Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc.

Leland Stanford Junior University

Philip Wu

Daniel Barber

Toshiro Fujimori

David Asao

Michael Genesereth

Roland Vogl

Frances Lee

A method and related apparatus for managing files for producing a compilation of works, including the step of obtaining a complete file of a work to be compiled in the compilation of works, selecting a portion of the complete file as a separate excerpt file to be compiled in the compilation of works, and independently managing the complete file and the excerpt file for producing the compilation of works.

Method and related apparatus for generating online and printing on-demand compilation of works with excerpts handling features

A method and related computer program product for customizing price-related options for printing a compilation of works, including the steps of: compiling the compilation of works; setting different options for customers to print the compilation of works with different prices; and allowing a customer to change one or more of the options to print the compilation of works with a price based on the customer's needs and budget.

Method and related apparatus for generating online and printing on-demand compilation of works with customer selectable printing options

A method and system for managing print job through a process carried out by an online web-store server. The process includes the steps of receiving a print job order by a web-store server, and checking a remote cache via a network to determine whether a PDF file is stored therein. If the matching PDF file does not exist, then the server generates a new PDF file containing the sequence of articles and transmits the new PDF file to the print server, and saves the new PDF file in the remote cache. If the matching PDF exists, then the stored PDF is retrieved from the remote cache, and the print server uses the retrieved PDF file to print the print job without the web-store server creating the new PDF file or transmitting the new PDF file to the print server.

Method and system for managing print on demand jobs with remote cache

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Seal Beach, CA, United States of America

Philip Wu