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US 9,311,027 B2Granted
Document generation based on target device availability
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDana E. Laursen, Glade William Diviney
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Abstract
Examples disclose a method to query an availability of a target device. Additionally, the method generates a document for transmission to the target device based on the availability of the target device.
Claims17
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor of a computing device, to cause the computing device to perform operations that include:
- managing distribution of a limited distribution document, the limited distribution document including a distribution limit that is based on a number of instances in which the limited distribution document can be generated for transmission to one or multiple target devices;
- wherein managing distribution of the limited distribution includes responding to a request for the limited distribution document by A) determining a likelihood that the target device is able to successfully complete a task or job for the limited distribution document before the limited distribution document is generated;
- and B)
- if the determined likelihood is that the target device is able to successfully complete the task or job, transmitting the limited distribution document to the target device;
- else precluding generation of at least a portion of the limited distribution document, so that the number of instances in which the limited distribution document is generated is unchanged.
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A method executable by a computing device, the method comprising:
- managing distribution of a limited distribution document, the limited distribution document including a distribution limit that is based on a number of instances in which the limited distribution document can be generated for transmission to one or multiple target devices;
- wherein managing distribution of the limited distribution document includes responding to a request for the limited distribution document by:
- A) determining a likelihood that the target device is able to successfully complete a task or job for the limited distribution document before the limited distribution document is generated;
- B) precluding generation of at least a portion of the limited distribution document when the determined likelihood is that the target device is not able to successfully complete the task or job, so that the number of instances in which the limited distribution document is generated is unchanged.
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A system comprising:
- an interface to query an availability of a target device;
- and
- a content generator to:
- manage distribution of a limited distribution document, the limited distribution document including a distribution limit that is based on a number of instances in which the limited distribution document can be generated for transmission to one or multiple target devices;
- wherein managing distribution of the limited distribution document includes responding to a request for the limited distribution document by A) determining a likelihood that the target device is able to successfully complete a task or job for the limited distribution document before the limited distribution document is generated;
- and B) if the determined likelihood is that the target device is able to successfully complete the task or job, transmit the limited distribution document to the target device so that the number of instances in which the limited distribution document is generated is increased to be at or closer to the limit;
- else preclude generation of at least a portion of the limited distribution document, so that the number of instances in which the limited distribution document is generated is not changed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.