, the cloud print service based on the telephone number can be supported even in the image forming apparatus 37 that can not directly connect with the network with the cloud server 40 have.
84 is a diagram for explaining a process of registering use of the agent application 101 in the cloud server 40 according to an embodiment.
After the agent application 101 is installed in the computing device 20, the use registration process shown in Fig. 84 is required for the agent application 101 to support the cloud print service of the cloud server 40. [
In step 8401, the control unit 210 of the computing device 20 executes the installed agent application 101. Here, the step 8401 may be the case where the agent application 101 is executed for the first time after it is installed in the computing device 20, or the agent application 101 is executed for the first time after initialization of the completed usage registration.
In step 8402, the agent application 101 obtains the identification information of the computing device 20. The identification information of the computing device 20 may mean unique information that exists only in the computing device 20, such as the MAC address, IP address, and the like of the network interface unit 220. That is, the agent application 101 accesses the system information of the computing device 20 to obtain the MAC address and the like. MAC address and the like can be used as information for identifying the agent application 101 on the cloud server 40. [ On the other hand, if a plurality of MAC addresses are assigned to the computing device 20, the agent application 101 can obtain all the MAC addresses.
The network interface unit 220 of the computing device 20 transmits the identification information (e.g., the MAC address) acquired by the agent application 101 to the cloud server 40 in step 8403.
In step 8404, the computing device 20 and the cloud server 40 perform the authentication of the agent application 101.
According to one embodiment of the authentication of the agent application 101, when the user completes the membership of the cloud print service provided in the cloud server 40 in advance, the user inputs the user account to the executed agent application 101 By inputting login information including a password, authentication can be performed.
According to another embodiment of the authentication of the agent application 101, the user can perform the authentication by inputting the authentication key issued from the cloud server 40 to the agent application 101. [
In addition, various schemes for authenticating the use of general commercial software may be applied to the authentication of the agent application 101 as well.
In step 8405, the cloud server 40 completes use registration of the agent application 101 installed in the computing device 20. [ When the use registration of the agent application 101 is completed, the agent application 101 may add a list of telephone numbers to be subscribed to the cloud print service or information about a list of image forming apparatuses.
On the other hand, if the existing MAC address of the computing device 20 is changed differently, the agent application 101 will have to perform use registration again according to the procedure of FIG.
85 is a diagram showing user interface screens 8501, 8502, 8503, and 8504 for setting a telephone number or an image forming apparatus to be subscribed to the cloud print service in the agent application 101 according to an embodiment.
85, the user interface screens 8501, 8502, 8503, and 8504 of the agent application 101 are screens displayed through the user interface unit 230 of the computing device 20. [ Since no telephone number list and image forming apparatus list have yet been registered on the user interface screen 8501, the user interface screen 8501 is a screen immediately after the use registration of the agent application 101 described in FIG. 84 is completed However, the present embodiment is not limited to this.
85, it is assumed that the user of the computing device 20 is the second person 23 (" JANE KIM "), but the present embodiment is not limited thereto.
The second person 23 activates a dialog that displays a list of image forming devices connectable to the computing device 20 in the user interface screen 8501. [ Thereafter, the user interface screen 8502 displays a list of image forming apparatuses that can be added to the agent application 101, as image forming apparatuses connectable to the computing device 20. [
The second individual 23 selects any one of the image forming apparatuses 37 (e.g., " SCX-6401n ") from the list of displayed image forming apparatuses.
+82-10-ABCD-ABCD " of the second individual 23 on the user interface screen 8503 when the image forming apparatus 37 is selected, , And click the register button.
When inputting the telephone number (+82-10-ABCD-ABCD) of the image forming apparatus 37 ("SCX-6401n") and the second individual 23 is completed, the user interface screen 8504 displays Registration information indicating that the telephone number of the individual 23 is designated to the image forming apparatus 37 is displayed.
The computing device 20 transmits such registration information to the cloud server 40 when registration of the telephone numbers of the image forming apparatus 37 and the second person 23 in the agent application 101 is completed. Here, the agent application 101 can manage the image forming apparatus list using " SCX-6401n " which is an image forming apparatus 37 name.
Since the telephone number (+82-10-ABCD-ABCD) of the second person 23 and the image forming apparatus 37 ("SCX-6401n") are mapped by the agent application 101, the cloud server 40 ) Controls the image forming apparatus 37 ("SCX-6401n") when the cloud print service is requested by the telephone number (+82-10-ABCD-ABCD) of the second person 23 A cloud print service can be requested to the computing device 20 in which the network 101 is installed.
86 is a diagram for describing an agent application 101 running on a system service on an operating system (OS) according to an embodiment.
86, the agent application 101 is registered as a system service on an operating system (OS) installed in the computing device 20. [ Thus, after the computing device 20 is booted, the agent application 101 may always be running regardless of the logon / off of the user account. That is, when the computing device 20 is booted and the operating system (OS) is started, the agent application 101 can be started automatically. Accordingly, the user of the computing device 20 may not execute the agent application 101 every time after the logon of the operating system (OS).
The information such as the newly registered phone number list, the image forming apparatus list, etc., using the agent application 101 may be information processed after the user account log-on of the operating system (OS). However, as described above, the agent application 101 may be executed as a system service, regardless of the logon / logoff of the user account. Thus, the information processed in the agent application 101 executed prior to the logon of the user account can be transferred to the agent application 101 executed after the logon of the user account using the PIPE communication method without limitation of the user authority, Lt; / RTI > The information processed in the agent application 101 may be stored in a partial area of the storage unit 240 accessible to the system account of an operating system (OS) installed in the computing device 20. [
Meanwhile, a management application (Agent Management Application) 102 that monitors the operation status of the agent application 101, along with the agent application 101, can also be executed as a system service. Here, the management application 102 is software installed in the storage unit 240 in the same manner as the agent application 101. The management application 102 controls the agent application 101 to be restored or re-executed if the agent application 101 is not operating normally.
Although the agent application 101 is described as being executed as a system service in FIG. 86, the agent application 101 may be executed as a general commercial application executed after a user account logon of an operating system (OS) have. That is, the manner of execution of the agent application 101 according to the present embodiment is not limited by any one.
87 is a diagram for explaining a process of registering information on phone numbers or image forming apparatuses subscribed to the cloud print service to the cloud server 40 using the agent application 101 .
In step 8701, the control unit 210 of the computing device 20 executes the agent application 101. [
In step 8702, the user of the computing device 20 inputs telephone number information or image forming apparatus information to be registered in the agent application 101 via the user interface unit 230. [ For example, the second individual 23 (" JANE KIM ") inputs "+ 82-10-ABCD-ABCD" as the phone number information to be registered in the agent application 101, The image forming apparatus 37 (" SCX-6401n ") can be input.
In step 8703, the network interface unit 220 of the computing device 20 transmits the telephone number information or the image forming apparatus information registered in the agent application 101 to the cloud server 40 through the network interface unit 220 .
In step 8704, the cloud server 40 registers the transmitted phone number information or the image forming apparatus information. The cloud server 40 also registers path information indicating that the information is managed by the agent application 101. [
In this way, the cloud server 40 can receive the telephone number information (e.g., the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ")), the image forming apparatus information (e.g., the image forming apparatus 37 6401n "), and the agent application 101 in association with each other.
88 is a diagram illustrating user interface screens 8801 and 8802 for adding a phone number to be subscribed to a cloud print service using an agent application 101, according to one embodiment.
Referring to the user interface screen 8801 of the agent application 101, the image forming apparatus 37 (" SCX-6401n ") already has telephone numbers " + 82-10- AAAA-BBBB & 82-10-CCCC-DDDD " is specified.
If the second person 23 ("JANE KIM") wishes to add his or her phone number "+ 82-10-ABCD-ABCD" to the agent application 101, 8801), and click the Add button.
As a result, according to the user interface screen 8802, the telephone number " + 82-10-ABCD-ABCD " of the second individual 23 (" JANE KIM ") is added and the image forming apparatus 37 SCX-6401n ").
Information about the added telephone number "+ 82-10-ABCD-ABCD" of the second person 23 ("JANE KIM") is transmitted to the cloud server 40 and is also registered in the cloud server 40. In other words, the cloud server 40 transmits the telephone numbers "+ 82-10-AAAA-BBBB", "+82-10-AAAA-BBBB" to the current image forming apparatus 37 ("SCX-6401n" CCCC-DDDD " and " + 82-10-ABCD-ABCD " are specified.
89 is a diagram illustrating user interface screens 8901, 8902, and 8903 for deleting a phone number subscribed to a cloud print service using an agent application 101, according to one embodiment.
Referring to the user interface screen 8901 of the agent application 101, the image forming apparatus 37 (" SCX-6401n ") already has telephone numbers "+ 82-10- AAAA-BBBB" -10-CCCC-DDDD " and " + 82-10-ABCD-ABCD "
The second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") sends his or her phone number " + 82-10-ABCD-ABCD " and the other person's phone number " + 82-10-AAAA- The second person 23 selects the telephone numbers to be deleted on the user interface screen 8901 and clicks the delete button.
As a result, on the user interface screen 8902, a pop-up window 8904 for inquiring whether to delete the telephone number is displayed.
If the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") clicks the " YES " button in the popup window 8904, the telephone number " + 82-10- ABCD- ABCD " is deleted from the agent application 101. [
As a result, only the telephone number "+ 82-10-CCCC-DDDD" is displayed on the user interface screen 8903 as designated by the image forming apparatus 37 ("SCX-6401n").
Information on the deleted phone numbers is transmitted to the cloud server 40. [ That is, in the cloud server 40, only the telephone number "+ 82-10-CCCC-DDDD" is assigned to the current image forming apparatus 37 ("SCX-6401n") by the agent application 101, Update the information.
90 shows user interface screens 9001, 9002, 9003, and 9004 for changing information on the image forming apparatus 37 subscribed to the cloud print service using the agent application 101 Fig.
Referring to the user interface screen 9001 of the agent application 101, the image forming apparatus 37 ("SCX-6401n") already has the telephone number "+ 82-10-CCCC-DDDD" specified.
When the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") wishes to change the information about the image forming apparatus 37 in the agent application 101, the second person 23 displays, on the user interface screen 9001, Click.
As a result, on the user interface screen 9002, a pop-up window 9005 for changing the printer settings is displayed.
When the second person 23 desires to change the name " SCX-6401n " of the image forming apparatus 37, the second person 23 enters a new name " Printer A " and clicks the change button 9006 of the pop-up window 9005 You can change the name.
On the other hand, the second individual 23 can delete and initialize the registration of the image forming apparatus 37 in the agent application 101 by clicking the initialization button 9007 of the pop-up window 9005. [ For example, the initialization for the image forming apparatus 37 can be used when registering the image forming apparatuses other than the image forming apparatus 37 in the agent application 101. [ Thereafter, on the user interface screen 9003, a pop-up window 9008 for inquiring whether to initialize the registration of the image forming apparatus 37 is displayed.
When the second person 23 ("JANE KIM") clicks the "Yes" button in the pop-up window 9008, the image forming apparatus 37 ("SCX-6401n" ) Is deleted from the agent application 101. [
Information on the deleted image forming apparatus 37 (" SCX-6401n ") is transmitted to the cloud server 40. [ That is, the cloud server 40 updates information that has been previously registered as an image forming apparatus managed by the agent application 101 does not exist.
91 shows user interface screens 9101, 9102, and 9103 for updating information registered in the agent application 101 based on information registered in the cloud server 40, according to one embodiment to be.
Referring to the user interface screen 9101 of the agent application 101, the image forming apparatus 37 (" SCX-6401n ") already has telephone numbers of individuals "+82-10- AAAA-BBBB" -10-CCCC-DDDD " and " + 82-10-ABCD-ABCD "
When the second person 23 ("JANE KIM") wants to update the information registered in the agent application 101, the second person 23 clicks the refresh button on the user interface screen 9101.
While the updating process is performed as shown in the user interface screen 9102, the cloud server 40 notifies the agent application 101 of the phone number list currently managed by the cloud server 40 and the list of image forming apparatuses To the agent application (101).
As a result, as shown in the user interface screen 9103, the telephone number " + 82-10-XXXX-YYYY " 9104 registered in the cloud server 40 although not registered in the agent application 101 And is newly added to the agent application 101. Here, the new telephone number " + 82-10-XXXX-YYYY " 9104 is not an agent application 101 installed in the computing device 20, The mobile device 17 may have been registered on the cloud server 40 by designating the image forming apparatus 37 (" SCX-6401n ").
In Figure 91, the cloud server 40 has illustrated that a new telephone number " + 82-10-XXXX-YYYY " 9104 is added to the agent application 101, The cloud server 40 may also update various other information such as the image format device name.
92 is a diagram for explaining providing a list of image forming apparatuses to be subscribed to the cloud print service using the agent application 101, according to an embodiment.
92, the image forming apparatus 37 (" SCX-6401n ") and the image forming apparatus 38 (the " (&Quot; ML-2525m ").
When the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") wishes to enter the image forming apparatus information to be subscribed to the cloud print service, the agent application 101 provides a list of image forming apparatus connectable to the computing device 20 And the user interface screen 9201 is displayed. 92, a list of " SCX-6401n " and " ML-2525m " is displayed on the user interface screen 9201 because the image forming apparatus 37 and the image forming apparatus 38 are assumed to be connectable .
On the other hand, when the second person 23 (" JANE KIM ") wishes to input image forming apparatus information to be subscribed to the cloud print service, the agent application 101 sends the image forming apparatus connectable to the computing device 20 to the discovery it is necessary to discovery.
93A, 93B and 93C are diagrams for explaining schemes for discovery of image forming apparatuses to be subscribed to the cloud print service, according to one embodiment
93A, the computing device 20 executes a print management dialog box 9301 of an operating system (OS) on the basis of printer drivers installed in an operating system (OS) (&Quot; SCX-6401n ") and the image forming apparatus 38 (" ML-2525m ") connectable to the computing device 20 by querying the image forming apparatus 37
93B, the computing device 20 can inquire the port list by executing a dialog box 9302 of the print server properties of the operating system (OS). As a result, the image forming apparatus 37 ("SCX-6401n") and the image forming apparatus 38 ("ML-2525m") can be discovered as being connectable to the computing device 20.
93C, the computing device 20 executes an automatic search dialog box 9303 to search for devices in the vicinity of the computing device 20 to create an image forming device 37 ("SCX-6401n") and an image Forming device 38 (" ML-2525m ").
The list of the image forming apparatus 37 ("SCX-6401n") and the image forming apparatus 38 ("ML-2525m") discovered by the discovery methods described in FIGS. 93A, 93B, May be provided to the application 101 and displayed to the second individual 23 as the user interface screen 9201 of Fig.
94 is a flow diagram of a method for supporting a cloud print service in a computing device 20, in accordance with one embodiment. The method of FIG. 94 is a process that is performed in a time-series manner in the image forming system 8100 of FIG. 81 described above, so that the description of FIG. 81 and the related drawings is omitted in the method of FIG. 94 Can be applied.
In step 9401, the control unit 210 of the computing device 20 executes the agent application.
In step 9402, the network interface portion 220 of the computing device 20 sends a request to the target telephone number subscribed to the cloud print service (e.g., the telephone number of the second person 23 ("JANE KIM")) When the content is uploaded on the cloud server 40, the print data of the content is received from the cloud server 40.
In step 9403, the control unit 210 controls the image forming apparatus 37 to print the content by transmitting the print data to the image forming apparatus 37 specified by the target telephone number.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the cloud print service is linked with the web storage service, so that the user of the cloud print service can store the print data in the server of the web storage service to be used privately.
Generally, a cloud print server that provides a cloud print service temporarily stores print data only for a certain period of time required for service provisioning. For example, print data uploaded by a sender to a cloud print server is automatically deleted if the recipient does not acknowledge or print it for a certain period of time (e.g., 24 hours). The reason for temporarily storing the data for a certain period of time is to maximize the advantages of the cloud service, such as resource utilization flexibility, and to avoid the cost of securing storage space.
However, the user of the cloud print service may want the print data to be stored without time limit. However, as a provider of the cloud print service, it takes a considerable amount of money to provide a desired storage space for each user. In addition, even if the service provider provides individual storage space with an increase in cost, there is a problem that the reliability of the storage space provided by the cloud print service is lower than that of the web storage service which has been used personally .
In order to solve such a problem, the following embodiments provide a method of storing print data used in a cloud print service in a web storage server by using a web storage service linked to a cloud print service. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 95 to 109. FIG.
95 is a diagram illustrating a cloud print system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 95, a cloud print system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a cloud print server 9510, a web storage server 9520, and mobile terminals 9540 and 9550.
The user 1 9530 and the user 2 9560 are users subscribed to the cloud print service and a mobile app for using the cloud prince service is installed in the mobile 1 9540 and the mobile 2 9550 . User 1 9530 and user 2 9560 are subscribed to the cloud print service via the phone numbers of mobile 1 9540 and mobile 2 9550, respectively, and each has a user account for the cloud print service. Accordingly, the user accounts of user 1 9530 and user 2 9560 are mapped to phone numbers of mobile 1 9540 and mobile 2 9550, respectively, and registered in the cloud print server 9510.
On the other hand, the second user 9560 has a user account for the web storage service as a user subscribed to the web storage service. At this time, the web storage service means a service for providing individual data storage space to a server on the cloud. That is, the user 2 (9560) can access the web storage server 9520 and upload or download data from various devices such as a PC, a notebook computer, or a mobile terminal through his user account for the web storage service.
In this embodiment, the second user 9560 can link the cloud print service to the web storage service. In detail, the cloud print server 9510 can be linked to the web storage server 9520 with respect to the telephone number of the mobile 2 (9550) of the user 2 (9560).
The mobile 2 9550 receives an access token from the web storage server 9520 to associate the cloud print server 9510 with the web storage server 9520 for the phone number of the mobile 2 9550 and sends it to the cloud print server 9510 . At this time, the access token received is a token required to access the web storage server 9520 as a user account of the user 2 (9560) as an access token corresponding to the user account of the user 2 (9560) for the web storage service.
The cloud print server 9510 maps the received access token to the phone number of the mobile 2 (9550) and stores it. At this time, the user account for the cloud print service of the user 2 (9560) may be mapped and stored along with the telephone number. After the cloud print server 9510 receives the print data, the cloud print server 9510 can store the received print data in the web storage server 9520 using the stored access token.
When the user 1 (9530) uploads print data to the cloud print server 9510 as a destination to the telephone number of the mobile 2 (9550), the cloud print server 9510 provides a cloud print service for the print data, And stores the print data in the web storage server 9520 using the access token.
At this time, the provided cloud print service may be a direct print for the print data, or may notify the mobile second 9550 of the upload of the print data and store it for a predetermined time. That is, the user 2 (9560) prints the print data directly from the designated image forming apparatus, or the user 2 (9560) prints the print data uploaded via the mobile app of the cloud print service in the mobile 2 (9550) Can be confirmed or printed.
The process of transmitting the print data to the second user 9560 will be described in detail as follows. The user 1 9530 can transmit the print data to the user 2 9560 using the mobile app of the cloud print service installed in the mobile 1 9540. More specifically, when the print data is transmitted with the telephone number of the mobile 2 (9550) as a destination, the print data is mapped to the telephone number of the mobile 2 (9550) and uploaded to the cloud print server 9510. Then, the cloud print server 9510 transmits a message informing that the print data has been uploaded to the mobile 2 (9550). The second user 9560 can confirm the corresponding message and confirm the print data transmitted with his / her phone number as a destination through the mobile app of the cloud print service installed in the mobile 2 9550 or request printing thereof.
94, the print data uploaded to the cloud print server 9510 is stored only for a predetermined period of time, and then deleted when a predetermined period of time elapses. However, according to the present embodiment, the cloud print server 9510 temporarily stores the print data and the web storage server 9520 without time limitation for providing the cloud print service.
Upon receiving the print data, the cloud print server 9510 confirms that the web storage server 9520 is linked to the telephone number of the mobile 2 (9550), which is the destination of the print data, and transmits the uploaded print data to the web storage server 9520 ). At this time, the access token stored in the cloud print server 9510 is mapped to the phone number of the mobile 2 (9550). The cloud print server 9510 sends an access token to the web storage server 9520 to request storage of print data.
At this time, since the access token corresponding to the user account of the user 2 (9560) is transmitted, the print data is stored in the space corresponding to the user account of the user 2 (9560) in the web storage server 9520. Accordingly, the user 2 9560 can access the print data stored in the web storage server 9520 directly through the user account for the web storage service, and can also access the print data stored in the web storage server 9520 through the cloud print service Print data can be accessed.
The process of accessing the print data stored in the web storage server 9520 through the cloud print service will be described in detail as follows.
If the second user 9560 requests access to the print data from the cloud print server 9510 and the requested print data is stored in the web storage server 9520, the cloud print server 9510 sends a pre-stored access token To request and receive print data from web storage server 9520. Meanwhile, the cloud print server 9510 may store the metadata of the print data including the storage path of the print data in the cloud print server 9510 when the print data is stored in the web storage server 9520. Therefore, by checking the stored metadata, it is possible to know whether or not the requested print data is stored in the web storage server 9520.
The cloud print server 9510 renders the print data acquired using the access token as described above when the user 2 9560 requests printing of the print data stored in the web storage server 9520, To the image forming apparatus designated by the user 2 (9560). Alternatively, a preview of the obtained print data may be transmitted to the mobile 2 (9550) when the user 2 (9560) requests a preview.
On the other hand, the user 2 (9560) may directly access the print data stored in the web storage server 9520 without going through the cloud print server 9510 as mentioned above. That is, the user 2 (9560) may upload print data directly to the web storage server 9520 or change the print data stored in the web storage server 9520.
However, when the second user 9560 directly accesses the web storage server 9520 to upload or change print data, the cloud print server 9510 also needs to know the change. To this end, a synchronization folder that is synchronized with the cloud print server 9510 in the web storage server 9520 may be managed. The print data stored in the web storage server 9520 via the cloud print server 9510 is stored in the synchronization folder and if the user 2 9560 directly accesses the web storage server 9520 to change the data stored in the synchronization folder The cloud print server 9510 can also recognize the change.
Thus, if user 2 9560 requests a list of print data received by himself via a mobile app installed on mobile 2 9550, cloud print server 9510 sends a change in sync folder to web storage server 9520 And upon receipt of the change, reflects the change and transmits the updated print data list to the mobile 2 (9550).
The synchronization folder may be newly created in the web storage server 9520 or may be selected from folders previously stored in the web storage server 9520 when the cloud print service and the web storage service are interlocked.
