SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING AND OUTPUTTING DIGITAL CONTENT OVER A NETWORK THAT INCLUDES THE INTERNET

• US 20180203647A1
• Filed: 03/15/2018
• Published: 07/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FlexiJet Technologies Inc..
• Original Assignee: Flexiworld Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Chang, William Ho, Liu, Christina Ying
• Granted Patent: US 10,261,739 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 3/1247 by conversion to printer ready format
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/126 Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/32 using wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2805 Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2834 Switching of information between an external network and a home network access arrangements H04L12/2856
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2838 Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 : wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0492 : by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field communication or limited proximity of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 : specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 : Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 : Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 : Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 : Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5651 : Reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 999/99 : dummy group

Abstract

An output system for capturing and outputting digital content is herein disclosed and enabled. The output system includes an information apparatus (e.g., a digital capturing device or an internet appliance) for capturing digital content, a server application at a server over the Internet, and a client application at a client device for accessing the captured digital content. The information apparatus includes a wireless communication module (e.g., IEEE 802.11 or Bluetooth) for transmitting the captured digital content to the server. The server application generates output data from the captured digital content for sending to the client device for outputting or playing at least part of the output data at an output device associated with the client device. Receipt of the output data is dependent on the client application having provided security or authentication information and payment or subscription information to the server.

Claims

1. A system for outputting digital content, comprising:

an information apparatus that includes a digital capturing device for capturing digital content, at least one wireless communication module for wireless communication, and at least one processor, and the at least one processor directs the wireless communication module to;

establish a wireless communication connection with one or more servers over a network that includes the Internet, the one or more servers being distinct devices from the information apparatus,

transmit, over the established wireless communication connection, a device object that includes device information related to the information apparatus from the information apparatus to the one or more servers; and

provide, over the established wireless communication connection and from the information apparatus, the digital content captured by the digital capturing device of the information apparatus to the one or more servers;

server software executable at the one or more servers, the one or more servers includes at least a network communication interface for network communication, and the one or more servers includes memory for storing at least part of the digital content received from the information apparatus;

client software executable at a client device, the client is a distinct device from the information apparatus and from the one or more servers, wherein the client device includes;

one or more wireless communication units for wireless communication,

an output device for outputting data content, and

one or more processors for executing at least part of the client software, wherein the client software provides, via the one or more wireless communication units of the client device, one or more job objects to the one or more servers over the network, the one or more job objects including at least one of security information or identification information for accessing the one or more servers, and the one or more job objects further includes subscription information for accessing the one or more servers;

wherein the server software further;

receives, via the at least one network communication interface, the digital content from the information apparatus;

stores, in the memory of the one or more servers, at least part of the received digital content;

generates, at the one or more servers, output data for output at the client device, the output data is related to at least part of the digital content received by the one or more servers from the information apparatus, and the generating of the output data is related, at least partly, to at least a portion of the device object received by the one or more servers from the information apparatus; and

provides, via the at least one network communication interface of the one or more servers, at least part of the output data from the one or more servers to the client device for outputting at least part of the digital content received from the information apparatus, the providing of at least part of the output data is subsequent to the one or more servers having received the one or more job objects from the client software at the client device, the client device being a distinct device from the information apparatus and from the one or more servers; and

wherein the client software further;

receives, via the one or more wireless communication units of the client device, at least part of the output data from the one or more servers, and the receiving of the at least part of the output data is subsequent to the client device having provided the one or more job objects to the one or more servers over the network; and

outputs at least part of the output data received at the client device at the output device associated with the client device.

2. The output system of claim 1, wherein the information apparatus is a digital capturing device.

3. The output system of claim 1, wherein the information apparatus is an internet appliance.

4. The output system of claim 1, wherein the client device includes an interface for interacting with the user, and wherein the client application further:

searches, via the one or more wireless communication units of the client device, for available information apparatus;

provides, via the interface, a list of information apparatus found in the search to the user for user selection; and

receives, via the interface and from the user, a selected information apparatus from among the list of information apparatus provided via the interface.

5. The output system of claim 1, wherein the information apparatus includes an interface for interacting with the user, and the interface includes hardware or software, individually or in any combination.

6. The output system of claim 5, wherein the information apparatus further includes at least one of a microphone, a speaker, a mouse, a keyboard, a touch-sensitive or non-touch sensitive screen, push buttons, soft keys, or a stylus, individually or in any combination.

7. The output system of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication module of the information apparatus is compliant, at least in part, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 standard.

8. The output system of claim 1, wherein the generation of at least part of the output data includes one or more of an interpretation operation, a conversion operation, a rasterization operation, a scaling operation, a segmentation operation, a color space transform operation, an image enhancement operation, a color correction operation, a compression operation, an encryption operation, or a decryption operation, individually or in any combination.