Printing device proximity beacon identifications
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
InventorsMarcio Riveiro, Carlos Leao
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Abstract
Example implementations relate to connection identification. For example, a system for connection identification may include determining that a source of a received first beacon is within a proximity of a user device, comparing a portion of the received first beacon to a portion of a received second beacon associated with a printing device, confirming that the source of the received first beacon is the printing device based on the comparison, and identifying a connection between the printing device and the user device.
Claims15
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- instructions executable by the processor to:
- identify a source of a received first beacon, of a plurality of received first beacons from a plurality of sources, that is within a proximity of a user device;
- identify a printing device of a plurality of printing devices that is the source of the received first beacon by a comparison of a portion of the received first beacon to a portion of a received second beacon received from the printing device;
- identify a connection between the printing device and the user device;
- and
- display, with the user device, an updated available printer list including the identified printing device prioritized over another printing device of the plurality of printing devices based on an identification of the printing device as the source of the received first beacon within the proximity of the user device and the identification of the connection.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
- identify a source of a received first beacon, of a plurality of received first beacons from a plurality of sources, that is within a proximity of a user device;
- identify a printing device of a plurality of printing devices that is the source of the received first beacon by a comparison of a portion of the received first beacon to a portion of a received second beacon received from the printing device;
- identify a connection between the printing device and the user device responsive to a confirmation;
- display, with the user device, an available printer list including the identified printing device prioritized over another printing device of the plurality of printing devices based on an identification of the printing device as the source of the received first beacon within the proximity of the user device and the identification of the connection;
- and
- send a print job to the printing device responsive to a selection of the printing device from the available printer list received from the user device.
A method comprising,
- receiving a plurality of first beacons from a plurality of sources;
- identifying a source of a received first beacon of a plurality of received first beacons, is within a proximity of a mobile user device;
- identifying a printing device of a plurality of printing devices that is the source of the received first beacon by a comparison of a portion of the received first beacon to a portion of a received second beacon received from the printing device;
- comparing a network of the printing device to a network of the mobile user device responsive to a confirmation;
- identifying whether an existing connection between the printing device and the mobile user device based on the comparison of the network of the printing device and the network of the mobile user device;
- establishing an alternate connection between the printing device and the mobile user device;
- and
- updating an available printer list to include the printing device responsive to a determination that the printing device is available to receive a print job from the mobile user device utilizing the alternate connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.