COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND INTERACTION SYSTEM THEREOF

• US 20120124181A1
• Filed: 11/17/2011
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited (Cal-Comp Electronics Public Company Limited), Kinpo Electronics Incorporated (Cal-Comp Electronics Public Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited (Cal-Comp Electronics Public Company Limited), Kinpo Electronics Incorporated (Cal-Comp Electronics Public Company Limited)
• Inventors: Chen, Peng-Yang, Lin, Wen-Ten
• Application Number:
  US13/298,299
• Publication Number:
  US 20120124181A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4411 Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

A computer peripheral device and an interaction system thereof are provided, and the provided computer peripheral device includes a server unit, a hardware unit and a firmware unit. The server unit provides a user interface on a web server, so as to allow a user to set the operation parameters of the computer peripheral device through the user interface. The firmware unit controls the hardware unit to execute a word processing action on a document to be processed according to the operation parameters set by the user.

Claims

1. A computer peripheral device, comprising:

a server unit, for providing a user interface (UI) on a web server, so as to allow a user to set an operation parameter of the computer peripheral device through the UI;

a hardware unit; and

a firmware unit, being served as a communication bridge between the server unit and the hardware unit, and configured for controlling the hardware unit to execute a word processing action on a document to be processed according to the operation parameter set by the user.

2. The computer peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein the computer peripheral device further comprises:

a common gateway interface (CGI), being served as a communication bridge between the server unit and the firmware unit.

3. The computer peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein the user is connected to the computer peripheral device through a web browser of a local-end computer, so as to set the operation parameter of the computer peripheral device on the UI.

4. The computer peripheral device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a storage unit, configured for storing a file data obtained after the hardware unit executes the word processing action on the document to be processed,

wherein the user is further connected to the computer peripheral device through the web browser of the local-end computer to download the file data.

5. The computer peripheral device according to claim 4, wherein another user is connected to the computer peripheral device through a web browser of a far-end computer to download the file data.

6. The computer peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein the computer peripheral device comprises a fax machine, a multi-function printer (MFP) or a scanner.

7. An interaction system, comprising:

a computer peripheral device, configured for providing a user interface (UI) on a web server and having a word processing capability;

a local-end computer, wherein a user is connected to the computer peripheral device through a web browser of the local-end computer, so as to set an operation parameter of the computer peripheral device on the UI, thereby controlling the computer peripheral device to execute a word processing action on a document to be processed and store a file data obtained after the word processing action is executed on the document to be processed; and

a far-end computer, wherein another user is connected to the computer peripheral device through a web browser of the far-end computer to download the file data.

8. The interaction system according to claim 7, wherein the computer peripheral device comprises:

a server unit, configured for providing the UI on the web server, so as to allow the user to set the operation parameter of the computer peripheral device through the UI;

a hardware unit; and

a firmware unit, being served as a communication bridge between the server unit and the hardware unit, and configured for controlling the hardware unit to execute the word processing action on the document to be processed according to the operation parameter set by the user.

9. The interaction system according to claim 8, wherein the computer peripheral device further comprises:

a common gateway interface (CGI), being served as a communication bridge between the server unit and the firmware unit.

10. The interaction system according to claim 8, wherein the computer peripheral device further comprises:

a storage unit, configured for storing the file data obtained after the hardware unit executes the word processing action on the document to be processed,

wherein the user is further connected to the computer peripheral device through the web browser of the local-end computer to download the file data.

11. The interaction system according to claim 7, wherein the computer peripheral device comprises a fax machine, a multi-function printer (MFP) or a scanner.