Methods and systems to provide proxy scan services to legacy devices

A system comprising:

• a computing device operable to execute a proxy scan service for implementing legacy scanners within a Distributed Scan Management (DSM) environment, wherein the proxy scan service is adapted to be communicatively coupled with a DSM service, and wherein the DSM service is operable to recognize a first format message comprising one of a Distributed Scan Processing (DSP) format message of the DSM environment and a Distributed Scan Device (DSD) format message of the DSM environment;
• and
• wherein the proxy scan service is operable to intercept information transmitted between the DSM service and a legacy scanner, wherein the legacy scanner is operable to recognize a second format message that is non-compliant with at least one of the DSP format message of the DSM environment and the DSD format message of the DSM environment, and wherein the proxy scan service further includes:
• a DSD module adapted to be communicatively coupled with a Scan Management Console (SMC) service of the DSM environment, wherein the DSD module is operable to exchange a DSD message with the SMC service;
• and
• a DSP module adapted to be communicatively coupled with a Distributed Scan Server, wherein the DSP module is operable to exchange a DSP message with the Distributed Scan Server,
• wherein the proxy scan service is further operable to convert the information between the first format message of the DSM environment and the second format message of the legacy scanner, and
• wherein the proxy scan service is further operable to complete the transmission between the DSM service and the legacy scanner using the converted information.

A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying programmed instructions which, when executed by a computing device, are operable to perform a method of providing proxy scan services for implementing legacy scanners within a Distributed Scan Management (DSM) environment, the method comprising:

• intercepting, at the proxy scan service, information transmitted between a DSM service and a legacy scanner, wherein the DSM service recognizes a first format message for the information comprising one of a Distributed Scan Processing (DSP) format message of the DSM environment and a Distributed Scan Device (DSD) format message of the DSM environment, and wherein the legacy scanner recognizes a second format message for the information that is non-compliant with at least one of the DSP format message of the DSM environment or the DSD format message of the DSM environment;
• converting, at the proxy scan service, the information between the first format message of the DSM environment and the second format message of the legacy scanner;
• and
• completing, at the proxy scan service, the transmission between the DSM service and the legacy scanner using the converted information.