Image forming system, method of controlling image forming apparatus by using messenger application of mobile device, and the mobile device for performing the method
View Patent ↗An image forming system to control an image forming apparatus by using a messenger application, a mobile device, and a method are provided. The image forming system includes a mobile device to activate a chat user interface to interface with an account of the image forming apparatus on the messenger application, and sending user messages to control a printing function of the image forming apparatus, a cloud server to receive the user messages from a messenger server, providing response messages of the account of the image forming apparatus in response to the user messages, and communicating with the mobile device in a conversational manner, thus controlling the printing of the image forming apparatus, and an image forming apparatus whose printing is controlled by the cloud server based on the user messages or providing monitoring information of a current status.
1. A system for controlling an electronic device by using a messenger application, the system comprising:
an electronic device configured to receive user identification information through a user interface (UI), and transmit the user identification information and information of the electronic device to a cloud server when the electronic device is logged-in by the user identification information; and
the cloud server configured to register management information by mapping the user identification information and the information of the electronic device,
wherein the cloud server receives user messages from a messenger server if the user messages inputted through the messenger application arrive at the messenger server after the management information is registered to the cloud server, parses the received user messages, and controls a function of the electronic device based on the parsed user messages.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cloud server generates response messages in response to the user messages and transmits the generated response messages to the messenger server.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cloud server comprises a bot server that communicates with a messenger server providing a service relating to the messenger application and sends and receives the user messages and response messages in response to the user messages.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the bot server receives the user messages from the messenger server and parses the received user messages to generate the response messages corresponding to the received user messages.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cloud server controls and manages the electronic device present on a network based on the user messages.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the cloud server controls functions of the electronic device to be activated based on the user messages.
7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the cloud server collects monitoring information of a status of the electronic device based on the user messages.
8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the cloud server maps and registers the information of the electronic device and the user identification information corresponding to a user account thereof by using a web server provided by the electronic device or the user interface of the electronic device.
9. A cloud server for controlling an electronic device by using a messenger application,
the cloud server configured to communicate with a messenger server providing a service relating to the messenger application, receive user messages inputted through the messenger application executed on a first electronic device from the messenger server, determine a meaning of at least some of a text included in the received user messages to parse the received user messages, convert the parsed user messages into at least one control command to control a function of a second electronic device on a network that is determined to be logged-in to the cloud server based on user identification of the second electronic device received by the cloud server, and collect monitoring information of a status of the second electronic device based on the parsed user messages.
10. The cloud server of claim 9 , wherein the cloud server comprises a bot server that communicates with the messenger server and sends response messages in response to the user messages to the messenger server.
11. The cloud server of claim 10 , wherein the bot server receives the user messages from the messenger server, and parses the received user messages by separating texts included in the user messages received from the messenger server into words that correspond to tokens, and mapping the tokens to actions to generate the response messages corresponding to the received user messages.