Client Device Using a Web Browser to Control a Periphery Device Via a Printer
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1. A printer control method for communicating with a computing device remote from the printer and a periphery device of the printer, comprising:
- using the computing device to execute steps of;
initiating a web browser that executes a web application that accesses a target-device application programming interface (API) that initiates a control object configured to control a target device;
selecting the periphery device as the target device; and
using the control object to send an instruction request to the printer; and
the printer executing steps of;
receiving the instruction request from the computing device;
initiating a device control script based on the instruction request; and
using the device control script to send a command to the target device.
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Abstract
A device control system has a terminal 3 with a web browser 31, and a printer 5 that controls a connected device. The terminal 3 calls an object that controls a device and is instantiated by the device API 33 to support the device, and sends a request to the printer 5, by the web application 32; and the printer 5 executes a device control script 502 that controls the device, receives requests sent through the device API 33, and controls the device.
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1. A printer control method for communicating with a computing device remote from the printer and a periphery device of the printer, comprising:
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using the computing device to execute steps of; initiating a web browser that executes a web application that accesses a target-device application programming interface (API) that initiates a control object configured to control a target device; selecting the periphery device as the target device; and using the control object to send an instruction request to the printer; and the printer executing steps of; receiving the instruction request from the computing device; initiating a device control script based on the instruction request; and using the device control script to send a command to the target device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A printer control method, comprising:
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selecting a periphery device as a target device, the target device being a periphery device of the printer; using a computing device to run a web browser executing a web application that accesses a target-device application programming interface (API) that initiates a control object configured to control the target device; establishing a communication link between the printer and the computing device; having the printer execute the following steps; receiving an instruction request from the computing device; executing a device control script that controls the target device; in response to receiving the instruction request, having the device control script send to the target device a command that controls the target device based on the instruction request received by the printer; and establishing control of the periphery device by the computing device via the printer. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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