Patent ID: 9300824
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus to generate a user interface screen to be displayed to a first user accessing the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising: a state management unit to manage state information of the image forming apparatus based on functions currently performed or ready to be performed by a second user accessing the image forming apparatus; a determination unit to determine functions allowable to the first user according to the state information and the functions currently performed or ready to be performed by the second user accessing the image forming apparatus; a web server unit to generate the user interface screen on which the determined functions are activated according to a result of the determining; and a control unit to control the image forming apparatus to display the generated user interface screen to the first user, wherein the determined functions allowable to the first user do not conflict with the functions currently performed or ready to be performed by the second user.