Method and apparatus to input workflow steps and parameters

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10419626-B2
Application number	US-201615146552-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 4, 2016
Priority date	Jun 27, 2007
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

An image forming method and apparatus, and a host in which the image forming method includes setting a processing order of a plurality of operations of a same image data and detailed setup information of the plurality of operations, and executing the plurality of operations using the detailed setup information according to the set processing order.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable recording medium to store information objects indicative of a plurality of operations to be executed by the image forming apparatus;
a controller to,
provide a web server to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) webpage usable to generate a profile of an application based upon the information objects, the GUI webpage usable through selectable displayed objects representative of a set of operations, among the plurality of operations, to be executed in an order by setting at least one connection relation among selected displayed objects and setting, in the order, setup information of operations in the set of operations, respectively, to define in the profile the order in which the set of operations including the setup information in the order are to be executed and to cause a change to setup information of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the plurality of operations; and
cause a hardware communication interface to,
serve the GUI webpage from the web server to a host computer in response to a request, and
receive, from the host computer, the profile of the application generated through the GUI,

wherein the controller is store the profile based upon which the application is executable according to information of selected displayed objects representative of a set of operations and selected setup information of operations corresponding to the selected displayed objects, respectively, in an order in which the selected setup information is to change the setup information corresponding to the plurality of operations, respectively, when the set of operations are to be executed in the order.

2. The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the set of operations are executed based on the profile of the application.

3. The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the set of operations includes one or more of scanning operation, printing operation, sending operation and storing operation.

4. The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the setup information includes attribute information of the set of operations.

5. A method by an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
storing information objects indicative of a plurality of operations to be executed by the image forming apparatus;
generating, by a web server, a graphical user interface (GUI) webpage usable to generate a profile of an application based upon the information objects, the GUI webpage usable through selectable displayed objects representative of a set of operations, among the plurality of operations, to be executed in an order by setting at least one connection relation among selected displayed objects and setting, in the order, setup information of operations in the set of operations, respectively, to define in the profile the order in which the set of operations including the setup information in the order are to be executed and to cause a change to setup information of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the plurality of operations;
serving the GUI webpage from the web server to a host computer in response to a request;
receiving, from the host computer, the profile of the application generated through the GUI; and
storing the profile based upon which the application is executable according to information of selected displayed objects representative of a set of operations and selected setup information of operations corresponding to the selected displayed objects, respectively, in an order in which the selected setup information is to change the setup information corresponding to the plurality of operations, respectively, when the set of operations are to be executed in the order.

6. The image forming method of claim 5 , wherein the method further comprises executing the set of operations based on the profile of the application.

7. The image forming method of claim 5 , wherein the set of operations includes one or more of scanning operation, printing operation, sending operation and storing operation.

8. The image forming method of claim 6 , wherein the setup information includes attribute information of the set of operations.

9. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program to execute a method for an image forming apparatus by:
storing information objects indicative of a plurality of operations to be executed by the image forming apparatus;
generating, by a web server, a graphical user interface (GUI) webpage usable to generate a profile of an application based upon the information objects, the GUI webpage usable through selectable displayed objects representative of a set of operations, among the plurality of operations, to be executed in an order by setting at least one connection relation among selected displayed objects and setting, in the order, setup information of operations in the set of operations, respectively, to define in the profile the order in which the set of operations including the setup information in the order are to be executed and to cause a change to setup information of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the plurality of operations;
serving the GUI webpage from the web server to a host computer in response to a request;
receiving, from the host computer, the profile of the application generated through the GUI; and
storing the profile based upon which the application is executable according to information of selected displayed objects representative of a set of operations and selected setup information of operations corresponding to the selected displayed objects, respectively, in an order in which the selected setup information is to change the setup information corresponding to the plurality of operations, respectively, when the set of operations are to be executed in the order.

10. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 9 , wherein the set of operations are executed on the profile of the application.

11. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 9 , wherein the set of operations includes one or more of scanning operation, printing operation, sending operation and storing operation.

Assignees

• Hp Printing Korea Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Hyun-Wook
• Park Sun-Young
• Kil Hyun-Sub

Classifications

• G03G15/502

  relating to the structure of the control menu, e.g. pop-up menus, help screens · CPC title

• G06F3/1275

  Print workflow management, e.g. defining or changing a workflow, cross publishing · CPC title

• G06F8/38

  for implementing user interfaces · CPC title

• G03G2215/00109

  Remote control of apparatus, e.g. by a host · CPC title

• G06F9/45512

  Command shells · CPC title