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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method of mobile printing using near field communication (NFC) includes checking a version of firmware installed in an image forming apparatus; determining whether the checked version of the firmware supports Wi-Fi Direct connection via automatic transmission of a personal identification number (PIN); updating the firmware installed in the image forming apparatus when the checked version of the firmware does not support Wi-Fi Direct connection via automatic transmission of a PIN; encrypting and storing a PIN in an NFC tag attached to the image forming apparatus; setting a Wi-Fi Direct connection by receiving the stored PIN and automatically transmitting the PIN to the image forming apparatus by the mobile device when the mobile device is NFC-tagged to the image forming apparatus; and performing mobile printing via the Wi-Fi Direct connection.