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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Alan Chris Berkema, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Jeff Morgan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pat Stoltz, San Diego, CA (US);
Todd Fischer, Boise, ID (US);
Alan Chris Berkema, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Jeff Morgan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pat Stoltz, San Diego, CA (US);
Todd Fischer, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A print service supports print by reference operations. Software hosted or accessible by a web site performs the required functions. A print client may be a print device, for example, that has an Internet connection. A print client might also be a portable wireless device, for example, which then might transfer data transcoded by the print service to a print device. The print service accepts a reference to print content, resolves the reference, obtains the print content, transcodes the print content into a print device ready format, and allows the print client access to the transcoded print data. The print service method realized by such a web site provides commercial potential for web services and content provider partnerships, as a preferred use of the print service might commence with a user of a portable wireless device obtaining a reference to print content while web surfing, communicating that content.