Remote wireless printer system
AssigneeCopart, Inc.
InventorsWilliam An, Casey Sudduth, Dustin Parkinson, Merrylle Martinez, Victor Tang
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Abstract
A self-contained printing system includes a housing defining an interior for containing self-contained printing system components. A printer located within the housing prints documents responsive to print commands. Wireless communications circuitry enables receipt of the print commands from an external device located outside of the housing via a wireless communications link and communications with at least one remote server via the wireless communications link.
Claims20
A self-contained printing system, comprising:
- a housing defining an interior for containing self-contained printing system components;
- a printer located within the housing for printing documents responsive to print commands;
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- wireless communications circuitry for enabling receipt of the print commands from an external device located outside of the housing via a wireless communications link and communications with at least one remote server via the wireless communications link.
A self-contained printing system, comprising:
- electrical management circuitry configured to control charging and powering the self-contained printing system;
- connectivity management circuitry configured to control wireless network connectivity and connection management from external devices to the self-contained printing system;
- print management circuitry configured to provide document printing and print management for the self-contained printing system;
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- a weatherproof housing defining an interior for containing the electrical management circuitry, the connectivity management circuitry and the print management circuitry.
A self-contained printing system, comprising:
- a housing defining an interior for containing self-contained printing system components;
- a printer located within the housing for printing documents responsive to print commands;
- a charging system for charging a battery located within the housing responsive a charging signal;
- wireless communications circuitry for enabling receipt of the print commands from an external device located outside of the housing via a wireless communications link and communications with at least one remote server via the wireless communications link;
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- a system processor for monitoring wireless communications link and generating status messages responsive thereto, wherein the system processor periodically pings the at least one remote server and monitors for a response therefrom to confirm a connection with the at least one remote server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.