Instant messaging messages and commands for status and control
First Claim
1. A method for a peripheral device to communicate with a computer system comprising the steps of:
- providing a peripheral device having Instant Messaging software embedded within;
placing the peripheral device in communication with a computer system comprising an instant messaging server; and
the peripheral device using the embedded software to communicate to a client through the instant messaging server responsive to an event.
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Abstract
A method and system for communicating with computer system peripheral devices, wherein Instant Messaging software is embedded within a peripheral device and the peripheral device uses the embedded software to communicate with a computer system responsive to an event. In one embodiment the peripheral device uses the embedded software to send out Instant Messaging messages responsive to a status of the peripheral device or an event. In another embodiment the peripheral device uses the embedded software to receive and process at least one Instant Messaging message from a user, application program or other device, and to responsively take action to the at least one message. According to the present invention a device may use the embedded software to create the Instant Messaging message responsive to a characteristic of the output job or a status of the device.
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45 Claims
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1. A method for a peripheral device to communicate with a computer system comprising the steps of:
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providing a peripheral device having Instant Messaging software embedded within;
placing the peripheral device in communication with a computer system comprising an instant messaging server; and
the peripheral device using the embedded software to communicate to a client through the instant messaging server responsive to an event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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- 22. A computer system peripheral device comprising Instant Messaging software embedded within the device, wherein the peripheral device is configured to use the Instant Messaging software to communicate with a client responsive to an event, wherein the communication is facilitated by an instant messaging server.
- 43. An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program comprising Instant Messaging software embodied in said medium, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a device having a processor and in communication with a computer network system, causes the device to communicate with a client responsive to an event, said communication enabled through the use of a instant messaging server present on the network.
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