Printer resource sharing in a media exchange network
First Claim
1. A system configured to facilitate printer resource sharing in a communication network, comprising:
- a first communication device at a first location, the first communication device communicatively coupled to a printer resource and to a second communication device at a second location via the communication network,wherein the first communication device authenticates the second communication device, and subsequent to the authentication of the second communication device, enables printing of information content residing with the first communication device on the printer resource via the communication network, the printer resource selected from a plurality of printing resources and configured to be operationally driven via the second communication device at the second location.
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Abstract
A system providing printer resource sharing in a communication network includes a first communication device at a first location, communicatively coupled to a printer resource and to a second communication device at a second location. The first communication device may authenticate the second communication device, and subsequent to the authentication, may enable printing of information content on the printer resource, at a request of a user of the second communication device. The first communication device may authenticate the second communication device based on a signal received from the second communication device. The first and second communication devices and the printer resource may be communicatively coupled via a communication network. The communication network may include a broadband access headend, a cable infrastructure, a satellite network infrastructure, a digital subscriber line (DSL) infrastructure, an Internet infrastructure, an intranet or wired infrastructure, closed communication infrastructure, local area network, and/or a wireless infrastructure.
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32 Claims
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1. A system configured to facilitate printer resource sharing in a communication network, comprising:
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a first communication device at a first location, the first communication device communicatively coupled to a printer resource and to a second communication device at a second location via the communication network, wherein the first communication device authenticates the second communication device, and subsequent to the authentication of the second communication device, enables printing of information content residing with the first communication device on the printer resource via the communication network, the printer resource selected from a plurality of printing resources and configured to be operationally driven via the second communication device at the second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system configured to facilitate printer resource sharing in a communication network, comprising:
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a first communication device deployed in a first location, wherein the first communication device enables printing of information content on a printer resource residing with the first communication device, via the communication network, based upon a selected resource selected from a plurality of printing resources and configured to be operationally driven via a second communication device at a second location, wherein the first communication device authenticates the second communication device prior to the printing of the information content by the printer resource. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system providing printer resource sharing in a communication network, comprising:
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a second communication device deployed in a second location, wherein, based upon a selected printer resource of a plurality of printer resources by a user, the second communication device operationally drives printing of information content residing with a first communication device deployed in a first location, wherein printing of the information content is enabled on a selected printer resource via the second communication device, and the second communication device communicates a signal to the first communication device that authenticates the second communication device, prior to the printing of the information content residing with the first communication device on the printer resource via the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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