METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOUD PRINTING SERVICE, AND APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME
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1. A method comprising:
- by at least one server;
receiving a sharing request from a mobile device, the sharing request indicating that a user of the mobile device requests to share at least one image forming apparatus that the user of the mobile device is authorized to use through the at least one server with at least one sharing user;
determining, in accordance with the received sharing request, the at least one image forming apparatus;
determining, in accordance with the received sharing request, the at least one sharing user;
authorizing the determined at least one sharing user to use the determined at least one image forming apparatus through the at least one server; and
transmitting information indicating the determined at least one image forming apparatus to at least one mobile device of the determined at least one sharing user, respectively.
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Abstract
Provided is a method of sharing an image forming apparatus in a cloud printing service. The method includes receiving a sharing request for an image forming apparatus, determining at least one image forming apparatus as a sharing object, determining at least one sharing user having authority to use the determined sharing object, and transmitting a list of the determined sharing object to a device of the sharing user.
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1. A method comprising:
by at least one server; receiving a sharing request from a mobile device, the sharing request indicating that a user of the mobile device requests to share at least one image forming apparatus that the user of the mobile device is authorized to use through the at least one server with at least one sharing user; determining, in accordance with the received sharing request, the at least one image forming apparatus; determining, in accordance with the received sharing request, the at least one sharing user; authorizing the determined at least one sharing user to use the determined at least one image forming apparatus through the at least one server; and transmitting information indicating the determined at least one image forming apparatus to at least one mobile device of the determined at least one sharing user, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. At least one server comprising:
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at least one memory storing computer-readable instructions; and at least one processor that executes the instructions to cause the following to be performed; receiving a sharing request from a mobile device, the sharing request indicating that a user of the mobile device requests to share at least one image forming apparatus that the user of the mobile device is authorized to use through the at least one server with at least one sharing user, determining, in accordance with the received sharing request, the at least one image forming apparatus, determining, in accordance with the received sharing request, the at least one sharing user, authorizing the determined at least one sharing user to use the determined at least one image forming apparatus through the at least one server, and transmitting information indicating the determined at least one image forming apparatus to at least one mobile device of the determined at least one sharing user, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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