User terminal apparatus and method of control thereof

• US 9,338,314 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2013
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jeong-hun, Park, In-chang, Kang, Hyung-jong, Song, Mi-sook
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Thierry L
• Application Number:
  US13/941,888
• Publication Number:
  US 20140111820A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,030 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.1, 358/1.4, 358/1.5, 358/1.6, 358/1.9, 358/1.11, 358/1.12, 358/1.13, 358/1.14, 358/1.15, 358/1.16, 358/1.17, 358/1.18
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/545 Gui
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1205 resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1253 Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00222 details of image data generation or reproduction, e.g. scan-to-email or network printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00236 using an image reading or reproducing device, e.g. a facsimile reader or printer, as a local input to or local output from a computer image input to or image output from a computer via a network H04N1/00209
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution

Abstract

A user terminal apparatus is provided, which connects to an image forming apparatus, which is driven by an operating system (O/S, and which includes a storage to store the image forming apparatus and a metro application to perform a job. A display displays a background screen of the including a user interface (UI) area corresponding to a job option, a controller implements the metro application, if the UI area is selected, and a communication interface transmits a command to perform the job to the image forming apparatus according to the job option corresponding to the UI area, by using the metro application.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium including a metro application that, when executed by a computer, performs a method of controlling a user terminal apparatus which is driven by an operating system (O/S), the method comprising:

selecting a user interface (UI) area which corresponds to a job option and is displayed on a background screen of the operating system, the background screen comprising a main icon generated by installing the metro application and a secondary icon which corresponds to the UI area and is generated by a user;

transmitting, by the metro application, a command to perform a job according to the job option to an image forming apparatus linked to the selected UI area; and

displaying a result of performing the job of the image forming apparatus on the UI area displayed on the background screen,

wherein the UI area displayed on the background screen has a shortcut format.

2. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 1, wherein the method of controlling the user terminal apparatus further comprises:

displaying on the background screen, by the metro application, upon selecting the UI area corresponding to the job option on the background screen of the operating system, a job performing page on which the job option corresponding to the UI area is automatically applied;

modifying, on the job performing page, the job option by a user; and

transmitting to the image forming apparatus a command to perform the job according to the modified job option.

3. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 1, wherein the method of controlling the user terminal apparatus comprises:

displaying, by the metro application, job performing information of the image forming apparatus on the UI area while the job is performed at the image forming apparatus according to the command to perform the job.

4. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 1, wherein the method of controlling the user terminal apparatus further comprises:

displaying by the metro application, when the job is completed at the image forming apparatus according to the command to perform the job, a result of performing the job at the image forming apparatus on the UI area.

8. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 1, the method of controlling the user terminal apparatus including:

configuring the UI area in a tile form which displays at least one of the job option and device information with respect to the image forming apparatus to perform the job.

20. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 1, wherein the secondary icon is an icon separate from a background screen, which is displayed in a foreground of the background screen.

5. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium including a metro application that, when executed by a computer, performs a method of controlling a user terminal apparatus which connects to an image forming apparatus and which is driven by an operating system (O/S) , the method comprising:

generating, when the metro application displays a user interface window to receive a selection of a job option to be applied to the image forming apparatus, a user interface (UI) area corresponding to the selected job option;

displaying the generated UI area on a background screen of the operating system while mapping and storing the job option to the UI area,

wherein background screen comprises a main icon generated by installing the metro application and a secondary icon corresponding to the generated UI area,

wherein the UI area displays a result of performing a job of the image forming apparatus, and

wherein the UI area displayed on the background screen has a shortcut format.

6. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 5, the method of controlling the user terminal apparatus including:

updating by the metro application, when there is a user interface (UI) area previously generated with respect to the image forming apparatus, the job option corresponding to the previously generated UI area according to the selected job option and according to a user manipulation; and

storing the updated, user manipulated, selected job option.

7. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 5, the method of controlling the user terminal apparatus including:

receiving the job option, by the metro application, along with the selection of the image forming apparatus to perform the job.

