US 2011/0299125 A1 · ASSOCIATION OF A PORTABLE SCANNER WITH INPUT/OUTPUT AND STORAGE DEVICES

Abstract

A device identifier is scanned with a portable scanner and communicated to a service provider. The service provider associates the device with the portable scanner. Information is scanned from a printed source and communicated to the service provider and subsequent information is received in response at a device identified by the device identifier. In some embodiments, a communication session identifier is scanned with a portable scanner and communicated to the service provider rather than (or in cooperation with) the device identifier.

Claims21

Dependent claims

1-16. (canceled)

A method comprising:

a computing device receiving, from a portable scanning device, an association request for the portable scanning device to be associated with a candidate output device;
in response to receiving the association request, the computing device determining a physical location of the portable scanning device;
based on at least the physical location of the portable scanning device, the computing device selecting an output device that can produce output based on actions of the portable scanning device;
and
after selecting the output device, the computing device forming an association between the portable scanning device and the output device, wherein the association between the portable scanning device and the output device facilitates the output device performing output on behalf of the portable scanning device.

2 more elements

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receive, from a portable scanning device, an association request for the portable scanning device to be associated with a candidate output device;
in response to receiving the association request, determine a physical location of the portable scanning device;
based on at least the physical location of the portable scanning device, select an output device that can produce output based on actions of the portable scanning device;
and
after selecting the output device, form an association between the portable scanning device and the output device, wherein the association between the portable scanning device and the output device facilitates the output device performing output on behalf of the portable scanning device.

2 more elements

A computing system comprising:

a server device configured to (i) receive, from a portable scanning device, an association request for the portable scanning device to be associated with a candidate output device, (ii) in response to receiving the association request, determine a physical location of the portable scanning device, (iii) based on at least the physical location of the portable scanning device, select an output device that can produce output based on actions of the portable scanning device, and (iv) after selecting the output device, associate the portable scanning device and the output device, wherein the association between the portable scanning device and the output device facilitates the output device performing output on behalf of the portable scanning device, and wherein the association between the portable scanning device and the output device is stored in a database;
and
a content device configured to (i) receive, from the portable scanning device, a content request for multimedia content, and (ii) in response to receiving the content request for multimedia content, access the database to determine that the output device is associated with the portable scanning device, and (iii) based on the association between the portable scanning device and the output device, transmit the requested multimedia content to the output device.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/195,193Filed 1 Aug 2011

Priority

3 Dec 2004

Published

8 Dec 2011

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

H04N 1/32149
Embedded in the image data, i.e. enclosed or integrated in the image, e.g. watermark, super-imposed logo or stamp: methods relating to embedding,…
G06F 3/1293
Digital output to print unit , e.g. line printer, chain printer: printer information exchange with computer
H04N 1/00244
With a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server: with a server, e.g. an internet server
H04N 1/00326
Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture…:…

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