US 2021/0097358 A1 · SMART PAGE DECODING SYSTEM INCLUDING LINEARIZATION FOR VIEWING AND PRINTING

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for decoding data streams are provided. A computing device can receive a decoder-input data stream encoded in a decoder-input format. The decoder-input data stream can include one or more pages of content. The decoder-input data stream can be initiated by an identifier identifying the decoder-input format (which may be the same as an encoder-output format) and a lookup table. The lookup table can reference objects within the decoder-input data stream and can specify locations of each of the one or more pages within the decoder-input data stream. The computing device can generate an output based on the decoder-input data stream.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, a decoder-input data stream encoded in a decoder-input format, the decoder-input data stream comprising one or more pages of content, the decoder-input data stream being initiated by an identifier identifying the decoder-input format and a lookup table, wherein the lookup table references objects within the decoder-input data stream and specifies locations of each of the one or more pages within the decoder-input data stream;
and
generating an output of the computing device based on the decoder-input data stream.

An article of manufacture comprising non-transitory data storage storing at least computer-readable instructions that comprise instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform tasks comprising:

receiving a decoder-input data stream encoded in a decoder-input format, the decoder-input data stream comprising one or more pages of content, the decoder-input data stream being initiated by an identifier identifying the decoder-input format and a lookup table, wherein the lookup table references objects within the decoder-input data stream and specifies locations of each of the one or more pages within the decoder-input data stream;
and
generating an output based on the decoder-input data stream.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/588,530Filed 30 Sep 2019

Published

1 Apr 2021

Term ends

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Classification11 codes

G06K 15/184
Rasterization: from compressed bitmap data
G06F 3/1206
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
G06F 3/1208
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours,…
G06F 3/1248
Job translation or job parsing, e.g. page banding: by printer language recognition, e.g. PDL, PCL, PDF

Smart page decoding system including linearization for viewing and printing

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Smart page decoding system including linearization for viewing and printing

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Abstract

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