System and method for service cloud offloading to multifunction peripherals
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKevin NGUYEN, Milong SABANDITH
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Abstract
A system and method for offloading service cloud tasks to multifunction peripherals includes a service cloud that transmits an application to a multifunction peripheral. The multifunction peripheral receives the application into memory and executes the application. The application performs a management task associated with the multifunction peripheral similarly to how the service cloud would perform the management task. Once the management task has been performed, the application transmits synchronization data with the service cloud. Offloading the management task to the multifunctional peripheral substantially reduces the computational load on the service cloud.
Claims20
A multifunction peripheral, comprising:
- a network interface configured to receive, from a service cloud, an application for performing a management task relating to the multifunction peripheral for the service cloud;
- a memory configured to store the application;
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- a processor configured to execute the application to perform the management task on the multifunction peripheral.
A method, comprising:
- receiving from a service cloud, by a network interface of a multifunction peripheral, an application for performing a management task relating to the multifunction peripheral for the service cloud;
- storing, in a memory, the application for performing the management task;
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- executing, by a processor of the multifunction peripheral, the application to perform the management task for the service cloud on the multifunction peripheral.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors configured to execute a plurality of management tasks relating to a plurality of multifunctional peripherals;
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- a network interface configured to transmit an application to at least one multifunction peripheral to offload at least one of the management tasks to the at least one multifunction peripheral.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.