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Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009

Filed:

Jul. 13, 2005
Applicants:

Daniel Emerson, Redmond, WA (US);

Adrian Maxa, Kirkland, WA (US);

Khaled Sedky, Sammamish, WA (US);

Oliver Foehr, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Emerson, Redmond, WA (US);

Adrian Maxa, Kirkland, WA (US);

Khaled Sedky, Sammamish, WA (US);

Oliver Foehr, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Conversion of spool files to a PDL within a pipeline of modular filters. A spooler is adapted to receive content to be rendered on a destination device, and one or more filters are adapted to render the content on the destination device. In other embodiments, the filters are arranged in a pipeline configuration to execute a variety of functions in connection with rendering the content on the destination device. The filters can convert content in a spool file format into corresponding PDL representations, and vice versa.


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