Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Access polling
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-11
2008-03-11
Phan, Raymond N (Department: 2111)
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Access polling
C710S306000, C709S203000, C358S001150
Reexamination Certificate
active
07343438
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for requesting and receiving print jobs over a communications network. In particular, the present invention enables a user to obtain print jobs at a location which may be unspecified, and which may be remote from the source of the print job. A spooling server is used to store a print job received via the network from a print job source. A printer polling device, which may be used at a location remote from the client device, is capable of polling the spooling server via the network to identify whether any print jobs associated with the printer polling device are available for printing at a printer currently associated with the polling device. The spooling server need not initiate contact with the printer through a firewall, since it is polled by the printer polling device. Thus, network security is maintained.
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Keeney Richard A.
Lodwick Philip A.
Nourbakhsh Farhad
Schoenzeit Loren
Tenenbaum Ofer
Electronics For Imaging, Inc.
Phan Raymond N
Trosino James
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