World wide web formatting for program output through print function

• US 6,560,621 B2
• Filed: 12/29/1997
• Issued: 05/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Barile, Steven E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kindred, Alford W.
• Application Number:
  US08/998,616
• Publication Number:
  US 20010054047A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,954 Days
• Field of Search: 707/513, 707/526, 707/500, 707/527, 345/332, 345/352, 345/507, 709/200-205, 709/217, 709/301, 364/479.05, 395/106, 395/834, 395/825, 358/400, 358/403, 358/462
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/123 Storage facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation

Abstract

A method of creating a Web page comprising the steps of: (a) using an application to create a file not formatted for Web viewing referred to as a source file; and (b) transmitting said source file to a print driver program, said print driver program formatting said source file in a Web format by adding and/or replacing portions of said source file with Web format commands/codes. The method wherein said Web formatted source file is stored in a location accessible by World Wide Web browsers.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

enabling a user to select World Wide Web formatting for an output of a program through a print function, wherein the output of the program has a format not suited for viewing on the World Wide Web; and

formatting the output of the program for viewing on the World Wide Web in response to the selection for World Wide Web formatting.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the enabling comprises entering a World Wide Web format driver in an operating system registry.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the enabling comprises enabling a display of a print dialog box prompting the user to select a World Wide Web format driver.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the formatting comprises formatting the output of the program in a hypertext markup language.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the formatting comprises formatting the output of the program in accordance with graphics device interface calls from the program.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the formatting comprises formatting a source file created with the program with a World Wide Web format driver.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising transmitting the World Wide Web formatted output to a location accessible by a World Wide Web browser.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the World Wide Web formatted output to the location using a file transfer protocol or a hypertext transport protocol.

9. A method comprising:

receiving source data through a graphics device interface, wherein the source data has a format not suited for viewing on the World Wide Web;

formatting the received source data for viewing on the World Wide Web using a format driver in an operating system registry; and

transmitting the World Wide Web formatted source data to a location accessible by a World Wide Web browser.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the formatting comprises formatting the received source data in a hypertext markup language.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the World Wide Web formatted source data to the location using a file transfer protocol or a hypertext transport protocol.

12. A program storage device readable by a computing device, the program storage device encoding statements executable by a computer, the statements defining a method comprising:

enabling a user to select World Wide Web formatting for an output of a program through a print function, wherein the output of the program has a format not suited for viewing on the World Wide Web; and

formatting the output of the program for viewing on the World Wide Web in response to the selection for World Wide Web formatting.

13. The program storage device of claim 12, wherein the enabling comprises entering a World Wide Web format driver in an operating system registry.

14. The program storage device of claim 12, wherein the enabling comprises enabling a display of a print dialog box prompting the user to select a World Wide Web format driver.

15. The program storage device of claim 12, wherein the formatting comprises formatting the output of the program in a hypertext markup language.

16. The program storage device of claim 12, wherein the formatting comprises formatting the output of the program in accordance with graphics device interface calls from the program.

17. The program storage device of claim 12, wherein the formatting comprises formatting a source file created with the program with a World Wide Web format driver.

18. The program storage device of claim 12, wherein the method comprises transmitting the World Wide Web formatted output to a location accessible by a World Wide Web browser.

19. The program storage device of claim 18, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the World Wide Web formatted output to the location using a file transfer protocol or a hypertext transport protocol.

20. A program storage device readable by a computing device, the program storage device encoding statements executable by a computer, the statements defining a method comprising:

receiving source data through a graphics device interface, wherein the source data has a format not suited for viewing on the World Wide Web;

formatting the received source data for viewing on the World Wide Web using a format driver in an operating system registry; and

transmitting the World Wide Web formatted source data to a location accessible by a World Wide Web browser.

21. The program storage device of claim 20, wherein the formatting comprises formatting the received source data in a hypertext markup language.

22. The program storage device of claim 20, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the World Wide Web formatted source data to the location using a file transfer protocol or a hypertext transport protocol.

23. A method comprising:

enabling a user to select World Wide Web formatting for an output of a program through a print function, wherein the output of the program has a format not suited for viewing on the World Wide Web;

receiving the output of the program through a graphics device interface; and

formatting the output of the program for viewing on the World Wide Web, wherein the formatting comprises formatting the output of the program with a World Wide Web format driver in accordance with graphics device calls from the program to the graphics device interface.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the enabling comprises entering the World Wide Web format driver in an operating system registry.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the enabling comprises enabling a display of a print dialog box prompting the user to select the World Wide Web format driver.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein the formatting comprises formatting the output of the program in a hypertext markup language.

27. The method of claim 23, comprising transmitting the World Wide Web formatted output to a location accessible by a World Wide Web browser.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the World Wide Web formatted output to the location using a file transfer protocol or a hypertext transport protocol.

29. A program storage device readable by a computing device, the program storage device encoding statements executable by a computer, the statements defining a method comprising:

enabling a user to select World Wide Web formatting for an output of a program through a print function, wherein the output of the program has a format not suited for viewing on the World Wide Web;

receiving the output of the program through a graphics device interface; and

formatting the output of the program for viewing on the World Wide Web, wherein the formatting comprises formatting the output of the program with a World Wide Web format driver in accordance with graphics device calls from the program to the graphics device interface.

30. The program storage device of claim 29, wherein the enabling comprises entering the World Wide Web format driver in an operating system registry.

31. The program storage device of claim 29, wherein the enabling comprises enabling a display of a print dialog box prompting the user to select the World Wide Web format driver.

32. The program storage device of claim 29, wherein the formatting comprises formatting the output of the program in a hypertext markup language.

33. The program storage device of claim 29, wherein the method comprises transmitting the World Wide Web formatted output to a location accessible by a World Wide Web browser.

34. The program storage device of claim 33, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the World Wide Web formatted output to the location using a file transfer protocol or a hypertext transport protocol.