US 2016/0110145 A1Published application

Device Control System And A Control Method of The Device Control System

AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation

InventorsKazuhiro Takasu, Koichiro Tsutsumi, Shigeo Ikeda

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Abstract

A device control system has a terminal 3 with an application 31, and a printer 5 that controls a device. The terminal 3 sends a request written in XML generated by the application 31. The printer 5 receives the XML request, the terminal 3 sends an XML response, and if the terminal 3 requested control of the device in the XML request, controls the device.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A printer for a point-of-sale (POS) system, the printer comprising:

a connector configured to connect to a device responsive to device-control commands;
a communication interface configured to communicate with a terminal, to receive a markup language request from the terminal, and to send a markup language response to the terminal;
a controller configured to interpret the markup language request received from the terminal, and to control the device using appropriate device-control commands to execute the interpreted markup language request, the printer being further configured to encode any response from the device as a markup language response and to send the markup language response to the terminal;
wherein the device-control commands are not a markup language.

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Facts

Application: 14/984,029Filed 30 Dec 2015
Priority: 2 Jan 2013
Published: 21 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification27 codes

G06Q 20/209
Point-of-sale [POS] network systems: specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output
G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1205
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings,…
G06F 3/1207
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission

Family

Application61/748,232Us provisional application · filed 2 Jan 2013
Application14/140,301Continuation · filed 24 Dec 2013
Application14/984,029Continuation
US 2014/0185093 A1Published application
US 9,280,305 B2Related patent
US 9,495,121 B2Related patent
US 2016/0110145 A1This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

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Abstract

Facts

Application

14/984,029Filed 30 Dec 2015

Priority

2 Jan 2013

Published

21 Apr 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification27 codes

G06Q 20/209
Point-of-sale [POS] network systems: specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output
G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1205
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings,…
G06F 3/1207
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission

Family

Application61/748,232Us provisional application · filed 2 Jan 2013

Application14/140,301Continuation · filed 24 Dec 2013

Application14/984,029Continuation

US 2014/0185093 A1Published application

US 9,280,305 B2Related patent

US 9,495,121 B2Related patent

US 2016/0110145 A1This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.