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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2004
Craig I. Mcluckie, Redmond, WA (US);
Feng Yue, Sammamish, WA (US);
Harvinder P Singh, Redmond, WA (US);
Khaled S. Sedky, Sammamish, WA (US);
Michael Stokes, Eagle, ID (US);
Oliver H. Foehr, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Craig I. McLuckie, Redmond, WA (US);
Feng Yue, Sammamish, WA (US);
Harvinder P Singh, Redmond, WA (US);
Khaled S. Sedky, Sammamish, WA (US);
Michael Stokes, Eagle, ID (US);
Oliver H. Foehr, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In a described implementation, a production device, such as a computer, produces a shared resources container that includes shareable resources. Each resource of the shared resources container includes a part name and corresponding data. The production device downloads the shared resources container to a utilization device. The production device also formulates a job container, such as a print job. The production device analyzes resource usage of the job container during processing thereof. If a resource relevant to the job container is included in the shared resources container, the resource is excluded from the job container in lieu of a resource reference that is insert therefor. The production device also downloads the job container to the utilization device. At the utilization device, the job container is processed using the resource reference. Specifically, the resource reference is used to retrieve the associated resource from the shared resources container.