On the other hand, even if interworking with the web storage service is set for the telephone number of the receiver, the print data is stored in the web storage server 9520 according to the selection of the sender, or is not stored in the web storage server 9520 It may be stored only in the cloud print server 9510 like a general cloud print service. This is because, in the case of the sender, some data may not be stored in the recipient's personal storage space.
As a specific example, the user 1 (9530) transmits print data to the destination of the telephone number of the mobile 2 (9550) through the mobile app installed in the mobile 1 (9540). The cloud print server 9510 confirms that the web storage service is linked to the destination telephone number and transmits a request to the mobile 1 9540 to select whether or not to store the transmitted print data in the web storage server 9520 . If the user 1 9530 selects to store in the web storage server 9520 on the selection request screen displayed on the mobile 1 9540, the print data is stored in the web storage server 9520; otherwise, the print data is transmitted to the cloud print server 9510) for a certain period of time.
96 is a flowchart illustrating an overall process of a method of linking a cloud print service to a web storage service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 96, a cloud print service method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described. In step 9601, a cloud print server is linked to a web storage server for a predetermined phone number subscribed to a cloud print service. In step 9602, the cloud print server receives print data destined to a telephone number set to be interlocked with the web storage service. In step 9603, the cloud priter server provides a cloud print service for the received print data, and stores the print data in the linked web storage server.
The overall process of a method of linking a cloud print service to a web storage service according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described. Hereinafter, each process of interworking of services, transmission of print data, reading and printing of stored print data, etc. will be described in detail with reference to the detailed drawings.
97 to 100 are detailed views of a process of establishing an interworking with a web storage service among methods of providing a cloud print service according to an embodiment of the present invention. That is, these are detailed drawings corresponding to step 9601 of FIG.
97 is a detailed view illustrating a process of linking a cloud print server to a web storage server according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 97, in step 9701, the web storage interworking function is turned on in the mobile application executed in the mobile 2 (9550). When the web storage interlocking function is turned on, the interlocking web storage service is displayed on the UI screen of the mobile application in step 9702, and the user can select a web storage service to be interlocked with the web storage service.
In step 9703, the mobile 2 9550 transmits a user account for the selected web storage service to the web storage server 9520. At this time, the user account transmitted to the web storage server 9520 may include a user ID and a password for the web storage service.
On the other hand, the user account for the web storage service may be stored in advance in the mobile 2 (9550), or may be directly input by the user at the time of interworking application. If the user account is pre-stored in the mobile 2 (9550), the mobile app can obtain the user account information from the account manager of the mobile 2 (9550). At this time, if there are a plurality of user accounts for the selected web storage service, the mobile app can display a plurality of user accounts acquired from the account manager on the screen, and request the user to make a selection. If the user selects one of the plurality of user accounts, the selected user account is transmitted to the web storage server 9520.
When the web storage server 9520 receives the user account for the web storage service, it transmits the access token corresponding to the user account received in step 9704 to the mobile 2 (9550). In step 9705, the mobile 2 (9550) transmits the received access token to the cloud print server 9510. In step 9706, the cloud print server 9510 maps the received access token to the phone number of the mobile 2 (9550). The stored access token is then used by the cloud print server 9510 to store print data in the web storage server 9520 or to obtain print data stored in the web storage server 9520. [
On the other hand, an access token is generally valid only for a certain period of time from the point in time at which it was created, and a token whose period has expired can not be used. Therefore, the expired token needs to be renewed, and there is a form that can be updated automatically, and a form that requires a new valid token to be issued. If the token stored in the cloud print server 9510 is a form that can be automatically updated, the cloud print server 9510 can update the access token itself when the token period expires. However, if the valid token needs to be newly issued, the cloud print server 9510 requests a new token from the mobile 2 (9550) upon expiration of the token period. Mobile 2 9550 sends the user account to web storage server 9520 to receive and transmit the new access token to cloud print server 9510.
98 is a view showing UI screens appearing in a mobile app when setting up interworking with a web storage in a method of providing a cloud print service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 98, in the first UI screen 9800a, the user can turn on the web storage interlock function by touching the 9801 portion. When the Web storage interlock function is turned on, a list 9810 of selectable Web storage services is displayed below the UI screen 9800a. In Figure 98, Google Drive, Dropbox, and Sky Drive are displayed as selectable web storage services.
When the user selects Google Drive 9811 in the second UI screen 9800b, the mobile app obtains a user account for the Google Drive stored in the mobile terminal. The mobile app can obtain a user account for Google Drive via the account manager installed on the mobile device.
If there is only one user account for Google Drive stored in the mobile terminal, it is transferred directly to the web storage server. However, if there are a plurality of user accounts for the Google Drive stored in the mobile terminal, a screen for selecting a user account like the third UI screen 9800c is displayed. The user account selection window 9820 displays a plurality of user accounts for Google Drive. The user touches a user account (aceruky@gmail.com) to be used in the user account selection window 9820 and touches the OK button.
When Web Storage service and user account are selected like this, the 9813 part next to the item of Google Drive shows an icon indicating that it is linked to the selected user account.
99 is a diagram illustrating UI screens displayed in the process of generating a synchronization folder when the interworking with web storage is set in the method of providing a cloud print service according to an embodiment of the present invention. The first UI screen 9900a of FIG. 99 is a UI screen for selecting a user account after selecting a web storage service. That is, it is the same screen as the third UI screen 9800c in Fig. When a desired user account (aceruky@gmail.com) is selected from the first UI screen 9900a and the OK button is touched, a UI screen for creating a synchronization folder like the second UI screen 9900b is displayed.
When the user inputs the name of the synchronization folder into the input box 9931 of the synchronization folder creation window 9930, the synchronization folder of the inputted name is created in the web storage server. Data stored in the web storage server through the cloud print server is stored in the synchronization folder, and changes in the data in the synchronization folder due to direct access to the web storage server are transferred to the cloud print server for updating.
On the other hand, a new synchronization folder may be created in the interworking setup, but any one of the folders already stored in the web storage server may be selected as the synchronization folder.
100 and 101 are flowcharts illustrating a process of interworking with web storage in a method of providing a cloud print service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 100, in step 10001, the mobile terminal transmits user account information for the web storage service to the web storage server. In step 10002, the mobile terminal receives an access token from the web storage server and transmits the access token to the cloud print server. Finally, in step 10003, the cloud print server maps the received access token to the phone number of the mobile terminal and stores it.
Referring to FIG. 101, in step 10101, a web storage interworking function is activated in a mobile application of a cloud print service installed in a mobile terminal. In step 10102, one of a plurality of user accounts for the web storage service stored in the mobile terminal is selected. In step 10103, a synchronization folder to be linked with the web storage service is created. In step 10104, the mobile terminal transmits information on the generated synchronization folder together with the selected user account information to the web storage server. That is, if the name of the synchronization folder to be generated through the mobile application is input in step 10103, the name of the synchronization folder input in step 10104 is transmitted to the web storage server. The web storage server then creates a synchronization folder of the received name.
In step 10105, the mobile terminal receives the access token from the web storage server and transmits it to the cloud print server. In step 10106, the cloud print server maps the received access token to the phone number of the mobile terminal and stores the access token.
FIGS. 102 to 104 are detailed views illustrating a process of transmitting print data among methods of providing a cloud print service according to an embodiment of the present invention. That is, detailed drawings corresponding to steps 9602 and 9603 in FIG. 96 are shown.
FIG. 102 is a detailed view illustrating a process of transmitting print data in the method of providing a cloud print service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 12, in step 10201, a request for selection and transmission of print data is received from the mobile 1 (9540). That is, the user selects one of the print data stored in the mobile 1 (9540) and makes a transmission request with the phone number subscribed to the cloud print service as a destination. The mobile 1 (9540) receiving the transmission request transmits the print data to the cloud print server 9510 in step 10202.
The cloud print server 9510 checks the recipient's web storage settings in step 10203. That is, it checks whether there is a web storage service interlocked with the telephone number designated as the transfer destination of the print data. The cloud print server 9510 maps and stores an access token corresponding to a web storage service interlocked with a telephone number to which an interworking operation is set. Therefore, it is possible to confirm whether or not the web storage is linked to the destination telephone number.
If it is determined in step 10203 that the web storage interworking is set for the receiver, the mobile 1 9540 is requested to select whether to use the web storage in step 10204. That is, the sender can select whether or not the print data to be transmitted is stored in the web storage server 9520. Depending on the sender's choice, the print data may be stored in the web storage server 9520 or temporarily stored in the cloud print server 9510 only.
If the use of web storage is selected by the sender in step 10205, the mobile 1 9540 transmits a selection result to the cloud print server 9510 in step 10206. In step 10207, the cloud print server 9510 transmits an access token stored in advance to correspond to the destination phone number, and requests the web storage server 9520 to store the print data.
When the print data is stored in the web storage server 9520, the cloud print server 9510 stores the metadata about the print data stored in step 10208. Specifically, the job ID of the print data, the web storage service storing the print data, and the URL indicating the storage path of the print data can be stored as the meta data.
FIG. 103 is a diagram illustrating UI screens appearing in a mobile application when transmitting print data in a method of providing a cloud print service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 103, in the first UI screen 10300a, a user can select a receiver to which to transmit print data in a list 10310 of other users subscribed to the cloud print service. In Fig. 103, " USER # B " is selected as the recipient.
If there is an interlinked web storage for "USER # B" selected as the receiver, a storage space selection window 10320 is displayed like the second UI screen 10300b. A storage space selection window 10320 displays a message indicating that there is a web storage service interlocked with " USER # B ", and print data is stored in the personal web storage of " USER # B " Only a menu for selecting whether or not to store it is displayed.
If the user selects to store in the personal web storage server of " USER # B " in the storage space selection window 10320 and selects the transmission button, the print data is stored in the web storage server via the cloud print server according to the process described above .
104 is a flowchart for explaining a process of transmitting print data in a method of providing a cloud print service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 104, in step 10401, the cloud print server receives print data having a predetermined telephone number as a destination. In step 10402, the cloud print server checks whether the web storage service is linked to the destination telephone number of the print data.
As a result of checking in step 10402, if there is an interlinked web storage service, the flow advances to step 10403 to request the sender to confirm whether the web storage is used. In step 10404, it is confirmed whether or not the use of web storage is selected. If the use of web storage is selected in step 10404, In step 10405, the cloud print server sends an access token to the web storage server and requests storage of print data.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step 10402 that the web storage service is not linked to the destination phone number, or if the use of the web storage is not selected as a result of checking in step 10404, the process proceeds to step 10406 to temporarily store the print data in the cloud print server .
FIG. 105 and FIG. 106 are detailed drawings of a process of browsing a print data list among methods of providing a cloud print service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
105, in step 10501, the mobile 2 9550 requests the mobile 2 9550 to browse the print data list. In step 10502, the mobile 2 9550 transmits a print data list request to the cloud print server 9510. The cloud print server 9510 receiving the print data list request requests the web storage server 9520 to confirm the change in the synchronization folder in step 10503. If the web storage server 9520 sends a change to the cloud print server 9510 in step 10504, the cloud print server 9510 updates the change in step 10505.
Then, in step 10506, the cloud print server 9510 transmits the updated print data list to the mobile 2 (9510). In step 10507, the mobile 2 (9510) displays the print data list.
Referring to FIG. 106, when the cloud print server receives a request for a print data list from the mobile terminal in step 10601, it requests the web storage server for the change of the print data stored in the synchronization folder in step 10602 and confirms it. In step 10603, the cloud print server updates the change of the print data list, and in step 10604, the updated print data list is transmitted to the mobile terminal.
107 and 108 are detailed drawings of a process of printing print data stored in a web storage among methods of providing a cloud print service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
107, if the user requests printing of the print data stored in the web storage server 9520 in the mobile 2 9550 in step 10701, the mobile 2 9550 in step 10702 prints the print data to the cloud print server 9510 And sends the request.
In step 10703, the cloud print server 9510 confirms the storage path of the print data using the meta data of the print data stored in advance. If it is determined that the print data is stored in the web storage server 9520, the cloud print server 9510 transmits the stored access token in step 10704 and requests the web storage server 9520 for the print data. In response, the web storage server 9520 transmits print data to the cloud print server 9510 in step 10705.
When the cloud print server 9510 receives the print data from the web storage server 9520, the cloud print server 9510 renders the print data in step 10706, and transmits the rendered print data to the image forming apparatus in step 10707.
Referring to FIG. 108, when the cloud print server receives the print data print request in step 10801, it checks the storage path of the print data using the previously stored metadata in step 10802. In step 10803, based on the checked storage path, it is determined whether print data requested to be printed is stored in the web storage server.
As a result of the determination, if the print data is stored in the web storage server, the process proceeds to step 10805 where the access token is transmitted to the web storage server, and the print data is requested and received. On the other hand, if the print data is not stored in the web storage server but is temporarily stored in the cloud print server, the process proceeds to step 10804 and the print data stored in the cloud print server is extracted.
In step 10806, the cloud print server performs rendering on the print data, and in step 10807, the rendered print data is transmitted to the image forming apparatus.
109A and 109B are block diagrams showing a detailed configuration of a cloud print server according to embodiments of the present invention. A cloud print server 9510 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication interface unit 9511, a storage unit 9512, a control unit 9513, a rendering unit 9514, and a synchronization management unit 9515 ). At this time, the controller 9513, the rendering unit 9514, and the synchronization management unit 9515 may be implemented by a single processor in two or more configurations.
109B shows the detailed configuration of the storage unit 9512 shown in FIG. 109A. 109b, the storage unit 9512 may include an interworking information storage unit 9512a, a metadata storage unit 9512b, and a temporary storage unit 9512c. A detailed description of each configuration will be given below.
The communication interface unit 9511 may be a network module capable of wired / wireless communication as a configuration for communicating with an external mobile terminal or a web storage server.
The storage unit 9512 may be implemented by various types of storage media. As for the detailed configuration of the storage unit 9512, the interworking information storage unit 9512a may store interworking information necessary for interworking with the web storage service. In detail, an access token for accessing the web storage service and the web storage server that are linked to the phone number subscribed to the cloud print service can be mapped and stored.
Metadata for the print data stored in the web storage server may be stored in the metadata storage unit 9512b. In detail, the job ID, the web storage service, and the storage path URL can be mapped and stored for the print data stored in the web storage server.
In the temporary storage unit 9512c, print data for providing a cloud print service is temporarily stored for a predetermined period of time.
The control unit 9513 controls the operation of all other configurations. The control unit 9513 provides the cloud print service for the print data and outputs the print data using the link information stored in the storage unit 9512, Save to web storage server.
The rendering unit 9514 performs rendering on the print data.
The synchronization management unit 9515 manages the synchronization of print data stored in the web storage server.
The specific operation of the cloud print server 9510 shown in FIGS. 109A and 109B is as described with reference to FIG. 95 to FIG.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, even if the sender sends the content to be printed together with the direct print command, the receiver can print the content to be printed at a point in time when the receiver wants the printed matter to be output.
Generally, in a cloud print service provided by a cloud server, when a sender transmits content to be printed together with a direct print command, the sender directly sends the print content to the image forming apparatus and outputs the print. Therefore, there is a problem that the receiver can not determine the point in time when the printed matter is desired to be output.
In order to solve such a problem, the following embodiment provides a method for enabling a sender to print content to be printed at a point in time when a sender desires to print, even if the sender sends contents to be printed together with a direct print command. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 110 to 125. FIG.
110 is a diagram showing a cloud print system environment.
Referring to FIG. 110, a sender transmits contents to be printed so as to allow contents to be printed directly on the image forming apparatus.
The sender transmits the direct print command and the content to be printed to the cloud server 11100 using the user device 11000 as a destination to be received as an image forming apparatus. Here, the direct print command refers to a command to transmit content to be printed directly to a destination to be received via a cloud server without printing content to be printed on a cloud server, and to print.
Upon receiving the direct print command and the content to be printed, the cloud server 11100 analyzes the direct print command and transmits the content to be printed to the image forming apparatus 11200. Upon receiving the content to be printed, the image forming apparatus 11200 prints the content to be printed. At this time, since the content to be printed is directly printed from the image forming apparatus 11200, there is a problem in that it is not possible to determine the time point at which the content is desired to be printed.
In particular, in the case of a cloud print system based on a telephone number, the sender transmits contents and print command to be printed to the cloud server 11100 with the telephone number as a destination, the cloud server 11100 confirms the destination telephone number, The content to be printed is transmitted to the image forming apparatus corresponding to the number. At this time, when the direct print command is not transmitted together with the content to be printed, the cloud server 11100 stores the content to be printed so as to correspond to the destination telephone number, and the receiver transmits the content to be printed to the mobile terminal or the cloud server The cloud server 11100 requests a preview of the content to be printed at a point of time when it is desired to print using the device previously associated with the phone number, The content to be printed may be transmitted to the image forming apparatus 11200 to print the content to be printed on the image forming apparatus 11200. [
However, when the direct print command is transmitted together with the content to be printed, the cloud server 11100 directly transmits the content to be printed to the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to the cloud server 11100, There is a problem that the content can not be printed.
111 is a diagram illustrating a cloud server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 111, the cloud server 11100 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives print data and a direct print command having a predetermined telephone number as a destination, checks preset options for a predetermined telephone number It is determined whether or not the direct printing can be performed. If it is determined that the direct printing can be performed, the image forming apparatus corresponding to the predetermined telephone number prints the print data. On the other hand, if it is determined that direct printing can not be performed, it is stored in the cloud server 11100 so as to correspond to a predetermined telephone number. When receiving a preview request for the print data stored thereafter from the user device, the preview data for the stored print data is transmitted to the user device, and when the print request for the preview data is received, The print data can be transmitted and the print data can be printed by the image forming apparatus.
111, the cloud server 11100 includes a network interface unit 11110, an option setting unit 11120, a determination unit 11130, a storage unit 1140, and a control unit 1150.
The network interface unit 11110 receives print data and a direct print command with a predetermined telephone number as a destination. The network interface unit 11110 also transmits print data to an image forming apparatus corresponding to a predetermined telephone number.
The option setting unit 11120 sets an option for whether or not direct printing can be performed. Specifically, the option setting unit 11120 can set a time zone where direct printing is possible for a predetermined telephone number, or a sender to which direct printing is permitted as an option.
The determination unit 11130 determines whether or not direct printing can be performed by checking a preset option for a predetermined telephone number. The determination unit 11130 can determine whether direct printing can be performed according to the time when the direct printing command is received. Alternatively, the determination unit 11130 may determine whether or not direct printing can be performed according to the user who transmitted the direct print command.
The storage unit 11140 stores a telephone number, print data, and options. The storage unit 240 may store print data and options corresponding to a predetermined telephone number.
If it is determined that direct printing can be performed as a result of determining whether direct printing can be performed by the determination unit 11130, the control unit 11150 causes the image forming apparatus corresponding to the predetermined telephone number to print the print data, It controls the storage unit 11140 to store the print data in the cloud server 11100 so as to correspond to a predetermined telephone number. The control unit 11150 controls the storage unit 11140 to store the option set by the option setting unit 11120. [ At this time, the set option may be stored so as to correspond to a predetermined telephone number.
On the other hand, the control unit 11150 receives the preview request for the print data stored from the user device, and upon receiving the preview request, controls the network interface unit 11110 to transmit the preview data of the stored print data to the user device . The control unit 11150 can control the network interface unit 11110 to receive the print request for the preview data. The control unit 11150 can control to print the print data in the image forming apparatus corresponding to the predetermined telephone number according to the print request for the received preview data.
112 is a diagram illustrating a cloud print system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The cloud print system according to an embodiment of the present invention receives an option from the user as to whether or not direct printing can be performed in the user device 11000 and sends the option to the cloud server 11100 directly to the cloud server 11100 And transmits an option as to whether printing can be performed. The cloud server 11100 receives an option for enabling direct printing, sets an option, and stores the received option.
112, the user device 11000 includes a user input receiving unit 11010, a network interface unit 11020, and a control unit 11030.
The user input receiving unit 11010 receives a user input. For example, the user device 11000 may be a mobile terminal and may receive various touch inputs via the touch panel of the mobile terminal. Specifically, the user input receiving unit 11010 may receive an option as to whether direct printing can be performed.
The network interface unit 11020 can transmit an option to set an option in the cloud server 11100. [ In addition, the network interface unit 11020 can receive an option set in the cloud server 11100 from the cloud server 11100. The user can confirm the option set in the cloud server 11100 through a display unit (not shown) and change the set option.
The control unit 11030 controls the user input receiving unit 11010 to receive an option on whether or not direct printing can be performed and transmits the option to the cloud server 11100 whether or not the direct printing can be performed to the network interface unit 11020 ). The control unit 11030 can control the network interface unit 11020 to receive an option set for whether or not direct printing can be performed from the cloud server 11100. [ The control unit 11030 can receive an option set in response to the request to the cloud server 11100 for an option set for whether or not direct printing can be performed.
112, the cloud server 11100 includes a network interface unit 11110, an option setting unit 11120, a storage unit 11140, and a control unit 11150.
The network interface unit 11110 receives an option as to whether or not direct printing can be performed. The network interface unit 11110 can transmit an option to the user device 11000 whether or not direct printing can be performed set in the option setting unit 11120. [
The option setting unit 11120 sets an option for whether or not the direct printing can be performed, which is received from the network interface unit 11110. [
The storage unit 11140 stores an option as to whether or not direct printing can be performed. At this time, the option of whether or not direct printing can be performed may be stored so as to correspond to a predetermined telephone number. The predetermined telephone number may be the telephone number of the user device 11000, which is a mobile terminal.
The control unit 11150 can control the network interface unit 11110 to receive an option as to whether or not direct printing can be performed from the user device 11000. [ The control unit 11150 can control the option setting unit 11120 to set an option for whether or not the direct printing can be performed and control the storing unit 11140 to store the received option. The control unit 11150 may control the network interface unit 11110 to transmit an option to the user device 11000 about whether direct printing can be performed or not set in the option setting unit 11120. [ The control unit 11150 receives the request for the set option from the user device 11000 and transmits the option to the user device 11000 whether or not the direct printing can be performed in response to the request. Can be controlled.
113A is a diagram illustrating a cloud print system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 113A, the cloud server 11100 receives print data and a direct print command with a predetermined telephone number as a destination, confirms a preset option for a predetermined telephone number, and determines whether or not direct printing can be performed If it is determined that the direct printing can be performed, if it is determined that the direct printing can be performed, the print data is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to the predetermined telephone number. The image forming apparatus 11200 can receive print data and print received print data.
