Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Shane R Konsella

Curtis Reese

Kwesi E Abraham

Steven C Johnson

Cooper G Urie

Arti Shukla

Jessop Dennis

Michael L Rishel

Timothy P Blair

Kurt Robert Bengtson

Elliot Lee Klosterman

Keith E Moore

Mark Q Shaw

Chris Richard Gunning

Laurent Pizot

Randall Edward Grohs

Brett A Green

George Henry Kerby

Shivaun Albright

Terrence M Shannon

Daniel Travis Lay

Charles J Gazdik

Mark A Fahrenkrug

Michael S De Laurentis

Todd J Harris

Janine Louise Helms

David Hatton

Kevin Pearson

Ajay Sharma

Jeremy Barlow

Michael Hudson

Myung Han Yoo

Andrey Stepanov

Jorge Miguel Del Hierro

Patrick O'Donnell

Matthew Tollestrup

Nolan Glen Rosenbaum

A data collector agent (DCA) connector component running on a cloud computing network signals to a device interfacing platform component that a work request is ready. The device interfacing platform component runs on the cloud computing network and interfaces a device located outside the cloud computing network to the cloud computing network. The work request is for the DCA connector component to perform in conjunction with the device. The DCA connector component establishes a communication session with the device via the device interfacing platform component as initiated by the device. The DCA connector component performs the work request in conjunction with the device by tunneling to the device through the established communication session.

Device data collector agent component on cloud computing network

A method for an application management service is provided. In the method, a request for a list of available applications is received and a list of available applications is generated based on a whitelist. The list of available applications is transmitted and a selection of an available application is received. A package file corresponding to the selected application is generated and the package file and an installation file corresponding to the selected application are transmitted.

Application management service including package file

A user device constructs a custom color table for an imaging device and transmits the custom color table to a computing device. The computing device digitally signs the custom color table constructed at the user device. The digitally signed custom color table is deployed to the imaging device. The imaging device processes an image using the using the digitally signed custom color table.

Deployment of digitally signed custom color table to imaging device

Aspects of the invention relate to hard imaging devices, hard imaging systems, articles of manufacture, hard imaging device electronic mail processing methods. A hard imaging device includes a communications interface configured to communicate with a communications medium and a communications device, the communications device and the communications medium are communicatively coupled with one another and located external of the hard imaging device, an image engine configured to form hard images using media, processing circuitry configured to control the image engine to form hard images and to communicate with the communication device and an external computer device, and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to track electronic mail communication comprising electronic information received within the hard imaging device and invoke an operation of the hard imaging device.

Hard imaging devices, hard imaging systems, articles of manufacture, hard imaging device electronic mail processing methods

An accessory device is directly connected in a non-networked manner to an electronic device. The accessory device is to be used by a web application running on a computing device connected to the electronic device over a network. The accessory device has a shared context or an owned context. The shared context specifies that usage of the accessory device is shared among the web application and one or more other web applications. The owned context specifies that the usage of the accessory device is exclusive to the web application and not to any other web application.

Web application usage of accessory device directly connected to electronic device in non-networked manner

Hard imaging devices, hard imaging systems, articles of manufacture, hard imaging device file system accessing methods, hard imaging device file system sharing methods are described. According to one aspect, a hard imaging device comprises a communications interface configured to communicate with a communications medium external of the hard imaging device, an image engine configured to form hard images using media, a file system configured to store a plurality of electronic files, processing circuitry having a server system configured to communicate with the file system and at least an external management device or a computer device, and wherein communication with at least the external management device or the computer device is performed using a web sharing protocol.

Hard imaging devices, and hard imaging device file system accessing and sharing method

Various systems, methods, and computer programs are provided for remotely monitoring a printer status. In monitoring the printer status, one selects a printer status object from among a list of selectable printer status objects in a remote client in data communication with a printer. Thereafter, an email is generated in the remote client and a status request is written into the email in a printer management language native to the printer. The status request requests a current status of the printer status object in the printer. The email is transmitted to the printer through any firewalls. The printer generates a reply email that provides the desired status information and transmits the reply email to the requester.

Remote printer management via email

A method of controlling usage of fonts stored in a printer includes detecting a request for use of a first one of the fonts by a print job. Printer identification information contained in the first font is compared to a printer identifier stored in the printer. Usage of the first font by the printer is controlled based on the comparison.

Controlling font usage based on printer identification information

An operating system font is created from a printer metrics file. The printer metrics file includes at least one set of font metrics. Each set of font metrics represents one font. The printer metrics file is opened and the font metrics are read. A system font is created from each set of font metrics. The system font is created by applying the font metrics to a font template. The font template with the applied font metrics is saved as a system font. The system font is then installed and registered with the operating system. A name of the operating system font is recorded with a printer driver associated with the printer metrics file.

Creating operating system fonts from printer font metrics

One embodiment of the invention is directed to a data processing system that includes an electrical detection circuit to determine whether the electrical power is going from 'on' to 'off,' or changing from &#x201c;off&#x201d; to &#x201c;on;&#x201d; a peripheral device, including a processor to calculate the amount of electrical energy required for the peripheral device to perform a task; a task queue for the peripheral device that can be read to find a task if the electrical power is going from &#x201c;on&#x201d; to &#x201c;off;&#x201d; and a non-volatile memory, including a task queue to store data describing the task if insufficient electrical energy remains available to the peripheral device to complete the task.

Apparatus and method to handle power supply failures for a peripheral device

An Internet print device font distribution method and web site. Font users are visitors to a web site that allows browsing and obtaining of fonts, either individually or in groups. Preferably, purchases are made through the web site, but the method may allow installation of fonts through the web site as a result of other authorizations, e.g., an electronic coupon for visitors or a tie-in to other products, services, and web sites. Web site functions include operating system compatibility matching. The web site obtains configuration information to insure compatibility of a font to a visitor's configuration. Software on the web site downloads, installs and configures fonts on the visitor's print device.

Internet print device font distribution method and web site

A system and method is provided for storing public and secure font data in a font file. The system and method include public glyph data stored in the font file. Secure glyph data is also provided that corresponds to the public glyph data and the secure glyph data is stored in the font file in an encrypted form. A security logic module is included and configured to allow the secure glyph data to be used when a decryption key is provided by a user to decrypt the secure glyph data.

System and method for storing public and secure font data in a font file

One embodiment of the invention is directed to a data processing system that includes an electrical detection circuit to determine whether the electrical power is going from &ldquo;on&rdquo; to &ldquo;off,&rdquo; or changing from &ldquo;off&rdquo; to &ldquo;on;&rdquo; a peripheral device, including a processor to calculate the amount of electrical energy required for the peripheral device to perform a task; a task queue for the peripheral device that can be read to find a task if the electrical power is going from &ldquo;on&rdquo; to &ldquo;off;&rdquo; and a non-volatile memory, including a task queue to store data describing the task if insufficient electrical energy remains available to the peripheral device to complete the task.

A method and a system are used to manage fonts in print jobs with more than one context where at least some of the contexts include text strings. Print jobs may be divided into portions, called contexts, so that they are easier for a print manager to manage. These larger contexts are called graphic sets. Each of these graphic sets is sent to the printer driver consecutively. Each text string has a font associated with it. The font data for each text string is read from the operating system and cached into memory at the time each string is received by the printer driver. After all individual text strings elements of a given graphic set have been received by the printer driver, the context is stored and the cached fonts are stored with the context. After all of the contexts of the print job have been received by the printer and stored, each context is restored and rendered. The graphics sets may be restored in any order. The fonts stored with a context are also restored when the context is restored.

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Boise, ID, United States of America

Shane R Konsella