Dynamic Popup Timeout for Image Forming Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
In a BYOD environment, existing technologies lack efficient methods for controlling image forming apparatuses from user terminals, particularly in managing popup windows and ensuring user convenience through appropriate timeouts based on connection status.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for controlling an image forming apparatus using a user terminal, which involves displaying popup windows and applying different timeouts based on whether the user terminal is connected to the apparatus, with a longer timeout applied when connected to enhance user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a fixed timeout is applied to popup windows in BYOD environment, then system responsiveness is maintained, but user convenience deteriorates when user terminal is connected
Solution Approach 1:
The timeout value is made dynamic rather than fixed. The system automatically adjusts the timeout duration based on whether a user terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus. When connected, a longer timeout is applied to accommodate user interaction, while a shorter timeout is used when no terminal is connected to maintain system responsiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The timeout parameter is changed based on connection status. The system detects whether a user terminal is connected and modifies the timeout parameter accordingly - extending it when connected to improve user convenience, and reducing it when disconnected to prevent excessive time loss.
2Ease of operation
If popup window timeout is extended for connected user terminals, then user interaction capability is improved, but system efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Different timeout qualities are applied to different operational contexts. The system applies a longer timeout quality when a user terminal is connected (improving interaction capability) and a shorter timeout quality when no terminal is connected (maintaining system efficiency). This localized differentiation resolves the contradiction by making the timeout property context-dependent.
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AI summary
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus using a user terminal includes displaying a popup window corresponding to an event generated in the image forming apparatus, determining whether at least one user terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus, and applying a previously set timeout to the popup window according to the connection of the user terminal.