US 7,689,730 B2 · Data output system and data output method with data output monitoring

Abstract

The invention relates to a data output method and to a data output system comprising: a printing device; a database device in which corresponding reference data and/or control data are stored for a plurality of data output system users; a data output control device providing or compiling corresponding output data sets and delivering same to the printing device; and a device for monitoring the providing or compiling and/or the delivering of the output data sets to the printing device.

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Dependent claims

A data output system comprising:

a printing device;
a database device, in which reference data and control data are stored for a plurality of data output system users;
more than two series-connected computing devices that are configured to perform a series of continuous successive steps to stepwise compile, format, and further process output data sets associated with one single data output order from data stored in the database device, each of the series-connected computing devices performing different ones of the series of continuous successive steps, wherein each of the series-connected computing devices is adapted to store copies of the data sets generated by a respective series-connected computing device in an associated memory,
a data output control device configured to deliver the compiled and formatted and further processed output data sets to the printing device for printing of the compiled and formatted and further processed output data sets, and configured to delay the delivery of the compiled and formatted and further processed output data sets to the printing device depending on the reference data or control data, and;
a monitoring device for monitoring the progress of the process of performing the series of continuous successive steps to stepwise compile, format and further process the output data sets associated with the one single data output order in the series-connected computing devices by displaying the copies of the data sets stored in the memories associated with the series-connected computing devices at a display prior to the delayed delivery of the compiled and formatted and further processed output data sets to the printing device.

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A data output method, comprising using

a printing device,
a database device, in which reference data and control data are stored for a plurality of users,
more than two series-connected computing devices that are configured to perform a series of continuous successive steps to stepwise compile, format, and further process output data sets associated with one single data output order from data stored in the database device, each of the series-connected computing devices performing different ones of the series of continuous successive steps, wherein each of the series-connected computing devices is adapted to store copies of the data sets generated by a respective series-connected computing device in an associated memory, and
a data output control device configured to deliver the stepwise compiled, formatted, and further processed output data sets to the printing device for printing,
wherein the method comprises:
using the more than two series-connected computing devices to stepwise compile, format, and further process output data sets from data stored in the database device;
delivering the stepwise compiled, formatted, and further processed output data sets as a function of the reference data and the control data;
and
monitoring using a monitoring device the progress of the process of performing the series of continuous successive steps to stepwise compile, format, and further process the output data sets associated with the one single data output order in the series-connected computing devices,
wherein the data output control device is adapted to delay the delivery of the stepwise compiled and formatted and further processed output data sets to the printing device depending on the reference data or control data,
and wherein the monitoring device is adapted to display copies of the data sets stored in the memories associated with the series-connected computing devices at a display prior to the delayed delivery of the stepwise compiled and formatted and further processed output data sets to the printing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description5,668 words

Summary688 words

#This application claims priority from European Patent Application No. 04019708.9 filed on Aug. 19, 2004 and titled “Data Output System and Data Output Method with Data Output Monitoring”, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

#The invention generally relates to data output systems, in particular, to a data output system with a printing device, a database device, and a data output control device, and a data output method.

#Data output systems used in prior art (e.g. by banks, insurance companies, etc.) comprise, for instance, a printing device, a database device, and—as an interface between the printing device and the database device—an appropriate data output control device.

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#The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein and form part of the application, illustrate the present invention and, together with the description, further serve to explain the principles of the invention and to enable a person skilled in the pertinent art to make use of the invention.

#FIG. 1 illustrates a data output system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG. 2 is a flowchart for illustrating the method steps performed with a data output method according to an embodiment of the invention;

Detailed description4,840 words

#The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments thereof as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without some or all of these specific details. In other instances, well known processes and steps have not been described in detail in order not to unnecessarily obscure the present invention.

#In accordance with FIG. 1, a data output system 1 pursuant to an embodiment of the present invention comprises one or a plurality of printing devices 3, one or a plurality of database devices 7, and—as an interface between the printing device 3 and the database device 7—one or a plurality of data output control devices 2.

#The data output system 1 may—preferably—be used for outputting data accruing in a bank (or, for instance, an insurance company, etc.), or data generated by computers that are employed there.

Facts

Application

10/970,981Filed 25 Oct 2004

Priority

EP 0401970819 Aug 2004

Published

US 2006/0039013 A123 Feb 2006

Granted

30 Mar 2010

Term ended

15 Apr 2026

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 537 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification6 codes

G06F 3/1285
Specifically adapted to adopt a particular infrastructure: remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
G06F 3/121
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted
G06F 3/1234
Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels: errors handling and recovery, e.g. reprinting
G06F 3/1256
Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client: user feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks

Timeline

19 Aug 2004Priority claimedEP 04019708
25 Oct 2004Application filedUS 10/970,981
28 Jan 2005Assigned to Ubs AGassignment of assignor's interest
23 Feb 2006PublishedUS 2006/0039013 A1
30 Mar 2010GrantedUS 7,689,730 B2
10 Jul 2017Assigned to Ubs Business Solutions AGassignment of assignor's interest
15 Apr 2026Term endedEstimated, includes 537 days of adjustment

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