Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110267633 | CACHING NETWORK SERVICE RESOURCES - An application service includes a device interface manager, an acquisition manager, and a job manager. The device interface is configured to receive, from a device, a print instruction defining a context. The acquisition manager is configured to use the context to acquire context compatible content. The job manager is configured to communicate a reference to a print service for accessing cached context compatible print data for the print instruction if the context compatible print data is available in a cache, and to otherwise communicate to the print service, context compatible print data for context compatible content acquired by the acquisition manager. | 11-03-2011 |
20120159584 | Device Association - Embodiments provide systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for enabling a client to associate with a device. In various embodiments, the device may transmit cryptographic data to a client. Based on and utilizing the cryptographic data, the client may associate with the device. | 06-21-2012 |
20120274976 | DISTRIBUTED PRINT PROCESSING - In one embodiment, receipt of a print job at a printer is recognized. If the printer has a set of capabilities needed to meet requirements of the job, local processing is performed, and printing of the job at the printer is caused. If the printer does not have the set, and the printer and a print service available to the printer via a network together have the set, the job is sent to the service for remote processing. After the remote processing, the job is received at the printer from the service. Printing of the job, at the printer and in accordance with the requirements, is caused. | 11-01-2012 |
20130010333 | DEVICE MESSAGING - An apparatus includes a messaging client and a server. The messaging client is configured to receive, utilizing a first protocol, a first communication, extract a request from the first communication, and send, utilizing a second protocol, the request to the server. The server is configured to receive the request, return, utilizing the second protocol, a response to the messaging client; and forward a job instruction included in the request, The messaging client is also configured to send, utilizing the first protocol, a second communication that includes the response to a source of the first communication | 01-10-2013 |
20130215469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCANNING - A scan request is received. In response, a command is sent to an image scanner to scan media. A scanned image of the media is received from the image scanner according to the command. | 08-22-2013 |
20140085663 | MOBILE DEVICE PRINTING THROUGH PRINT SERVICE PROVIDER - In an example implementation, a processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to retrieve a unique printer identification (ID) over a short-range wireless communication (e.g., NFC) between a mobile device and a public printer. The processor discovers a current geographic location of the mobile device from GPS technology on the mobile device. The processor then uploads the unique printer ID and the geographic location to a cloud-based print service provider. | 03-27-2014 |
20140204412 | Printer-Server Connections - A plurality of printing devices are connected to a cloud server via a persistent connection. The cloud server identifies at least one inactive printing device and provides the at least one inactive printing device with non-persistent connection information via the persistent connection. A polling message is received from the at least one inactive printing device via the non-persistent connection. The cloud server indicates when the at least one inactive printing device is to return to an active state. | 07-24-2014 |
20140240755 | Printer Event Subscription - A printing device is registered at a cloud server and a secure connection is established with the printing device. A subscription packet is sent to the printing device. The subscription packet specifics at least one event to be reported by the printing device. A notification that indicates an occurrence of the at least one event is received from the printing device. | 08-28-2014 |