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US 7,298,512 B2Granted
Printing device with embedded database connector
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsCurtis Reese, Joe Cooper
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Abstract
Data is input to a printing device such as a multifunction printer. The data is converted to text data if required. An embedded database driver in the printing device converts the data to a format that is compatible with the database.
Claims16
A method for a printing device to communicate with a database, the method comprising:
- entering data into the printing device by:
- scanning a document containing fields of data to create a document image;
- and
- converting the document image into converted text data;
- and
- transmitting the converted text data from the printing device to the database through a database driver resident in the printing device.
3 more elements
A method for a printing device to communicate with a database, the method comprising:
- entering data into the printing device;
- converting the data into a format that is accepted by the database with an Open Database Computing Driver that is resident in the printing device;
- and
- storing the converted data from the printing device to the database.
1 more element
A method for a printing device to communicate with a database, the method comprising:
- entering an image into the printing device;
- converting the image to predetermined fields of data;
- determining a destination database;
- converting each predetermined field of data into a format that is accepted by the database with an Open Database Computing Driver that is resident in the printing device;
- and
- storing the converted fields of data into the database.
3 more elements
A printing system comprising:
- a storage device comprising non-volatile memory that stores a database;
- and
- a printing device, coupled to the storage device, having an Open Database Computing Driver that is compatible with the database such that the embedded database driver converts data from the printing device into a format compatible with the database.
A printing device comprising:
- means for entering data into the printing device;
- means for converting the data into a format that is accepted by the database with an Open Database Computing Driver that is resident in the printing device;
- and
- means for storing the converted data from the printing device to the database.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.