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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:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Xu Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael Gormish, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xu Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael Gormish, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); G06F 3/1254 (2013.01); G06F 3/1255 (2013.01); G06F 3/1258 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a print driver to control document and workflow transfer are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request to print an electronic document. The method may also comprise capturing workflow configuration data with a workflow print driver. In one embodiment, the method further comprises deploying the electronic document into a workflow based on the workflow configuration data.