Internet printing

• US 20070159504A1
• Filed: 09/20/2004
• Published: 07/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Feng Lin, Ling Su
• Original Assignee: Feng Lin, Ling Su
• Inventors: Lin, Feng, Su, Ling
• Granted Patent: US 7,969,595 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 347/5
• 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: G06F 3/126 Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1286 via local network
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00222 details of image data generation or reproduction, e.g. scan-to-email or network printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00233 details of image data reproduction, e.g. network printing or remote image display using an image reproducing device as a local output from a computer H04N1/00238; digital output from computer to printer unit G06F3/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0035 User-machine interface; Control console input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00384 Key input means, e.g. buttons or keypads electromechanical details of key input means in general H01H13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0075 by a user operated remote control device, e.g. receiving instructions from a user via a computer terminal or mobile telephone handset

Abstract

A network printing system includes a keypad (54, 59, 60) and a printer (55, 57, 58). The user of the printing system can print documents on the Internet without the personal computer and web browser Using Print Number System (PNS) and Universal Resource Locator (URL), a method for the printing system to print documents, includes: (1) use URLs to describe how to retrieve documents on the Internet; (2) store URLs in PNS server (63), and represent the URLs as print numbers; (3) thereafter, in the printing system, the user enters a print number in the keypad (54, 59, 60); (4) the printing system sends the number to PNS server (63); (5) PNS server (63) translates the print number into the URL, and sends the URL to the printing system; (6) according to the URL, the printing system retrieves the document over the Internet, and prints the document at the printer. Can design the network printer as the printing system described.

Claims

1. A network printer system that connects to the network, including:

a keypad and a printer;

means for the user inputting a number in said keypad;

means for sending said number, over the Internet, to a remote server, which translates said number into the information of receiving the document on the Internet and sends said information to said printer system;

means for receiving said information, and according to said received information, receiving the document over the Internet; and

means for printing said received document in said printer.

2. A network printer system of claim 1 is a network printer.

3. In the network printing system that includes a keypad, a printer and a server, a method for printing the document in the printer using the keypad includes:

the user, in the keypad of said printing system, inputs a number;

said number is sent to the server of said network printing system;

said server sends said number, over the Internet, to a remote server, which translates said number into the information of retrieving the document on the Internet and sends said information to said server;

said server receives said information, and according to said received information, retrieves said document over the Internet; and

said server prints said retrieved document at the printer of said network printing system.

4. The method according to claim 3, said network printing system further includes a plurality of keypads and a plurality of printers;

and said server determines, according to said keypad in which said number is entered, an appropriate destination printer among said plurality of printers, and prints said retrieved document at said appropriate printer.

5. The method according to claim 3, said received information includes the URL of the document.