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Client device using a markup language to control a periphery device via a printer

  • US 9,280,305 B2
  • Filed: 12/24/2013
  • Issued: 03/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device control system for a point-of-sale (POS) system, the device control system comprising:

  • a device responsive to device-control commands;

    a terminal; and

    a printer;

    wherein the device is configured to connect to the printer, and is configured to input data from, and output data to, the printer;

    wherein the terminal is configured to run an application that generates a control instruction for the device, to encode the control instruction as a markup language request, and to send the markup language request to the printer, said terminal being further configured to receive a response in markup language from the printer;

    wherein the printer is configured to connect to the device, to interpret the markup language request received from the terminal, and to control the device using appropriate device-control commands to execute the interpreted markup language request, said printer being further configured to encode any response from the device as a markup language response and to send the markup language response to the terminal; and

    wherein said device-control commands are not a markup language.

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