Method and Apparatus for Controlling Document Service Requests from a Mobile Device
First Claim
1. A method for redirecting document service requests at a first document processing device using a mobile device, comprising:
- receiving information at the first document processing device that identifies a user of the mobile device;
identifying at the first document processing device those document service requests submitted by the user of the mobile device;
determining at the first document processing device status information concerning the user submitted document service requests; and
transmitting from the first document processing device to the mobile device the status information concerning the user submitted document service requests to allow the user of the mobile device to assess whether the first document processing device is capable of carrying out the user submitted document service requests; and
wherein in response to receiving from the mobile device at the first document processing device ones of the user submitted document service requests selected for redirection, the first document processing device redirects the ones of the user submitted document service requests selected for redirection to a second document processing device.
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Abstract
Methods for controlling a document service request involve defining a document service request workflow and redirecting document service requests from the mobile device. In one embodiment, through a short-range connection with a document processing device on a foreign network, a mobile device establishes a secure connection to the mobile device'"'"'s native network to identify a document stored on a file server operating thereon. Once a document is identified, the mobile device over the secure connection initiates a document service request by requesting an output server operating on the native network to retrieve and convert the identified document into an output-ready format suitable for the document processing device. Upon receipt of the output-ready document, the mobile device resends the output-ready document over a local connection to the document processing device to carry out the document service request.
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1. A method for redirecting document service requests at a first document processing device using a mobile device, comprising:
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receiving information at the first document processing device that identifies a user of the mobile device; identifying at the first document processing device those document service requests submitted by the user of the mobile device; determining at the first document processing device status information concerning the user submitted document service requests; and transmitting from the first document processing device to the mobile device the status information concerning the user submitted document service requests to allow the user of the mobile device to assess whether the first document processing device is capable of carrying out the user submitted document service requests; and wherein in response to receiving from the mobile device at the first document processing device ones of the user submitted document service requests selected for redirection, the first document processing device redirects the ones of the user submitted document service requests selected for redirection to a second document processing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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