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Universal mobile print agent

  • US 8,571,602 B2
  • Filed: 06/08/2007
  • Issued: 10/29/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a mobile device for providing print output, the method comprising:

  • initializing a print output from the mobile device;

    determining a location of the mobile device by initiating a position location procedure;

    querying a local database that is maintained by the mobile device to determine output device options based, at least in part, on the determined location of the mobile device and one or more filtering criteria which include at least a threshold proximity of the determined location of the mobile device to one or more of the output device options;

    determining the output device options from the local database in response to the query;

    determining whether a selected output device is local or remote, the selected output device being selected from among the output device options;

    determining that a connection from the mobile device to the selected output device is wireless based on an identity of the selected output device, wherein the connection to the selected output device is available at the determined location of the mobile device; and

    communicating, via a print application interface to a wireless transceiver for transmission over the connection, at least one image stored within the mobile device to the selected output device for conversion into a hard copy.

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