PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND MOTHED FOR CONFIGURING WIRELESS PRINTING ENVIRONMENT

• US 20100182633A1
• Filed: 08/26/2009
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: WU, YI-FANG, YUAN, YE, XIAO, YONG-HUI
• Application Number:
  US12/548,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20100182633A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.150
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/385 for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/3814 Wireless link with a computer system port
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1203 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1228 Printing driverless or using generic drivers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A device for configuring wireless printing environment includes a wireless network adapter, a storage device, and a wireless printing environment configuring module. The storage device stores a wireless network adapter driver. The wireless printing environment configuring module installs the wireless network adapter driver in a computer and configures a wireless environment for the computer so as to enable the computer to communicate with wireless electronic devices via a wireless network. The wireless printing environment module finds a printer from a network and provides print service for the computer to print a file.

Claims

1. A device for configuring wireless printing environment, comprising:

a wireless network adapter;

a wireless network adapter driver; and

a wireless printing environment configuring module, capable of installing the wireless network adapter driver to a computer and configuring a wireless environment for the computer so as to enable the computer to communicate with wireless electronic devices via a wireless network, and the wireless printing environment module capable of finding a printer and providing print service for the computer.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the peripheral device further comprises a printer driver module.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the wireless printing environment configuring module further comprises a printer configuring module capable of finding the printer corresponding to the printer driver and building connection between the printer and the computer.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the wireless printing environment configuring module further comprises an initializing module capable of installing the wireless network adapter driver in the computer.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the wireless printing environment configuring module further comprises a wireless network configuring module capable of enabling the computer to communicate with the wireless electronic devices upon a wireless network protocol.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the wireless printing environment configuring module further comprises print service providing module capable of constructing print service for the computer to receive files sent from the wireless electronic devices.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the print service installation module capable of providing one of a socket interface, a HTTP interface, and a STMP interface to the computer.

8. The device of claim 6, wherein the wireless printing environment configuring module further comprises a print controlling module capable of causing the computer to distribute a print task to a printer.

9. A method for configuring a wireless printing environment for a computer by a peripheral device having a wireless network adapter, comprising:

connecting the computer to a network;

installing a driver corresponding to the wireless network adapter in the computer;

configuring a wireless network environment so that the computer communicates with electronic devices in the network according to a wireless network protocol;

finding a printer from the network and building connection between the printer and the computer; and

constructing print service for the computer to receive files sent from the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the electronic device stores a printer driver, and the step of finding the printer from the network and building connection between the printer and the computer comprises selecting a printer corresponding to the printer driver and installing the printer driver in the computer.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of providing print service comprises installing one of a socket interface, a http interface, and a STMP interface to the computer.