Patent ID: 9411791
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A host which controls an image forming apparatus, the host comprising: an interface unit for providing a communication interface to communicate with the image forming apparatus, for requesting first information which is needed to make a user interface for setting control operation of the image forming apparatus to the image forming apparatus, and for receiving the first information from the image forming apparatus according to the request; an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) processing unit for analyzing the received first information and for generating the user interface by setting menu items of the user interface based on an analyzed result; a display unit for displaying the generated user interface; an input unit for receiving an operation command or setting values from a user; and a host controller for generating second information corresponding to the received operation command or setting values, wherein the interface unit transmits the generated second information to the image forming apparatus.