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Patent No.:

US 10032096 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2016

Terminal and method to access an intelligent module adapted to connect to a printer, and to access a web server in which a web application is maintained

Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hideo Nakamura, Nagano-ken, JP;

Assignee:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Foley & Lardner LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mohammad Ghayour

Assistant Examiner:

Pawandeep Dhingra

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 1/405 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/1836 (2013.01); G06F 3/1207 (2013.01); G06F 3/1228 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/1231 (2013.01); G06F 3/1237 (2013.01); G06F 3/1246 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01); G06F 3/1289 (2013.01); G06F 3/1295 (2013.01); G06F 3/1298 (2013.01); G06F 9/54 (2013.01); G06K 15/1805 (2013.01); G06K 15/1807 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04N 1/001 (2013.01); H04N 1/00103 (2013.01); H04N 1/00464 (2013.01); H04N 1/405 (2013.01); G06F 9/45512 (2013.01);
Abstract

A terminal uses a web application to control a printer on a network. The web application includes an API that permits the terminal to send instruction and inquiries to the printer over the network. The terminal submits, to the API, the printer's IP address and instructions for defining a print document or printer commands. The API then sends the print document or printer commands to the printer in accordance with the IP address. In this manner, the terminal can request status updates without sending a print job to the printer. The terminal sets the printer's ID address, identifies a type of status event inquiry, and submits the inquiry to receive the printer's current status related to the identified status event. To submit a print job, the terminal creates a print document using the API, sets the printer's ID address, and sends the print document as a print job to be printed.

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