Image forming apparatus supporting peer-to-peer connection and method of managing address book thereof

摘要

A method of managing an address book of an image forming apparatus that supports a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection includes connecting the image forming apparatus to an external wireless device in the P2P connection method through a wireless local area network (WLAN); operating a soft access point (AP) module of the image forming apparatus so that the image forming apparatus operates as an AP; allocating an internet protocol (IP) address to the wireless device by driving a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server unit (DHCP server) of the image forming apparatus; and registering the wireless device connected to the image forming apparatus in the address book, which stores wireless devices that are connectable to the image forming apparatus, with the allocated IP address.

主权项

1. A method of managing an address book of an image forming apparatus that supports a peer to peer (P2P) connection, the method comprising:
connecting the image forming apparatus to an external wireless device in a P2P connection method through a wireless local area network (WLAN); operating a soft access point (AP) module of the image forming apparatus so that the image forming apparatus operates as an AP; allocating an internet protocol (IP) address to the wireless device by driving a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server module of the image forming apparatus; and registering the wireless device connected to the image forming apparatus in the address book, which stores information about wireless devices that are connectable to the image forming apparatus, along with the allocated IP address, wherein the address book provides a list of wireless devices to a user and if the user selects a wireless device in the address book, the image forming apparatus transmits data to the selected wireless device.