On the other hand, if it is determined that direct printing can not be performed, the cloud server 11100 stores it in the server so as to correspond to a predetermined telephone number. Then, when a print request for print data is received, the print data is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to the telephone number. The image forming apparatus 11200 can receive print data and print received print data.
Referring to FIG. 113A, the cloud server 11100 of FIG. 113A includes the functions of the cloud server 11100 of FIG. 111, so that a detailed description of the cloud server 11100 is omitted.
The image forming apparatus 11200 includes a network interface unit 11210, a print job performing unit 11220, and a control unit 11230.
The network interface unit 11210 receives print data. The print job performing unit 11220 performs a print job for the print data. The control unit 11230 may control the network interface unit 11210 to receive print data from the cloud server 11100 and control the print job performing unit 11220 to print the received print data.
113B is a diagram illustrating a cloud print system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
113B, since the cloud server 11100 and the image forming apparatus 11200 in FIG. 113B include the functions of the cloud server 11100 and the image forming apparatus 11200 in FIG. 113A, the cloud server 11100 and the image Detailed description of the forming apparatus 11200 will be omitted.
Referring to FIG. 113B, the cloud print system includes a user device 11000. The user device 11000 includes a user input receiving unit 11010, a network interface unit 11020, and a control unit 11030.
The network interface unit 11020 transmits a preview request for print data stored in the cloud server 11100. [ The network interface unit 11020 also receives preview data for a preview request. The preview data is data for previewing the content included in the print data. The preview data may include only a part of the print data.
The user device 11000 may include a display unit (not shown), and a display unit (not shown) displays content included in the preview data. The user can confirm the contents included in the preview data through the display unit (not shown).
The user input receiving unit 11010 receives various user inputs from the user. The user input receiving unit 11010 may receive a print request for preview data. That is, the user can confirm the contents included in the preview data through the display unit (not shown) and request to print the contents included in the print data.
The control unit 11030 may control the user input receiving unit 11010 to receive the preview request and may control the network interface unit 11020 to transmit the preview request to the cloud server 11100. [
The control unit 11150 of the cloud server 11100 receives the preview request from the user device 11000 and transmits the preview data of the print data to the user device 11000 via the network interface unit 11100 of the cloud server 11100. [ Lt; / RTI >
The control unit 11030 of the user device 11000 receives the print request for the preview data from the user input receiving unit 11010 and transmits the print request to the network server 11100 of the user device 11000 to transmit the print request to the cloud server 11100. [ Can be controlled.
At this time, the control unit 11150 of the cloud server 11100 can control the network interface unit 11110 to transmit the print data to the image forming apparatus 11200 upon receiving the print request from the user device 11000. [
114 is a flowchart of a method of providing a cloud print service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 114, in step S11400, the cloud server 11100 receives print data and a direct print command with a predetermined telephone number as a destination.
In step S11410, the cloud server 11100 confirms a preset option for a predetermined telephone number, and determines whether direct printing can be performed.
If it is determined in step S11420 that the direct printing can be performed, the cloud server 11100 can print the print data in the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to the predetermined telephone number have. Specifically, the cloud server 11100 can transmit the print data to the image forming apparatus 11200 so as to print the print data in the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to the predetermined telephone number.
If it is determined in step S11430 that direct printing can not be performed, the cloud server 11100 stores the print data in the cloud server 11100 so as to correspond to a predetermined telephone number.
115 is a flowchart of a method of providing a cloud print service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
In step S11500, the cloud server 11100 receives print data and a direct print command with a predetermined telephone number as a destination.
In step S11510, the cloud server 11100 determines whether direct printing can be performed according to the time when the direct print command is received. Specifically, the cloud server 11100 optionally sets a time zone in which direct printing is possible as an option, and determines whether direct printing can be performed by confirming whether or not the time when the direct printing command is received is included in the set direct printing time zone is included have.
If it is determined in step S11520 that direct printing can be performed according to the time when the direct printing command is received, if it is determined that direct printing can be performed, the cloud server 11100 displays the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to the predetermined telephone number, To print the print data. Specifically, the cloud server 11100 transmits the print data to the image forming apparatus 11200 so as to print the print data in the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to the predetermined telephone number.
In step S11530, the cloud server 11100 determines whether direct printing can be performed according to the time when the direct printing command is received. If it is determined that the direct printing can not be performed, the cloud server 11100 transmits the printing data to the cloud server 11100).
116 is a flowchart of a method of providing a cloud print service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
In step S11600, the cloud server 11100 receives print data and a direct print command with a predetermined telephone number as a destination.
In step S11610, the cloud server 11100 determines whether direct printing can be performed according to the user who has transmitted the direct print command. Specifically, the cloud server 11100 can optionally set a sender to which direct printing is permitted as an option, and determine whether direct printing can be performed by confirming the sender who has been set to the direct printing and the user who has transmitted the direct print command .
If it is determined in step S11620 that direct printing can be performed, if it is determined that direct printing can be performed, the cloud server 11100 causes the image forming apparatus corresponding to the predetermined telephone number to print the print data. Specifically, the cloud server 11100 can transmit print data to the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to a predetermined telephone number so as to cause the image forming apparatus 11200 to print the print data.
If it is determined in step S11630 that direct printing can be performed, if it is determined that direct printing can not be performed, the cloud server 11100 stores the print data in the cloud server 11100 so as to correspond to a predetermined telephone number.
117 is a flowchart of a method of providing a cloud print service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
In step S11700, the cloud server 11100 stores in advance an option to preset the sender for which direct printing is possible or the direct printing is permitted.
In step S11710, the cloud server 11100 receives print data and a direct print command with a predetermined telephone number as a destination.
In step S11720, the cloud server 11100 confirms a preset option for a predetermined telephone number, and determines whether direct printing can be performed.
If it is determined in step S11730 that direct printing can be performed, if it is determined that direct printing can be performed, the cloud server 11100 causes the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to the predetermined telephone number to print the print data . Specifically, the cloud server 11100 can transmit the print data to the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to a predetermined telephone number, so that the image forming apparatus 11200 can print the print data.
If it is determined in step S11740 that direct printing can not be performed, the cloud server 11100 stores the print data in the cloud server 11100 so as to correspond to a predetermined telephone number.
118 is a flowchart of a method of providing a cloud print service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
In step S11800, the cloud server 11100 receives print data and a direct print command with a predetermined telephone number as a destination.
In step S11810, the cloud server 11100 confirms a preset option for a predetermined telephone number, and determines whether direct printing can be performed.
If it is determined in step S11820 that direct printing can be performed, if it is determined that direct printing can be performed, the cloud server 11100 causes the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to the predetermined telephone number to print the print data . Specifically, the cloud server 11100 can transmit print data to the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to a predetermined telephone number, so that the print data can be printed by the image forming apparatus 11200.
If it is determined in step S11830 that the direct printing can not be performed, the cloud server 11100 can store the print data in the cloud server 11100 so as to correspond to the telephone number.
In step S11840, the cloud server 11100 receives a preview request for the stored print data from the user device 11000. [
In step S11850, the cloud server 11100 transmits preview data for the stored print data.
119 is a flowchart of a method of providing a cloud print service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
In step S11900, the cloud server 11100 receives print data and a direct print command with a predetermined telephone number as a destination.
In step S11910, the cloud server 11100 determines whether direct printing can be performed by checking a preset option for a predetermined telephone number.
If it is determined in step S11920 that direct printing can be performed, if it is determined that direct printing can be performed, the cloud server 11100 causes the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to a predetermined telephone number to print the print data . Specifically, the cloud server 11100 transmits the print data to the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to a predetermined telephone number, and causes the image forming apparatus 11200 to print the print data.
If it is determined in step S11930 that direct printing can not be performed, the cloud server 11100 stores the print data in the cloud server 11100 so as to correspond to a predetermined telephone number.
In step S11940, the cloud server 11100 receives a preview request for the stored print data from the user device 11000. [
In step S11950, the cloud server 11100 transmits the preview data of the stored print data to the user device 11000. [
In step S11960, the cloud server 11100 receives a print request for preview data from the user device 11000. [
In step S11970, the cloud server 11100 transmits the print data to the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to the predetermined telephone number.
120 is a diagram for explaining a process of providing a cloud print service by a cloud system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In step S12000, the cloud server 11100 receives print data and a direct print command with a predetermined telephone number as a destination.
In step S12010, the cloud server 11100 determines whether direct printing can be performed by checking a preset option for a predetermined telephone number. At this time, the user can preset an option as to whether direct printing can be performed using the user device 11000. [ The cloud server 11100 can receive an option set from the user device 11000 and set an option to the cloud server 11100. [
In step S12020, if it is determined that direct printing can not be performed, the cloud server 11100 stores the print data in the cloud server 11100 so as to correspond to a predetermined telephone number.
If it is determined in step S12030 that direct printing can be performed, the cloud server 11100 transmits the print data to the image forming apparatus 11200 corresponding to the predetermined telephone number.
In step S12040, the image forming apparatus 11200 receives the print data and prints the received print data.
121A is a diagram illustrating an HTTP packet for receiving an option set in a cloud server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 121A, a user uses the user device 11000 to transmit an HTTP packet (http: //xxx.xx.xx.xx/pp/settings/) related to an option set from the address " http: //xx.xx.xx.xx/pp/settings/" of the cloud server 11100 12110). The HTTP packet 12110 is a packet that the user requests from the cloud server 11100 to confirm the option currently set in the cloud server 11100 and received from the user device 11000 in response to the request.
The HTTP packet 12110 includes information about the option currently set in the cloud server 11100. Specifically, the HTTP packet 12110 includes an option as to whether or not direct printing is possible. The optional portion 12120 includes content relating to " phoneNumber " and " time ". Specifically, " phoneNumber " means a telephone number of a sender to which direct printing is permitted. &Quot; time " means a time zone in which direct printing is allowed. For example, the " phoneNumber " portion of the option portion 12120 includes " 01012345678 ", " 01023456789 ", " 01034567890 ", " 010-1234-5678 ", " 010-2345-6789 & Means that an option to enable direct printing only for print data sent by a sender using a telephone number of " -3456-7890 " is set. For example, the " time " portion of the option portion 12120 includes " 0000_0000 ", " 1000_1200 ", " 1000_1200 ", " 1000_1200 ", " 1000_1200 ", " 1000_1200 & : 00 to 00:00, Tuesday 10:00 to 12:00, Wednesday 10:00 to 12:00, Thursday 10:00 to 12:00, Friday 10:00 to 12:00, Saturday 10 Means that an option to enable direct printing for the print data received from 00:00 to 12:00 on Sunday from 00:00 to 12:00 is set.
FIG. 121B is a diagram illustrating an HTTP packet for transmitting an option to be set to a cloud server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 121B, the user uses the user device 11000 to transmit a request packet related to option setting to " http: //xx.xx.xx.xx.xx/transmit/pp/ ", which is the address of the cloud server 11100 And transmits an HTTP packet 12130.
The HTTP packet 12130 includes information about an option to be set in the current cloud server 11100. Specifically, the HTTP packet 12130 includes an option as to whether or not direct printing is possible.
The allowable time section 12140 is a section for setting an option relating to a time zone in which direct printing is possible. For example, in the present embodiment, Monday is from 00:00 to 00:00, Tuesday is from 10:00 to 12:00, Wednesday is from 10:00 to 12:00, Thursday is from 10:00 to 12:00 , From 10:00 to 12:00 on Fridays, from 10:00 to 12:00 on Saturdays, and from 00:00 to 00:00 on Sundays.
The allowable sender part 12145 is a part for setting an option for the sender capable of direct printing. For example, in this embodiment, an option to allow direct printing only for print data sent by a sender using telephone numbers " 010-1234-5678 ", " 010-2345-6789 ", and " 010-3456-7890 " Setting.
122 is a diagram for explaining a process of setting a time zone in which direct printing is possible according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to Figure 122 (a), the user selects the settings 12210 on the screen displayed using the user device 11000 and selects the personalized print settings 12220. [ Referring to FIG. 122 (b), if the user selects the personalized print setting 12220, the user can select whether or not to activate the option 12230. FIG. The user can select whether or not to activate the option 12230 by toggling the toggle button ON or OFF. 122C, the user can select the time zone 12240 and the day of the week 12245 in which the direct printing is permitted when the user selects "ON" as to whether or not to activate the option 12230. [ The user can select the start time and the end time for each day by the time picker. If you select NEXT (12250) after the selection, you can set the time zone that enables direct printing. These options are transmitted to the cloud server 11100, and the cloud server 11100 allows the received options to be set.
123 is a diagram for explaining a process of setting a sender to which direct printing is permitted according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 123 (a), the user sets a sender to which direct printing is permitted on the screen displayed using the user device 11000. [ When the list of phone numbers stored in the user device 11000 is displayed by calling up the list of phone numbers stored in the user device 11000, the user can select which of the senders to allow direct printing. The user can select whether to allow direct printing for each sender by toggling the toggle button on or off. When the user completes setting for a sender for which direct printing is permitted, and selects DONE 12310, the sender can allow direct printing only for the print data to be sent. These options are transmitted to the cloud server 11100, and the options are set in the cloud server 11100. [ On the other hand, referring to FIG. 123 (b), if the user selects EVERYONE 12320, direct printing can be allowed for all the senders in the telephone number list stored in the user device 11000. [
Referring to (c) of FIG. 123, when the corresponding option is set in the cloud server 11100 and the storage is successfully performed, a message 12330 indicating that the corresponding option has been successfully set can be displayed on the user device 11000 .
124 shows a table for managing options regarding whether or not direct printing can be performed according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 124, the cloud server 11100 stores options in a table form and manages options regarding whether or not direct printing can be performed through stored tables.
In the present embodiment, it is assumed that options for a person using the telephone number " 010-AAAA-BBBB " are stored. The option may be stored in a table corresponding to the telephone number " 010-AAAA-BBBB " and in the form of an activation table 12410, an allowable time table 12420, an allowable sender table 12430,
The activation table 12410 may have a value of " TRUE " or " FALSE " as a table of whether to enable personalized print settings.
The allowable time table 12420 can set the day of the week and the time zone as a table for a time zone in which direct printing is permitted. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a date can be set.
The allowable sender table 12430 can set the phone number of the sender to allow direct printing to the table for the sender to allow direct printing. Meanwhile, additional information such as a necessary IP address, serial number, and location can be stored together with the telephone number of the sender.
Options relating to whether or not direct printing can be performed on various types of tables may be stored and managed.
125 is a view for explaining a process of providing a cloud print service by a cloud server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In step S12500, the cloud server 11100 receives the direct print job. The direct print job may include direct print commands and print data.
In step S12510, the cloud server 11100 confirms whether the personalized printing option is activated. Here, the personalized printing option means an option for enabling direct printing corresponding to a predetermined telephone number.
If it is determined in step S12520 that the personalized print option is activated, the cloud server 11100 determines whether the time when the direct print job was received is within a set time.
In step S12550, if it is determined that the set time is reached, the cloud server 11100 performs the full-print printing. Here, the pull-print printing means that the print job is stored in the cloud server 11100, and when the user requests printing to the cloud server 11100 as needed, the print data is sent to the image forming apparatus 11200 To be transmitted and printed. On the other hand, direct printing means that print data can be transmitted to the image forming apparatus 11200 to be printed without storing print data in the cloud server 11100. [
If it is determined in step S12530 that the time is within the set time, the cloud server 11100 confirms whether the user who transmitted the direct print job is a sender permitted to perform direct printing.
If it is determined in step S12540 that direct printing is permitted, the cloud server 11100 performs direct printing. Specifically, the cloud server 11100 transmits the print data to the image forming apparatus 11200 so as to be able to be printed by the image forming apparatus 11200.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, even if the sender transmits the direct print command and the print data, it is determined whether the sender direct prints according to the preset option by the recipient, and the direct print only when the recipient desires, Printing can be performed.
For example, the recipient can set the time zone in which direct printing is possible and escape the printing noise at a personal time such as bedtime. In addition, the recipient can store print data in the cloud server 11100 as needed, and allow the recipient to print the print data through the user device 11000 after confirming the job.
On the other hand, the telephone number-based print service may request the caller from a mobile device such as a cellular phone, but may also request a telephone number-based print service from a sender device such as an image forming device. However, in a mobile device such as a mobile phone, it is easy to input a recipient phone number to receive a print job by using an address book in which a contact is stored. However, in a sender device such as an image forming apparatus, a caller must directly input a recipient phone number. Hereinafter, a case of requesting a telephone number-based print service from the image forming apparatus will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 126 to 138. FIG.
126 is a diagram for explaining the print service environment of the image forming apparatus 12610 requesting the telephone number-based print service.
Referring to FIG. 126, on the left side of the cloud server 12650, the sender devices 12610 and 12630 can be distinguished. On the right side, the receiver devices 12670 and 12690 can be distinguished. The sender who wants to send the print job registers the print job with the cloud server 12650 using the sender devices 12610 and 12630 and the recipient that receives the print job uses the recipient devices 12670 and 12690 to register the cloud The print job can be received from the server 12650 and executed by the sender. The left caller devices 12610 and 12630 on the center of the cloud server 12650 are connected to an image forming apparatus 12610 requesting a telephone number based print service and a mobile device 12630 capable of communicating with the image forming apparatus 12610 ).
An image forming apparatus 12610 requesting a telephone number based print service can generate a print job and transmit the generated print job to the cloud server 12650 for transmission to the recipient using the recipient telephone number. In other words, if there is a print service request using the recipient phone number in the image forming apparatus 12610, the recipient phone number and the requested print job may be transmitted to the cloud server 12650 and registered in the cloud server 12650 .
In order to request a print service based on the telephone number, the image forming apparatus 12610 must receive the telephone number of the recipient from the user. If the user knows the telephone number of the recipient, the telephone number of the recipient can be directly input to the image forming apparatus 12610. [ However, when the user does not know the recipient's phone number, the recipient's phone number can be obtained and input from the user's mobile device 12630 or the cloud server 12650 or the like. Hereinafter, embodiments in which the recipient's telephone number is easily input in the image forming apparatus 12610 requesting the telephone number-based print service will be described with reference to FIGS. 127 to 138. FIG.
127 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of an image forming apparatus 12610 for requesting a telephone number-based print service according to an embodiment.
127, the image forming apparatus 12610 may include an application execution unit 12611, a user interface unit 12613, a communication unit 12615, a control unit 12617, and a storage unit 12619. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that other general-purpose components other than the components shown in FIG. 127 may be further included. For example, the image forming apparatus 12610 may further include a scan unit that scans a document to generate scan image data, or an image forming unit that forms an image on a print sheet.
The application execution unit 12611 can execute an application for inputting a print job request and a recipient telephone number. For example, the application execution unit 12611 may execute a scan to phone application that registers scanned image data scanned with a document with the received recipient telephone number in the cloud server 12650. For example, the application execution unit 12611 may be a box to phone application that registers the print job stored in the image forming apparatus 12610 with the input recipient phone number in the cloud server 12650 .
The user interface unit 12613 may adaptively display the user interface of the executed application according to the input of the user. For example, the user interface unit 12613 may display a preview of a print job list or a print job when a user selects a screen for inputting a print job. In another example, the user interface unit 12613 may display a message requesting the user to input a recipient's telephone number when selecting a screen for inputting the recipient's telephone number.
Also, the user interface unit 12613 may adaptively display the user interface by reflecting the information received from the outside. For example, the user interface unit 12613 may display the recipient information received from the outside or the address book of the external device on the screen for inputting the recipient phone number. With reference to FIG. 130 or FIG. 136, this will be described in detail later.
The communication unit 12615 can receive information from the external device or transmit the information to the external device. For example, the communication unit 12615 may receive the recipient information including the recipient phone number from the mobile device 12630. [ In another example, the communication unit 12615 may request the server address book to the cloud server 12650 supporting the phone number-based print service, and may receive the server address book according to the server address book request from the cloud server 12650 .
The communication unit 12615 may support various communication methods such as Wifi-direct, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Near Field Communication (NFC). The user can select a communication method by taking into consideration the state of the device, the amount of data, and the like which are to be communicated with the image forming apparatus 12610 in a comprehensive manner. Further, the communication unit 12615 may perform communication according to a preset communication method.
The control unit 12617 can perform overall control over the image forming apparatus 12610. [ Other configurations of the image forming apparatus 12610 can be controlled.
For example, the control unit 12617 may control to automatically input the recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 on the screen for inputting the recipient's phone number. Specifically, the control unit 12617 can control the user interface unit 12613 so that the receiver name and the recipient phone number are associated with each other on the screen based on the receiver information received during the screen display for inputting the receiver's telephone number . In this case, the recipient information may further include at least one of a recipient's e-mail address and a recipient's group information in addition to the recipient's name and recipient's phone number, and the control unit 12617 may further display the recipient's e-mail address on the screen.
In addition, the control unit 12617 can control transmission of the requested print job and the recipient telephone number included in the recipient information to the cloud server 12650 supporting the telephone number-based print service according to the request of the user for the print job .
For example, the control unit 12617 may display a server address book received from the cloud server 12650 on a screen for inputting a recipient telephone number, and may control the user interface unit to select a recipient from the displayed server address book. Specifically, the control unit 12617 can control the user interface unit 12613 so that the recipient name and the recipient phone number are associated with each other on the screen based on the server address book received during the screen display for inputting the recipient phone number. At this time, the server address book may further include at least one of a receiver's e-mail address and a receiver's group information in addition to the receiver's name and receiver's phone number, and the controller 12617 may further display the receiver's name and the receiver's phone number.
In addition, the control unit 12617 can control the recipient's telephone number of the recipient selected by the cloud server 12650 supporting the telephone number-based print service and the transmission of the requested print job according to the user's print job request.
The storage unit 12619 can store information and programs necessary for the operation of the image forming apparatus 12610, data generated according to the operation of the image forming apparatus 12610, and the like. For example, the storage unit 12619 may update the address book by storing the recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 in the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610. [ The storage unit 12619 may update the address book by storing the server address book received from the cloud server 12650 in the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610. [
When the image forming apparatus 12610 includes a scan unit (not shown), the storage unit 12619 can store scan image data generated by the scan unit, and store the scan image data in a print job list . The storage unit 12619 may store a print job received from the outside. The storage unit 12619 can also store print jobs received from the outside in a print job list.
