Intellectual Ventures I LLC

Other

Zink Imaging, Inc.

Senshin Capital, LLC

Thomas J LeBlanc

Alan L Moyer

Leonid Winestein

In order to enable downloading to a mobile printer data items from a server, a method comprising the steps of establishing communication connection end points ('sockets'), communicating with the server, where the communication includes sending a request for authentication to the server, receiving an authentication response, requesting print data portions from the server, receiving the requested print data portions, and notifying the server after each print data portion has been printed. The method also includes the step of terminating their communication connection when a printing session ends or if an error occurs. The method constitutes a printer-server protocol.

Method and system for communicating between a remote printer and a server

A parametric programmable thermal printer is disclosed. The printer may include a controller that performs functions such as thermal history control and common mode voltage correction. The controller may be implemented in an integrated programmable medium such as a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). Functions performed by the controller may be parameterized, and parameter values may be stored in registers. The controller may be used with a different thermal printer by changing the parameter values and/or reprogramming the programmable medium, and without otherwise redesigning or remanufacturing the controller.

Parametric programmable thermal printer

In order to enable downloading to a mobile printer data items from a server, a method is disclosed comprising the steps of establishing communication connection end points ('sockets'), communicating with the server, where the communication includes sending a request for authentication to the server, receiving an authentication response, requesting print data portions from the server, receiving the requested print data portions, and notifying the server after each print data portion has been printed. The method also includes the step of terminating their communication connection when a printing session ends or if an error occurs. The method constitutes a printer-server protocol.

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Canton, MA, United States of America

Thomas J LeBlanc