Method and system for communicating between a remote printer and a server
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a print server from a remote printer, data identifying one or more characteristics of the remote printer;
verifying, by the print server, that the remote printer has been registered with the print server, the verifying comprising verifying the one or more characteristics of the remote printer; and
sending, from the print server to the remote printer, an indication of a number of data items to be printed and an indication of a number of print data items to be downloaded, wherein the remote printer is configured to download the print data items.
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Abstract
In order to enable downloading to a mobile printer data items from a server, a method comprising the steps of establishing communication connection end points (“sockets”), communicating with the server, where the communication includes sending a request for authentication to the server, receiving an authentication response, requesting print data portions from the server, receiving the requested print data portions, and notifying the server after each print data portion has been printed. The method also includes the step of terminating their communication connection when a printing session ends or if an error occurs. The method constitutes a printer-server protocol.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a print server from a remote printer, data identifying one or more characteristics of the remote printer; verifying, by the print server, that the remote printer has been registered with the print server, the verifying comprising verifying the one or more characteristics of the remote printer; and sending, from the print server to the remote printer, an indication of a number of data items to be printed and an indication of a number of print data items to be downloaded, wherein the remote printer is configured to download the print data items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer readable storage device having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, the instructions comprising:
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instructions to receive, by a print server from a remote printer, data identifying one or more characteristics of the remote printer; instructions to verify, by the print server and based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the remote printer, that the remote printer has been registered with the print server; and instructions to send, from the print server to the remote printer, an indication of a number of data items to be printed and an indication of a number of print data items to be downloaded, wherein the remote printer is configured to download the print data items. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A print server for managing a remote printer, the print server comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory in communication with the at least one processor, the at least one member having instructions embodied thereon that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, cause the print server to; receive, from a remote printer, data identifying one or more characteristics of the remote printer, verify, based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the remote printer, that the remote printer has been registered with the print server, and send, to the remote printer, an indication of a number of data items to be printed and an indication of a number of print data items to be downloaded, wherein the remote printer is configured to download the print data items. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A printer configured to be managed by a print server, the printer comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory in communication with the at least one processor, the at least one memory having instructions embodied thereon that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, cause the printer to; send, to a print server, data identifying one or more characteristics of the printer, wherein the print server is configured to verify, based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the printer, that the printer has been registered with the print server; receive, from the print server, an indication of a number of data items to be printed and an indication of a number of print data items to be downloaded; download the print data items; and send, to the print server, an indication of a number of items printed by the printer, wherein the print server is further configured to determine to terminate a communication connection with the printer based at least in part on the number of items printed by the printer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method comprising:
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sending, by a printer to a print server, data identifying one or more characteristics of the printer, wherein the print server is configured to verify, based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the printer, that the printer has been registered with the print server; receiving, by the printer from the print server, an indication of a number of data items to be printed and an indication of a number of print data items to be downloaded; downloading, by the printer, the print data items; and sending, by the printer to the print server, an indication of a number of items printed by the printer, wherein the print server is further configured to determine to terminate a communication connection with the printer based at least in part on the number of items printed by the printer. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer readable storage device having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, the instructions comprising:
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instructions to send, to a print server, data identifying one or more characteristics of the printer, wherein the print server is configured to verify, based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the printer, that the printer has been registered with the print server; instructions to receive, from the print server, an indication of a number of data items to be printed and an indication of a number of print data items to be downloaded; instructions to download the print data items; and instructions to send, to the print server, an indication of a number of items printed by the printer, wherein the print server is further configured to determine to terminate a communication connection with the printer based at least in part on the number of items printed by the printer. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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