Meanwhile, the controller 12617 may store the recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 to the cloud server 12650 to update the server address book of the cloud server 12650, thereby transmitting the updated address book. The control unit 12617 may also store the server address book received from the cloud server 12650 to the mobile device 12630 for mobile address book update of the mobile device 12630 to transmit the updated address book. To synchronize each address book stored in each of the devices supporting the telephone number based print service, that is, the image forming apparatus 12610, the mobile device 12630, and the cloud server 12650 with each other.
128 is a diagram for explaining a process of receiving a recipient information from a mobile device 12630 in an image forming apparatus 12610 requesting a print service based on a telephone number and requesting a print job according to an embodiment.
The image forming apparatus 12610 can execute an application for inputting a print job request and a recipient phone number. (S 12805) In other words, the user can select the application menus 12611 displayed in the user interface unit 12613 of the image forming apparatus 12610 The user can execute an application that can perform a desired printing job. Hereinafter, it is assumed that a scan to phone application is executed for the convenience of explanation.
The image forming apparatus 12610 may adaptively display a user interface of an executed application according to an input of a user. (S 12810) For example, when a user selects a screen for inputting a print job from a displayed user interface , The image forming apparatus 12610 may display a list of existing scanned image data or a preview of the scanned image data of the currently scanned document. As another example, if the user selects a screen for entering a recipient's telephone number, the image forming apparatus 12610 can display a message requesting input of the recipient's telephone number.
When the user is prompted to input the recipient phone number, the user can directly input the recipient phone number using the keypad. However, when the user is not memorizing the recipient phone number or inputting a plurality of recipient phone numbers, by using the mobile device 12630 to transmit the recipient information including the recipient phone number to the image forming apparatus 12610, You can enter a phone number. Hereinafter, a case where a user transmits recipient information including a recipient's telephone number using the mobile device 12630 will be described.
The mobile device 12630 may execute an application that can select user information including a telephone number and transmit the selected user information to an external device. (S 12815) For example, an application or a mobile device 12630 An application that searches the address book of the user and selects user information.
The mobile device 12630 displays the mobile address book, and the user can select the recipient from the mobile address book (S 12820). In other words, the user confirms the recipient to whom the print job is to be sent from the mobile address book, The recipient information can be selected.
The mobile device 12630 may send the recipient information selected in the mobile address book to the image forming apparatus 12610. [ In other words, the image forming apparatus 12610 may receive the recipient information including the recipient phone number from the mobile device 12630 (S 12825)
The image forming apparatus 12610 can automatically input the recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 on the screen for inputting the recipient phone number. (S 12830) Accordingly, the user can select the recipient Information can be confirmed in the user interface unit 12613 of the image forming apparatus 12610. [
The image forming apparatus 12610 can transmit the requested print job and the recipient telephone number included in the recipient information to the cloud server 12650 supporting the telephone number based print service according to the request of the user for the print job. 12835) In other words, the cloud server 12650 can receive the recipient telephone number and the requested print job from the image forming apparatus 12610. [ The cloud server 12650 can store the recipient telephone number and the requested print job in association with each other.
The image forming apparatus 12610 can store the recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 in the address book (S 12840) to update the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610. Thereafter, when it is desired to transmit the print job to the same recipient, the updated address book of the image forming apparatus 12610 can be used.
The image forming apparatus 12610 can send the updated address book to the cloud server 12650. (S 12845) In other words, the cloud server 12650 receives the updated address book of the image forming apparatus 12610 from the image forming apparatus 12610 Address book can be received.
The cloud server 12650 can update the server address book using the updated address book of the image forming apparatus 12610 received from the image forming apparatus 12610. (S 12850) The address book of the image forming apparatus 12610 To synchronize the server address book of the cloud server 12650 with each other.
The image forming apparatus 12610 may store log data of the print job (S 12855). For the print job sent to the cloud server 12650, log data may be stored in the recipient name. Log data for a print job based on the recipient name can facilitate recipient identification of the transferred print job.
129 is a diagram for explaining a process of selecting a recipient to receive a print job from the mobile address book of the mobile device 12630. [ In FIG. 128, the process of S 12815 to S 12825 is illustrated by the user interface of the mobile device 12630.
The user, that is, the sender, can select the recipient to whom the print job is to be sent from the mobile address book of the mobile device 12630. To use the recipient's phone number stored in the mobile device 12630 if the recipient's phone number can not be memorized or if there are multiple recipients.
Referring to FIG. 129, a mobile address book is shown in the user interface 12640 of the mobile device 12630. Such a mobile address book may be displayed on the user interface 12640 by executing an application that supports a phone number based print service or an application that searches the address book of the mobile device 12630 and selects user information.
The user, that is, the sender, can select a recipient to whom to send the print job from the mobile address book displayed in the user interface 12640 of the mobile device 12630. As shown in FIG. 129, the user can select a recipient to which to send a print job by scrolling the mobile address book, searching for desired recipient information, and selecting a check box. The user can select at least one recipient and complete the recipient selection by pressing the "Complete" button.
When the recipient selection is completed in the mobile device 12630, the mobile device 12630 can transmit the selected recipient information to the preset image forming apparatus 12610 according to a preset communication method. In addition, the mobile device 12630 may display a pop-up that allows the user to select the image forming device 12610 to which the recipient information is to be transmitted or recipient information, if there is no preset item, can do. For example, the mobile device 12630 displays various types of communication methods such as Wifi-direct, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and NFC (Near Field Communication) and a plurality of image forming apparatuses registered in the mobile device 12630 as a pop- The user can be selected. The mobile device 12630 can transmit the selected recipient information to the image forming apparatus 12610 when the image forming apparatus 12610 and the communication method for transmitting the recipient information are determined.
130 is a view for explaining a method for receiving recipient information from a mobile device 12630 in an image forming apparatus 12610 requesting a phone number based print service according to an embodiment and automatically inputting recipient information on a screen for inputting a recipient phone number FIG. In FIG. 128, the process of S 12805 to S 12830 is illustrated by the user interface of the image forming apparatus 12610.
130, the user interface 12620 of the image forming apparatus 12610 is shown when a user of the image forming apparatus 12610 selects a screen for inputting a recipient's telephone number. An address book area 12622 may be displayed in a part of the user interface 12620 of the image forming apparatus 12610. [ The image forming apparatus 12610 can display the registered user information in the address book area 12622 when there is user information registered in the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610. [ On the other hand, if there is no user information registered in the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610, the image forming apparatus 12610 may display a message for requesting the recipient telephone number input. At this time, the recipient's telephone number can be directly input using the keypad located under the address book area 12622. If it is difficult for the user to input the recipient phone number directly to the image forming apparatus 12610, the mobile device 12630 can be used to transmit the recipient information including the recipient phone number to the image forming apparatus 12610. [ This is illustrated in FIG. 129.
130, the user interface 12620 of the image forming apparatus 12610 at the upper right of FIG. 130 selects the recipient information from the user interface 12640 of the mobile device 12630, And the user interface 12620 of the image forming apparatus 12610 on the lower right side. That is, the recipient information selected by the user interface 12640 of the mobile device 12630 can be automatically input to the screen for inputting the recipient phone number in the user interface 12620 of the image forming apparatus 12610, and can be displayed to the user . As shown, the recipient information transmitted from the mobile device 12630 can be temporarily input automatically into the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610. [ When all of the recipients to transmit the print job are selected, the user can request a print job by pressing the "Send" button in the user interface 12620 of the image forming apparatus 12610. [ Accordingly, the image forming apparatus 12610 can generate scan image data and transmit it to the cloud server 12650 together with the recipient phone number.
FIGS. 131 to 132 are diagrams illustrating a process of storing recipient information in the address book in the image forming apparatus 12610 requesting a print service based on a telephone number according to an embodiment. In FIG. 128, the process of S 12840 is illustrated by the user interface of the image forming apparatus 12610.
Fig. 131 shows a pop-up 12624 for asking the user to confirm whether to update the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610. Fig. In other words, the recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 in the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610 is stored to obtain the judgment of the user whether to update the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610. [ If there is room for future transmission of the print job, the user can request to update the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610 by pressing the "YES" button.
However, if the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610 is automatically set to be automatically updated when the recipient telephone number and the print job are transmitted according to the user's print job request, the pop-up 12624 display of FIG. 131 may be omitted have.
132 is for explaining the process of selecting the category 12626 for storing the recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 in the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610. [ The category 12626 for storing recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 may be "Individual "," Group ", and "Any #" as shown. The "Individual" category may be selected to store recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 separately for each individual. The "Group" category can be selected when the recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 includes information on the group, and when the recipient information is stored for each group. The "Any #" category can be selected when storing the recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 in association with the recipient name and the recipient phone number storage space, respectively. Unlike the "Individual" category and the "Group" category, the address storage space according to the "Any #" category has a separate telephone number storage space, so that the recipient's telephone number can be stored in the corresponding space.
FIGS. 133A, 133B and 133C are diagrams showing recipient information stored in each address book of the image forming apparatus 12610 requesting a print service based on a telephone number according to an embodiment.
FIG. 133A is a diagram showing a state where recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 is selected in the "Individual" category and stored in the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610. FIG.
In FIG. 133A, a recipient name, a telephone number, and an e-mail address are inputted in order. In the case of a telephone number, it can be confirmed that the telephone number is substituted for the fax number storage space of the existing address book. However, unlike the case shown in FIG. 133A, the telephone number may be stored in a new storage space by providing a separate telephone number field.
133B is a view showing a state in which the recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 is stored in the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610 by selecting the "Group" category.
Referring to FIG. 133B, the information about the group included in the recipient information received from the mobile device 12630 is "Company ", indicating that a total of three persons belong.
133C is a view showing a state in which the receiver information received from the mobile device 12630 is stored in the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610 by selecting the "Any #" category.
Referring to FIG. 133C, it can be seen that the recipient name and telephone number are stored in the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610, and in particular, a telephone number field capable of storing the telephone number exists.
134 is a diagram for explaining a process of receiving a server address book from a cloud server 12650 and requesting a print job from an image forming apparatus 12610 requesting a phone number based print service according to an embodiment.
The image forming apparatus 12610 can execute an application for inputting a print job request and a recipient phone number. (S13405) In other words, the user can select an application menu 12613 displayed on the user interface unit 12613 of the image forming apparatus 12610 The user can execute an application that can perform a desired printing job. Hereinafter, it is assumed that a scan to phone application is executed for the convenience of explanation.
The image forming apparatus 12610 may adaptively display a user interface of an executed application according to an input of a user. (S 13410) For example, when a user selects a screen for inputting a print job from a displayed user interface , The image forming apparatus 12610 may display a list of existing scanned image data or a preview of the scanned image data of the currently scanned document. As another example, if the user selects a screen for entering a recipient's telephone number, the image forming apparatus 12610 can display a message requesting input of the recipient's telephone number.
When the user is prompted to input the recipient phone number, the user can directly input the recipient phone number using the keypad. However, when the user does not memorize the recipient phone number or enter multiple recipient phone numbers, the cloud server 12650 can be used.
The image forming apparatus 12610 can request the server address book from the cloud server 12650. (S13415) The image forming apparatus 12610 can receive the server address book according to the server address book request from the cloud server 12650. [ (S 13420)
The image forming apparatus 12610 may display the server address book received from the cloud server 12650 on a screen for inputting the recipient phone number (S 13425)
The user can easily input the recipient telephone number by selecting the recipient from the server address book displayed on the image forming apparatus 12610. (S13430)
The image forming apparatus 12610 may transmit the requested print job to the recipient's telephone number of the recipient selected by the cloud server 12650 supporting the telephone number based print service according to the print job request of the user (S 13435) In other words, the cloud server 12650 can receive the recipient telephone number and the requested print job from the image forming apparatus 12610. [ The cloud server 12650 can store the recipient telephone number and the requested print job in association with each other.
The image forming apparatus 12610 may store the server address book received from the cloud server 12650 in the address book (S 13440) to update the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610. Thereafter, when it is desired to transmit the print job to the same recipient, the updated address book of the image forming apparatus 12610 can be used.
The image forming apparatus 12610 can transfer the updated address book to the mobile device 12630. (S 13445) In other words, the mobile device 12630 receives the updated address book from the image forming apparatus 12610 Address book can be received.
The mobile device 12630 can update the mobile address book using the updated address book of the image forming apparatus 12610 received from the image forming apparatus 12610. (S 13450) The address book of the image forming apparatus 12610 To synchronize the mobile address book of mobile device 12630 with each other.
The image forming apparatus 12610 may store log data of the print job (S13455). For the print job transmitted to the cloud server 12650, log data may be stored in the recipient name.
135 is a diagram illustrating a screen for establishing a connection with the cloud server 12650 in the image forming apparatus 12610 requesting a telephone number-based print service according to an embodiment.
As seen in S 13415 of FIG. 134, the image forming apparatus 12610 can request the server address book to the cloud server 12650. For this purpose, the image forming apparatus 12610 needs an operation of setting information about the cloud server 12650 in advance.
135, the image forming apparatus 12610 may display a user interface 12628 that can preset information of the cloud server 12650, and may modify the information of the cloud server 12650 according to the input of the user It is possible.
136 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a server address book from a cloud server 12650 in an image forming apparatus 12610 requesting a telephone number based print service according to an embodiment and displaying a server address book on a screen for inputting a recipient telephone number Fig. In Fig. 134, the process of S13405 to S13430 is illustrated by the user interface of the image forming apparatus 12610. [
136, the user interface 12620 of the image forming apparatus 12610 is shown when the user of the image forming apparatus 12610 selects a screen for inputting the recipient's telephone number. An address book area 12622 may be displayed in a part of the user interface 12620 of the image forming apparatus 12610. [ The image forming apparatus 12610 can display the registered user information in the address book area 12622 when there is user information registered in the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610. [ On the other hand, if there is no user information registered in the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610, the image forming apparatus 12610 may display a message for requesting the recipient telephone number input. At this time, the recipient's telephone number can be directly input using the keypad located under the address book area 12622. When it is difficult for the user to directly input the recipient telephone number into the image forming apparatus 12610, the server address book can be received from the cloud server 12650 to the image forming apparatus 12610. [
The user can request the server address book from the user interface 12620 of the image forming apparatus 12610 to the cloud server 12650 in which connection setup has been completed in advance. At this time, when the user presses the button 12629 requesting the input of a telephone number in the user interface 12620 of the image forming apparatus 12610, the server 12650 having the connection setting completed in advance in the image forming apparatus 12610, You can request an address book.
The cloud server 12650 can transmit the server address book to the image forming apparatus 12610 in response to the server address book request of the image forming apparatus 12610
When the server address book is transmitted from the cloud server 12650 to the image forming apparatus 12610, the user interface 12620 of the image forming apparatus 12610 at the upper left of FIG. 136 is connected to the image forming apparatus 12610 The user interface 12620 of FIG. That is, the server address book received from the cloud server 12650 can be displayed on the screen for inputting the recipient's telephone number. As shown, the server address book received from the cloud server 12650 can be displayed in the address book of the image forming apparatus 12610. [ The user can request the print job by checking the check box in the displayed server address book to complete the selection of the recipients to which the print job is to be sent and pressing the "Send" button in the user interface 12620 of the image forming apparatus 12610. Accordingly, the image forming apparatus 12610 can generate scan image data and transmit it to the cloud server 12650 together with the recipient phone number of the selected recipient.
137 is a flowchart illustrating a method of requesting a telephone number based print service according to an embodiment. Hereinafter, the description about the image forming apparatus 12610 for requesting the telephone number based print service may be applied to a method of requesting a telephone number based print service.
First, in step 13710, the image forming apparatus 12610 can execute an application for inputting a print job request and a recipient phone number.
In step 13720, the image forming apparatus 12610 may adaptively display the user interface of the executed application according to a user's input. The image forming apparatus 12610 displays a preview of a print job list or a print job when a user selects a screen for inputting a print job and displays the input of the recipient's phone number when the user selects a screen for inputting the recipient's phone number You can also display the request message.
In step 13730, the image forming apparatus 12610 receives the recipient information including the recipient phone number from the mobile device, and automatically inputs the recipient information on the screen for inputting the recipient phone number. The image forming apparatus 12610 can automatically input the recipient name and the recipient phone number in association with each other based on the recipient information received during the screen display for inputting the recipient phone number. At this time, the recipient information may further include at least one of a recipient e-mail address and group information to which the recipient belongs.
In step 13740, the image forming apparatus 12610 may transmit the requested print job and the recipient telephone number included in the recipient information to the cloud server supporting the telephone number-based print service, according to the print job request.
138 is a flowchart illustrating a method of requesting a telephone number-based print service according to another embodiment. Hereinafter, the description about the image forming apparatus 12610 for requesting the telephone number based print service may be applied to a method of requesting a telephone number based print service.
First, in step 13810, the image forming apparatus 12610 can execute an application in which the image forming apparatus 12610 inputs a print job request and a recipient phone number.
In step 13820, the image forming apparatus 12610 may adaptively display the user interface of the executed application according to a user's input. The image forming apparatus 12610 displays a preview of a print job list or a print job when a user selects a screen for inputting a print job and displays the input of the recipient's phone number when the user selects a screen for inputting the recipient's phone number You can also display the request message.
In step 13830, the image forming apparatus 12610 receives the server address book corresponding to the server address book request from the cloud server 12650 supporting the telephone number-based print service, and displays the server address book on the screen for inputting the receiver's telephone number . The image forming apparatus 12610 can display the recipient name and the recipient telephone number in association with each other based on the server address book received during the screen display for inputting the recipient telephone number. At this time, the server address book may further include at least one of a recipient e-mail address and group information to which the recipient belongs.
In step 13840, the image forming apparatus 12610 can select a recipient from the displayed server address book.
In step 13850, the image forming apparatus 12610 may send the requested print job to the recipient phone number of the recipient selected by the cloud server 12650, according to the print job request.
81 to 94 described above, when the image forming apparatus 37 does not support the network connection function, or when an application supporting the cloud print service can not be installed in the image forming apparatus 37, The image forming apparatus 37 can provide the cloud print service through the help of the agent application 101 installed in the computing device 20 that mediates the image forming apparatus 37 and the image forming apparatus 37. [
81 to 94 above, only a user (e.g., a second person 23) with the logon rights of the computing device 20 can access the new phone < RTI ID = 0.0 > Number can be assigned to the image forming apparatus 37 and registered or subscribed to the cloud printer service. Thus, other users (e.g., the first person 21) who are not authorized to log on to the computing device 20 may register or register the cloud print service with the agent application 101 without the assistance of the second person 23 I could not proceed with joining.
In the following Figs. 139 to 149, a method of registering in a cloud print service even a user who does not have logon right by using an NFC tag will be described. In addition, even in the case of a user having a logon right, the NFC tag can be easily registered in the cloud print service, which will be described below. In the following description with reference to Figs. 139 to 149, the same reference numerals are used for the same objects, although they are not shown in the drawings, for convenience of explanation.
139 is a diagram illustrating a cloud printing system 139 that supports a cloud print service of an image forming apparatus 13930 using a computing device 13920 in which an agent application 13901 is installed, according to an embodiment.
Unlike the cloud printing system 1 of FIG. 2 described above, the computing device 20 with the agent application 13901 is added to the cloud printing system 139. Here, the image forming apparatus 13930 of the cloud printing system 139 is connected to the cloud server 13940 independently of the network connection function is not supported, or the application for executing the cloud print service is not possible, Is not provided.
139, a cloud server 13940, a first mobile device 13910, a second mobile device 13915, a computing device 13920, an image forming apparatus 13930, etc. existing on the cloud printing system 139, And agent application 13901 may equally provide a cloud print service based on the telephone number previously described in Figures 81-94.
In Figure 139, user A 1391 is assumed to be the owner of computing device 13920 and first mobile device 13910, although this embodiment is not so limited. It is also assumed that user A 1391 has the logon right of the operating system (OS) installed in the computing device 13920. User B 1393 is the owner of the second mobile device 13915 and assumes that the operating system (OS) of the computing device 13920 does not have logon rights. However, without being limited thereto, user B 1393 may have the login rights of computing device 13920.
The computing device 13920 is provided with an agent application 13901, which is the same as the agent application 101 described in Figs. 81 to 94 above. Accordingly, when the telephone number of the first mobile device 13910 and the image forming apparatus 13930 are registered in the agent application 13901, the user A 1391 transmits the request to the telephone number of the first mobile device 13910 The content relating to the cloud print service can be printed through the image forming apparatus 13930. [
On the other hand, if the telephone number of the second mobile device 13915 used by user B 1393 has not been registered with the agent application 13920, then user B 1393 sends the telephone number of the second mobile device 13915 The requested content can not be printed through the image forming apparatus 13930. Also, since user B 1393 does not have the logon right of computing device 13920, it is not possible to directly register the phone number of second mobile device 13915 directly to agent application 13920. In such a case, the user B 1393 can register the telephone number of the second mobile device 13915 with the cloud print service through the agent application 13920 using the NFC tag 13902. [
More specifically, since the cloud server 13940 registers and manages information on the agent application 13901, the print application supporting the cloud print service installed in the first mobile device 13910 is managed by the agent application 13901 May be received from the cloud server 13940. Thus, user A 1391 NFC tags first mobile device 13910 to NFC tag 13902 and writes information about agent application 13901 to NFC tag 13902.
Accordingly, the NFC tag 13902 stores information on the application 13901. [
Thereafter, user B 1393 NFC tags the second mobile device 13915 to the NFC tag 13902 to obtain information about the application 13901 written to the NFC tag 13902. That is, user B 1393 may obtain information about agent application 13901 via NFC tagging, even if it is not capable of running agent application 13901 because of lack of logon privilege of computing device 13920.
Like the first mobile device 13910, the second mobile device 13915 is provided with a printing application that supports the cloud print service. The second mobile device 13915 uses the printing application to send information about the agent application 13901 obtained via NFC tagging to the cloud server 13940. At this time, the second mobile device 13915 also transmits the telephone number information of the second mobile device 13915 to register with the agent application 13901. [
The cloud server 13940 that registers and manages the agent application 13901 can use the information about the agent application 13901 sent from the second mobile device 13915 and the phone number of the second mobile device 13915, And registers the phone number of the second mobile device 13915 to the agent application 13901 for registration.
As a result, even though the user B 1393 does not directly register the telephone number of the second mobile device 13915 on the agent application 13901 by operating the agent application 13901 in the computing device 13920, And register the phone number of the mobile device 13915 with the agent application 13901. [ As a result, the user B 1393 can print content related to the cloud print service requested to the telephone number of the second mobile device 13915 through the image forming apparatus 13930 registered in the agent application 13901 .
