Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jung Mo Yeon

Min Su Kim

Hyun-Woo Ock

Young Min Ko

Hwan Joon Choi

Seok Min Bae

Suk Tae Choi

Hyun Jin Oh

Byung Oh Park

Sung Bin Im

Lye Suk Lee

Hyun Joong Kim

Young Seon Kong

Seoung Soo Oak

A smart home service which is capable of providing an environment in which calling a control command for a device is available via a user terminal protocol to control between the device and a user terminal based on different type of protocol and a control method for the same. The smart home service server connecting at least one device operated based on a first protocol to at least one user terminal operated based on a second protocol, includes an application programming interface (API) controller configured to allow a control command for the at least one device to be called via the second protocol of the at least one user terminal; a filter configured to convert the called control command according to the first protocol; and a control command transmitter configured to transmit the control command converted according to the first protocol, to the at least one device.

Smart home service server and control method therefor

A server for image forming apparatuses which calculates charges reasonable to both a service manager and a user, and a control method thereof is provided. The server for image forming apparatuses includes a server input unit to receive charging criteria of image forming apparatuses and a charging criterion of a virtual image forming apparatus, a server communication unit to receive information regarding output amounts from the image forming apparatuses, and a server control unit to generate the virtual image forming apparatus and to calculate charges of the image forming apparatuses according to the charging criterion of the virtual image forming apparatus, when the output amounts of the image forming apparatuses are less than basic output amounts of the charging criteria of the image forming apparatuses, thereby being capable of calculating charges reasonable to both the service manager and the user.

Server for an image forming apparatuses which calculates charges according to printing usage amounts

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Jung Mo Yeon