Patent ID: 9727280
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A workform performing device connectable to a host device and which performs a job using a workform, the workform performing device comprising: a storage configured to store capability information regarding at least one particular capability supported by the workform performing device that is different than at least one capability of another of a plurality of workform performing devices also connectable to the host device; a communicator configured to receive a generic workform transmitted from the host device, the generic workform transmitted from the host device including a universal input plug-in that is generic to the plurality of workform performing devices inclusive of the workform performing device connectable to the host device; a user interface (UI) unit configured to enable a user to select the at least one particular capability from among the capability information stored in the storage; a processor configured to adjust the received generic workform transmitted from the host device at the workform performing device by replacing or modifying at least some of the information in the universal input plug-in, which is generic to the plurality of workform performing devices connectable to the host device, with specific input plug-in data based on the selected particular capability, and to perform the job at the workform performing device using the workform that is adjusted at the workform performing device, wherein the at least one particular capability selected is at least one of fax data, email data, and scan data, and wherein the communicator transmits data generated after performing the job to the host device together with the adjusted workform.