140 is a diagram for describing an NFC tag 13902 attached to a computing device 13920, in accordance with one embodiment.
Referring to Figure 140, the NFC tag 13902 may be attached to the computing device 13920 for ease of use. Accordingly, even if the user who intends to register with the agent application 13901 installed in the computing device 13920 does not boot the computing device 13920 to execute the agent application 13901, NFC tagging the attached NFC tag 13902 You can easily subscribe to the cloud print service.
However, the NFC tag 13902 in which the information on the agent application 13901 is recorded may be attached on the computing device 13920 in which the agent application 13901 is installed as shown in FIG. 140, 13902 can be attached to any place in the office environment or anywhere in the home environment.
141A is a detailed configuration diagram of a first mobile device 13910, according to one embodiment. And Fig. 141B is a detailed configuration diagram of the second mobile device 13915, according to one embodiment.
141A, the first mobile device 13910 includes a control unit 13911, a network interface unit 13912, an NFC module 13913, and a user interface unit 13914. 141B, the second mobile device 13915 includes a control unit 13916, a network interface unit 13917, an NFC module 13918, and a user interface unit 13919.
141A and 141B, 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, however, that other general purpose hardware components other than the hardware components shown in FIGS. 141A and 141B may be included.
The first mobile device 13910 and the second mobile device 13915 shown in Figs. 141A and 141B may correspond to a smart phone, a tablet device, a PDA, or a wearable device.
The user interface unit 13914 is a hardware component including an input device or a display device and displays information to the user A 1391 of the first mobile device 13910 or receives information from the user A 1391. 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. On the other hand, the user interface unit 13919 may also be a hardware component having the above functions of the user interface unit 13914. [
The control unit 13911 is a hardware component that controls the overall operation and function of the first mobile device 13910. In particular, the control unit 13911 may execute a printing application that provides a cloud print service based on the telephone number. The controller 13916 may also be a hardware component having the above functions of the controller 13911.
The control unit 13911 or the control unit 13916 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 13912 is a hardware component that supports a wired or wireless communication function. The network interface unit 13912 is a hardware component that supports wired or wireless communication functions, and includes wireless communication such as WI-FI, WI-FI Direct and Bluetooth, wired communication via Ethernet, Mobile communication or 4G mobile communication. On the other hand, the network interface unit 13917 may also be a hardware component having the above functions of the network interface unit 13912.
NFC module 13913 or NFC module 13918 is a hardware component that communicates in accordance with the NFC protocol with other NFC devices, e.g., NFC tag 13902, NFC-enabled smartphone, The NFC module 13913 or the NFC module 13918 can operate in a P2P mode, a read / write mode, or an emulation mode when the NFC tagging function is activated.
More specific operations and functions of the components of the first mobile device 13910 and the second mobile device 13915, which are related to this embodiment, will be described with reference to FIGS. 142 through 149 below.
142 is a diagram for explaining usage registration of an agent application 13901 installed in a computing device 13920 to a cloud server 13940 according to an embodiment.
Referring to Figure 142, the usage registration of the agent application 13901 is related to the usage registration of the agent application 101 described in Figures 139 to 149 above. Therefore, the description of Figs. 139 to 149 and the description of Fig. 142 below can be applied to each other.
The cloud server 13940 registers and manages the agent application 13901 installed in the computing device 13920. That is, the cloud server 13940 can register and manage not only the agent application 13901 but also the agent applications existing on the cloud printing system 139. [ Here, the agent applications may be installed in the image forming apparatuses, or may be installed in the computing devices.
Referring to the table 14200, the item "Agent Type" has a value of "PRT_AGENT" when agent applications are installed in image forming apparatuses, and has a value of "PC_AGENT" when agent applications are installed in computing devices.
The " Agent Type " item may correspond to the route information described in FIGS. 139 to 149 above. That is, when the " Agent Type " item is a value of " PRT_AGENT ", the content requested by a specific telephone number is directly transferred to a specific image forming apparatus and printed. This is the case where the agent application supporting the cloud print service can be installed in a specific image forming apparatus, and the path of providing the cloud print service is a specific image forming apparatus. Alternatively, if the " Agent Type " item is a value of " PC_AGENT ", the content requested by the specific telephone number is transmitted to the specific computing device and then printed in the specific image forming apparatus registered in the agent application installed in the specific computing device. This is the case where the installation of the agent application supporting the cloud print service is not possible in the specific image forming apparatus, and the path of providing the cloud print service is the computing device. However, it has been described that an agent application installed in a computing device can be used even when an agent application can be installed in a specific image forming apparatus.
Referring to table 14200, the " Device ID (Mac Address) " item may be a MAC address, an IP address, etc. uniquely assigned to a device in which agent applications are installed.
The cloud server 13940 maps and manages the type of agent applications ("Agent Type") and network information ("Device ID (Mac Address)") of the device in which the agent applications are installed using the table 14200.
For example, referring to the table 14200, the value of "PRT_AGENT" is mapped to the MAC address "00: 15: 99: 00: 00: AA" : 99: 00: 00: AA ". Since values of "PC_AGENT" are mapped to the MAC addresses "00: 15: 99: 00: 00: BB" and "00: 15: 99: 00: 00: CC", the cloud server 13940 has MAC Agent applications installed in computing devices having addresses "00: 15: 99: 00: 00: BB" and "00: 15: 99: 00: 00: CC" are registered.
The cloud server 13940 stores the table 14200 that manages the registration information of the agent applications, as described above.
143 is a diagram for describing registration of a phone number list and an image forming apparatus list managed by the agent application 13901 in the cloud server 13940 according to an embodiment.
143, the registration of the cloud server 13940 with respect to the lists managed by the agent application 13901 is related to the description of FIGS. 139 to 149 above. Therefore, the description of Figs. 139 to 149 and the description of Fig. 142 below can be applied to each other.
User A 1391 may add a new telephone number (e.g., " + 82-10-0000-0004 ") via the user interface screen 14301 of agent application 13901.
The computing device 13920 is configured to register the telephone number " + 82-10-0000-0004 " added by the agent application 13901 to the cloud server 13940, &Quot; to the cloud server 13940. < / RTI > At this time, the computing device 13920 may also transmit identification information of the agent application 13901 so that the cloud server 13940 can identify the request by the agent application 13901. [ The identification information may correspond to an authentication key, a login account, and the like uniquely assigned to the agent application 13901 in the cloud server 13940 and corresponds to the MAC address of the computing device 13920 in which the agent application 13901 is installed It is possible.
The cloud server 13940 uses the table 14302 to determine that the agent application 13940 installed in the computing device 13920 corresponds to the MAC address " 00: 15: 99: 00: 00: CC ".
Then, the cloud server 13940 maps and registers the MAC address "00: 15: 99: 00: 00: CC" and the telephone number "+82-10-0000-0004" as the table 14303. In addition, image forming apparatus information " SCX-6401 " can also be mapped together.
That is, as described above, the cloud server 13940 can manage phone numbers added by the agent application 13901 by mapping the information with the agent application 13901.
144 is a diagram for explaining a process of writing information to the NFC tag 13902 using the first mobile device 13910 according to an embodiment. 145 is a diagram for explaining a process of writing information to the NFC tag 13902 via the user interface screen 14503 of the first mobile device 13910 according to an embodiment. Hereinafter, Fig. 144 and Fig. 145 will be described in conjunction with each other.
In step 14401, the control unit 13911 of the first mobile device 13910 executes the print application installed in the first mobile device 13910. [
When the printing application is executed, the user interface unit 13914 of the first mobile device 13910 displays the user interface screen 14503 of the printing application.
As shown in the user interface screen 14503, it is assumed that the telephone number of the first mobile device 13910 is " + 82-10-0000-0004 ".
In step 14402, when the user A 1391 clicks the start button 14504 instructing the NFC write (NFC write) through the user interface screen 14503, the control unit 13911 of the first mobile device 13910 Enables the NFC tagging mode of the printing application.
In step 14403, the network interface unit 13912 of the first mobile device 13910 requests identification information of the agent application 13901 to the cloud server 13940 under the control of the printing application. Here, the identification information of the agent application 13901 includes network address information of the computing device 13920 in which the agent application 13901 is installed. In particular, the network address information of the computing device 13920 may be the MAC address of the computing device 13920, which is used when the agent application 13901 is registered with the cloud server 13940, as described in FIG.
The network interface unit 13912 of the first mobile device 13910 sends the telephone number " + 82 " of the first mobile device 13910 registered in the agent application 13901 to request the identification information of the agent application 13901 Quot; -10-0000-0004 " to the cloud server 13940.
The cloud server 13940 uses the table 14501 to determine that the MAC addresses mapped to the telephone number " + 82-10-0000-0004 " of the first mobile device 13910 are "00: 15: 99: 00: 00 : CC " and " 00: 15: 99: 00: 00: CC ". Also, the cloud server 13940 uses the table 14502 to determine that the agent application mapped to the MAC address "00: 15: 99: 00: 00: CC" is an agent application installed in the PC of the "HOME PC" , And determines that the agent application mapped to the MAC address "00: 15: 99: 00: 00: DD" is an agent application installed in the PC of the "OFFICE PC".
In step 14404, the cloud server 13940 sends the identification information of the agent application 13901 to the first mobile device 13910. Here, the transmitted identification information includes the determined MAC addresses "00: 15: 99: 00: 00: CC" and "00: 15: 99: 00: 00: CC". Also, the transmitted identification information includes PC names "HOME PC" corresponding to the MAC addresses "00: 15: 99: 00: 00: CC" and "00: &Quot; OFFICE PC ".
In step 14405, if user A 1391 NFC tagged the first mobile device 13910 to NFC tag 13902, then the NFC module 13913 of the first mobile device 13910 identifies the agent application 13901 And writes the information to the NFC tag 13902.
Meanwhile, since the transmitted identification information includes two kinds of MAC addresses, the user A 1391 can select at least one of the MAC addresses through the user interface screen 14503. In this manner, when a plurality of MAC addresses are included in the transmitted identification information, the user interface screen 14503 displays a popup window 14505 for selecting a MAC address to be written.
When the user A 1391 selects "OFFICE PC, 00: 15: 99: 00: 00: DD" 14506 in the popup window 14505, the NFC module 13913 sets "OFFICE PC, 00:15:99 : 00: 00: DD "14506 to the NFC tag 13902. [ If user A 1391 selects two or more MAC addresses, the selected MAC addresses may be written.
In step 14406, the NFC tag 13902 stores the identification information of the agent application 13901. That is, the NFC tag 13902 stores the identification information of " OFFICE PC, 00: 15: 99: 00: 00: DD: 14506 "
146 is a diagram for explaining a process of reading information from an NFC tag 13902 using a second mobile device 13915, according to an embodiment. 147 is a diagram for explaining a process of reading information from the NFC tag 13902 via the user interface screen 14701 of the second mobile device 13915 according to an embodiment. Hereinafter, Figs. 146 and 147 will be described in conjunction with each other.
In step 14601, the control unit 13916 of the second mobile device 13915 executes the print application installed in the second mobile device 13915. [
When the printing application is executed, the user interface unit 13919 of the second mobile device 13915 displays the user interface screen 14701 of the printing application.
As shown in the user interface screen 14701, it is assumed that the telephone number of the second mobile device 13915 is " + 82-10-1234-ABCD ".
In step 14602, when the user B 1393 clicks the start button 14702 instructing the NFC read through the user interface screen 14701, the control unit 13916 of the second mobile device 13915 Enables the NFC tagging mode of the printing application.
In step 14603, when the user B 1393 has NFC tagged the second mobile device 13915 to the NFC tag 13902, the NFC module 13918 of the second mobile device 13915 is recorded in the NFC tag 13902 And reads the identification information of the agent application 13901. That is, the NFC module 13918 reads the identification information of "OFFICE PC, 00: 15: 99: 00: 00: DD" from the NFC tag 13902.
In step 14604, the network interface 13917 of the second mobile device 13915 transmits the identification information "OFFICE PC, 00: 15: 99: 00: 00: DD" To the cloud server 13940 a registration request containing the number " + 82-10-1234-ABCD ".
In step 14605, the cloud server 13940 transmits the telephone number "+ 82-10-1234-ABCD" of the second mobile device 13915 to the identification information "OFFICE PC, 00: 15: 99: 00: To the agent application 13901 corresponding to the application.
More specifically, the cloud server 13940 uses the table 14703 to determine the agent application 13901 mapped to the identification information "OFFICE PC, 00: 15: 99: 00: 00: DD" . Then, the cloud server 13940 sends the agent application 13901 corresponding to "OFFICE PC, 00: 15: 99: 00: 00: DD" to the agent application 13901 as shown in the table 14704, + 82-10-1234-ABCD " of the telephone number " 13915 "
In step 14606, the cloud server 13940 sends a registration response corresponding to the registration request of the second mobile device 13915 to the second mobile device 13915. [ That is, the cloud server 13940 sends the agent application 13901 corresponding to "OFFICE PC, 00: 15: 99: 00: 00: DD" Quot; -1234-ABCD " is completed.
In step 14607, the user interface unit 13919 of the second mobile device 13915 determines whether the registration of the telephone number of the second mobile device 13915 is completed in the agent application 13901, based on the transmitted registration response Registration information 14705 is displayed. That is, the user interface unit 13919 accesses the agent application 13901 corresponding to "OFFICE PC, 00: 15: 99: 00: 00: DD" via the user interface screen 14701, The registration information 14705 indicating that the registration of the telephone number " + 82-10-1234-ABCD "
In step 14608, the cloud server 13940 may also transmit registration information to the computing device 13920 in which the first mobile device 13910 or the agent application 13901 is installed.
In step 14609, the first mobile device 13910 or the agent application 13901 can update the existing telephone number list based on the transmitted registration information.
Thus, even if the user B 1393 does not directly register the telephone number of the second mobile device 13915 on the agent application 13901 by operating the agent application 13901 in the computing device 13920, 2 < / RTI > mobile device 13915 to the agent application 13901. < RTI ID = 0.0 >
148 is a diagram for explaining the entire process of registering in the cloud print service using the NFC tag 13902, according to an embodiment.
In FIG. 148, the processes performed in the first mobile device 13910, the second mobile device 13915, the cloud server 13940, and the NFC tag 13902 described in FIGS. 144 to 147 will be described collectively. Therefore, the contents described in Figs. 144 to 147 can also be applied to Fig. 148.
In step 14801, the first mobile device 13910 executes the print application.
In step 14802, the first mobile device 13910 activates the NFC tagging mode of the printing application.
In step 14803, the cloud server 13940 transmits the identification information of the agent application 13901 installed in the computing device 13920 to the first mobile device 13910.
In step 14804, the first mobile device 13910 writes the identification information of the agent application 13901 to the NFC tag 13902.
In step 14805, the second mobile device 13915 executes the print application.
In step 14806, the second mobile device 13915 activates the NFC tagging mode of the printing application.
In step 14807, the second mobile device 13915 reads the identification information of the agent application 13901 recorded in the NFC tag 13902. [
In step 14808, the second mobile device 13915 sends the identified identification information and the phone number of the second mobile device 13915 to the cloud server 13940.
In step 14809, the cloud server 13940 registers the phone number of the second mobile device 13915 by mapping it to the agent application 13901 corresponding to the read identification information.
In step 14810, the cloud server 13940 sends registration information to the second mobile device 13915. [
149 is a flow diagram of a method for registering with a cloud print service using an NFC tag 13902, according to one embodiment. Since the method of FIG. 149 is a process of being processed in a time-series manner in the cloud printing system 139 of FIGS. 139 to 148 described above, the description of FIGS. 139 to 148 described above with reference to FIGS. Method.
In step 14901, the first mobile device 13910 receives from the cloud server 13940 the identification information of the agent application 13901 with which the telephone number of the first mobile device 13910 is registered.
In step 14902, the first mobile device 13910 writes the received identification information into the NFC tag 13902.
In step 14903, the second mobile device 13915 reads the written identification information from the NFC tag 13902.
In step 14904, the second mobile device 13915 transmits the registration request generated using the read identification information to the cloud server 13940.
In step 14905, the cloud server 13940 registers the second mobile device 13915 with the agent application 13901 based on the transmitted registration request.
In order to use the cloud print service described above, it is necessary to map an image forming apparatus such as a printer, a scanner, or a multifunction apparatus to a telephone number and register the same in the server. As a concrete device registration method, a method of tagging a mobile terminal to an NFC tag of an image forming apparatus has been described.
However, in the case of the device registration method using NFC tagging, it is difficult to recognize where the image forming apparatus supporting the cloud print service is located, and there is a problem that the image forming apparatus not supporting the NFC tag can not be registered.
Accordingly, in order to solve such a problem, the following describes embodiments in which an image forming apparatus is registered in a cloud print server through an augmented reality application, Bluetooth communication, or QR code reading. The above embodiments will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 150 to 168. FIG.
150 is a diagram illustrating a cloud print system capable of registering a device through an augmented reality application, Bluetooth or QR code reading according to an embodiment of the present invention.
150, the cloud print system may include a cloud print server 15010, a mobile terminal 15020, and an image forming apparatus 15030. [ In order to use the cloud print service, the image forming apparatus 15030 must be registered in the cloud print server 15010 so as to correspond to a predetermined telephone number. It is assumed that the image forming apparatus 15030 is registered in the cloud print server 15010 so as to correspond to the telephone number of the mobile terminal 15020 in this embodiment.
In this embodiment, the mobile terminal 15020 requests the cloud print server 15010 to register the device of the image forming apparatus 15030. The device information of the image forming apparatus 15030 is required together with the telephone number of the mobile terminal 15020 in order to request the device registration. At this time, the device information may include at least one of a MAC address, an IP address, a serial number, a host name, a model name, or a capability of the image forming apparatus 15030.
Accordingly, the mobile terminal 15020 acquires the device information of the image forming apparatus 15030 through at least one of the augmented reality application, the Bluetooth communication, or the QR code reading, and transmits the acquired device information to the cloud And transmits a device registration request while transmitting to the print server 15010.
The specific process of acquiring the device information of the image forming apparatus 15030 and performing the device registration through at least one of the augmented reality application, the Bluetooth communication, and the QR code reading will be described in detail below with reference to the detailed drawings of each method .
151 to 155 are detailed drawings of a registration method of an image forming apparatus using an augmented reality application.
151 is a diagram showing a cloud print system capable of registering an image forming apparatus using an augmented reality application.
Referring to FIG. 151, in the cloud print server 15010, IPS (Indoor Positioning System) information and device information of the image forming apparatus 15030 are registered.
At this time, IPS is a system for locating people or objects in a building using wireless communication and equipment in a room where GPS does not reach, and is a system for detecting triangulation, fingerprint, infrared, acoustic analysis using Wi- There are various ways of using electronic tags (RFID) and various sensors. That is, the IPS information corresponds to the position information for grasping the position in the room. In general, it is assumed that the image forming apparatus uses IPS information in consideration of the fact that the image forming apparatus is located in the room.
On the other hand, the device information may be a MAC address of the image forming apparatus 15030, and may include a model name, whether or not the cloud print service is supported, and the like.
The mobile terminal 15020 executes the augmented reality application and photographs the image forming apparatus 15030. [ The mobile terminal 15020 can request the IPS information and the device information stored in the cloud print server 15010. [ The cloud print server 15010 sends the IPS information and the device information to the mobile terminal 15020 in response to the request of the mobile terminal 15020. At this time, the cloud print server 15010 can extract IPS information and device information for the image forming apparatus located in the periphery of the mobile terminal 15020 from the stored IPS information and device information.
The mobile terminal 15020 can recognize the image forming apparatus 15030 photographed in the augmented reality application using the received IPS information. More specifically, the image forming apparatus can be found on the imaging screen of the augmented reality application through the position of the image forming apparatus 15030 obtained from the received IPS information.
When the image forming apparatus is recognized on the photographed screen of the augmented reality application, the device information of the image forming apparatus 15030 received from the cloud print server 15010 at the corresponding position can be displayed. At this time, the displayed device information may include the model name of the image forming apparatus 15030 or whether or not the cloud print service is supported.
151 shows an example in which the model name " ML-2020 " of the image forming apparatus 15030 is displayed in the area 15101 of the augmented reality application screen. Further, when the image forming apparatus is recognized on the screen of the augmented reality application, a button 15102 for device registration and a button 15103 for performing printing may be additionally displayed.
If the button 15102 for device registration is selected, the mobile terminal 15020 transmits the MAC address of the image forming apparatus 15030 together with its own telephone number to the cloud print server 15010 and requests the device registration. On the other hand, if the button 15102 for printing is selected, the image forming apparatus 15030 performs printing.
In order for the mobile terminal 15020 executing the augmented reality application to receive the IPS information and the MAC address from the cloud server 15010, the IPS information and the MAC address of the image forming apparatus 15030 are previously transmitted to the cloud print server 15010, .
When the image forming apparatus 15030 can acquire or generate the IPS information, the image forming apparatus 15030 can directly transmit the MAC address together with the IPS information to the cloud print server 15010. [ However, when the image forming apparatus 15030 can not acquire or generate the IPS information, the mobile terminal 15020 may acquire or generate the IPS information of the image forming apparatus 15030 and transmit it to the cloud print server 15010 have.
152 and 153 are diagrams showing examples of registering the IPS information and the MAC address in the cloud print server when the image forming apparatus is capable of generating IPS information and when it is impossible, respectively.
152, the image forming apparatus 15030 directly acquires or generates the IPS information and transmits it to the cloud print server 15010 together with its own MAC address. For example, the image forming apparatus 15030 can generate the IPS information by detecting the indoor position from the position information of the wireless AP connected to the Wi-Fi and the strength of the connection signal. In addition, a method of generating IPS information of various known methods can be used. The cloud print server 15010 maps the IPS information to the received MAC address and stores it in the table 15201.
153, the image forming apparatus 15030 can not acquire or generate the direct IPS information, so that the mobile terminal 15020 generates the IPS information of the image forming apparatus 15030. [ The mobile terminal 15020 receives the MAC address from the image forming apparatus 15030 and transmits the same to the cloud print server 15010 together with the generated IPS information. Similarly, the cloud print server 15010 maps the IPS information to the received MAC address and stores it in the table 15301.
