HOST APPARATUS, DEVICE AND METHOD TO SETUP FOLDER SHARE SERVICE

• US 20090024931A1
• Filed: 03/20/2008
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: BAE, Sung-hoon
• Granted Patent: US 8,516,088 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A host apparatus, a device, and a method to setup a folder share service. A controller to control displaying a user interface (UI) screen to select a device using the folder share service and a shared folder, and a UI screen to set permissions of the selected shared folder corresponding to at least one added user account and to set store options of a file to be stored to the shared folder in a display. A first communication portion transmits setup information of the user account to the device.

Claims

1. A host apparatus to setup a folder share service, the host apparatus comprising:

a display;

a controller to control displaying a user interface (UI) screen to select a device using the folder share service and a shared folder, and a UI screen to set permissions of the selected shared folder corresponding to at least one added user account and to set store options of a file to be stored to the shared folder in the display; and

a first communication portion to transmit setup information of the user account to the device.

2. The host apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a verifier to verify whether the folder share service is available by the set user permissions and the file store options; and

a service controller to control the verifier to verify the folder share service.

3. The host apparatus of claim 2, wherein the verifier, when the added user account is an anonymous account, sets a security option to allow the anonymous account to use the shared folder.

4. The host apparatus of claim 1, wherein the file to be stored to the shared folder comprises:

at least one of data scanned at the device, print data, e-mail transceiving data, and faxed data.

5. A device to setup a folder share service, the device comprising:

a second confirmer to confirm an Internet protocol (IP) and a port number used by a host apparatus using a network address of the host apparatus received from the host apparatus to serve as a server;

a second communication portion to connect to a first communication portion using the confirmed IP and port number;

a second storage to store modified setup information and the network address; and

a third confirmer to access a shared folder of the host apparatus using the modified setup information and checking whether reading and writing are permitted in the shared folder,

wherein, when the device fails to read and write, the host apparatus modifies permissions to allow the reading and the writing.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the network address comprises:

one of a host name and a NetBIOS name, a domain name system (DNS) address, and a Windows Internet name service (WINS) address, and

the second confirmer confirms the IP and the port number using the one of the host name and the NetBIOS name.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein the third confirmer receives a file list from the shared folder using a control protocol, reads a file list from the shared folder using a folder share service protocol, and determines that the reading is allowed when the received file list matches the read file list.

8. A folder share service setup method, the method comprising:

selecting a device using a folder share service and a shared folder of a server;

setting, at the server, permissions of the selected shared folder corresponding to a user account and setting store options of a file to be stored to the folder; and

transmitting setup information for the user account to the device.

9. The folder share service setup method of claim 8, wherein the permission setting operation sets to add at least one user account.

10. The folder share service setup method of claim 8, further comprising:

verifying whether the folder share service is available by the set permissions and the file store options.

11. The folder share service setup method of claim 10, wherein the verifying operation comprises:

when the added user account is an anonymous account, setting a security option to allow the anonymous account to use the shared folder.

12. The folder share service setup method of claim 10, wherein a device capability requesting and receiving operation and a testing operation are performed according to different protocols.

13. The folder share service setup method of claim 12, wherein the test and the folder share service are performed according to a server message block (SMB) protocol.

14. The folder share service setup method of claim 12, wherein the device capability requesting and receiving operation is performed according to one of a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), a simple network management protocol (SNMP), and a TELNET.

15. The folder share service setup method of claim 8, further comprising:

when a security level of the server is different from a security level of the device, adjusting the two security levels to the same level.

16. The folder share service setup method of claim 8, further comprising:

informing a user of the setup information set for the folder share service.

17. The folder share service setup method of claim 8, wherein the file to be stored to the shared folder comprises:

at least one of data scanned at the device, print data, e-mail transceiving data, and faxed data.

18. A folder share service setup method, the method comprising:

confirming an Internet protocol (IP) and a port number of a host apparatus using a network address received from the host apparatus which serves as a server;

connecting, at a device, to the host apparatus using the confirmed IP and port number;

accessing a shared folder of the host apparatus using modified setup information and checking whether reading and writing are allowed in the shared folder;

when the reading and the writing are not allowed, modifying, at the host apparatus, permissions to allow the reading and the writing; and

setting the modified setup information to the device.

19. The folder share service setup method of claim 18, wherein the reading checking operation comprises:

receiving, at the device, a file list stored to a shared folder of the host apparatus using a control protocol;

reading, at the device, a file list from the shared folder of the host apparatus using a folder share service protocol; and

when the received file list matches the read file list, determining that the reading is permitted.

20. The folder share service setup method of claim 18, further comprising:

when a security level of the host apparatus is different from a security level of the device, adjusting the two security levels to a same level.

21. A method of setting up a folder share service, the method comprising:

requesting a controller to generate one or more user interfaces;

generating the one or more user interfaces;

automatically setting permissions to allow reading and writing of a shared folder based on input through the one of the user interface by a user;

setting store options of a file based on input through an other user interface by the user; and

determining whether a request is made for verification of availability of the folder share service such that;

transmitting the permissions and the file store options to a device when a determination is made that the request was not made; and

controlling a verifier to perform the verification and requesting the verification to the device when the determination is made that the request was made.