System and method for data output
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Abstract
An information apparatus with access to content is managed by establishing a communication channel between the information apparatus and an output device and receiving over the communication channel an output device profile associated with the output device. The information apparatus obtains one or more image attributes associated with the output device and conforms at least part of the content into one or more output images with the image attributes. The information apparatus generates an output data that includes the output images and is associated with the output device, and delivers the output data to the output device for rendering.
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41 Claims
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22. A method of outputting a digital content from a wireless information apparatus to one or more output devices on a wireless local area network, the digital document accessible by the information apparatus and the one or more output devices being distinct from the information apparatus, said wireless data output method comprising:
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discovering, at the information apparatus, the one or more output devices on the wireless local area network, selecting an output device from among the one or more discovered output devices, establishing a wireless communication channel between the information apparatus and the wireless local area network for output of the digital content to the output device, conforming at the information apparatus an intermediate output data that is device independent of the output device, the device independent intermediate output data do not correspond to a specific output device, said output data includes at least an image data, transmitting, from the information apparatus, the intermediate output data to the selected output device, the output device including an output engine that can output at least an images with a device-specific output size and resolution, recovering, at the output device, at least an image data from the device independent intermediate output data, converting, at the output device, the image data to device dependent data compatible with the output engine, and based at least in part on the device-specific output size and resolution of the output engine, providing the device specific data to the output engine, and rendering at the output engine at least an image of the digital content. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An imaging output system comprising:
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a wireless network having a wireless propagation medium and at least first and second nodes, said first node including an wireless information apparatus and said second node including an output device, a first means on the information apparatus for discovering the output device, a second mean for establishing a secure wireless communication channel on the wireless propagation medium for communication between the first and second node, a third means on the information apparatus for conforming a digital content into a intermediate output data that include at least an image data for rendering at the second node, a fourth means on the information apparatus for impressing the intermediate output data on the wireless propagation medium, and an output controller at the second node for retrieving the image data from the intermediate output data and converting the image data into an input acceptable for rendering by the output device. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of outputting an image of a digital content that can be accessed by an information apparatus, said method including:
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(a) establishing bidirectional communication between the information apparatus and at least two output devices, the information apparatus being a distinct device from the output devices, (b) receiving at the information apparatus a device profile from a first available output device specifying a feature of the first available output device, the output device profile not previously stored or installed in the information apparatus and the feature included in the output device profile relating to one or more of a quality of service, a price indicator, a status indicator, an availability indicator, and an output data format indicator, (c) determining at the information apparatus and from the device profile received whether the feature of the available output device matches a requirement for outputting the digital document, (d) if so, selecting said available output device and transmitting image data to the selected output device, and otherwise receiving a message from another available output device specifying a feature of the other available output device, and (e) repeating steps (c) and (d). - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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