Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.

Nam Heo

Yong Kim

Sang Yup Lee

Kwang Sub Son

An image forming apparatus including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor is provided. The processor is to execute the instructions to perform processing for a login operation using a common account of a group of users to login a user of the group, obtain mapping information indicating a mapping of information related to the group in correspondence with the logged-in common account, and support a function of the image forming apparatus requested by the user of the group logged-in using the common account, based on the mapping information.

Supporting function of image forming apparatus according to common account login

An example image formation device includes a memory to store a program, and a controller to, by executing the program, perform pre-processing for an application to be installed, acquire information on an amount of resources necessary for execution of the application, acquire information on an amount of available resources, determine whether installation of the application is possible based on the information on the amount of resources necessary to execute the application and the information on the amount of available resources, and install the application in the memory when it is determined that the application is installable.

Method for installing application by image formation device, and image formation device using same method

A mobile terminal and a method of supporting an object change for the same are provided. The mobile terminal includes a display unit for outputting at least one object, and a control unit for controlling at least one of directly displaying, in response to a signal for changing the output object into a second object having a similar function but being of a different type than the output object, the second object on the display unit without a screen transition, and for outputting, in response to a signal for changing the output object into a second object having a similar function but being of a different type than the output object, a guide frame on the display unit so as to facilitate change of the output object without a screen transition.

Mobile terminal and object change support method for the same

A method and apparatus to manage a user account. The method includes: setting a plurality of authorization accounts defining usage right regarding functions of the device; mapping at least one of the plurality of authorization accounts to a user authentication account of the device, based on an input of a user; and executing an application installed in the device using a result of the mapping the authorization account and the user authentication account, without stopping running of an operation system of the device.

Method and apparatus to manage user account of device

An image forming apparatus including a communication interface unit to access an external device storing at least one security provider corresponding to user authentication, a user interface (UI) unit to select the security provider, a storage unit to receive the selected security provider from the external device and store the received security provider, a control unit to install the stored security provider in the image forming apparatus, select at least one application to apply the installed security provider, and set the installed security provider as a user authenticator for the at least one selected application.

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Seongnam-si, South Korea

Nam Heo