Service attribute based filtering system and method
OwnerMichael Strittmatter, Leo Robert Blume +2inventors
InventorsMichael Strittmatter, Leo Robert Blume, Phillip A. McCoog, Rabindra Pathak
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a system includes a search logic for a mobile device. The search logic is configured to perform a discovery process that causes a radio frequency transceiver to discover electronic devices having a compatible radio frequency transceiver. The search logic is configured to execute asynchronously with one or more different processes. A display logic is configured to display a device identifier for each of the electronic devices that are discovered.
Claims30
An image forming device comprising:
- an image forming mechanism for forming an image in accordance with an imaging request;
- a radio frequency transceiver;
- and
- service identification logic configured to transmit a set of service attributes via the radio frequency transceiver in response to a wireless inquiry from a requesting device, the set of service attributes including data representing imaging capabilities of the image forming mechanism.
An article of manufacture embodied in a computer-readable medium for determining a relevance for an image forming device for processing a wireless imaging request, the article of manufacture comprising:
- first processor executable instructions for causing a processor to compare service attributes received from one or more image forming devices to one or more desired service attributes associated with a wireless imaging request, the service attributes including data indicating imaging capabilities;
- second processor executable instructions for causing a processor to determine which of the one or more image forming devices are relevant for processing the wireless imaging request based on the comparison, and
- third processor executable instructions for causing a processor to generate a list of the one or more image forming devices based on relevance.
A mobile device configured for wireless communication of an imaging request, the mobile device comprising:
- one or more desired service attributes associated to the imaging request;
- a filtering logic configured to compare the one or more desired service attributes with service attributes received from one or more imaging devices discovered during a wireless search;
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- the filtering logic configured to order the one or more imaging devices based on which of the imaging devices are capable of processing the imaging request in accordance with the one or more desired service attributes.
A method of determining relevant image forming devices to process an imaging request, the method comprising the steps of:
- performing a search to discover wireless enabled devices;
- identifying image forming devices from the discovered wireless enabled devices;
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- determining a relevance for each of the identified image forming devices based on imaging capabilities of each of the image forming devices in relation to one or more desired capabilities associated to the imaging request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.