Mobile and pervasive output client device
First Claim
1. A data output method for rendering at a selected output device output content at least identifiable from an information apparatus, comprising:
- obtaining at the information apparatus a document object related to the output content;
obtaining at the information apparatus an output device object with one or more attributes corresponding to the selected output device;
transmitting from the information apparatus the document object and the output device object to a processor that is distinct from the information apparatus and the selected output device; and
generating with the processor output data acceptable for rendering at the selected output device.
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Abstract
Pervasive output capability is provided so that an information apparatus can pervasively output digital content to an output device regardless of the processing power, display screen size and memory space of the information apparatus. This allows small mobile devices with limited display, processing power, and memory to be able to output a digital document (e.g., PDF, HTML, PowerPoint etc) in its full original richness, without resorting to downsizing, truncating, reducing, clipping or otherwise altering the original document. The information apparatus may include means for establishing a communication channel between the information apparatus and a selected output device, and means for receiving at the information apparatus one or more attributes corresponding to the selected output device. The information apparatus may also include means for delivering at least part of a document object and at least part of an output device object to a controller device that is distinct from the information apparatus and the output device to generate output data for rendering output content.
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66 Claims
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1. A data output method for rendering at a selected output device output content at least identifiable from an information apparatus, comprising:
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obtaining at the information apparatus a document object related to the output content;
obtaining at the information apparatus an output device object with one or more attributes corresponding to the selected output device;
transmitting from the information apparatus the document object and the output device object to a processor that is distinct from the information apparatus and the selected output device; and
generating with the processor output data acceptable for rendering at the selected output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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13. In a computer readable medium, data output software for rendering at a selected output device output content at least identifiable from an information apparatus, comprising:
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software for obtaining at the information apparatus a document object related to the output content;
software for obtaining at the information apparatus an output device object with one or more attributes corresponding to the selected output device;
software for transmitting from the information apparatus the document object and the output device object to a processor that is distinct from the information apparatus and the selected output device; and
software for generating with the processor output data acceptable for rendering at the selected output device.
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14. In an information apparatus with access to at least identifiable output content, a data output method for rendering the output content at a selected output device, comprising:
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delivering a document object and an output device object from the information apparatus to a server application operated on a server that is distinct from the information apparatus and the output device, the document object being related to the output content, and the output device object having one or more attributes corresponding to the selected output device;
receiving the output data at the information apparatus; and
delivering the output data from the information apparatus to the selected output device for rendering the output content.
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26. An information apparatus enabled to manage the generating of device dependent output data acceptable for rendering at a selected output device, the device dependent output data corresponding to output content identifiable at least partly by an information apparatus, the information apparatus comprising:
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a communication unit to communicate with one or more output devices and an user interface for interacting with a user;
means for establishing a communication channel between the information apparatus and the selected output device;
means for receiving at the information apparatus over the communication channel one or more attributes corresponding to the selected output device; and
means for delivering at least part of a document object and at least part of an output device object to a device that is distinct from the information apparatus and the output device, the document object being associated with the output content, and the output device object having one or more attributes corresponding to the selected output device.
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42. An information apparatus enabled to manage the rendering of an output content to one or more selected output device, the information apparatus including a communication unit to communicate with one or more output device, an user interface for interacting with a user, the information apparatus comprising:
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means to establishing a communication channel between the information apparatus and the selected output device;
means for receiving output data from a device that is distinct from the information apparatus and the selected output device, the output data related to the output content and associated with an output device; and
means for delivering the output data to the selected output device for rendering of the output content via the established communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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49. In a computer readable medium, a data structure for rendering at an output device output content managed with an information apparatus, comprising:
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a document object related to the output content managed with the information apparatus; and
an output device object with one or more attributes corresponding to the selected output device.
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