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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Khaled Salah Sedky, Bothell, WA (US);
Amanda Giang-tien Nguyen, Bothell, WA (US);
Albert L. Ting, Bellevue, WA (US);
Khaled Salah Sedky, Bothell, WA (US);
Amanda Giang-Tien Nguyen, Bothell, WA (US);
Albert L. Ting, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for providing distributed seamless, fault tolerant and reliable solutions for imaging devices through creating virtual imaging servers and virtual connections to network imaging devices. This invention provides imaging job routing, job balancing, continuous service availability, simplified imaging device administration and the transparency of imaging device locations and name on a network by employing a hierarchical schema which defines and describes imaging devices, servers and imaging jobs.