System and method for printer-based syndication
First Claim
1. A system for printing syndicated information from a syndication format, the system comprising:
- plural syndication network locations, each syndication network location having syndicated information in the syndication format;
a printer operable to interface with the plural syndication network locations and to print information on a physical medium; and
an aggregation module integrated with the printer, the aggregation module operable to interface with one or more of the plural syndication network locations, to retrieve syndicated information, and to transfer the syndicated information from the syndication format to a print format for printing on the physical medium.
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Abstract
A printer integrates an aggregation module that autonomously retrieves syndication information from syndication network locations through a network for printing. Syndication information formatted in a syndication format having schema headers, such as RSS, is retrieved according to retrieval factors input by a user to the printer, such as at periodic intervals or at update indications received from the syndication network locations. The aggregation module retrieves syndication information associated with schema headers from the syndication network location to provide content to a print page as the page is formatted. A menu at the printer accepts user inputs of desired syndication information and retrieval factors for complete autonomy of the printer in the printing of syndication information to a print medium.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for printing syndicated information from a syndication format, the system comprising:
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plural syndication network locations, each syndication network location having syndicated information in the syndication format;
a printer operable to interface with the plural syndication network locations and to print information on a physical medium; and
an aggregation module integrated with the printer, the aggregation module operable to interface with one or more of the plural syndication network locations, to retrieve syndicated information, and to transfer the syndicated information from the syndication format to a print format for printing on the physical medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for printing syndication information, the method comprising:
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autonomously applying one or more factors at a printer to initiate retrieval of syndication information;
interfacing with the printer to a network to communicate with a syndication network location determined by the printer;
aggregating syndication information at the printer to format a page of printed content having the syndication information; and
automatically printing the page. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An information handling system printer comprising:
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a print module operable to print information on a print medium;
a network interface operable to communicate with network locations; and
an aggregation module interfaced with the print module and the network interface, the aggregation module operable to retrieve syndication information from a syndication network location and format the syndication information for printing by the print module. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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