System and Method For Transferring Documents
First Claim
1. A method of transferring an electronic document from a sending device to a mobile device the method comprising:
- sending from the sending device to a location server a request generated from a mobile device printer driver executed by the sending device, the request comprising a target identifier for receiving the electronic document;
receiving at the sending device from the location server a network identifier of the mobile device associated with the target identifier, the network identifier provided to the location server by the mobile device after the mobile device has registered to a network;
formatting at the sending device the electronic document based on one or more parameters associated with the mobile device; and
transferring the formatted electronic document from the sending device using the network identifier.
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Abstract
Mobile devices enable users to access data and documents in a convenient portable format. The disclosed method and system enables documents to be transferred/moved onto a mobile device for review or reference by making the transfer simple and straight forward so that it is easy for non-technically literate users (e.g. administrative assistant putting documents on their executive'"'"'s mobile device). From a sender perspective the transfer mechanism can work whether the mobile device is on a local network (relative to the sender) or on a remote network when the sender does not know the actual location of the mobile device.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of transferring an electronic document from a sending device to a mobile device the method comprising:
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sending from the sending device to a location server a request generated from a mobile device printer driver executed by the sending device, the request comprising a target identifier for receiving the electronic document; receiving at the sending device from the location server a network identifier of the mobile device associated with the target identifier, the network identifier provided to the location server by the mobile device after the mobile device has registered to a network; formatting at the sending device the electronic document based on one or more parameters associated with the mobile device; and transferring the formatted electronic document from the sending device using the network identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A sending device for transferring an electronic document, the sending device comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor containing instructions for execution by the processor, the instruction for performing; sending to a location server a request generated from a mobile device printer driver executed by the sending device, the request comprising a target identifier for receiving the electronic document; receiving from the location server a network identifier of a mobile device associated with the target identifier, the network identifier provided to the location server by the mobile device after the mobile device has registered to a network; formatting the electronic document based on one or more parameters associated with the mobile device; and transferring the formatted electronic document using the network identifier. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer readable memory containing instructions for transferring an electronic document from a sending device to a mobile device the instructions which when executed by a processor perform:
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sending from the sending device to a location server a request generated from a mobile device printer driver executed by the sending device, the request comprising a target identifier for receiving the electronic document; receiving at the sending device from the location server a network identifier of the mobile device associated with the target identifier, the network identifier provided to the location server by the mobile device after the mobile device has registered to a network; formatting at the sending device the electronic document based on one or more parameters associated with the mobile device; and transferring the formatted electronic document from the sending device using the network identifier.
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