The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2000
Applicants:
Daja Phillips, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gregory J. Wolff, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daja Phillips, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gregory J. Wolff, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ricoh Co., LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for interfacing a personal digital assistant (PDA) with a communications appliance is provided. The method comprising a communication station receiving semi-structured data from a personal digital assistant (PDA) in a format native to the PDA, and parsing the semi-structured data to identify a type of the semi-structured data. If the semi-structured data is destination data, sending a job to a destination indicated by the semi-structured data.