SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOUD PRINTING SERVICE

• US 20150092233A1
• Filed: 09/30/2014
• Published: 04/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Yong-chan, Lee, Sung-woo, Ha, Kwang-soo, Kim, Yong-im, Lee, Sang-jin, Lee, Seung-wan, Lee, Jae-in, Lee, Ji-young, Choi, Jun-young, Park, Jeong-jin, Lim, Jong-yoon, So, Jae-yeong, Kook, Jin-kyu, Lee, Dong-wook, Kim, Hee-jung, Ryu, Mee-kyung, Yeon, Jung-mo, Choi, Hwan-joon, Lee, Hyun-il, Kim, Sung-jae, Kim, Hyun-ji, Kim, Hong-seock, Shin, Woo-chul
• Granted Patent: US 9,311,038 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1203 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1206 resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1222 Increasing security of the print job
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/126 Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

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

Claims

1. An image forming system operable to provide a cloud printing service, the image forming system comprising:

a transmitting device operable to transmit content by designating a target phone number;

a cloud printing server operable to receive the target phone number and the content from the transmitting device;

a receiving device assigned with the target phone number and operable to receive an upload notification of the content with respect to the target phone number from the cloud printing server; and

an image forming device operable to print the content by receiving the content from the cloud printing server,

wherein the cloud printing server transmits the content to the image forming device registered in the target phone number when the cloud printing service is requested for the content to the target phone number.

2. The image forming system of claim 1, wherein the transmitting device comprises:

a user interface unit operable to receive input information about the content and the target phone number;

a controller operable to generate print job information including the content and the target phone number; and

a network interface unit operable to transmit the generated print job information to the cloud printing server.

3. The image forming system of claim 1, wherein the transmitting device comprises:

a user interface unit operable to display a list of contacts and a list of contents, which are stored in the transmitting device; and

a network interface unit operable to transmit the content and the target phone number to the cloud printing server when the content and the target phone number are set from among the lists displayed through the user interface unit.

4. The image forming system of claim 3, wherein the user interface unit displays the list of contents, which is stored in the transmitting device when the list of contacts is displayed and the target phone number is selected from the displayed list of contacts.

5. The image forming system of claim 3, wherein the user interface unit displays the list of contacts, which is stored in the transmitting device when the list of contents is displayed and the content is selected from the displayed list of contents.

6. The image forming system of claim 1, wherein the cloud printing server comprises:

a network interface unit operable to receive print job information including the content and the target phone number from the transmitting device;

a controller operable to register the print job information by mapping the content and the target phone number; and

a storage unit operable to store the registered print job information.

7. The image forming system of claim 1, wherein the cloud printing server receives, from at least one of the receiving device and the image forming device, registration request information including the target phone number and identification information of the image forming device to be mapped to the target phone number, and manages registration information about the image forming device mapped to the target phone number based on the received registration request information.

8. The image forming system of claim 7, wherein the identification information comprises a media access control (MAC) address of the image forming device,

the cloud printing server receives, from the image forming device, meta information comprising at least one of the MAC address, an internet protocol (IP) address, a serial number, and a product name of the image forming device, maps the target phone number and the image forming device by using the identification information and the meta information when the registration request information is received, and transmits the meta information of the image forming device to the receiving device, and

the receiving device identifies the image forming device registered in the target phone number by using the meta information received from the cloud printing server.

9. The image forming system of claim 1, wherein the receiving device comprises:

a network interface unit operable to receive, from the cloud printing server, the upload notification indicating that the content corresponding to the target phone number is registered in the cloud printing server;

a user interface unit operable to display information about the content based on the received upload notification; and

a controller operable to generate a print request about the content,

wherein the network interface unit transmits the generated print request to the cloud printing server.

10. The image forming system of claim 9, wherein, when the print request is received from the receiving device, the cloud printing server identifies the image forming device for processing the received print request and transmits print data of the content to the identified image forming device.

11. A method of providing, by an image forming system, a cloud printing service, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a transmitting device, content by designating a target phone number;

receiving, by a cloud printing server, the target phone number and the content from the transmitting device;

receiving, by a receiving device assigned with the target phone number, an upload notification of the content with respect to the target phone number from the cloud printing server; and

printing, by an image forming device, the content by receiving the content from the cloud printing server,

wherein the cloud printing server transmits the content to the image forming device registered in the target phone number when the cloud printing service is requested for the content to the target phone number.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying, by the transmitting device, a list of contacts and a list of contents, which are stored in the transmitting device,

wherein the transmitting of the content comprises, when the content and the target phone number are set from among the displayed lists, transmitting the set content and the set target phone number to the cloud printing server.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, by the cloud printing server, print job information including the content and the target phone number from the transmitting device;

registering, by the cloud printing server, the print job information by mapping the content and the target phone number; and

storing, by the cloud printing server, the registered print job information.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, by the cloud printing server, registration request information including the target phone number and identification information of the image forming device to be mapped to the target phone number from at least one of the receiving device and the image forming device;

updating, by the cloud printing server, registration information about the image forming device mapped to the target phone number based on the received registration request information; and

storing, by the cloud printing server, the updated registration information.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the identification information comprises a media access control (MAC) address of the image forming device, and

the method further comprises:

receiving, by the cloud printing server, meta information comprising at least one of the MAC address, an internet protocol (IP) address, a serial number, and a product name of the image forming device, from the image forming device;

mapping, by the cloud printing server, the target phone number and the image forming device by using the identification information and the meta information when the registration request information is received;

transmitting, by the cloud printing server, the meta information of the image forming device to the receiving device; and

identifying, by the receiving device, the image forming device registered in the target phone number by using the meta information received from the cloud printing server.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, by the receiving device, the upload notification indicating that the content corresponding to the target phone number is registered in the cloud printing server, from the cloud printing server;

displaying, by the receiving device, information about the content based on the received upload notification;

generating, by the receiving device, a print request about the content; and

transmitting, by the receiving device, the generated print request to the cloud printing server.

17. An image forming system operable to provide a cloud printing service, the image forming system comprising:

a cloud printing server operable to receive, from a transmitting device, content and a target phone number of a receiving device to which the cloud printing service for the content is to be provided; and

an image forming device operable to print the content by receiving the content from the cloud printing server,

wherein the cloud printing server maps and registers the target phone number and the image forming device so as to perform the cloud printing service on the target phone number requested by the transmitting device.

18. The image forming system of claim 17, wherein the cloud printing server receives, from at least one of the receiving device and the image forming device, the target phone number and identification information of the image forming device to be mapped to the target phone number, and manages registration information about the image forming device mapped to the target phone number based on the received registration request information.

19. A method of providing, by an image forming system, a cloud printing service, the method comprising:

receiving, by a cloud printing server, content and a target phone number of a receiving device to which the cloud printing service for the content is to be provided, from a transmitting device;

receiving, by an image forming device, the content from the cloud printing server; and

printing, by the image forming device, the received content,

wherein the cloud printing server maps and registers the target phone number and the image forming device so as to process a request of the cloud printing service on the target phone number.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of providing, by an image forming system, a cloud printing service, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a transmitting device, content by designating a target phone number;

receiving, by a cloud printing server, the target phone number and the content from the transmitting device;

receiving, by a receiving device assigned with the target phone number, an upload notification of the content with respect to the target phone number from the cloud printing server; and

printing, by an image forming device, the content by receiving the content from the cloud printing server,

wherein the cloud printing server transmits the content to the image forming device registered in the target phone number when the cloud printing service is requested for the content to the target phone number.