SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING APPLICATION INFORMATION IN CUSTOMIZABLE MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERALS
First Claim
1. A multifunction peripheral comprising:
- a scanner engine operable for scanning of tangible documents;
a print engine operable for printing of electronic documents;
a document processing device controller including a processor configured to control device operations of the multifunction peripheral including operation of the scanner engine and the print engine;
a network interface; and
a memory configured to store a plurality of user selectable applications for the controller associated with control of device operations via the controller,wherein the processor is configured to determine when one or more of the user selectable applications is launched, andwherein the processor is further configured output status data relative to monitored application launches to an associated server via the network interface.
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Abstract
A system and method for application reporting by a multifunction peripheral includes a document processing device having an intelligent controller controlling operations of the multifunction peripheral, including operation of a scanner engine and a print engine. A memory stores a plurality of user selectable applications for the controller. The controller executes at least one user selectable application selected from a library of available applications. The processor determines when one or more of the user selectable applications are launched. The processor outputs status data relative to monitored application launches to an associated server via a network interface.
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1. A multifunction peripheral comprising:
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a scanner engine operable for scanning of tangible documents; a print engine operable for printing of electronic documents; a document processing device controller including a processor configured to control device operations of the multifunction peripheral including operation of the scanner engine and the print engine; a network interface; and a memory configured to store a plurality of user selectable applications for the controller associated with control of device operations via the controller, wherein the processor is configured to determine when one or more of the user selectable applications is launched, and wherein the processor is further configured output status data relative to monitored application launches to an associated server via the network interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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controlling, via a document processing device controller, operation of an associated multifunction peripheral, including operation of a scanner engine and a print engine of the multifunction peripheral, in accordance with at least one user selectable application selected from a library of available applications; storing, in a memory, a plurality of user selectable applications for the controller associated with control of document processing device operations via the controller; determining, by the document processing device controller, when one or more of the user selectable applications is launched; and outputting, by the document processing device controller status data relative to monitored application launches to an associated server via the network interface. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A device comprising:
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a network interface; a memory including data corresponding to network addresses and identification data for each of a plurality of networked multifunction peripherals; and a processor configured to periodically receive real-time event report data from each of the networked multifunction peripherals via the network interface, the report data including a multifunction peripheral identifier, an application launch identifier and temporal data corresponding to an application launch on the networked multifunction peripheral, wherein the processor is further configured as a counter to count each application launch from each of the networked multifunction peripherals in accordance with received real-time report data to generate a cumulative count of launched applications on each of the networked multifunction peripherals, and wherein the processor is further configured to store updated electronic records for each of the networked multifunction peripherals in accordance with the real-time event data and the cumulative count. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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