公开(公告)号：US20050108358A1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-19

申请号：US10700660

申请日：2003-11-03

申请人： Daniel Jarvis ,  Ward Foster

发明人： Daniel Jarvis ,  Ward Foster

IPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06K15/00 ,  H04N1/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/1203 ,  G06F3/1225 ,  G06F3/1287 ,  G06K15/00 ,  H04N1/00204 ,  H04N1/00244 ,  H04N1/0097 ,  H04N1/00973 ,  H04N2201/0039 ,  H04N2201/0081 ,  H04N2201/0082 ,  H04N2201/0094

摘要： A web enabled peripheral device or internet appliance capable of executing services comprises means for maintaining, in the device, a list of services supported for use with the device; means for installing a service in response to the service being selected from the list by a user; and means for updating the list by communicating with a server external of the device, using which server a list of supported services can be updated for use by any of multiple said web enabled peripheral devices. Other methods and apparatus are also provided.

摘要翻译： 能够执行服务的能够启用网络的外围设备或互联网设备包括用于在该设备中维护支持与设备一起使用的服务的列表的装置; 用于响应于用户从列表中选择的服务来安装服务的装置; 以及用于通过与所述设备的外部服务器的服务器进行通信来更新所述列表的装置，使用哪个服务器可以更新所支持的服务的列表以供多个所述web启用的外围设备中的任一个使用。 还提供了其他方法和装置。

公开(公告)号：US20050076299A1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-07

申请号：US10653158

申请日：2003-09-03

申请人： Shell Simpson ,  Ward Foster

发明人： Shell Simpson ,  Ward Foster

IPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1206 ,  G06F3/1209 ,  G06F3/1225 ,  G06F3/1244 ,  G06F3/1285

摘要： A computer implemented method by which a user edits and delivers a print job in a computer system, the method including providing a printing software object as a COM component for editing and delivering a print job and providing job data of the print job to the printing software object, by a print job creator, in the form of references to pages. The references to pages are used by the software printing object, to call and display the pages on a need basis. The user edits the job data of the print job based on the displayed pages and the print job is delivered for processing in accordance with the edited job data.

摘要翻译： 一种计算机实现的方法，用户通过该方法在计算机系统中编辑和传送打印作业，该方法包括提供打印软件对象作为用于编辑和传送打印作业的COM组件，并将打印作业的作业数据提供给打印软件 对象，由打印作业创建者，以对页面的引用的形式。 软件打印对象使用页面引用，根据需要调用和显示页面。 用户根据显示的页面编辑打印作业的作业数据，并根据编辑的作业数据传送打印作业进行处理。

公开(公告)号：US07349869B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-25

申请号：US09873194

申请日：2001-06-05

申请人： Kenneth L. Oakeson ,  Ward Foster ,  Shell S. Simpson ,  Brian A. Volkoff

发明人： Kenneth L. Oakeson ,  Ward Foster ,  Shell S. Simpson ,  Brian A. Volkoff

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q30/0621 ,  G06Q40/04

摘要： A bidding service may be used to receive bid information to complete a job request, from processors coupled to a job ticket service center. The processors submit bids in response to posting of job ticket notices at the service center. A work flow controller may post the job ticket notices after receipt of the job request. The job ticket notice may include specific tasks or branches that must be completed to complete the job request. The job ticket notice may include descriptions of specific branches and their interrelationships in sufficient detail to allow the processors to bid for completion of the branches. The bidding service may select bids from the processors based on set criteria. For example, the job request may specify minimum performance requirements (e.g., a maximum cost and a completion deadline). The bidding service may reject any bids that fail to satisfy the minimum performance requirements. Where the work flow controller has established multiple branches, each such branch may include minimum performance requirements. The branch-specific performance requirements may be established by the work flow controller based on overall performance requirements for the job ticket.

摘要翻译： 投标服务可用于接收投标信息，以完成作业请求，从加工到工作单服务中心的处理器。 处理器在服务中心发送工作单通知时提交投标。 工作流程控制器可以在接收到作业请求之后发布作业通知。 作业单通知可能包括完成作业请求必须完成的特定任务或分支。 工作单通知可能包括具体分支的描述及其相互关系，以便处理者能够投标完成分支机构。 投标服务可以根据设置标准从处理器中选择出价。 例如，作业请求可以指定最低性能要求（例如，最大成本和完成期限）。 投标服务可以拒绝任何不符合最低性能要求的投标。 在工作流程控制器已建立多个分支的情况下，每个这样的分支可以包括最低性能要求。 分支特定的性能要求可以由工作流程控制器基于作业单的总体性能要求来建立。

公开(公告)号：US07073174B2

公开(公告)日：2006-07-04

申请号：US09873196

申请日：2001-06-05

申请人： Brian A. Volkoff ,  Ward Foster ,  Shell S. Simpson ,  Kenneth L. Oakeson

发明人： Brian A. Volkoff ,  Ward Foster ,  Shell S. Simpson ,  Kenneth L. Oakeson

IPC分类号： G06F9/46

CPC分类号： G06Q10/10

摘要： A job ticket service center includes features to provide security and to control access to a job ticket and related resources. The service center may include programming or servers to authenticate a processor and to authorize the processor to access a particular job ticket. An authentication server receives authentication information from a processor and an authorization server uses the information to check authorization functionality. The authorization or access rights of the processor may be carried as a part of the job ticket. Using these features, the service center may provide trusted authentication information about the processor to the authorization server, and the authorization server then performs its authority check functions. The job ticket maybe signed with an industry standard public key encryption message digest (MD) signature, and may be protected by a public key encryption system. Hence, any entity that has the public key may validate the job ticket without having to communicate with the authentication server. These features reduce communication between distributed server applications. The features also allow the job ticket to be passed from one processor to another processor, maintaining security, without communicating with the service center.

