Printer With Embedded Retrieval and Publishing Interface
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a printer, a document having a pointer pointing to data that is not in the received document; and
creating by the printer, in response to receipt of the document, a printable document in accordance with the pointer.
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Abstract
A system and method for a printer that receives a data containing multimedia information or a pointer to multimedia content and performs various actions in accordance with the received document. The printer may retrieve the multimedia content based on pointers within the document or the document itself may include multimedia content.
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43 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a printer, a document having a pointer pointing to data that is not in the received document; and
creating by the printer, in response to receipt of the document, a printable document in accordance with the pointer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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receiving by a printer a document containing multimedia information; and
creating by the printer, in response to receipt of the document, a printable document in accordance with the multimedia information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method performed by a printer, comprising:
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gathering information about multimedia data that is accessible to the printer; and
creating a summary of the accessible multimedia data. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A printer, comprising:
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means for receiving, by a printer, a document having a pointer pointing to data that is not in the received document; and
means for creating by the printer, in response to receipt of the document, a printable document containing at least a portion of the data pointed to by the pointer.
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41. A method of improving print quality of a printer, comprising:
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receiving, by a printer, a first document containing a first image;
searching, by the printer, a network in order to locate a similar image with better print quality;
creating, by the printer, a printable document equivalent to the first document, except that the similar image with better print quality replaces the first image.
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42. A method, comprising:
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providing, by a printer, a user interface allowing a user to enter a World Wide Web search query;
executing, by the printer, the user-entered World Wide Web search query;
creating, by the printer, a printable document containing the results of the user-entered World Wide Web search query, where the results are formatted so as to take advantage of the printer'"'"'s special capabilities.
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43. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a printer, a file comprising URLs;
creating, by the printer, a printable document containing a summary of the contents, where the summary includes retrieved multimedia data.
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