Patent ID: 8675226

Claim:
A control point apparatus connectable to one or more image forming apparatuses using digital living network alliance (DLNA), the control point apparatus comprising: a communication interface to search the one or more image forming apparatuses using the DLNA; a user interface (UI) unit through which at least one piece of content is selected for printing using a user interface of the control point apparatus, and through which an image forming apparatus is selected from among the searched image forming apparatuses to perform printing; a DLNA stack unit to set a connection policy regarding connection to the selected image forming apparatus, and to selectively control the DLNA connection status to the selected image forming apparatus according to the connection policy, the DLNA stack unit disconnecting the control point apparatus from the selected image forming apparatus after print data corresponding to the selected content-for-printing has been transmitted to the selected image forming apparatus, or connecting and disconnecting the control point apparatus from the selected image forming apparatus at predetermined intervals of time; and a controller to control the communication interface to transmit the print data corresponding to the selected content-for-printing and the connection policy to the selected image forming apparatus, and to re-send the connection policy to the selected image forming apparatus if an acknowledgement in response to the connection policy is not received from the selected image-forming apparatus within a predetermined time.