Patent ID: 8613001
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A host device usable in a network system, comprising: a storage unit to store a plurality of plug-ins necessary to process respective jobs; a plug-in generator to generate a merged plug-in by associating selected existing plug-ins from among the plurality of plug-ins, to set multiple associated paths with the selected existing plug-ins, and to designate a default path from the multiple associated paths; a workform generator to generate a workform necessary to request an external device to execute a new job using the merged plug-in generated by the plug-in generator; and a central processing unit to process the workform generated by the workform generator in order to store the workform in the storage unit, wherein the workform generator generates a workform generation screen, which has a window to display stored existing icons and a merging icon, and another window to generate the workform using the merging icon.