Patent ID: 8473522
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of using a web server to manage a plurality of image forming devices, the method comprising: providing a web-page displayable on a user terminal connected to the web server via a network; selecting a first device among the plurality of image forming devices to perform a workflow according to a user instruction received via the web-page; displaying, in response to selection of the device, a plurality of functions executable by the first device in a first section of the web-page; selecting a first function among the plurality of functions executable by the first device according to a user instruction received via the first section of the web-page; displaying the first function in a second section of the web-page in response to selection of the first function displayed in the first section of the web-page; selecting the first function displayed in the second section of the web-page according to a user instruction received via the second section of the web-page; displaying a plurality of attributes associated with the selected first function in the second section of the web-page in response to selection of the first function displayed in the second section of the web-page; setting one or more attribute values associated with the plurality of attributes of the first function according to a user instruction received via the second section of the web-page; and storing a workform including information regarding the first function to be performed by the first device and the attribute values associated with the attributes of the first function which are set via the second section of the web-page.