公开(公告)号：US07065497B1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-20

申请号：US09325040

申请日：1999-06-07

申请人： Jon A Brewster ,  Kenneth W Crangle ,  Aloke Gupta ,  Robert M Miller ,  Edmund B Neumann ,  Michael L Roberts ,  Pieter J van Zee

发明人： Jon A Brewster ,  Kenneth W Crangle ,  Aloke Gupta ,  Robert M Miller ,  Edmund B Neumann ,  Michael L Roberts ,  Pieter J van Zee

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30867 ,  G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1229 ,  G06F3/1279 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  G06Q30/0264 ,  G06Q30/0269 ,  G06Q30/0271 ,  G06Q30/0272 ,  G06Q30/0273 ,  Y10S707/99932 ,  Y10T83/543

摘要： A document is operatively coupled to a printing device, either directly or through a network such as the Internet. A print schedule is stored that keeps track of when a document should be printed on the printing device. When the print schedule indicates the document should be printed, the document is automatically transmitted to the printing device without user intervention. The printing device automatically prints the document, again without user intervention. The document can be stored on a electronic device, such as a personal computer connected to the printing device, or can be stored on a document server accessible to the printing device through the Internet. A user profile is stored that contains information about the recipient of the document, such as name, email address, household income, and interests. This user profile is updated when a document is printed on the printing device. This user profile can be used to select specific information of interest to the user to be included in a personalized document. Since advertising can also be included in the document, the user profile can also be used to select advertising likely to be of interest to the user to be included in the personalized document. A product can be subsidized for a user, based on the information contained in the user profile. For example, if a user profile indicates that a specific user has printed a specific number of “preferred” documents, such as those documents containing advertising or otherwise under the control of the document delivery system, a product such as a print consumable, such as an inkjet cartridge or a laser toner cartridge, can automatically be sent to the user. Likewise, printable media such as paper can also automatically be sent to user. Alternatively, coupons for free or discounted products such as those described above can be mailed, sent electronically, or otherwise distributed to the user.

公开(公告)号：US06928620B1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-09

申请号：US09694546

申请日：2000-10-23

申请人： Kenneth W. Crangle ,  Donald X. Smith, II ,  Dana E. Laursen ,  Theodore E. Ransom

发明人： Kenneth W. Crangle ,  Donald X. Smith, II ,  Dana E. Laursen ,  Theodore E. Ransom

IPC分类号： B41J21/00 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/12 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30899 ,  G06F3/0486 ,  G06F2216/17

摘要： A URL page is printed by a computing system. When a reference to a URL address is dragged and dropped upon a print icon, the URL page is accessed from the Internet. The URL page is then printed on a printer. When the URL page is accessed and printed, the URL page is not displayed to a user of the computing system. Also, when a reference to the URL address for the URL page is dragged and dropped upon a desktop for a computing system, a special icon representing the URL page address is created on the desktop. Upon a user performing a function to activate the special icon, the URL page is printed.

摘要翻译： URL页面由计算系统打印。 当引用URL地址被拖放到打印图标上时，可以从Internet访问URL页面。 然后将URL页面打印在打印机上。 当访问和打印URL页面时，URL页面不会显示给计算系统的用户。 另外，当URL页面的URL地址的引用被拖放到用于计算系统的桌面上时，在桌面上创建表示URL页面地址的特殊图标。 当用户执行功能激活特殊图标时，打印URL页面。