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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2010
Applicants:

Joseph M. Beninato, Mountain View, CA (US);

Martin Mazner, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Heidi Kay Carson, Cupertino, CA (US);

David A. Chavez, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Joseph M. Beninato, Mountain View, CA (US);

Martin Mazner, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Heidi Kay Carson, Cupertino, CA (US);

David A. Chavez, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Presto Services Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 33/04 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/195 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1238 (2013.01); G06F 3/1222 (2013.01); H04L 12/5835 (2013.01); H04L 51/066 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/1296 (2013.01); H04L 12/585 (2013.01); H04L 63/166 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

Communication systems and methods for enhancing communications between users featuring a central service which formats messages into a printer-friendly format. The format of the delivered message is based on preference settings established by the recipient or an authorized agent of the recipient. The messages are delivered to a device, such as a printer. Messages can be sent to the service in any format and can include text, photographs, URLs, and/or a variety of file types. The messages are then parsed by the service and formatted for delivery to the device.


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