Message management system for a user interface of a multifunctional printing system
First Claim
1. In a multifunctional printing system including a printing machine for producing prints from an electronic document stored therewith, the printing machine including a user interface with a display screen upon which one or more of a plurality of messages can be displayed for providing a user, at a customer use site, with status information about the printing system, a programmable message storage system for storing the plurality of messages, comprising:
- a configurable database for listing a plurality of message identifiers, the plurality of message identifiers corresponding respectively with the plurality of messages;
a plurality of code sets corresponding respectively with the plurality of message identifiers, each code set controlling a manner in which a corresponding message is displayed on the display screen; and
at least one of the plurality of code sets being user programmable so that, in response to user input, the at least one of the plurality of code sets is reconfigured in the database for changing the manner in which the message corresponding with the at least one of the plurality of codes sets is displayed as a function of said reconfiguring.
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Abstract
A programmable message storage system for a multifunctional printing system is provided. The programmable message storage system includes a configurable database for listing a plurality of message identifiers, the plurality of message identifiers corresponding respectively with the plurality of messages. The plurality of code sets corresponds respectively with the plurality of message identifiers, and each code set controls a manner in which a corresponding message is displayed on the display screen. In practice, at least one of the plurality of code sets is user programmable so that, in response to user input, the at least one of the plurality of code sets is reconfigured in the database for changing the manner in which the message corresponding with the at least one of the plurality of codes sets is displayed as a function of said reconfiguring.
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9 Claims
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1. In a multifunctional printing system including a printing machine for producing prints from an electronic document stored therewith, the printing machine including a user interface with a display screen upon which one or more of a plurality of messages can be displayed for providing a user, at a customer use site, with status information about the printing system, a programmable message storage system for storing the plurality of messages, comprising:
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a configurable database for listing a plurality of message identifiers, the plurality of message identifiers corresponding respectively with the plurality of messages;
a plurality of code sets corresponding respectively with the plurality of message identifiers, each code set controlling a manner in which a corresponding message is displayed on the display screen; and
at least one of the plurality of code sets being user programmable so that, in response to user input, the at least one of the plurality of code sets is reconfigured in the database for changing the manner in which the message corresponding with the at least one of the plurality of codes sets is displayed as a function of said reconfiguring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a multifunctional printing system including a printing machine for producing prints from an electronic document stored therewith, the printing machine including a user interface with a display screen upon which one of a plurality of messages can be displayed for providing a user, at a customer use site, with status information about the printing system, a programmable message storage system for storing the one or more of the plurality of messages, comprising:
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a configurable database for listing a plurality of message identifiers, the plurality of message identifiers corresponding respectively with the plurality of messages;
a plurality of code sets corresponding respectively with the plurality of message identifiers, each code set controlling a manner in which a corresponding message is displayed do the display screen; and
wherein at least one of the plurality of code sets is removable from the database, in response to user input, so that upon removal of the at least one of the plurality of code sets from the database the message corresponding with the at least one of the plurality of code sets is no longer displayable with the user interface.
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8. In a multifunctional printing system including a printing machine for producing prints from an electronic document stored therewith, the printing machine including a user interface with a display screen upon which one of a plurality of messages can be displayed for providing a user, at a customer use site, with status information about the printing system, a programmable message storage system for storing the one or more messages, comprising:
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a configurable database for listing a plurality of message identifiers, the plurality of message identifiers corresponding respectively with the plurality of messages;
a plurality of code sets corresponding respectively with the plurality of message identifiers, each code set controlling a manner in which a corresponding message is displayed on the display screen; and
wherein a new code set is addable to said database, in response to user input, so that a message corresponding with the new code set is displayable with the user interface when the new code set is added to the database.
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9. In a multifunctional printing system including a printing machine for producing prints from an electronic document stored therewith, the printing machine including a user interface with a display screen upon which one or more of a plurality of messages can be displayed for providing a user with status information about the printing system, a programmable message storage system for storing the plurality of messages, comprising:
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a configurable database for listing a plurality of message identifiers, the plurality of message identifiers corresponding respectively with the plurality of messages;
a plurality of code sets corresponding respectively with the plurality of message identifiers, each code set controlling a manner in which a corresponding message is displayed on the display screen, said plurality of code sets including a first code set and a second code set, wherein each of the first and second code sets includes a linking designator so that when the message corresponding with the first code set is displayed the message corresponding with the second code set is automatically displayed therewith; and
at least one of the plurality of code sets being user programmable so that, in response to user input, the at least one of the plurality of code sets is reconfigured in the database for changing the manner in which the message corresponding with the at least one of the plurality of codes sets is displayed as a function of said reconfiguring.
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