Supply item messaging

• US 9,602,583 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2011
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Novak, David B., Woods, Brian, Ness, Erik D., Rice, Huston W., Shipman, Amy
• Primary Examiner(s): JOSHI, SURAJ M
• Application Number:
  US14/114,404
• Publication Number:
  US 20140059138A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,154 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

One example discloses a peripheral supply component. The peripheral supply component includes a supply item (130) to provide resources on an installed peripheral component (110), wherein the supply item (130) is a consumable, upgradable, or replacement component on the installed peripheral component (110). An encoded component (140) is installed with the supply item (130), wherein the encoded component (140) is employed to generate a message event related to the peripheral component.

Claims

1. A peripheral subsystem, comprising:

a replaceable or upgradable supply item to provide a resource to a peripheral device, wherein an encoded message identifier is installed with the supply item and comprises a trigger for a message event; and

a supply message decoder to;

receive the message event in response to a trigger condition being met based on the trigger of the encoded message identifier; and

decode the message event; and

identify a message that is stored on a network device corresponding to the decoded message event.

2. The peripheral subsystem of claim 1, wherein the message event is broadcast to peripheral devices that accept the supply item or transmitted to selected peripheral models within a peripheral platform.

3. The peripheral subsystem of claim 1, wherein the encoded message identifier includes a reference to a system or message to be displayed.

4. The peripheral subsystem of claim 1, wherein the encoded message identifier includes supply data that triggers the message event, wherein the message event is employed to communicate a message from a peripheral manufacturer, to determine a model number of a targeted peripheral, or determine that a message is to be broadcast to members of a designated peripheral class.

5. The peripheral subsystem of claim 1, wherein the encoded message identifier includes a data value that triggers classes of messages.

6. The peripheral subsystem of claim 5, wherein the classes of messages are related to no messages, warranty issues, recall issues, repairs, limited supplies availability, or new supply model numbers.

7. The peripheral subsystem of claim 1, wherein the message event triggers communications at a network website, wherein the communications include text, images, audio, graphics, or video.

8. The peripheral subsystem of claim 1, wherein the message event triggers communications at a local display associated with a peripheral, wherein the communications include text, images, audio, graphics, or video.

9. The peripheral subsystem of claim 1, wherein the supply item includes ink, toner, a replacement component, a repair component, or a device upgrade component.

10. The peripheral subsystem of claim 9, wherein the supply item is employed with a printer, a copier, a fax machine, a scanner, a peripheral device, or an entertainment device.

11. A method for peripheral communications, comprising:

receiving a message event triggered from a replacement device or upgrade device, wherein the message event comprises an encoded message identifier stored at the replacement device or upgrade device;

initiating remote network communications to determine at least one message based on the encoded message identifier; and

enabling display of the at least one message based in part on the message event.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising enabling display of the at least one message at a network website or at a location local to a peripheral.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing the encoded message identifier associated with a printer, a copier, a fax machine, a scanner, a peripheral device, or an entertainment device.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising generating the at least one message to communicate recall information, warranty information, repair information, supply availability information, or a product name change related to alternative supplies that are available.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein message event comprises a bit triggered message identifier encoded as an integer in a map.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one message is generated at a manufacturer external to the peripheral.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting a broadcast message to a peripheral that includes the encoded message identifier.

18. A computer peripheral comprising:

a first replaceable or upgradable supply item to provide a first resource to the computer peripheral;

a second replaceable or upgradable supply item to provide a second resource to the computer peripheral;

a memory to store computer executable instructions; and

a processor to access the memory and execute the computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions comprising a supply message decoder to;

process message events triggered by the first and second encoded message identifiers stored at the respective first and second supply items to decode message identifiers within the message events; and

forward the message identifiers to a network site, wherein the network site employs the message identifiers to identify at least two different messages stored at the network site corresponding to the message identifiers for the computer peripheral.

19. The computer peripheral of claim 18, wherein the network site employs the first encoded message identifier to identify at least two different messages.

20. The computer peripheral of claim 18, wherein a message stored at the network site that corresponds to one of the first and second encoded message identifiers is a given message at a given time and another message at another time.