Directly transferring data between devices
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1. A method for directly transferring data between devices, the method comprising:
- with a first computing system that is wirelessly associated with a computer network, establishing a direct data-link layer connection to a printing device that is acting as a data sink; and
with said first computing system transmitting data to said printing device over said direct data-link layer connection without transferring said data over said computer network, and without interaction from any other computing device,wherein said first computing system maintains a connection to said computer network while transmitting said data to said printing device via said direct data-link layer connection.
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Abstract
A method for directly transferring data between devices includes, with a first computing system that is able to wirelessly associate with a computer network, establishing a direct data-link layer connection to a second computing system that is acting as a data sink, and with the first computing system transmitting data to the second computing system over the connection without transferring the data over the network.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for directly transferring data between devices, the method comprising:
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with a first computing system that is wirelessly associated with a computer network, establishing a direct data-link layer connection to a printing device that is acting as a data sink; and with said first computing system transmitting data to said printing device over said direct data-link layer connection without transferring said data over said computer network, and without interaction from any other computing device, wherein said first computing system maintains a connection to said computer network while transmitting said data to said printing device via said direct data-link layer connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15)
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9. A computing system comprising:
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at least one processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the memory comprising computer executable code that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to; establish a direct data-link layer connection to a second computing system acting as a data sink; and transmit data between said computing system and said second computing system over said direct data-link layer connection without transferring said data over a network with which said computing system is able to associate, and without disconnecting the computing system from said network, wherein the direct data-link layer connection is a direct connection between the computing system and the second computing system without connecting via an intermediary computing device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 16)
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13. A method for directly transferring data between devices performed by a first computing system, the method comprising:
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in response to determining that a target data sink device is not part of a network associated with said first computing system, broadcasting a signal with the first computing system to determine if said target data sink device is within a wireless range of said first computing system; in response to receiving a response from said target data sink device, establishing a direct data-link layer connection to said target data sink device with said first computing system; and with said first computing system, transmitting data between said first computing system and said target data sink device over said direct data-link layer connection without transferring said data over said network, and without interaction from an intermediary computing device, wherein said target data sink device only allows communication between a group of computing systems that includes said first computing system. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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