Providing printable content
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSupriya Pillutla, Kumaravel Ganesan, Palanikumar Thangapandian, Jojee Thomas Chackalackal
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a registry of network-connected printers that are members of a social print group is maintained at a computer system. Content is obtained. A first request is received from a first printer that is a member of the group. The first request is a request to share the content with a second printer that is a member of the group. A communication that the content is accessible at the second printer is sent. A second request is received from the second printer. The second request is a request to provide the content to the second printer. Content is provided to the second printer.
Claims20
A method to provide printable content, comprising:
- maintaining at a computer system a registry of network-connected printers that are members of a social print group;
- obtaining content;
- receiving from a first printer that is a member of the group a first request to share the content with a second printer that is a member of the group;
- sending a communication that the content is accessible at the second printer;
- receiving from the second printer a second request to provide the content to the second printer;
- providing the content to the second printer.
A system to provide printable content, comprising:
- a registry module, configured to maintain at a computer system a registry of network-connected printers that are members of a social print group;
- a content obtainer module, configured to obtain content;
- a share request module, configured to receive from a first printer that is a member of the group a first request to share the content with a second printer that is a member of the group;
- a communication module, configured to send a communication that the content is accessible at the second printer;
- a provision request module, configured to receive from the second printer a second request to provide the content to the second printer;
- a provision module, configured to provide the content to the second printer.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions for providing printable content at a network-connected printer, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to:
- maintain at a computer system a registry of internet-connected printers that are members of a social print group;
- obtain content;
- receive from a first printer that is a member of the group, via the internet, a first request to share the content with a second printer that is a member of the group;
- send to the second printer, via the internet, a communication that the content is accessible at the second printer;
- receive from the second printer, via the internet, a second request to provide the content to the second printer;
- provide the content to the second printer, via the internet, in page description language format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.