Cellular phone printing configuration short message system message

• US 20040137928A1
• Filed: 01/13/2003
• Published: 07/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Biundo, Marc C.
• Application Number:
  US10/341,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20040137928A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to configuring cellular phones to print to particular printers. A cellular phone is configured to send data to a printer for printing. As a cellular phone enters specific networks where printers reside, a determination is made as to available printers. A message containing the printer information is sent to the cellular phone that allows the cellular phone to be properly configured to print to the particular printer or printers.

Claims

1. A cellular phone comprising:

a transceiver to receive a message that includes printer configuration information of a printer;

a memory to store the printer configuration information, and

a processor coupled to the memory to configure the cellular phone for printing to the printer based on the printer configuration information stored in the memory.

2. The cellular phone of claim 1, wherein the printing configuration information comprises printer name, printer address, and printer location.

3. The cellular phone of claim 1 wherein the printing information is received in the form of a short message service.

4. The cellular phone of claim 1, wherein the transceiver transmits data from the cellular phone to be printed on the printer.

5. The cellular phone of claim 1, wherein the transceiver transmits data from the cellular phone to a network, wherein the network includes the printer.

6. The cellular phone of claim 1, wherein the processor is enabled automatically configure the memory to store the printer configuration information whenever the printer configuration information is received.

7. The cellular phone of claim 1 further comprising a user interface that allows a user to view and place into the memory the printer configuration information.

8. A system comprising:

a cellular phone configurable to print to a printer;

a printer configured to receive data from the cellular phone;

a network configured to locate the cellular phone and transmit printer configuration information of the printer to the cellular phone.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein a short message system is used to transmit printer configuration information.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising transmitting data from the cellular phone to be printed on the printer.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising transmitting data from the cellular phone to a network, wherein the network includes the printer.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the printing information comprises printer name, printer address, and printer location.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving printing information is performed through a short message service.

10. A method comprising:

receiving printing information at a cellular phone;

storing the printing information in dedicated memory in the cellular phone; and

configuring the cellular phone to print to print to a printer based on the printing information.

15. A method of configuring a cellular phone to print to printers comprising:

locating the cellular phone;

determining a local printer for the cellular phone to use; and

transmitting printing information to the cellular phone to configure printing to the local printer.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising storing the printing information that is used by the cellular phone.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the printing information comprises printer name, printer address, and printer location.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the transmitting is performed through a short message service.

19. A processor in a cellular phone comprising:

means for receiving printing information related to a printer;

means for configuring dedicated memory on the cellular phone to store the printing information; and

means for printing to the printer.

20. The processor of claim 19, wherein the printer resides on a network.

21. The processor of claim 19, wherein the means for receiving is based on a short message service message.

22. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for configuring a cellular phone to print to a printer, the computer-executable instructions comprising instructions for:

receiving printing information related to a printer;

configuring dedicated memory on the cellular phone to store the printing information; and

transmitting data to the printer.

23. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for configuring a cellular phone to print to a printer, the computer-executable instructions comprising instructions for:

locating the cellular phone;

determining a nearest printer to the cellular phone; and

providing configuration information of the nearest printer to the cellular phone.