Mobile-printing desktop assistant
OwnerJeff M. Anderson, Jeremy Bunn +1inventors
InventorsJeff M. Anderson, Jeremy Bunn, David Hall
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Abstract
A method for printing content from a mobile-computing device comprises establishing a communication session with a print service, receiving a common driver from the print service, and initiating a print-job request from the mobile-computing device using the common driver.
Claims46
A method for managing printer device resources at a remote location, comprising:
- establishing a network connection at a remote location;
- identifying a print service accessible via the network connection;
- receiving a list of printing devices communicatively coupled to the print service and available to a mobile-computing device;
- and
- providing a dynamic user interface responsive to the list, the user interface comprising at least one user-selectable representation of a printing device proximally located to the mobile-computing device.
A method for printing content from a mobile-computing device, comprising:
- establishing a communication session with a print service;
- and
- initiating a print-job request using a common driver.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon an executable instruction set, the instruction set, when executed by a processor, directs the processor to perform a method comprising:
- sensing a change of connection status between a mobile-computing device and a wireless access device coupled to a local area network;
- establishing a communication session with a print service accessible via the local area network when the change of connection status indicates that the mobile-computing device has established a communication session with the wireless access device, wherein during the communication session the mobile-computing device receives a printer configuration from the print service;
- and
- modifying a printing device resource pool on the mobile-computing device in accordance with information in the mobile-computing device printer configuration.
A mobile-computing device, comprising:
- means for generating a change of connection status between a mobile-computing device and a wireless access device communicatively coupled to a print service;
- means for establishing a communication session with the print service when the change of connection status indicates that the mobile-computing device has established a connection with the wireless access device, wherein during the communication session the mobile-computing device receives configuration information from the print service;
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- means for modifying a printing device resource pool on the mobile-computing device in accordance with the configuration information.
A method for mobile printing, comprising:
- establishing a network connection;
- identifying a print service accessible via the network connection;
- receiving information from the print service;
- and
- providing a representation of the information.
A mobile-computing apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory coupled to the processor having stored therein a desktop assistant comprising a set of executable instructions comprising:
- a communication interface for communicatively coupling the apparatus to a print service;
- a configuration store for receiving information from the print service;
- and
- an operating system interface configured to modifying a printing device resource pool in accordance with the information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.