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US 9,542,144 B2Granted
System and method for document transmission from a computing device to a portable electronic device
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsRoger Charles Meike, David Paul Yach, Richard John George, Tu Dien Do
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Abstract
The present specification provides an managing a document using printer emulation.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- at a computing device comprising a memory storing a portable account identifier associated with a portable account and a unique identifier associated with a portable electronic device,
- receiving a document for display on a display device of the portable electronic device;
- transforming the document into an output file that conforms to a computing environment of the portable electronic device;
- transmitting, to a server, a query for a network address associated with the portable electronic device, the query including the portable account identifier and the unique identifier,
- receiving, from the server, the network address associated with the portable electronic device, the network address provided by the server being based on the association of the portable account identifier associated with the portable account with the unique identifier associated with the portable electronic device;
- and,
- transmitting, to the network address associated with the portable electronic device, a print request for displaying the output file on the display of the portable electronic device, the print request comprising the output file.
4 more elements
A computing device comprising:
- a communications system;
- and,
- a memory storing an a portable account identifier associated with a portable account and a unique identifier associated with a portable electronic device;
- and,
- a processor operably coupled to the memory and the communications system, the processor configured to:
- receive a document for display on a display device of the portable electronic device;
- transform the document into an output file that conforms to a computing environment of the portable electronic device;
- transmit using the communication system, a query for a network address associated with the portable electronic device, the query including the portable account identifier and the unique identifier;
- receive, using the communication system, the network address associated with the portable electronic, the network address provided by the server being based on association of a portable account identifier associated with the portable account with the unique identifier associated with the portable electronic device;
- and,
- transmit, using the communications system, a print request to the network address associated with the portable electronic for displaying the output file on the display device of the portable electronic device, the print request comprising the output file.
8 more elements
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions executable by a processor of a computing device comprising a memory storing a portable account identifier associated and a portable account with a unique identifier associated with a portable electronic device to:
- receive a document for display on a display of the portable electronic device;
- transform the document into an output file that conforms to a computing environment of the portable electronic device;
- transmit, to a server, a query for a network address associated with the portable electronic device, the query including the portable account identifier and the unique identifier;
- receive, from the server, the network address associated with the portable electronic device, the network address provided by the server being based on the association of a portable account identifier associated with the portable account with the unique identifier associated with the portable electronic device;
- and,
- transmit, to the network address associated with the portable electronic device, a print request for displaying the output file on the display device of the portable electronic device, the print request comprising the output file.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.