At this time, the method of generating the IPS information of the image forming apparatus 15030 by the mobile terminal 15020 can be variously implemented. For example, the mobile terminal 15020 is Bluetooth-connected to the image forming apparatus 15030 to measure the distance between the mobile terminal 15020 and the image forming apparatus by measuring the strength of a connection signal, From the location of the AP. The IPS information for the image forming apparatus 15030 can be generated using the position of the mobile terminal 15020 and the distance from the image forming apparatus 15030. Alternatively, the mobile terminal 15020 may receive the IPS information of the image forming apparatus 15030 from the external IPS information providing system 15310.
154 is a detailed process of a registration method of an image forming apparatus using an augmented reality application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 154, the cloud print server 15010 stores IPS information and device information of the image forming apparatus 15030 in step 15401. FIG. In detail, the cloud print server 15010 receives the MAC address together with the IPS information of the image forming apparatus 15030, maps the IPS information to the MAC address, and stores the mapping in the table. At this time, the IPS information of the image forming apparatus 15030 may be directly received from the image forming apparatus 15030, or received from the mobile terminal 15020 or an external system.
In step 15402, the mobile terminal 15020 executes the augmented reality application to take an image of the image forming apparatus 15030. The mobile terminal 15403 requests the cloud print server 15010 for IPS information and device information. The cloud print server 15010 transmits the previously stored IPS information and device information to the mobile terminal 15020. At this time, the cloud print server 15010 may extract only the IPS information and the device information of the device located in the periphery of the mobile terminal 15020 from the stored IPS information and device information. The mobile terminal 15020 transmits its location information to the cloud print server 15010 when requesting the IPS information and device information in step 15403 and the cloud print server 15010 transmits the location information of the mobile terminal 15020 It is possible to extract IPS information and device information for the devices around the mobile terminal 15020 based on the location information.
In step 15405, the mobile terminal 15020 can recognize the photographed image forming apparatus using the received IPS information. Specifically, the position corresponding to the received IPS information can be found on the photographed screen of the augmented reality application, and it can be recognized that the image forming apparatus 15030 exists at the corresponding position.
In step 15406, the received device information is displayed on the photographed image of the augmented reality application. In step 15405, the device information received in step 15404 is displayed at the position of the image forming apparatus 15030 recognized. At this time, the displayed device information may be the model name of the image forming apparatus 15030, or whether or not the cloud print service is supported. An example of the augmented reality application application name in which the device information is displayed is shown in Fig.
In step 15407, the mobile terminal 15020 receives a device registration request. The user may confirm the image forming apparatus 15030 and its device information on the screen of the augmented reality application and request the device registration of the image forming apparatus 15030. [ For example, a button for registering a device may be displayed on the screen of the augmented reality application displaying the photographed image and device information of the image forming apparatus 15030. The user may request the device registration by touching the corresponding button .
In step 15408, the mobile terminal 15020 transmits the telephone number and the device information, and requests the registration of the image forming apparatus 15030. In detail, the mobile terminal 15020 can send a registration request by transmitting the MAC address of the image forming apparatus 15030 among the device information to the cloud print server 15010 together with its own telephone number. The cloud print server 15010 receiving the map data can register the image forming apparatus 15030 as a device capable of using the cloud print service by mapping and storing the MAC address in the telephone number.
155 is a flowchart for explaining a registration method of an image forming apparatus using an augmented reality application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 155, in step 15501, the IPS information and the device information of the image forming apparatus are stored in the cloud print server. The cloud print server maps and stores the IPS information to the MAC address of the image forming apparatus.
In step 15502, the augmented reality application is executed in the mobile terminal to photograph the image forming apparatus.
In step 15503, the mobile terminal obtains the IPS information and device information of the image forming apparatus from the cloud print server.
In step 15504, the device information of the image forming apparatus is displayed on the photographed image using the IPS information received by the mobile terminal. In detail, the mobile terminal can find the position corresponding to the received IPS information on the photographed screen of the augmented reality application, and recognize that the image forming apparatus exists at the corresponding position. Then, the mobile terminal can display the model name of the image forming apparatus included in the received device information, whether or not the cloud print service is supported, and the like on the position of the image forming apparatus in the photographed image.
In step 15505, the mobile terminal receives a device registration request. A button for device registration can be displayed on the screen of the augmented reality application executed in the mobile terminal. When the user touches the button, a device registration request for the image forming apparatus displayed on the screen is received.
In step 15506, the mobile terminal transmits the phone number and the device information to the cloud print server, and requests the device registration of the image forming apparatus. The cloud print server receiving the request can register the MAC address included in the received device information by mapping the received phone number to the received phone number.
156 is a diagram illustrating a cloud print system capable of registering an image forming apparatus via QR code reading according to an embodiment of the present invention.
156, a cloud print system capable of registering an image forming apparatus through QR code reading according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cloud print server 15010, a mobile terminal 15020, an image forming apparatus 15030, And a QR code 15031 in which device information of the image forming apparatus 15030 is recorded.
At this time, the QR code 15031 may be made in the form of a sticker and attached to the outer surface of the image forming apparatus 15030, or may be printed on the test page outputted after the setting of the apparatus of the image forming apparatus 15030 is completed.
When the mobile terminal 15020 executes the mobile app of the cloud print service and selects the device registration using the QR code among the menus of the mobile application, the state is changed to a state in which the QR code can be read. When the QR code 15031 is photographed in this state, device information including the MAC address of the image forming apparatus 15030 stored in the QR code 15031 is acquired. Then, the mobile terminal 15020 transmits the obtained device information of the image forming apparatus 15030 together with its own phone number to the cloud prince server 15010 and requests the device registration. The cloud print server 15010 maps the device information to the received phone number and registers it.
157 is a detailed process of a registration method of an image forming apparatus through QR code reading according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In step 15701, the image forming apparatus 15030 transmits device information such as a MAC address and a model name to the cloud print server 15010 when the power is turned on.
In step 15702, the cloud print server 15010 stores the received information and maintains a connection with the image forming apparatus 15030. Specifically, the cloud print server 15010 receives the MAC address and model name from the image forming apparatus 15030 via a wireless connection such as Bluetooth, and stores the received MAC address and model name. Then, the wireless connection such as the Bluetooth used for the transmission is maintained without being released. Map the received MAC address and model name to the maintained wireless connection.
In step 15703, the mobile terminal 15020 can acquire the MAC address and the model name of the image forming apparatus 15030 by photographing the QR code attached to the image forming apparatus 15030. The mobile application of the cloud print service is executed in the mobile short form 15020 and the device registration menu using the QR code is selected in the mobile app. In this state, the mobile terminal 15020 captures the QR code to acquire the device information stored in the QR code.
In step 15704, the mobile terminal 15020 transmits the MAC address and model name of the image forming apparatus 15030 together with its own telephone number.
In step 15705, the cloud print server 15010 maps the telephone number to the existing connection using the MAC address of the received image forming apparatus 15030 as a key value. In detail, as described in step 15702, the cloud print server 15010 maintains a connection with the image forming apparatus 15030 and maps and stores the MAC address of the image forming apparatus 15030 in the held connection. Accordingly, the cloud print server 15010 can find the connection corresponding to the MAC address received in step 15704, and map the telephone number of the mobile terminal 15020 received together in step 15704 to the connection.
FIG. 158 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering an image forming apparatus via QR code reading according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 158, in step 15801, a QR code attached to an image forming apparatus is photographed in a mobile terminal to obtain a MAC address and a model name of the image forming apparatus.
In step 15802, the mobile terminal transmits the MAC address and the model name acquired together with the telephone number of the mobile terminal to the cloud print server.
In step 15803, the cloud print server registers the image forming apparatus by mapping the MAC address and the model name to the received telephone number.
Figure 159 is a diagram illustrating a cloud print system capable of directly registering an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to Figure 159, a direct registration-enabled cloud print system of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a cloud print server 15010, a mobile terminal 15020, and an image forming apparatus 15030 .
The image forming apparatus 15030 can display a UI screen 15901 for device registration on the display unit. The user 15040 can input the telephone number of the mobile terminal 15020 to the UI screen 15901 for device registration through the input device of the image forming apparatus 15030. [ When the telephone number of the mobile terminal 15020 is inputted, the image forming apparatus 15030 transmits its MAC address to the cloud print server 15010 together with the inputted telephone number, and can request the device registration. The cloud print server 15010 receiving this maps and stores the MAC address in the telephone number.
160 is a diagram showing a detailed process of the direct registration method of the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 160, in step 16001, the image forming apparatus 15030 transmits a MAC address and a model name to the cloud print server 15010 when the power is turned on.
In step 16002, the cloud print server 15010 stores the received information and maintains a connection with the image forming apparatus 15030. Specifically, the cloud print server 15010 receives the MAC address and model name from the image forming apparatus 15030 via a wireless connection such as Bluetooth, and stores the received MAC address and model name. Then, the wireless connection such as the Bluetooth used for the transmission is maintained without being released. Map the received MAC address and model name to the maintained wireless connection.
In step 16003, the image forming apparatus 15030 displays a UI screen for device registration on the display unit.
In step 16004, the image forming apparatus 15030 receives the phone number of the mobile terminal from the user through the UI screen for device registration.
In step 16005, the image forming apparatus 15030 transmits the inputted telephone number and MAC address to the cloud print server 15010. [
In step 16006, the cloud print server 15010 maps the telephone number to the existing connection using the received MAC address as a key value. In detail, as described in step 16002, the cloud print server 15010 maintains a connection with the image forming apparatus 15030, and maps and stores the MAC address of the image forming apparatus 15030 in the held connection. Accordingly, the cloud print server 15010 can find the connection corresponding to the MAC address received in step 16005, and map the telephone number of the mobile terminal 15020 received in step 16005 to the connection.
161 is a flowchart for explaining a direct registration method of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 161, a UI for device registration is displayed on the display unit of the image forming apparatus in step 16101. FIG.
In step 16102, the user inputs a telephone number to be registered through a UI screen for device registration.
In step 16103, the image capturing device transmits the input phone number to the cloud print server together with the MAC address, and requests the device registration. The cloud print server receives and maps the MAC address to the received telephone number.
162 is a diagram illustrating a cloud print system capable of registering an image forming apparatus using Bluetooth according to an embodiment of the present invention.
162, a cloud print system capable of registering an image forming apparatus using Bluetooth according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cloud print server 15010, a mobile terminal 15020, and an image forming apparatus 15030 can do. The mobile terminal 15020 and the image forming apparatus 15030 can support Bluetooth.
The mobile terminal 15020 can be connected to the image forming apparatus 15030 via Bluetooth to obtain the device information from the image forming apparatus 15030. [ At this time, the received device information may include a MAC address, an IP address, a serial number, a host name, a model name, and a capability of the image forming apparatus 15030.
The mobile terminal 15020 may send its own phone number to the cloud print server 15010 along with the acquired device information and request the device registration of the image forming apparatus 15030. [ The cloud print server 15010 that received the request maps the device information to the received phone number and stores it.
Meanwhile, the device information of the image forming apparatuses may be stored in the cloud print server 15010 in advance. Whether the corresponding image forming apparatus is the registered device or not can be recorded with respect to the stored device information. Accordingly, when the cloud print server 15010 receives the device information from the mobile terminal 15020, the cloud print server 15010 compares the device information with the previously stored device information, and determines whether the image forming apparatus corresponding to the device information is already registered, . The mobile terminal 15020 can request the cloud print server 15010 to register the device of the image forming apparatus 15030 if the image forming apparatus 15030 is an unregistered device.
163 is a diagram illustrating a process of storing device information of image forming apparatuses registered in a cloud print server in advance in a method of registering an image forming apparatus using Bluetooth according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to Figure 163, the image forming apparatuses 15030a and 15030b transmit the device information to the cloud print server 15010. [ At this time, a connection such as Bluetooth may be used for device transmission. The cloud print server 15010 stores the received device information in the table 16301. At this time, although not shown, whether or not the image forming apparatus corresponding to each device information is a registered device may be recorded in the table 16301. [
Figure 164 is a diagram illustrating a process in which a mobile terminal acquires device information from an image forming apparatus in a method of registering an image forming apparatus using Bluetooth according to an embodiment of the present invention.
164, mobile terminal 15020 receives device information 16402 from image forming apparatus 15030a and device information 16401 from image forming apparatus 15030b. The received device information may include capability information such as color output availability, whether or not duplex printing is possible, and current status information.
The mobile terminal 15020 can transmit the received device information to the cloud print server 15010 to inquire whether or not the image forming apparatus corresponding to each device information is registered. The cloud print server 15010 compares the received device information with previously stored device information and transmits a response to the registration to the mobile terminal 15020.
The mobile terminal 15020 may send a registration request for the unregistered device to the cloud print server 15010 along with his phone number. If the image forming apparatus 15030a is an unregistered device in FIG. 164, but the mobile terminal 15020 has the device information 16401 of the image forming apparatus 15030b, And sends it to the cloud print server 15010 to request device registration. The cloud print server 15010 receives the map information and maps the device information to the received phone number.
165 is a detailed process of a registration method of an image forming apparatus using Bluetooth according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 165, in step 16501, the image forming apparatus 15030 transmits and stores its device information to the cloud print server 15010 when the power is turned on.
In step 16502, the mobile terminal 15020 acquires the device information from the image forming apparatus 15030 through the Bluetooth connection.
In step 16503, the mobile terminal 15020 transmits the device information to the cloud print server 15010 and inquires whether the corresponding device of the image forming apparatus is registered.
In step 16504, the cloud print server 15010 compares the previously stored device information with the device information received in step 16503, confirms whether or not the device is registered, and transmits the result to the mobile terminal 15020.
If it is determined in step 16505 that the image forming apparatus 15030 is an unregistered device, the mobile terminal 15020 transmits the device information and its own phone number to the cloud print server 15010 and requests the device registration.
166 is a diagram illustrating a detailed process of a cloud print execution method using Bluetooth according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 166, in step 16601, the image forming apparatus 15030 transmits and stores device information to the cloud print server 15010 when the power is turned on.
In step 16602, the mobile terminal 15020 transmits a print request to the cloud print server 15010 by setting print options such as whether the print is color or duplex.
In step 16603, the cloud print server compares the previously stored device information with the received print options and transmits the print data to the image forming apparatus 15030 capable of performing printing according to the received print options.
In step 16604, the image forming apparatus 15030 performs printing on the received print data. In step 16605, the image forming apparatus 15030 transmits the print execution result to the mobile terminal 15020. More specifically, the image forming apparatus 15030 transmits the execution result such as whether the printing was successfully performed or the printing operation of the current image forming apparatus 15030 is impossible, Lt; / RTI > If the user can not perform printing and transmits a result indicating that an error has occurred to the mobile terminal 15020, the user may check the error message in the mobile terminal 15020 and request another image forming apparatus to perform printing again . Then, the cloud print server 15010 can search the image forming apparatus capable of performing printing according to the print option again using the stored device information, and transmit the print data and the print command to the image forming apparatus as far as possible.
167 is a flowchart for explaining a registration method of an image forming apparatus using Bluetooth according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to Figure 167, in step 16701, the device information of the image forming apparatus is stored in the cloud print server. More specifically, the image forming apparatus transmits its device information to the cloud print server when the power is turned on, and the cloud print server can store the received device information in a table. At this time, the cloud print server can record whether or not the corresponding image forming apparatus is the registered device with respect to the stored device information.
In step 16702, the mobile terminal can acquire the device information of the peripheral image forming apparatus through the Bluetooth connection. At this time, the device information may include the capability information such as color output availability, duplex printing availability, and the like and current status information.
In step 16703, the mobile terminal transmits the acquired device information to the cloud print server. In step 16704, the cloud print server compares the previously stored device information with the received device information, and the image forming apparatus corresponding to the received device information is registered Device, and transmits the result to the mobile terminal.
If it is determined in step 16704 that the image forming apparatus is an unregistered device, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 16705. In step 16705, the mobile terminal transmits the device information acquired in step 16702 together with its own phone number to the cloud print server.
In step 16706, the cloud print server registers the image forming apparatus to correspond to the received telephone number.
168 is a flowchart for explaining a registration method of an image forming apparatus through an augmented reality application, Bluetooth or QR code reading according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 168, in step 16801, the mobile terminal acquires device information of the image forming apparatus through at least one of the augmented reality application, the Bluetooth communication, or the QR code reading method.
In step 16802, the mobile terminal transmits the acquired device information to the cloud print server together with the mobile terminal's phone number, and requests the device registration.
In step 16803, the cloud print server registers the image forming apparatus to correspond to the received telephone number.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, when a plurality of files including a plurality of contents are uploaded, if some files among the plurality of files to be uploaded are not properly uploaded or damaged, even if some files are uploaded to the cloud server, It is determined that all the jobs have failed to upload, and all the files are re-uploaded to cause unnecessary traffic and waste unnecessary storage space. In addition, when one file including contents is transmitted to multiple users, each user uploads one file, which causes unnecessary traffic and wastes unnecessary storage space.
In the following embodiments, a method of uploading print content and a print job to a cloud server using a content key is provided.
According to embodiments of the present invention, there is an advantage that a mobile terminal can upload print content and print jobs to a cloud server without causing unnecessary traffic using a content key
According to embodiments of the present invention, there is an advantage that a mobile terminal can upload a plurality of files and cause unnecessary traffic, and upload a duplicate file between each user to save storage space have.
Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 169 to 186. FIG.
169 is a diagram showing an environment in which a user uploads contents and print jobs to be printed to a cloud server using a mobile terminal.
Referring to Figure 169, a user may use the mobile terminal 16900 to upload content to be printed to the cloud server and print jobs associated with the content to be printed. The cloud server may include a management server 17001 and a content server 17010. Here, the management server 17001 means a server that performs a function of generating and managing print jobs related to content. The content server 17010 refers to a server that performs a function of storing content related to a print job. It is possible to reduce the load imposed on each server by separating each function and processing each function separated from each of the plurality of servers without processing all functions in one server.
The user can first select the content to be uploaded using the mobile terminal 16900. In addition, the user may use the mobile terminal 16900 to select an action to perform with respect to the content. For example, the user performs a task of uploading 'a.jpg', 'b.jpg', and 'c.jpg' files including picture contents to a space in his or her own cloud server using the mobile terminal 16900 , And it is assumed that an attempt is made to access "a.jpg", "b.jpg", and "c.jpg" on the image forming apparatus registered in the cloud server by accessing the cloud server by using the mobile terminal in the future.
In step 16901, the mobile terminal 16900 transmits a job upload request for the content selected by the user to the management server 17001.
In step 16902, the management server 17001 transmits the content to the content server 17010 in order to store the content received from the mobile terminal 16900 in the content server 17010. The content server 17020 receives the content from the management server 17001, and the content server 17020 stores the received content.
In step 16903, when the management server 17001 stores the content in the content server 17020, the management server 17001 can generate the job data related to the stored content. That is, the management server 1700 can generate a job identifier, and map and store the generated job identifier to correspond to the stored content. For example, it is assumed that the management server 17001 uploads 'a.jpg', 'b.jpg', and 'c.jpg' files at a time in the personal cloud space allocated to the user. At this time, the mobile terminal 16900 calls the management server 17001 once for the 'a.jpg', 'b.jpg', and 'c.jpg' files. When all of 'a.jpg', 'b.jpg' and 'c.jpg' is uploaded to the content server 17020, the management server 17001 transmits 'a.jpg', 'b.jpg', 'c.jpg' '. The management server 17001 can manage print jobs in the form of a table. At this time, the table may include a job identifier (Job ID), a content identifier, and a telephone number. When creating a job, the management server 17001 creates each job for 'a.jpg', 'b.jpg', and 'c.jpg'. Since the management server 17001 registers in a state in which there is no job for the user, the job identifiers generated may be '1', '2', and '3', respectively. The management server 17001 can set 'a.jpg', 'b.jpg', and 'c.jpg' in the content identifier field, respectively, in association with the job currently being generated. Incidentally, the management server 17001 can also store metadata (file name, file size, etc.) for each file together with each job.
After the content to be printed and the print job are uploaded (stored) to the cloud server, the user can download the content and perform the image forming operation on the content using the uploaded content and the print job.
On the other hand, the management server 17001 can store it in a storage space corresponding to the mobile terminal identification information. At this time, the mobile terminal identification information may be a telephone number of the mobile terminal.
If the user wants to upload a print job for the content using the mobile terminal 16900, if the space to store the job is a personal cloud space allocated to the user, the user can input the mobile terminal identification information Job upload requests can be sent. At this time, the mobile terminal 16900 confirms the subscriber identification number (i.e., the mobile terminal's phone number) stored in the USIM chip of the mobile terminal of the mobile terminal 16900, and transmits the subscriber identification number together with the content upload request . Therefore, the management server 17001 can determine the storage space for each subscriber identification number and store the print job in the determined storage space. For example, the user may store the print job in a separate storage space corresponding to the phone number '010-xxx-xxxx' of the mobile terminal 16900. At this time, the storage space for each telephone number is physically divided, but not limited to, logically. That is, the storage space is logically divided, meaning that even if the physical spaces are separated from each other, the separated physical spaces are mapped and managed so as to correspond to the telephone numbers, so that the storage spaces are classified according to the telephone numbers. For convenience of explanation, the work table includes the telephone number field. However, the corresponding relationship between the telephone number field and the work table may be managed in the form of a separate mapping table, or the work table may be stored have.
On the other hand, the user can transmit print contents and print jobs to various other users. In step 17101, the user inputs a telephone number of another user to the mobile terminal 16900 in order to send the job to other users, and uploads the telephone numbers of the plurality of users input by using the mobile terminal 16900 To the management server 17001 along with the request. For example, in the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 16900 used by the user sets the telephone numbers '010-yyy-yyyy' and '010-zzz-zzzz' And transmits a print job upload request including the " a.jpg "
In step 16902, the management server 17001 can transmit the content to the content server 17010 so that the content can be stored in the content server 17010. At this time, even if the same content is stored for each user, the same content is stored in the content server 17010 several times for each user. For example, in the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 16900 sets the telephone number '010-yyy-yyyy', '010-zzz-zzzz' of another user as a destination to which the print job is transmitted, , The content server 17010 transmits 'a.jpg' to each of the mapped storage spaces corresponding to the telephone numbers '010-yyy-yyyy' and '010-zzz-zzzz' / RTI > Accordingly, the content server 17010 stores 'a.jpg' twice.
In step 16903, the management server 17001 can generate job data in the form of a mapping table mapping job identifiers and contents. At this time, the work table can be created in the storage space mapped to correspond to the telephone number of the mobile terminal. For example, a work table is created in each storage space mapped to correspond to each telephone number '010-yyy-yyyy'. The management server 17001 can generate a row having a job ID of '1' and a content identifier field of 'a.jpg' in a space corresponding to a telephone number of '010-yyy-yyyy', and store the work table. On the other hand, the management server 17001 can generate a row having a job ID of '1' in the space corresponding to the telephone number '010-zzz-zzzz' and a content identifier field 'a.jpg' have.
