Utilities, methods and device providing vector images that may be updated to reflect the status of a device

• US 20070097137A1
• Filed: 10/27/2005
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Walton, Andrew, Jacquot, Bryan, Brown, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US11/261,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20070097137A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/581
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

In one embodiment, in response to receiving an image request, a computer-implemented method 1) retrieves a vector image from a device that is a target of the image request, the vector image illustrating at least a portion of the device, and 2) retrieves status information for the device. The vector image is then formatted by A) identifying a first tag within the vector image, the first tag being associated with one or more vectors that define a fillable area of the vector image, and B) in accord with the retrieved status information, replacing the first tag with a second tag, the second tag identifying a status element to be displayed in the fillable area. A formatted version of the vector image is then returned. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Claims

1. An image formatting utility, comprising:

code to, in response to receiving an image request,

retrieve a vector image from a device that is a target of the image request, the vector image illustrating at least a portion of the device;

retrieve status information for the device;

format the vector image by,

identifying a first tag within the vector image, the first tag being associated with one or more vectors that define a fillable area of the vector image; and

in accord with the retrieved status information, replacing the first tag with a second tag, the second tag identifying a status element to be displayed in the fillable area; and

return a formatted version of the vector image.

2. The image formatting utility of claim 1, wherein the second tag is a file name.

3. The image formatting utility of claim 1, wherein the second tag is a pointer to a subset of vectors within the vector image.

4. The image formatting utility of claim 1, wherein the vector image and status element are Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) images.

5. The image formatting utility of claim 1, wherein the status element comprises a status icon.

6. The image formatting utility of claim 1, wherein the status element comprises text.

7. The image formatting utility of claim 1, wherein the status element is a raster image.

8. The image formatting utility of claim 1, wherein the fillable area defines a portion of the vector image that is displayed in pop-up form, upon user interaction with a display of the vector image.

9. The image formatting utility of claim 1, wherein the code to format the vector image receives the second tag from the device management tool.

10. The image formatting utility of claim 1, wherein, after the first tag is replaced with the second tag, the code to format the vector image renders the vector image.

11. An article of manufacture, comprising:

computer-readable media; and

computer-readable code, stored on the computer-readable media, including code to, in response to receiving an image request,

retrieve a vector image from a device that is a target of the image request, the vector image illustrating at least a portion of the device;

retrieve status information for the device;

format the vector image by,

identifying a first tag within the vector image, the first tag being associated with one or more vectors that define a fillable area of the vector image; and

in accord with the retrieved status information, replacing the first tag with a second tag, the second tag identifying a status element to be displayed in the fillable area; and

return a formatted version of the vector image.

12. An image formatting utility, comprising:

code to, in response to receiving an image request,

retrieve a vector image from a device that is a target of the image request, the vector image illustrating at least a portion of the device;

retrieve status information for the device;

format the vector image by,

identifying a first tag within the vector image, the first tag being associated with one or more vectors that define a fillable area of the vector image; and

in accord with the retrieved status information, linking the first tag to a status element to be displayed in the fillable area; and

return a formatted version of the vector image.

13. An article of manufacture, comprising:

computer-readable media; and

computer-readable code, stored on the computer-readable media, including code to, in response to receiving an image request,

retrieve a vector image from a device that is a target of the image request, the vector image illustrating at least a portion of the device;

retrieve status information for the device;

format the vector image by,

identifying a first tag within the vector image, the first tag being associated with one or more vectors that define a fillable area of the vector image; and

in accord with the retrieved status information, linking the first tag to a status element to be displayed in the fillable area; and

return a formatted version of the vector image.

14. A computer-implemented method for formatting images of a device, comprising:

in response to receiving an image request,

retrieving a vector image from a device that is a target of the image request;

retrieving status information for the device;

formatting the vector image by,

identifying a first tag within the vector image, the first tag being associated with one or more vectors that define a fillable area of the vector image; and

in accord with the retrieved status information, replacing the first tag with a second tag, the second tag identifying a status element to be displayed in the fillable area; and

returning a formatted version of the vector image.

15. A computer-implemented method for formatting images of a device, comprising:

in response to receiving an image request,

retrieving a vector image from a device that is a target of the image request;

retrieving status information for the device;

formatting the vector image by,

identifying a first tag within the vector image, the first tag being associated with one or more vectors that define a fillable area of the vector image; and

in accord with the retrieved status information, linking the first tag to a status element to be displayed in the fillable area; and

returning a formatted version of the vector image.

16. A device, comprising:

a non-volatile memory in which an image illustrating at least a portion of the device is stored, the image comprising a plurality of vectors and an tag, the tag i) being associated with one or more vectors that define a fillable area of the vector image, and ii) identifying a status element that is external to the vector image; and

an interface to, upon receiving a request for the vector image, return the vector image.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the status element is saved in the non-volatile memory.

18. The device of claim 16, wherein the tag is a file name.

19. The device of claim 16, wherein the vector image is a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) image.

20. The device of claim 16, wherein the fillable area defines a portion of the vector image that is displayed in pop-up form, upon user interaction with a display of the vector image.

21. The device of claim 16, wherein the fillable area overlays other vectors of the vector image.