US Patent Application 17751912. CREATING POLICY BASED ON CONFIGURATION CHANGE HISTORY simplified abstract

CREATING POLICY BASED ON CONFIGURATION CHANGE HISTORY

Organization Name

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Inventor(s)

Youn Seo of Seongnam-si (KR)

Gi Won Seo of Seongnam-si (KR)

Junghun Kim of Seongnam-si (KR)

Byeong Ju Hwang of Seongnam-si (KR)

Hyunwoo Yoo of Seongnam-si (KR)

Sangmi Kim of Seongnam-si (KR)

Junhyung Yoo of Seongnam-si (KR)

Hyungjong Kang of Seongnam-si (KR)

CREATING POLICY BASED ON CONFIGURATION CHANGE HISTORY - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17751912 titled 'CREATING POLICY BASED ON CONFIGURATION CHANGE HISTORY

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a method for operating an electronic apparatus to control an image forming apparatus.

• The electronic apparatus executes an application to control the image forming apparatus.
• It identifies a specific image forming apparatus to be connected to the electronic apparatus.
• A communication connection is established between the electronic apparatus and the identified image forming apparatus.
• The electronic apparatus receives configuration changes made by the image forming apparatus.
• The received configuration changes are displayed.
• A user can select a specific configuration change to be applied to one or more image forming apparatuses controlled by the electronic apparatus.
• The selected configuration change is displayed and applied to the relevant image forming apparatuses.

Original Abstract Submitted

An example operating method of an electronic apparatus includes executing, by the electronic apparatus, an application to control an operation of an image forming apparatus, identifying a first image forming apparatus to be connected to the electronic apparatus, and performing a communication connection between the electronic apparatus and the first image forming apparatus, receiving, from the first image forming apparatus, at least one configuration change performed by the first image forming apparatus, and displaying the at least one configuration change, based on the at least one configuration change, receiving a first input to select a first configuration change to at least one image forming apparatus to be controlled by the electronic apparatus, and based on at least one input that is input after the first input, displaying the first configuration change applied to the at least one image forming apparatus.