Referring to Figure 169, when a user requests to upload a job to a cloud server using the mobile terminal 16900, when a plurality of files are simultaneously uploaded as one job, some files are stored in the cloud server, If it is not stored, the mobile terminal 16900 informs the mobile terminal 16900 that all files are not stored in the cloud server even though some files are not stored in the mobile terminal 16900, so that the mobile terminal 16900 has already stored some files in the cloud server However, since all the files are transmitted again, unnecessary traffic is caused and unnecessary storage space is wasted.
In addition, when a user transmits a job upload request for the same content to a plurality of other users using the mobile terminal 16900, the cloud server requests the same content several times for each user to cause unnecessary traffic, There is a problem that unnecessary storage space is wasted by storing it several times.
170 is a block diagram illustrating a cloud server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The cloud server 17000 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a user input indicating a work request for content from the mobile terminal 16900, stores the content according to the received user input, Transmits the obtained key to the mobile terminal 16900, receives the job request together with the content key transmitted from the mobile terminal 16900, and stores the received content corresponding to the received key in accordance with the received job request Can be performed. At this time, the content to be performed on the stored content is transferred to the image forming apparatus so that the content stored in the image forming apparatus can be saved so as to store the job for the stored content, Content.
170, the cloud server 17000 may include a receiving unit 17005, a transmitting unit 17015, a controlling unit 17025, and a storing unit 17035.
The receiving unit 17005 can receive data from an external device. Specifically, the receiving unit 17005 may receive a user input indicating a work request for content from a mobile terminal. The receiving unit 17005 can receive the job request together with the key received from the transmitting unit 17015 from the mobile terminal 16900. [
The transmitting unit 17015 can transmit data to the external device. If the content received from the mobile terminal 16900 is successfully stored, the transmitter 17015 can transmit the key corresponding to the obtained stored content to the mobile terminal 16900.
The control unit 17025 can control each of the configurations (the transmitting unit, the receiving unit, and the storage unit) included in the cloud server 17000. In particular, the control unit 17025 may include an acquisition unit 17026, a task management unit 17027, a task performing unit 17028, and an authentication unit 17029. The acquiring unit 17026 may perform the function of acquiring the content and the content key. The job management unit 17027 can perform management functions such as creation and deletion of mapped jobs corresponding to the content key. The task performing unit 17028 can perform a task generated by the task managing unit 17027. [ The authentication unit 17029 performs authentication for the mobile terminal identification number, and may generate the PIN code and the access token at this time.
The control unit 17025 can control the receiving unit 17005 to receive a user input indicating a work request for the content from the mobile terminal 16900. [ The control unit 17025 may control the storage unit 17035 to store the content in the storage unit 17035 according to the user input received in the receiving unit 17005. [ The control unit 17025 can acquire a key corresponding to the stored content. That is, the controller 17025 can generate a key corresponding to the stored content, and obtain the generated key.
The control unit 17025 can control the transmitting unit 17015 to transmit the obtained key. The control unit 17025 may control the receiving unit 17005 to receive a work request together with the content key transmitted from the transmitting unit 17015 from the mobile terminal 16900. [ The control unit 17025 may perform operations on the stored content corresponding to the received key according to the received job request.
The control unit 17025 can control the receiving unit 17005 to receive the identifier stored in the storage unit 17035 from the mobile terminal. The control unit 17035 controls the storage unit 17035 to acquire the mapped key corresponding to the job identifier and controls the storage unit 17035 to acquire the stored content using the key obtained in the storage unit 17035 . The control unit 17025 may perform operations on the content obtained in the storage unit 17035. [
Meanwhile, the operation request for the content received from the mobile terminal 16900 may be a predetermined telephone number as a destination, and the control unit 17025 may transmit a task identifier (ID) stored in the storage unit 17035 from the mobile terminal corresponding to the destination telephone number Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 17005 < / RTI > The control unit 17025 may control the transmission unit 17015 to transmit the work list including the job identification well corresponding to the confirmation request received by the reception unit 17005 to the mobile terminal corresponding to the destination telephone number.
The control unit 17025 may control the receiving unit 17005 to receive a print job request including at least one of the job identifiers included in the job list transmitted from the transmitting unit 17015 from the mobile terminal corresponding to the destination telephone number . The control unit 17025 can control the storage unit 17035 to acquire a key corresponding to the job identifier included in the received print job request. The control unit 17025 can control the storage unit 17035 to acquire the content stored in the storage unit 17035 using the content key corresponding to the job identifier acquired in the storage unit 17035. [ The control unit 17025 transmits the content obtained in the storage unit 17035 to the image forming apparatus so that the image forming operation for the content obtained in the storage unit 17035 is performed in the image forming apparatus corresponding to the mobile terminal identification information Unit 17015 can be controlled.
The control unit 17025 may control the receiving unit 17005 to receive a content preview request including at least one of the job identifiers included in the job list transmitted from the transmitting unit 17015 from the mobile terminal. The control unit 17025 may control the storage unit 17035 to acquire a content key corresponding to at least one job identifier included in the content preview request received from the receiving unit 17005. [ The control unit 17025 can control the storage unit 17035 to acquire the content stored in the storage unit 17035 by using the key corresponding to the job identifier obtained in the storage unit 17035. [ The control unit 17025 may generate preview data for the acquired content and control the storage unit 17035 to store the generated preview data in the storage unit 17035. [
The control unit 17025 transmits the location information of the preview data to the mobile terminal that has transmitted the content preview request so that the mobile terminal that transmitted the content preview request to the cloud server 17000 can confirm the preview data, Can be controlled.
Meanwhile, the control unit 17025 may control the receiving unit 17005 to receive the authentication request from the mobile terminal 16900. The control unit 17025 can generate the PIN code corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal based on the received authentication request in the receiver 17005. [ The control unit 17025 controls the transmission unit 17015 to transmit a message including the PIN code to the mobile terminal 16900 so that the mobile terminal 16900 can confirm the message including the generated PIN code by the control unit 17025 Can be controlled. The controller 17025 may control the receiver 17005 to receive a PIN code confirmation request including the PIN code from the mobile terminal 16900 in response to the message transmitted from the transmitter 17015. [ If it is determined that the PIN code included in the PIN code confirmation request is a PIN code included in the message, the control unit 17025 can generate an access token corresponding to the mobile terminal 16900 and acquire the generated access token. The control unit 17025 may control the transmitting unit 17015 to transmit the obtained access token to the mobile terminal 16900 as the control unit 17025 controls it. At this time, the control unit 17025 may control the receiving unit 17005 such that a user input indicating a work request for the content is received from the mobile terminal 16900 together with the access token transmitted from the transmitting unit 17015.
On the other hand, the control unit 17025 can create, delete, and modify jobs for the content. Specifically, the control unit 17025 generates a job identifier corresponding to the job request received by the receiving unit 17005, and maps the generated job identifier to correspond to the stored job identifier. At this time, the control unit 17025 may generate a mapping table mapped so that the generated job identifier corresponds to a key corresponding to the content.
The control unit 17025 may control the storage unit 17035 to store the content, the preview data for the content, and the job identifier (the mapping table mapped so that the job identifier corresponds to the key corresponding to the content).
Meanwhile, the cloud server 17000 may include a management server 17001 and a content server 17010. The control unit 17025 can control the management server 17001 to transmit a storage request for the content to the content server 17010. [ The control unit 17025 can control the content server 17010 to store the content according to the received storage request. The control unit 17025 can control the content server 17010 to generate a key corresponding to the content stored in the content 17010. [ The control unit 17025 can control the management server 17001 to receive the generated key from the content server 17010. [ In addition, the control unit 17025 may control the management server 17001 to transmit a storage request for content to the content server 17010 so that the content can be stored. The control unit 17025 can control the content server 17010 to store the content according to the received storage request. The control unit 17025 can control the management server 17001 to receive a key corresponding to the content stored in the content server 17010 from the content server 17010. [ The control unit 17025 may control the management server 17001 to receive the stored job identifier from the mobile terminal. The control unit 17025 can control the management server 17001 to obtain the mapped key corresponding to the received job identifier. The control unit 17025 can control the management server 17001 to transmit a request for the stored content including the mapped key corresponding to the acquired job identifier to the content server 17010. [ The control unit 17025 may control the management server 17001 to receive the stored content from the content server 17010 in response to the request for the transmitted content. The control unit 17025 can perform operations on the received content.
171 is a diagram for explaining a process of uploading contents to a cloud server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The user must store the print job for the contents in the private cloud server space allocated to the user or upload the contents first if the user wants to transmit the print job to the other user. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the storage space is not divided for each user, and that a key corresponding to the content is stored when the content is stored, and that the storage space can be managed using the generated key. Therefore, there is no physical cloud space per user for contents. It stores all files in one cloud space, assigns unique key to contents, and manages mapping table for mapping assigned keys and users. There is no need to secure a space and storage space can be easily secured due to an increase in service.
First, the user inputs a job upload request for content using the mobile terminal 16900. [ For example, a user may run an application on the mobile terminal 16900, select content on an application, and set a destination for transmitting content. That is, the mobile terminal 16900 may receive user input indicating a request for uploading of content from a user.
In step 17101, the mobile terminal 16900 may send an upload request for the content to the management server 17001. An upload request for content may include content.
In step 17102, when the management server 17001 receives an upload request for the content from the mobile terminal 16900, the management server 17001 transmits the content included in the upload request for the content to the content server 17010 And can transmit the content to the content server 17000.
In step 17103, when the content server 17010 receives the content from the management server 17001, it can store the received content and generate a content key corresponding to the stored content. The content server 17010 can transmit the generated content key to the management server 17001.
In step 17104, when the management server 17001 receives the content key from the content server 17000, it may transmit the content key to the mobile terminal 16900. At this time, the management server 17001 may transmit the content key directly to the mobile terminal 16900 without relaying the received content key, and relay the content key.
The mobile terminal 16900 may receive the content key from the management server 17001. The mobile terminal 16900 can confirm that the content has been normally received by receiving the content key. If the mobile terminal 16900 confirms that the content is normally received, the mobile terminal 16900 may request the cloud server to generate a print job for the content. In particular, the content key may be generated for each content.
Accordingly, when a user attempts to upload a plurality of files by calling an API once using the mobile terminal 16900, a content key is generated each time a plurality of files are successfully stored in the content server 17010, Can determine which content has been successfully stored and which content has failed to be uploaded by receiving the content key. Accordingly, the mobile terminal 16900 can retransmit only the file including the content whose upload has failed, thereby preventing unnecessary traffic from occurring.
In addition, when a user wants to transmit a print job for content to a different user using the mobile terminal 16900, the content is stored for each user. In particular, when a user requests uploading of jobs for the same content to a plurality of users, the mobile terminal 16900 transmits an upload request for the content for each user to make an upload request for the same content a plurality of times. The mobile terminal 16900 first makes an upload request for the content, and at this time, the user needs to send the print job to each user using the mobile terminal 16900 It is possible to transmit the duplicated content only once and store the transmitted content only once in the cloud server. In the present embodiment, a content key corresponding to content is generated and the content received by the mobile terminal is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any person skilled in the art will be able to understand that any identifier corresponding to the content is generated, It can be easily understood that it can be received at the mobile terminal.
172 is a diagram for explaining a process of requesting a mobile terminal to upload work for content according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in Figure 171, in order to request a user to upload a job with respect to the content using the mobile terminal, the content related to the job is first uploaded to the cloud server regardless of the destination of the job or the job, . If the uploading of the content is successfully performed successfully, the mobile terminal 16900 can perform job uploading request for the content as shown in FIG. Meanwhile, as described above, the mobile terminal 16900 can receive the content key and confirm that the content has been successfully uploaded.
Referring to FIG. 172, in step 17201, when the content to be uploaded is successfully uploaded to the cloud server and the content key is received, the mobile terminal 16900 transmits an upload request for the content together with the received content key to the management server 17001 ). At this time, the user of the mobile terminal 16900 can not confirm that the mobile terminal 16900 transmits an upload request for content, and then transmits a job upload request for the content. When a user inputs a job upload request for a single content to the mobile terminal 16900, the mobile terminal 16900 transmits an upload request for content and a job upload request for the content to the cloud server.
In step 17202, the management server 17001 can transmit a content search request to the content server 17010 using the received content key.
In step 17203, the content server 17010 can confirm the content corresponding to the content key in response to the content search request. At this time, the confirmation result can be transmitted to the management server 17001. At this time, the verification result may include metadata (file name, size, etc.) of the content extracted by the content server 17100.
In step 17204, the management server 17001 receives the confirmation result from the content server 17010, and if it is confirmed that the content exists, it can generate the operation data for the content. In particular, the management server 17001 can create and manage a work table.
In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user uploads a job to the personal cloud space allocated to the user. At this time, the user does not need to input the identification information (e.g., telephone number) of the mobile terminal, unlike the case of transmitting the job to the other user. The mobile terminal 16900 can confirm the identification information of the mobile terminal embedded in the USIM chip and transmit the identification information of the confirmed mobile terminal together with a request to upload a job for the content. The management server 17001 can confirm the space corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal using the identification information of the mobile terminal and can create the task in the confirmed space. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the work table is stored in a space corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal. That is, the management server 17001 can easily understand that there is a table mapped with respect to the mobile terminal identification information and the storage space, and the storage space can be managed using this table.
First, the management server 17001 generates a job identifier (Job ID). In this embodiment, since the job uploaded to the management server 17001 has not been uploaded before, the newly created job identifier is '1'. The management server 17001 can map the content key to correspond to the job identifier. For example, the management server 17001 may generate the job identifier '1' and store the content key 'abc' corresponding to the stored content corresponding to the generated job identifier '1' in the same row. At this time, the management server 17001 can additionally store the mapped metadata between the metadata of the file included in the received confirmation result and the corresponding content key, in the same row.
On the other hand, the user does not want to directly perform a print job, but uploads content to be printed on a cloud server and accesses a cloud server when desired to perform a print job.
172, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that the names of the files (or contents) including the contents corresponding to the content key can be stored in the work table together.
Figure 173 is a diagram for explaining a process of requesting upload of a job for a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention;
In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user directly prints the content using the image forming apparatus registered in the cloud server.
At this time, the user can request and receive an image forming apparatus list registered in advance in the cloud server using the mobile terminal 16900, and at this time, can select a desired image forming apparatus. On the other hand, in the cloud server, an identifier of the image forming apparatus can be assigned and managed for the registered image forming apparatus in correspondence with the identification information of the mobile terminal. When the user selects the content to be printed using the mobile terminal 16900 and selects the image forming apparatus to be printed, the mobile terminal 16900 first manages the upload request for the content to be printed, as shown in Figure 171 And transmits the content key to the server 17001. When the content to be printed successfully is uploaded to the cloud server, the content key corresponding to the content is received.
Referring to FIG. 173, in step 17301, the mobile terminal 16900 may transmit a print request to the management server 17001 together with the received content key and the image forming apparatus identifier.
In step 17302, the management server 17001 can request the content server 17010 for content search using the content key corresponding to the received job identifier.
In step 17303, the content server 17010 extracts the content corresponding to the content key in response to the content search request, and the content server 17010 can transmit the extracted content to the management server 17001. [ The management server 17001 can receive the content from the content server 17010. [ At this time, the content to be extracted may include metadata (file name, file size, etc.) of the file as well as contents corresponding to the content key.
In step 17304, the management server 17001 checks the received content to confirm that the content requested to be uploaded normally exists, and can generate the job data. Specifically, the management server 17001 can generate a job identifier and map the content key corresponding to the content to manage it in the form of a work table. In this embodiment, the management server 17001 assumes that the job ID is '1' and the content key is the received content key 'abc' on the assumption that the first job is generated in the cloud server, You can save the work table by storing the columns. At this time, the metadata of the files included in the received content may be mapped to correspond to the content key and stored in the same row.
In step 17305, the management server 17001 can transmit a rendering request for the received content to the rendering server 17020. [ At this time, when the rendering request is made, information about the image forming apparatus registered in advance corresponding to the identifier received from the mobile terminal 14900 can be transmitted together. The rendering server 17020 may render the content. Specifically, the rendering server 17020 can convert the content into print data so that the content can be printed on the image forming apparatus. At this time, the print data may be data including an instruction that can be interpreted in the image forming apparatus.
In step 17306, the rendering server 17020 may transmit the rendered content to the image forming apparatus 17100 corresponding to the image forming apparatus identifier. The image forming apparatus 17100 can receive the rendered content from the rendering server 17020 and perform an image forming operation on the rendered content.
Figure 174 is a diagram for explaining a process in which a user of a mobile terminal transmits a task for content to another user according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to Figure 174, a user may further input a phone number of another user using the mobile terminal 16900 to send a print job for the content to another user. First, as shown in FIG. 171, the mobile terminal 16900 transmits an upload request for content to the management server 17001 first. If the content is successfully uploaded to the cloud server, the mobile terminal 16900 can receive the content key corresponding to the uploaded content.
In step 17401, the mobile terminal 16900 can transmit a print job upload request to the management server 17001 together with the phone number and content key of the user B input by the user. For example, if the user selects the content to be transmitted using the mobile terminal 16900 and inputs the phone number '010-yyy-yyyy' of the user B, the mobile terminal 16900 transmits the upload request for the selected content to the cloud And transmits the content key to the server. When the content key is successfully uploaded to the cloud server, the content key corresponding to the content can be received from the cloud server. The mobile terminal 16900 can transmit a print job upload request for the uploaded content together with the received content key and the user's phone number '010-yyy-yyyy'.
In step 17402, the management server 17001 can transmit a content search request to the content server 17100 using the received content key. The content server 17100 can receive a content search request from the management server 17001. [
In step 17403, the content server 17100 can confirm the content corresponding to the content key stored in the content server 17100 in response to the content search request. The content server 17100 can transmit the content confirmation result corresponding to the content key to the management server 17001. [
In step 17404, the management server 17001 may receive the content confirmation result corresponding to the content key from the content server 17100. [ The management server 17001 receives the content confirmation result, confirms that the content exists, and can generate operation data for the content.
At this time, the management server 17001 searches the storage space corresponding to the telephone number of the user B received from the mobile terminal 16900. [ The management server 17001 can use the mapping table generated by mapping the storage space of the management server 17001 to correspond to the telephone numbers stored in advance.
The management server 17001 can generate a job identifier (Job ID). For example, since the management server 17001 creates the first job in the storage space of the telephone number 010-yyy-yyyy ', that is, the storage space of the user B, the job identifier may be set to' 1 '.
The management server 17001 can map the content key to correspond to the job identifier. For example, the management server 17001 can map the content key 'abc' corresponding to the uploaded content to correspond to the job identifier '1'. The management server 17001 can store the job identifier and the content key in one row of the job table. Referring to Figure 174, it is shown whether a work identifier corresponds to which telephone number by including a telephone number field in the work table. However, it is shown for convenience of explanation that is stored in a storage space of a specific telephone number, You may not include a phone number field in the table. Meanwhile, if the storage space is not divided for each telephone number, the management server 17001 may include a telephone number field in the work table to identify which telephone number the job is to be the destination for.
In step 17405, the user B uses the mobile terminal 17200 having the telephone number '010-yyy-yyyy' to transmit a work list confirmation request for the print job held corresponding to the telephone number of the mobile terminal 17200, (17001). At this time, when the mobile terminal 17200 confirms the telephone number '010-yyy-yyyy' of the user B built in the USIM chip included in the mobile terminal 17200 and transmits a work list confirmation request, -yyy-yyyy 'together.
When the management server 17001 receives the work list confirmation request from the mobile terminal 17200, the management server 17001 searches the storage space corresponding to the received phone number, and searches the work list based on the work included in the work table stored in the retrieved storage space Can be generated. At this time, the work list can be generated by excluding the content key included in the work table.
In step 17406, the user B may receive the work list from the management server 17001 using the mobile terminal 17200. User B may use mobile terminal 17200 to select one of the jobs contained in the received worklist. The user B transmits a preview or print request to the management server 17001 for the selected job to receive the preview data for the content included in the selected job or the content included in the job selected in the image forming apparatus registered in the cloud server The image forming operation can be performed. The contents of the preview or print request for the selected job by the user B to the cloud server to receive the preview data for the content or to perform the image forming operation for the content will be described later with reference to Figs. 175 and 176
175 is a view for explaining a process in which a user B according to an embodiment of the present invention transmits a print job registered in a cloud server to an image forming apparatus to perform an image forming operation on the content included in the print job.
Referring to FIG. 174, the user B can transmit a work list confirmation request to the cloud server using the mobile terminal 17200, and can select the work from the work list received from the cloud server. Also, the user B can transmit the image forming apparatus list request registered in the cloud server to the cloud server using the mobile terminal 17200, and receive the image forming apparatus list registered in advance in the cloud server. The user B can use the mobile terminal 17200 to select an image forming apparatus to perform the image forming operation on the content in the registered image forming apparatus list.
In step 17501, the mobile terminal 17200 can transmit a print request to the management server 17001 together with the job identifier indicating the job selected by the user and the image forming apparatus identifier indicating the image forming apparatus selected by the user.
In step 17502, the management server 17001 can acquire the content key from the job data using the job identifier received from the mobile terminal 17200. Specifically, the management server 17001 can obtain the content key from the content key field of the same row as the job identifier by referring to the job table. For example, the management server 17001 can obtain the content key 'abc' in the content key field of the same row as the job identifier '1' by referring to the job table.
In step 17503, the management server 17001 can transmit a content search request to the content server 17010 using the content key obtained in correspondence with the job identifier. The content server 17010 may search the content corresponding to the content key in response to the content search request.
In step 17504, the content server 17010 may search the content corresponding to the content key, and may transmit the retrieved content to the management server 17001.
In step 17505, the management server 17001 receives the content from the content server 17010 and transmits a rendering request for the content to the rendering server 17020. At this time, the management server 17001 may transmit information about the image forming apparatus corresponding to the image forming apparatus identifier received from the mobile terminal 17200 to the rendering server 17020 together with the rendering request.
In step 17506, the rendering server 17020 receives a rendering request for the content from the management server 17001, and performs rendering on the content included in the rendering request. Specifically, the rendering server 17020 performs conversion on the print data including the print command for the content so that the image forming operation for the content can be performed in the image forming apparatus. The rendering server 17020 may transmit the rendered content to the image forming apparatus 17100 using information about the image forming apparatus 17100 corresponding to the received image forming apparatus identifier. The image forming apparatus 17100 receives the rendered content from the rendering server 17020, and can perform an image forming operation on the content based on the rendered content.
