User-personalized print menus

• US 20030223093A1
• Filed: 06/03/2002
• Published: 12/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Baird, Jeffrey C., Ashey, Brandon R., Prenn, Michael P.
• Application Number:
  US10/162,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20030223093A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

With user-personalized print menus, user log in information is received at a local input component of a printing device. A personalized print menu based on the user log in information is retrieved and presented at the printing device. According to another aspect, print menu personalization options are presented to a user. User-selection of one or more of the menu personalization options is received, and a personalized menu based at least in part on the received user-selection is generated and associated with the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a local input component of a printing device, user log in information;

retrieving a personalized print menu based on the user log in information; and

presenting the personalized print menu at the printing device.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein presenting the personalized print menu comprises displaying the personalized print menu on a local display component of the printing device.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user log in information comprises a user ID.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user log in information comprises a user ID and password, and further comprising:

checking whether the user ID and password match; and

retrieving the personalized print menu and presenting the personalized print menu only if the user ID and password match.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the retrieving comprises:

checking whether at least part of the user log in information corresponds to a personalized print menu; and

retrieving the personalized print menu and presenting the personalized print menu if at least part of the user log in information corresponds to the personalized print menu, otherwise retrieving a default print menu and presenting the default print menu at the printing device.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein retrieving the personalized print menu comprises retrieving the personalized print menu from a remote device.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein retrieving the personalized print menu comprises retrieving the personalized print menu from a local storage component of the printing device.

8. One or more computer readable media having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more controllers of a printing device, causes the one or more controllers to:

receive, at a local input component of the printing device, user log in information;

retrieve a personalized print menu based on the user log in information; and

present the personalized print menu at the printing device.

9. One or more computer readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the user log in information comprises a user ID and password, and wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more controllers to:

check whether the user ID and password match; and

retrieve the personalized print menu and present the personalized print menu only if the user ID and password match.

10. One or more computer readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the plurality of instructions that cause the one or more controllers to retrieve the personalized menu comprise instructions that cause the one or more controllers to:

check whether at least part of the user log in information corresponds to a personalized print menu; and

retrieve the personalized print menu and present the personalized print menu if at least part of the user log in information corresponds to the personalized print menu, and otherwise retrieve a default print menu and present the default print menu at the printing device.

11. A printing device comprising:

a local input component to receive user log in information;

a print menu module, coupled to receive the user log in information from the local input component, configured to retrieve a personalized print menu based on the user log in information; and

a local display component to present, at the printing device, the retrieved personalized print menu.

12. A printing device as recited in claim 11, wherein the user log in information comprises a user ID and password, and wherein the printing device further comprises:

a verifier to check whether the user ID and password match, and permit the print menu module to retrieve the personalized print menu and present the personalized print menu only if the user ID and password match.

13. A printing device as recited in claim 11, wherein the print menu module is further configured to:

check whether at least part of the user log in information corresponds to a personalized print menu; and

retrieve the personalized print menu and present the personalized print menu if at least part of the user log in information corresponds to the personalized print menu, and otherwise retrieve a default print menu and present the default print menu at the printing device.

14. A printing device as recited in claim 11, further comprising:

a local storage component configured to store personalized print menus; and

wherein the print menu module is configured to retrieve the personalized print menu from the local storage component.

15. A method comprising:

presenting print menu personalization options to a user;

receiving user-selection of one or more of the menu personalization options;

generating a personalized menu based at least in part on the received user-selection; and

associating the personalized menu with the user.

16. A method as recited in claim 15, wherein the print menu personalization options comprise a plurality of pre-defined print menus.

17. A method as recited in claim 15, wherein the print menu personalization options comprise a plurality of items that may be included in a print menu.

18. A method as recited in claim 17, wherein the receiving comprises receiving a selection of one or more of the plurality of items.

19. A method as recited in claim 17, wherein the receiving comprises receiving a selection of at least one but fewer than all of the plurality of items, and wherein the generating comprises generating the personalized menu to include only the user-selected items.

20. A method as recited in claim 17, wherein the receiving comprises receiving a selection of an ordering for one or more of the plurality of items, and wherein the generating comprises generating the personalized menu to include the user-selected ordering.

21. A method as recited in claim 15, wherein the associating comprises storing the personalized menu with a mapping to a user ID of the user.

22. A method as recited in claim 15, wherein the method is implemented in a printing device.

23. A method as recited in claim 15, wherein the method is implemented in a computing device.

24. A method as recited in claim 15, further comprising:

receiving, at a local input component, user log in information from the user;

retrieving the personalized print menu associated with the user based on the user log in information; and

presenting the personalized print menu to the user.

25. One or more computer readable media having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more controllers of a printing device, causes the one or more controllers to:

receive, from a remote device, a request to generate a customized print menu for use at the printing device;

return, to the remote device, print menu customization options for presentation to a user;

receive, from the remote device, an indication of one or more user-selected menu customization options;

generate a customized menu based at least in part on the one or more user-selected menu customization options; and

associate the customized menu with the user.

26. One or more computer readable media as recited in claim 25, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more controllers to:

receive, at a local input component, user log in information from the user;

retrieve the customized print menu associated with the user based on the user log in information; and

present the customized print menu to the user.

27. One or more computer readable media as recited in claim 25, wherein the print menu customization options comprise a plurality of items that may be included in a print menu, wherein the instructions to receive an indication of one or more user-selected menu customization options comprise instructions to receive an indication of a selection of at least one but fewer than all of the plurality of items, and wherein the instructions to generate the customized menu comprise instructions to generate the customized menu to include only the user-selected items.

28. One or more computer readable media as recited in claim 25, wherein the print menu customization options comprise a plurality of items that may be included in a print menu, wherein the instructions to receive an indication of one or more user-selected menu customization options comprise instructions to receive a selection of an ordering for one or more of the plurality of items, and wherein the instructions to generate the customized menu comprise instructions to generate the customized menu to include the user-selected ordering.

29. One or more computer readable media having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more controllers, causes the one or more controllers to:

present print menu personalization options to a user;

receive user-selection of one or more of the menu personalization options;

generate a personalized menu based at least in part on the received user-selection; and

associate the personalized menu with the user.

30. One or more computer readable media as recited in claim 29, wherein:

the print menu personalization options comprise a plurality of items that may be included in a print menu;

the instructions to receive user-selection of one or more of the menu personalization options comprise instructions to receive a selection of at least one but fewer than all of the plurality of items; and

the instructions to generate a personalized menu based at least in part on the received user-selection comprise instructions to generate the personalized menu to include only the user-selected items.

31. One or more computer readable media as recited in claim 29, wherein:

the print menu personalization options comprise a plurality of items that may be included in a print menu;

the instructions to receive user-selection of one or more of the menu personalization options comprise instructions to receive a selection of an ordering for one or more of the plurality of items; and

the instructions to generate a personalized menu based at least in part on the received user-selection comprise instructions to generate the personalized menu to include the user-selected ordering.

32. One or more computer readable media as recited in claim 29, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more controllers to:

receive, at a local input component, user log in information from the user;

retrieve the personalized print menu associated with the user based on the user log in information; and

present the personalized print menu to the user.