Device and method for outputting location information
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1. A hard-copy output device including:
- a memory for storing location data, a location-data input arrangement for receiving and storing location data in the memory, a network interface, and an HTTP location server for responding to client requests received via the network interface to return location information comprising, or derived from, the location data stored in memory.
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Abstract
A network-connected printer (26) or other hard-copy device is arranged to receive location data, for example via an infrared interface (33), and store it in memory (32). The printer (26) is provided with a location server (36) enabling other devices on the network (27) to query the printer for its location; preferably, the location server is an HTTP server. The printer 26 can contact a conversion service (29) in order to change the form of its location data, for example, from latitude and longitude values to a building-semantics form.
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1. A hard-copy output device including:
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a memory for storing location data, a location-data input arrangement for receiving and storing location data in the memory, a network interface, and an HTTP location server for responding to client requests received via the network interface to return location information comprising, or derived from, the location data stored in memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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3. A hard-copy output device including:
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a wireless interface for receiving data, a memory, a location-data input manager for receiving location data via the wireless interface and storing it in the memory, a network interface, and a location server for responding to client requests received via the network interface to return location information comprising, or derived from, the location data stored in memory.
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11. A hard-copy output device including:
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a memory, a location input subsystem for receiving location data and storing it in said memory, and a location output subsystem for accessing the stored location data and outputting it;
at least one of the location input and output subsystems being operative to convert the location data it handles between a first form and a second form, one of the first and second forms being a semantic location form and the other a form based on geographic coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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