176 is a diagram for explaining a process in which a user B requests a preview of a print job registered in a cloud server and receives preview data of contents included in a print job according to an embodiment of the present invention.
176, in step 17601, the user B receives the work list stored in the space corresponding to the telephone number of the mobile terminal 17200 from the management server 17001 using the mobile terminal 17200. [ At this time, the work list may include a job identifier corresponding to the uploaded job.
In step 17602, user B uses mobile terminal 17200 to select one of the tasks included in the work list. At this time, the mobile terminal 17200 can transmit the preview request to the management server 17001 together with the job identifier corresponding to the job selected by the user.
In step 17603, the management server 17001 can acquire the content key from the job data using the received job identifier together with the preview request received from the mobile terminal 17200. Specifically, the management server 17001 can obtain the content key from the content key field of the same row as the job identifier by referring to the job table. For example, the management server 17001 can obtain the content key 'abc' in the content key field of the same row as the job identifier '1' by referring to the job table.
In step 17604, the management server 17001 can transmit a content search request to the content server 17010 using the content key corresponding to the job identifier. The content server 17010 receives the content search request from the management server 17001, and can search the content corresponding to the content key in response to the received content search request.
In step 17605, the content server 17010 may search the content corresponding to the content key to transmit the retrieved content to the management server 17001. [
In step 17606, the management server 17001 receives the content from the content server 17010, and the management server 17001 can request the preview server 17030 to generate preview data for the received content. Upon receiving the preview data generation request for the content, the preview server 17030 generates preview data for the content. Specifically, the preview server 17030 may include various types of content. The preview server 17030 may include various types of content, such as an image supported by the web browser so that the user can preview the content using a web browser without installing a separate plug- (JPG, PNG) files. At this time, the converted image file may be preview data. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the converted data may be preview data so that the user can preview the contents in various forms.
In step 17507, when the preview server 17030 generates preview data for the content, the preview server 17030 may transmit the preview data to the content server 17010 to store the generated preview data. Upon receiving the preview data from the preview server 17030, the content server 17010 stores the preview data and provides the preview data 17030 with the URL of the preview data so that the user can access the preview data using the web browser can do.
In step 17608, the preview server 17030 can transmit the URL of the preview data provided from the content server 17010 to the management server 17001. [
In step 17609, the management server 17001 can transmit the URL of the preview data received from the preview server 17030 to the mobile terminal 17200.
In step 17610, the mobile terminal 17200 receives the URL of the preview data from the management server 17001, and accesses the preview data stored in the content server 17010 using the URL of the received preview data. The user can confirm the accessed preview data through the display of the mobile terminal 17200.
According to the present embodiment, for example, a user needs to install a separate program for mobile in order to preview a file edited in a specific program by using a mobile terminal, so that it is not necessary to install a separate program in the mobile terminal, Can be received and previewed.
FIG. 177 is a diagram for explaining a process of authenticating a telephone number and issuing an access code before a user requests upload of a work for a content using a mobile terminal.
Referring to Figure 177, the user tries to request the upload of a print job for the first content using the mobile terminal 16900. [ At this time, the cloud server may first authenticate the mobile terminal 16900 to confirm that the user is using the mobile terminal corresponding to the mobile terminal identification information.
In step 17701, the user may send an authentication request to the management server 17001 using the mobile terminal 16900. At this time, even if the user does not input the telephone number of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal 16900 confirms the telephone number of the mobile terminal 16900 embedded in the USIM chip included in the mobile terminal 16900, Together, the authentication request can be transmitted to the management server 17001.
In step 17702, the management server 17001 may send an authentication request to the authentication server 17040. At this time, the management server 17001 may transmit the authentication request and the telephone number received from the mobile terminal 16900 together with the authentication request to the authentication server 17040.
In step 17703, the authentication server 17040 may generate an arbitrary PIN (PIN) code corresponding to the received telephone number.
In step 17704, the authentication server 17040 may request the SMS provider 17200 to send an SMS containing the generated PIN code to the mobile. The SMS provider 17200 may mean a telecommunications carrier. In this case, the SMS provider 17200 may be located outside the cloud server.
In step 17705, the SMS provider 17705 may send a Short Message Service (SMS) that includes a PIN code to the mobile terminal 16900.
In step 17606, after the mobile terminal 16900 receives the SMS including the PIN code, the user uses the mobile terminal 16900 to input the same PIN code as the received PIN code and sends the PIN code to the management server 17001 Lt; / RTI >
In step 17607, the management server 17001 receives a confirmation request for the PIN code from the mobile terminal 16900, and transmits a confirmation request for the received PIN code to the authentication server 17040. [
In step 17708, the authentication server 17040 receives a confirmation request for the PIN code from the management server 17001, and compares the PIN code included in the confirmation request for the received PIN code, the PIN code generated in step 17703, Confirms that the PIN codes match, and issues an access token corresponding to the telephone number of the mobile terminal 16900 if it is confirmed that they match.
In step 17709, the authentication server 17040 may send the issued access token to the management server 17001. [
In step 17710, the management server 17001 can receive the access token from the authentication server 17040 and send the received access token to the mobile terminal 16900.
In step 17711, the mobile terminal 16900 receives an access token from the management server 17001, and the mobile terminal 16900 can send an upload request for the content to the management server 17001 along with the received access token. At this time, when the management server 17001 receives the upload request for the content from the mobile terminal 16900, it checks whether or not the access token is a legitimate access token. That is, the management server 17001 transmits the access token to the authentication server 17040, and the authentication server 17040 confirms that it is the access token issued by itself. The authentication server 17040 also verifies that the issued access token is authenticated using the phone number of the mobile terminal 16900 to generate the token. Then, the authentication server 17040 checks whether it is a legitimate access token, and transmits the check result to the management server 17001. [ The management server 17001 can confirm from the authentication server 17040 whether or not the received access token is a legitimate access token and confirm that the received access token is a legitimate access token. If it is determined that the access token is a legitimate access token, Lt; / RTI > In the present exemplary embodiment, contents for transmitting the access token together with only the upload request for the contents are described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The mobile terminal 16900 may transmit the access token together with all the requests transmitted to the management server 17001 Those skilled in the art can easily understand that the access token is a legitimate access token.
178 is a view for explaining a cloud print system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
178, a cloud print system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile terminal 16900, a cloud server 17000, an SMS provider 17300, an image forming apparatus 17100, and a personal computer 17400 do.
The cloud server 17000 supports computing resources over the network to enable convenient access through the network as soon as needed using configurable computing resources (network, server, storage, application systems and services) Server. ≪ / RTI > In particular, in this embodiment, the cloud server 17000 refers to servers that support computing resources in order to provide a cloud print service to a client.
178, the cloud server 17000 includes an API server 17810, a content server 17820, a database 17830, an authentication server 17840, a rendering server 17850, a preview server 17860, a fetching ) Server 17870 and a web server 17880. [
First, the API server 17810 refers to a server that provides a client service function in the form of a RESTful API to clients in order to provide cloud print services to clients. Accordingly, the client can receive the cloud print service function through the RESTful API of the API server 17810. At this time, RESTful API is basically an interface that provides the task of creating, reading, modifying, and deleting data.
The content server 17820 refers to a server including a space for storing content. The content server 17820 performs the same function as the content server 17010. That is, the content server 17820 does not divide the storage space for each user but stores the content in one space, generates a content key corresponding to the content, maps the content key and the job identifier using the generated content key And can be managed using a work table.
The database 17830 provides a space for storing job data. Specifically, the database 17830 can allocate space for each user. The database 17830 may store the work table in a space allocated to each user. The stored job table may include a content key mapped to correspond to the job identifier and the job identifier.
In particular, the allocation of the space on a user-by-user basis means that the mapped storage space is allocated to correspond to the mobile terminal identification information. At this time, the mobile terminal identification information includes the user's telephone number / country code / mobile hardware ID (the only value that can distinguish the terminal). The database 17830 is not limited to this, but a separate space may not be allocated for each user, and the mobile terminal identification information may be included in the work table to map the task identifier to correspond to the mobile terminal identification information, It is possible to manage without using the space for each mobile terminal. On the other hand, the work table can be stored in a user-specific storage space to include jobs assigned to the user, but jobs sent by the user to other users can also be stored in a user-specific storage space in the form of a job history table.
The database 17830 can also store various information generated by the API server 17810, the authentication server 17840, the fetching server 17850, and the web server 17880. [
The authentication server 17840 can issue a PIN code and verify the validity of the PIN code when the user transmits an authentication request for the telephone number using the mobile terminal 16900. [ The authentication server 17840 may also verify the validity of the PIN code for the authentication request and issue an access token if the PIN code is valid. The authentication server 17840 may then perform validation of the access token when the user makes various requests to receive a cloud print service with the access token issued using the mobile terminal 16900. [ Meanwhile, the authentication server 17840 may manage the user account and the telephone number of the mobile terminal in conjunction with each other. Here, the management is performed by linking means that the user account is mapped and managed so as to correspond to the telephone numbers of the various mobile terminals. For example, the user can map and manage the user account 'samsang' so as to correspond to the telephone numbers of a plurality of mobile terminals. At this time, the user authenticates the user account in the authentication server 17840 using the mobile terminal 16900 , It is possible to confirm not only the operation of one mobile terminal but also the operations corresponding to the telephone numbers of a plurality of mobile terminals since they correspond to the telephone numbers of a plurality of mobile terminals.
The rendering server 17850 can render the content stored in the content server 17820 upon receiving a rendering request for the content from the API server 17810. [ Here, the rendered content may refer to content converted into print data including a print command for the content so that the content can be printed by the image forming apparatus. The rendering server 17850 transmits the rendered content to the image forming apparatus 17100. The image forming apparatus 17100 receives the rendered content from the rendering server 17850 and stores the rendered content in the content The image forming operation can be performed.
Upon receiving the preview request for the content from the API server 17810, the preview server 17860 can generate preview data for the content stored in the content server 17820. [ In this case, the preview data may be data converted into image files (JPG, PNG) supported by a web browser so that the user can preview the contents on the mobile terminal 16900. [ The preview server 17860 sends a request for storing preview data to the content server 17850 to store the preview data generated for the content in the content server 17850 and sends the URL of the preview data to the content server 17850 And provides the received URL to the mobile terminal 16900 so that the mobile terminal 16900 can access the preview data using the URL provided by the preview server 17860 so that the user can access the preview data using the mobile terminal 16900 The content can be previewed by receiving preview data on the content.
The fetching server 17870 is a server that tracks the status information of the rendering server 17850 or the preview server 17860. The rendering server 17850 or the preview server 17860 may send a rendering request to the rendering server 17850 or the preview server 17860, If there is a preview request, the status information of the rendering server 17850 or the preview server 17860 is received from the rendering server 17850 and the preview server 17860 and the current rendering server 17850 and the preview server 17860 You can check the job status. The confirmed work state is communicated to the mobile terminal 16900 via the API server 17810 so that the user can check the current work state using the mobile terminal 16900. [
The web server 17880 is a server that provides a user portal service in the form of a web service, and provides a web service on the assumption that the user account of the user portal and the phone number of the mobile terminal are linked. For example, when the user executes the web browser using the personal computer 17400 and accesses the user portal site to authenticate the user account, and if the authentication is successful, the operation and work related to the mobile terminal associated with the user account You can check your history via the web. Further, the user can confirm the registration state of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the telephone number of the mobile terminal linked to the user account, register the image forming apparatus additionally, or set the basic image forming apparatus.
179 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a cloud print service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In step 17910, the cloud server 17000 may receive user input indicating a work request for content from the mobile terminal 16900.
In step 17920, when the cloud server 17000 receives a user input indicating a work request for the content from the mobile terminal 16900, the cloud server 17000 can store the content according to the received user input.
In step 17930, when the content is stored, the cloud server 17000 can generate a key corresponding to the stored content and acquire the generated key. In this case, the key corresponding to the content may include a content key.
In step 17940, the cloud server 17000 may send the obtained key to the mobile terminal 16900. [
In step 17950, the cloud server 17000 may receive a work request from the mobile terminal 16900 along with the content key from the mobile terminal 16900. [
In step 17960, the cloud server 17000 may perform operations on the stored content corresponding to the received key according to the operation request received from the mobile terminal 16900. [
180 is a flow chart specifically illustrating step 17920 of FIG. 179 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The cloud server 17000 may include a management server 17001 and a content server 17010. Therefore, when the cloud server 17000 stores the content, the data exchange between the management server 17001 and the content server 17010 can be performed.
In step 18010, when the management server 17001 receives a user input indicating a work request for content from the mobile terminal 16900, the management server 17001 can transmit a storage request for the content to the content server 17010. [
In step 18020, the content server 17010 may store the content according to the storage request received from the management server 17001. [
Figure 181 is a flow chart specifically illustrating step 17930 of Figure 179 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In step 18110, the content server 17010 may generate a key corresponding to the content stored in the content server. The content server 17010 can transmit the generated key to the management server 17001 in response to the content.
In step 18120, the management server 17001 can receive the key generated corresponding to the content from the content server 17010. [ The management server 17001 can acquire the content key by receiving the key generated corresponding to the content from the content server 17010. [
Figure 182 is a flow chart specifically illustrating step 17960 of Figure 179 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
In step 18210, the cloud server 17000 may generate a task identifier corresponding to the task request received from the mobile terminal 16900.
In step 18220, the cloud server 17000 may map and store the created job identifier corresponding to the received key.
In step 18230, the cloud server 17000 may receive the stored job identifier from the mobile terminal 16900. [ At this time, the cloud server 17000 can receive the job identifier input from the user at the mobile terminal 16900 from the mobile terminal 16900.
In step 18240, the cloud server 17000 receives the job identifier from the mobile terminal 16900, acquires the mapped key corresponding to the received job identifier, and stores it using the mapped key corresponding to the obtained job identifier Content can be obtained.
In step 18250, the cloud server 17000 may perform operations on the acquired content.
FIG. 183 is a flowchart specifically illustrating steps 18240 and 18250 of FIG. 182 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to Figure 183, in step 18310, the management server 17001 may receive the stored job identifier from the mobile terminal 16990. [
In step 18320, the management server 17001 acquires the mapped key corresponding to the received job identifier, and transmits a request for the stored content including the mapped key corresponding to the acquired job identifier to the content server 17010 . The content server 17010 can receive a request for the stored content from the management server 17001 and confirm the stored content corresponding to the received key in response to the request.
In step 18330, the management server 17001 may receive the stored content identified in the content server 17010 in response to the request for the content.
In step 18340, the management server 17001 can perform operations on the received content.
184 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a cloud service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The mobile terminal 16900 transmits a job upload request for content to the cloud server 17000 with the identification information of another mobile terminal as a destination and generates a job identifier according to the transmitted job upload request, And is mapped to correspond to the identification information of the mobile terminal. At this time, the identification information of the mobile terminal may be a telephone number of the mobile terminal. In the case where an operation is to be performed on a job uploaded to the cloud server 17000, a request is made to the cloud server 17000 for a job identifier mapped so that the mobile terminal as a destination corresponds to the identification information of the mobile terminal, The cloud server 17000 can perform a work on the content by transmitting the request including the selected job identifier to the cloud server 17000 by selecting one of the received job identifiers. At this time, the content is transmitted to the image forming apparatus so that the image forming operation for the content is performed by the image forming apparatus corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal, or the preview data for the content , Storing the generated preview data, and providing location information (e.g., URL) of the stored preview data to the mobile terminal.
If the destination of the job to be uploaded is identification information of the mobile terminal requesting job upload, the destination mobile terminal may be the same as the mobile terminal 16900.
In step 18410, the cloud server 17000 may receive a confirmation request for the stored job identifier from the mobile terminal corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal. At this time, the stored job identifier is mapped to correspond to the identification information of the mobile terminal, and the cloud server 17000 can confirm the job identifier corresponding to the identification information of the mapped mobile terminal.
In operation 18420, the cloud server 17000 may transmit the task list including the task identifier corresponding to the received confirmation request to the mobile terminal corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal.
In step 18430, the cloud server 17000 may receive a print job request including at least one of the job identifiers included in the transferred job list from the mobile terminal corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal.
In step 18440, the cloud server 17000 may obtain a key corresponding to the job identifier included in the received print job request.
In the 18450 stage, the cloud server 17000 may obtain the stored content using the key corresponding to the obtained job identifier.
In step 18460, the cloud server 17000 transmits the content obtained so that the image forming operation for the obtained content is performed in the image forming apparatus corresponding to the mobile terminal identification information, to the image forming apparatus 17010 corresponding to the mobile terminal identification information Lt; / RTI >
185 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a cloud service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In step 18510, the cloud server 17000 may receive a confirmation request for the stored job identifier from the mobile terminal corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal. At this time, the stored job identifier is mapped to correspond to the identification information of the mobile terminal, and the cloud server 17000 can confirm the job identifier corresponding to the identification information of the mapped mobile terminal.
In step 18520, the cloud server 17000 may transmit to the mobile terminal a task list including a task identifier corresponding to the confirmation request for the task identifier received from the mobile terminal corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal.
In step 18530, the cloud server 17000 may receive a content preview request including at least one of the job identifiers included in the transferred work list from the mobile terminal corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal.
In step 18540, the cloud server 17000 may obtain a key corresponding to at least one identifier included in the content preview request received from the mobile terminal.
In step 18550, the cloud server 17000 can acquire the stored content using the key corresponding to the obtained job identifier.
In step 18560, the cloud server 17000 may generate preview data for the acquired content and store the generated preview data.
In step 18570, the cloud server 17000 may transmit the location information of the preview data to the mobile terminal corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal so that the mobile terminal corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal can confirm the preview data. Accordingly, the mobile terminal that has transmitted the content preview request can receive the location information on the preview data and access the preview data using the received location information. Accordingly, the user can preview the content using the mobile terminal.
Figure 186 is a flow chart specifically illustrating step 17910 of Figure 179 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the mobile terminal 16900 first uses the cloud print service using the mobile terminal.
In step 18610, the cloud server 17000 may receive an authentication request from the mobile terminal 16900.
In step 18620, the cloud server 17000 may generate a PIN code corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal based on the authentication request. At this time, the PIN code corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal may be the telephone number of the mobile terminal.
In step 18630, the cloud server 17000 may send a message to the mobile terminal 16900 so that the mobile terminal 16900 can confirm the message containing the generated PIN code. The cloud server 17000 may request the SMS provider to send a message including the PIN code so that the mobile terminal 16900 can confirm the message including the generated PIN code. The SMS provider may send a message containing a PIN code at the request of the cloud server 17000.
In step 18640, the cloud server 17000 may receive a PIN code confirmation request containing the PIN code from the mobile terminal 16900 in response to the message.
In step 18650, when the PIN code included in the PIN code confirmation request is the PIN code included in the message, the cloud server 17000 generates an access token corresponding to the identification information of the mobile terminal and acquires the generated access token .
In step 18660, the cloud server 17000 may send the acquired donkey access token to the mobile terminal 16900.
In step 18670, the cloud server 17000 may receive a user input from the mobile terminal 16900 indicating a work request for the content along with the transmitted access token.
Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the user can use the service only by authentication of the telephone number without joining it.
Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention, when the data is stored in the storage space of the cloud server 17000 for a long time, costs are additionally incurred according to the storage period and the available storage space is reduced in the service provider. Most of the data stored in the cloud server 17000 is useless data after about a day or so. Therefore, the cloud server 17000 can set to store uploaded content and work for a certain period of time. For example, the cloud server 17000 can store uploaded content and work for only 24 hours. At this time, it is necessary for the user who uses the cloud print service to check the uploaded content and the remaining time for the uploaded content and the job to perform the job before the job is deleted.
In the following embodiments, when the user uses the cloud print service using the mobile terminal, the user can graphically display the uploaded content and the remaining time on the mobile terminal on the UI of the mobile terminal, And provides a method for easily checking the remaining time through the mobile terminal. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 187 to 188.
FIG. 187 is a view for explaining a process of displaying a remaining time for an uploaded job of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to Figure 187, the user executes an application for the cloud print service using the mobile terminal 16900. [ When the application is executed, an initial screen is displayed as shown on the left side of Figure 187. [ When the My Cloud (18710) menu is selected on the displayed screen, the My Cloud screen is displayed as shown on the right side of Figure 187. The My Cloud screen displays jobs associated with the mobile terminal 16900. The user can view the remaining time graphics 18720 and the remaining time 18730 along with the tasks with the tasks associated with the mobile terminal 16900 displayed on the mobile terminal 16900. [
188 is a diagram for explaining a remaining time graphic and remaining time displayed on a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to Figure 188, various remaining time graphics 18810 and remaining time 18820 displayed on the mobile terminal 16900 are shown.
Referring to the remaining time graphic 18810 and the remaining time 18820 shown at the top of Figure 188, the current content is just uploaded, and the remaining time is 24 hours, the bar portion of the remaining time graphic 18810 is all And can be displayed in a colored form. Also, the remaining time 18820 may be displayed as "24:00 " to represent 24 hours. The time represented at this time can be displayed as "HH: mm ". In this case, HH denotes the remaining time and mm denotes the remaining time.
Referring to the remaining time graphic 18810 and the remaining time 18820 shown from the left to the bottom of Figure 188, the remaining time graphic 18810 is displayed with the current content being uploaded, one hour later and the remaining time being 23 hours May still all be displayed in a painted form. At this time, when the remaining time graphic 18810 is 24 hours and the remaining time graphic 18810 is displayed in the same form, it means that one bar portion of the remaining time graphic 18810 means 2 hours, and yet 2 hours have not elapsed Because. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a portion of each bar portion may be changed to a hatched portion by a portion indicating a certain time as a certain time passes and displayed.
The remaining time 18820 may also display "23:00 " to represent 23 hours.
Referring to the remaining time graphic 18810 and the remaining time 18820 shown from the left to the lower left of Figure 188, the remaining time graphic 18810 is displayed with the remaining time being 22 hours after the current content has been uploaded 2 hours May be displayed in a hatched form. Also, the remaining time 18820 may be displayed as "22:00 " to represent 22 hours. If the remaining time is 18 hours, 12 hours, the mobile terminal 16900 is shown as shown in the remaining time graphic 18810 and the remaining time 18820, shown in the lower right second, right first, Can be displayed.
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 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.
