CONTROLLING APPS PROVIDING SAME OR SIMILAR SERVICES IN AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUPPORTING MULTIPLE PLATFORMS

摘要

The present disclosure provides an image forming apparatus supporting multiple platforms including a communication device, a processor, a memory, and a user interface device. The processor may request a list of application, which may be used in the image forming apparatus, to an application server and receive the list from the application server. The processor may determine a first application to be controlled in the list. The processor may provide the same or similar service with service provided in the first application based on information of the first application and obtain information of a second application supported in a second platform different from the first platform. The processor may perform an operation controlling a state of the second application in the second platform based on an operation controlling a state of the first application in the first platform.