SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECT RENDERING OF A DOCUMENT TO AN ELECTRONIC BOOK DEVICE IN DEVICE-SUPPORTED FORMAT

• US 20110181894A1
• Filed: 01/28/2010
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Martin, Craig W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,817,319 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2206/1512 Print-to a presentation device other than a printer, e.g. e-reader, e-paper, tablet
• 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 3/1209 resulting in adapted or bridged legacy communication protocols, e.g. emulation, protocol extension
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1244 Job translation or job parsing, e.g. page banding
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1275 Print workflow management, e.g. defining or changing a workflow, cross publishing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1284 Local printer device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0068 Converting from still picture data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

A multifunction device includes a controller that is configured to process data from a processor capable of executing a printing utility. The controller renders the data into a format readable by an electronic book device having a processor.

A document print management system includes the multifunction device, and a port configured to transfer the data to an electronic book device when an electronic book device is in operative communication with the controller via the port. The system also includes an electronic book device in operative communication with the controller via the port. In a method for rendering a document to an electronic book device, the method includes causing a document management device to process data received from a processor capable of executing a printing utility and rendering image data into a format readable by the electronic book device.

Claims

1. A multifunction device comprising:

a scanning engine configured to scan documents;

a printing engine; and

a controller controlling the scanning and printing engines,

wherein the controller is configured to process data to the printing engine,

wherein the data is received from a processor capable of executing a printing utility associated with the printing engine,

and wherein the controller is further configured to render the data into a format readable by an electronic book device.

2. The multifunction device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a port configured to transfer the data to a processor of the electronic book device when the electronic book device is in operative communication with the controller via the port.

3. The multifunction device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a universal serial bus (USB) hub in operative communication with the port wherein the USB hub is configured to receive a plurality of electronic book devices in operative communication with the controller via the port and wherein the controller is configured to enable rendering of the data to at least two of the plurality of electronic book devices.

4. The multifunction device according to claim 1, wherein the processor capable of executing the printing utility includes a print job stream client work station.

5. The multifunction device according to claim 4, wherein the print job stream client work station is configured to enable a user to embed a print job language identifier that directs a print job stream processed by the print job client work station to the electronic book device.

6. The multifunction device according to claim 5, wherein the print job client work station is configured, upon a user embedding a print job language identifier that directs a print job stream processed by the print job client work station to an electronic book device, to enable a user to send the print job stream to the controller.

7. The multifunction device according to claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to convert at least one document in the print job stream from one of a (a) at least one document in image format and (b) at least one document in native format.

8. The multifunction device according to claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to convert at least one document in the print job stream from at least one document in image format, and wherein the controller is configured to convert the at least one document to at least one image and name the at least one image.

9. The multifunction device according to claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to convert the scale of the at least one image into a resolution readable by the electronic book device.

10. The multifunction device according to claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to create at least one folder in the processor of the electronic book device and wherein the controller is configured to store the at least one image in the at least one folder.

11. The multifunction device according to claim 1,

wherein the scanning engine includes a scanner user interface, the scanning engine and scanner user interface interfacing with the controller to execute to the controller a printing utility associated with the scanning engine,

wherein the data are image data, and

wherein the multifunction device is configured to scan at the user interface individual pages of the image data and to assign each individual page a name in ascending order.

12. The multifunction device according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to store each individual page of the scanned image data in an image data folder residing in the processor of the electronic book device.

26. The multifunction device according to claim 2, wherein the port is configured to transfer data to the processor of the electronic book device via a wireless connection.

13. A document print management system comprising:

a multifunction device comprising;

a scanning engine configured to scan documents;

a printing engine; and

a controller controlling the scanning and printing engines and configured to process data from a processor capable of executing to the printing engine a printing utility associated with the printing engine, the controller rendering the data into a format readable by an electronic book device; and

a port configured to transfer the data to the electronic book device when the electronic book device is in operative communication with the controller via the port.

14. The document print management system according to claim 13, wherein the controller further comprises:

a universal serial bus (USB) hub in operative communication with the port wherein the USB hub is configured to receive a plurality of electronic book devices in operative communication with the controller via the port; and

wherein the controller is configured to enable rendering of the data to at least two of the plurality of electronic book devices.

15. The document print management system according to claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to convert the scale of at least one image included within the image data into a resolution readable by the electronic book device.

16. The document print management system according to claim 13, wherein the processor capable of executing the printing utility associated with the printing engine includes a print job stream client work station.

17. The document print management system according to claim 16, wherein the print job stream client work station is configured to enable a user to embed a print job language identifier that directs a print job stream processed by the print job client work station to the electronic book device.

18. The document print management system according to claim 17, wherein the print job client work station is configured, upon a user embedding a print job language identifier that directs a print job stream processed by the print job client work station to an electronic book device, to enable a user to send the print job stream to the controller.

19. The document print management system according to claim 18, wherein the controller is configured to convert at least one document in the print job stream from one of a (a) at least one document in image format and (b) at least one document in native format.

20. The document print management system according to claim 19, wherein the controller is configured to convert at least one document in the print job stream from at least one document in image format, and wherein the controller is configured to convert the at least one document to at least one image and name the at least one image.

21. The document print management system according to claim 20, wherein the controller is configured to convert the scale of the at least one image into a resolution readable by the electronic book device.

23. The document print management system according to claim 13,

wherein the scanning engine has a scanner user interface,

wherein the data are image data, and

wherein the multifunction device is configured to scan at the user interface individual pages of the image data and to assign each individual page a name in ascending order.

24. The document print management system according to claim 23, wherein the controller is configured to store each individual page of the scanned image data in an image data folder residing in the processor of the electronic book device.

25. The document print management system according to claim 13, wherein the port is configured to transfer data to the processor of the electronic book device via a wireless connection.

22. The document print management system according to claim 22, wherein the controller is configured to create at least one folder in the processor of the electronic book device and wherein the controller is configured to store the at least one image in the at least one folder.

27. A method for rendering a document to an electronic book device,

in a system comprising:

a multifunction device in operative communication with the electronic book device; and

a processor capable of executing a printing utility and in operative communication with the multifunction device,

the method comprising;

processing, via the multifunction device, data received from the processor capable of executing the printing utility; and

rendering image data into a format readable by the electronic book device.

28. The method according to claim 27, wherein the multifunction device further comprises:

a universal serial bus (USB) hub in operative communication with the port, wherein the USB hub is configured to receive a plurality of electronic book devices in operative communication with the controller via the port;

the method further comprising;

rendering, via the multifunction device, the data to at least two of the plurality of electronic book devices.

29. The method according to claim 27, further comprising:

wherein the data are image data,

converting the scale of at least one image included within the image data into a resolution readable by the electronic book device.