公开(公告)号：US20050278421A1

公开(公告)日：2005-12-15

申请号：US11205908

申请日：2005-08-17

申请人： Shell Simpson ,  Ward Foster ,  Kris Livingston

发明人： Shell Simpson ,  Ward Foster ,  Kris Livingston

IPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/16 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： A selection method for determining an appropriate destination includes upon receiving at a browser a request for a service, a browser extension in the browser of an imaging client automatically accessing a user profile in an autonomous network service unrelated to the requested service. The imaging extension gets a criterion for selection of a destination method for providing a destination. One of a plurality of destination methods is automatically selected based on the criterion. At least one direct or indirect reference to the selected destination is obtained, and the browser is redirected to the selected destination using the reference.

摘要翻译： 用于确定适当目的地的选择方法包括：在浏览器处接收服务请求时，成像客户机的浏览器中的浏览器扩展自动访问与所请求服务无关的自主网络服务中的用户简档。 成像扩展获得用于选择用于提供目的地的目的地方法的标准。 基于标准自动选择多个目的地方法之一。 获得至少一个对所选目的地的直接或间接引用，并且使用引用将浏览器重定向到所选择的目的地。

公开(公告)号：US07207069B2

公开(公告)日：2007-04-17

申请号：US09873195

申请日：2001-06-05

申请人： Ward Foster ,  Kenneth L. Oakeson ,  Brian A. Volkoff ,  Shell S. Simpson

发明人： Ward Foster ,  Kenneth L. Oakeson ,  Brian A. Volkoff ,  Shell S. Simpson

IPC分类号： G06F21/22

CPC分类号： H04L63/08 ,  G06F2221/2147 ,  H04L63/12

摘要： To control concurrent access problems, the job ticket service may employ branch locking features, that is, the capability to lock a job ticket at the branch level. The branch locking may be accomplished by one of several methods. The work flow controller may assign one or more specific processors to perform the tasks identified with the branch to be locked. Where more than one processor is authorized access to the same branch, the job ticket service may lock the branch when one of the authorized processors actually acquire the branch. The job ticket service may lock the branches by setting a lock/unlock flag for each branch. Processors accessing the job ticket may then review the lock/unlock flag status to determine if the branch may be accessed. In some circumstances, the job ticket service may allow access only to those branches that are unlocked. A processor that has completed a task defined by the branch may need to have the branch unlocked in order to modify the branch.

摘要翻译： 为了控制并发访问问题，作业单服务可以采用分支锁定功能，即在分支级别锁定作业单的能力。 分支锁定可以通过几种方法之一来实现。 工作流程控制器可以分配一个或多个特定处理器来执行用分支识别的要被锁定的任务。 如果多个处理器被授权访问同一个分支，当其中一个授权处理器实际获取分支时，作业传票服务可以锁定分支。 作业单服务可以通过为每个分支设置锁定/解锁标志来锁定分支。 访问作业单的处理器可能会检查锁定/解锁标志状态，以确定是否可以访问该分支。 在某些情况下，作业单服务可能只允许访问那些已解锁的分支。 完成分支定义的任务的处理器可能需要使分支解锁才能修改分支。

公开(公告)号：US20050179922A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-18

申请号：US10777372

申请日：2004-02-12

申请人： Ward Foster ,  Eugenio Walters

发明人： Ward Foster ,  Eugenio Walters

IPC分类号： G06F9/445 ,  G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/4411

摘要： The present invention provides a computer-accessible storage media including a database of one or more data files, each including a printer type identification, one or more substitute printer driver identifications associated with the printer type identification, and one or more compatibility ratings associated with the printer type identification and a particular one of the one or more substitute printer driver identifications. A method of the present invention includes the steps of accessing a database, displaying a database listing including a printer type identification, one or more substitute printer driver identifications associated with the printer type identification, and one or more compatibility ratings associated with the printer type identification and a particular one of the substitute printer driver identifications. The method further includes issuing a selection command, and establishing an operational association between a substitute printer driver and a printer in accordance with the selection command.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种包括一个或多个数据文件的数据库的计算机可访问存储介质，每个数据文件包括打印机类型标识，与打印机类型标识相关联的一个或多个替代打印机驱动程序标识，以及与 打印机类型识别和一个或多个替代打印机驱动程序标识中的特定一个。 本发明的方法包括以下步骤：访问数据库，显示包括打印机类型标识，与打印机类型标识相关联的一个或多个替代打印机驱动程序标识以及与打印机类型标识相关联的一个或多个兼容性等级的数据库列表 和一个特定的替代打印机驱动程序标识。 该方法还包括发出选择命令，以及根据选择命令在替代打印机驱动程序和打印机之间建立操作关联。