Method and apparatus for processing document requests at a printer server
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorGregory J. Wolff
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a system is disclosed that includes a network, a server and a browser client coupled to the network. The browser client is operable to receive server documents from the server via the network. The system also includes a printer coupled to the network. The printer is operable to retrieve server documents to be printed from the server upon receiving a command from the browser client. In another embodiment, the browser is a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) coupled to the network. The PDA is operable to receive server documents from the server via the network. In this embodiment, the printer is adaptable to retrieve server documents to be printed from the server upon receiving a command from the PDA.
Claims57
A image forming apparatus coupled to and for use with a network, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a image forming server to receive requests from one or more browser clients over the network, to retrieve one or more network documents from a network server over the network, and to transmit the one or more documents to the one or more browser clients over the network.
A system comprising:
- a network;
- a server coupled to the network;
- a browser client coupled to the network;
- and
- a printer coupled to the network, wherein the retrieves documents to be printed from the server upon receiving a request from the browser client and transmits the retrieved documents to the browser client to be viewed prior to printing the documents.
The system of 19 claim wherein the printer server comprises a template for rendering the second server document based on the content of the second server document.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a request at printer a from a browser client to retrieve a first document from a network server over a network;
- retrieving the first document from the network server over the network;
- transmitting the first document to the browser client for viewing;
- and
- printing the first document at the printer.
A method, comprising:
- transmitting a first request from a personal digital assistant (PDA) to a network server over a network to transmit a first document to the PDA;
- transmitting the first document to the PDA in response to the first request;
- transmitting a second request from the PDA to a printer over the network to retrieve a second document from the server;
- retrieving the second document at the in response to the second request;
- transmitting the second document from the to the PDA to be viewed;
- and
- printing the second document at the printer.
A peripheral coupled to a network, the peripheral comprising:
- a server, directly in response to a request received from a remote client over the network, to retrieve one or more first documents from a network server over the network and to transform the one or more first documents to a second document having a format specified by the remote client based on the request.
A method for operating a peripheral, the method comprising:
- retrieving, at the peripheral, one or more first documents from a network server over a network in response to a request received from a remote client over the network;
- and
- automatically transforming, at the peripheral, the one or more first documents to a second document having a format specified by the remote client based on the request.
A peripheral coupled to a network, the peripheral comprising:
- a software agent executed by a processor within the peripheral,
- wherein the software agent, directly in response to a request received from a remote client over the network, retrieves one or more first documents from a network server over the network and transforms the one or more first documents to a second document having a format specified by the remote client based on the request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.