9. A method of controlling a user terminal apparatus which connects to an image forming apparatus and which is driven by an operating system (O/S), the method comprising:

displaying, on a background screen of the operating system, a user interface (UI) area corresponding to a job option, the background screen comprising a main icon generated by installing the metro application and a secondary icon which corresponds to the UI area and is generated by a user;

driving, by a metro application, when the UI area is selected, a control unit to transmit a command to the image forming apparatus linked to the displayed UI area to perform a job according to the job option; and

displaying a result of performing the job of the image forming apparatus on the UI area displayed on the background screen,

wherein the UI area displayed on the background screen has a shortcut format.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the transmitting the command to perform the job further comprises:

displaying a job performing page of the metro application on which the job option corresponding to the UI area is automatically implemented; and

transmitting, when a user manipulation to modify the job option is inputted on the job performing page, a command to perform the job to the image forming apparatus according to the modified job option.

11. The method of claim 9, comprising displaying a background screen of the operating system on the user interface (UI) area corresponding to the job option while the job is performed at the image forming apparatus according to the command to perform the job.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein, when the job is completed at the image forming apparatus according to the command to perform the job, the method comprising displaying a result of performing the job at the image forming apparatus on the UI area.

17. The method of claim 9, further comprising configuring the UI area in a tile form which displays at least one of the job option and device information of an image forming apparatus to perform the job.

13. A method of controlling a user terminal apparatus which connects to an image forming apparatus and which is driven by an operating system (O/S), the method comprising:

receiving, when a metro application is driven, a selection of a job option to be applied to the image forming apparatus;

generating a user interface (UI) area corresponding to the selected job option and displaying the generated UI area on a background screen of the operating system; and

mapping and storing the job option to the UI area,

wherein the background screen comprises a main icon generated by installing the metro application and a secondary icon corresponding to the generated UI area,

wherein the UI area displays a result of performing a job of the image forming apparatus, and

wherein the UI area displayed on the background screen has a shortcut format.

14. The method of claim 13, prior to the receiving of the selected job option, further comprising driving the metro application to perform the job, if a predefined UI area is selected on the background screen.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the generating the UI area corresponding to the selected job option and the displaying the generated UI area on the background screen of the operating system comprises,

updating, when there is a previously generated UI area corresponding to the image forming apparatus, the job option corresponding to the previously generated UI area according to a user manipulation;

and

displaying and storing the result.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the receiving the selected job option comprises receiving a selection of the image forming apparatus to perform the job in addition to the job option.

18. A user terminal apparatus which connects to an image forming apparatus and which is driven by an operating system (O/S), the user terminal apparatus comprising:

a storage to store at least one of address and status information of the image forming apparatus, a job option, and a metro application to perform a job;

a display to display a background screen of the operating system including a user interface (UI) area corresponding to the job option, the background screen comprising a main icon generated by installing the metro application and a secondary icon which corresponds to the UI area and is generated by a user;

a controller to execute the metro application, when the UI area is selected; and

a communication interface to transmit, via the metro application, a command to perform the job to the image forming apparatus linked to the selected UI area,

wherein the UI area displays a result of performing a job of the image forming apparatus, and

wherein the UI area displayed on the background screen has a shortcut format.

19. A user terminal apparatus which connects to an image forming apparatus and which is driven by an operating system (O/S), the user terminal apparatus comprising:

a storage to store at least one of address and status information of the image forming apparatus, a job option, and a metro application to perform a job;

a user interface to receive a selection of a job option to be applied to the image forming apparatus via a user interface window provided by the metro application, and to display a generated user interface (UI) area on a background screen of the operating system; and

a controller to map the job option to the UI area and store the result at the storage,

wherein background screen comprises a main icon generated by installing the metro application and a secondary icon corresponding to the generated UI area,

wherein the UI area displays a result of performing a job of the image forming apparatus, and

wherein the UI area displayed on the background screen has a shortcut format.