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:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2002
Tatsuo Matoba, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tamaki Kamata, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a condition that a printing device cannot be used, print can be requested to other print managing device. A center serverincludes a print server information storage devicefor registering vacant status of printing devices managed by a plurality of print servers, and each print serverincludes external print request meansfor requesting print of print order data to other print server, status registration meansfor registering vacant status information of the printing device managed by the server itself in the print server information storage device, and external print request candidate reference meansfor automatically selecting other print serverto which the print of the print order data is requested on the basis of the vacant status information of the printing devices managed by other print serversregistered in the print server information storage device