Stand alone printer with hardware/software interfaces for sharing multimedia processing
First Claim
1. A system for printing time-based media, the system comprising:
- a media processing system for determining an electronic representation of the time-based media wherein the media processing system resides at least in part on a printer and at least in part on an external media processing system;
the printer including;
an interface for transferring time-based media between the external media processing system and the printer, the interface comprising a first media interface for communicating with a first peripheral device external to the printer and a second media interface for communicating with a second peripheral device external to the printer;
an electronic output system in communication with the media processing system to receive the electronic representation, the electronic output system producing a corresponding electronic output from the electronic representation of the time-based media; and
a resource allocation module for receiving a request for at least one media processing task and determining processing allocation for at least one media processing task among the printer and the external media processing system based on criteria.
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Abstract
A printing system for time-based data enables the printing of time-based media by sharing processing resources on a printer and on an external media processing system such as an external service, for example, a web service. The media processing may similarly be shared, as determined by a resource allocation module, between the printer and an external media processing system coupled via a communication interface to the printer or via a network. An example of such an external media processing system is an external device such as a personal computer or an external service such as a web service. A stand-alone version of the printer with embedded time based data in multiple media is described with a display and user interface so that a user can walk up to the printer and perform multimedia processing at the printer. The stand alone version has a network connection or other communication interface so that an external service or device can interface directly with the printer in performing media processing or a user can interface with the external service or device directly through the printer.
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49 Claims
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1. A system for printing time-based media, the system comprising:
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a media processing system for determining an electronic representation of the time-based media wherein the media processing system resides at least in part on a printer and at least in part on an external media processing system; the printer including; an interface for transferring time-based media between the external media processing system and the printer, the interface comprising a first media interface for communicating with a first peripheral device external to the printer and a second media interface for communicating with a second peripheral device external to the printer; an electronic output system in communication with the media processing system to receive the electronic representation, the electronic output system producing a corresponding electronic output from the electronic representation of the time-based media; and a resource allocation module for receiving a request for at least one media processing task and determining processing allocation for at least one media processing task among the printer and the external media processing system based on criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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