METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PRINT CONTENT TO A CLIENT

• US 20120212772A1
• Filed: 02/23/2011
• Published: 08/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Hwang, Peter G., Liu, Jerry J., Lim, Suk Hwan, O'Brien-Strain, Eamonn, Ngai, Terence C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,152,357 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1206 resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1271 Job submission at the printing node, e.g. creating a job from a data stored locally or remotely G06F3/1238 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1287 via internet

Abstract

A request for print content is received at a network server system. The request includes variable user input. Webpage content is obtained based at least in part on the variable user input. A subset of the webpage content is identified as print content. A print-ready layout of the print content is formed and the print content in the print-ready layout is provided, via network connection, to a client in response to the request.

Claims

1. A method for providing print content to a client, comprising:

receiving a request for print content at a server system, the request including variable user input;

obtaining webpage content based at least in part on the variable user input;

identifying a subset of the webpage content as print content;

forming a print-ready layout of the print content; and

providing, via a network connection, the print content in the print-ready layout to a client in response to the request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the print content in the print-ready layout comprises at least one of:

providing the printable content for display on a display screen;

providing the printable content in a format for printing.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining webpage content comprises:

aggregating content from a database of webpage content based at least in part on known crowd behaviors related to the variable user input.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining webpage content comprises at least one of:

aggregating webpage content from a database of user-provided webpage content associated with the variable user input;

performing a World Wide Web (WWW) search based on the variable user input.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a web-service to the client to facilitate a user submitting the request for print content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the print content to the client comprises:

providing multiple options of print content in respective print-ready layouts to the client.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving information associated with a user'"'"'s selection of one of the multiple provided options of print content; and

augmenting a database with the information to improve the relevance of print content provided in response to future requests for print content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining webpage content further comprises prioritizing the webpage content according to at least one of:

relevance;

popularity;

printability.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the print-ready layout is optimized based on at least one of:

relevance of the print content;

popularity of the print content;

printability of the print content.

10. A system for providing print content to a client, comprising:

a print request module to receive a request for print content according to search parameters submitted by a user;

a search module to obtain webpage content based at least in part on the user-submitted search parameters;

a filter module to extract print content from the webpage content;

a layout module to arrange the print content in a print-ready layout; and

a network interface module to provide a plurality of choices of print content in the print-ready layout to a client in response to the request.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a prioritization module to prioritize the webpage content according to at least one of;

relevance;

popularity;

printability.

12. The system of claim 10, the layout module further to optimize the print-ready layout based on at least one of:

relevance of the print content;

popularity of the print content;

printability of the print content.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a database to store data associated with a user'"'"'s selection of one of the plurality of choices of print content in the print-ready layout.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

an accuracy module to analyze the data in the database to improve the relevance of print content provided in response to future requests for print content.

15. A computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to:

receive a request for print content via a network connection, the request including variable user input;

obtain webpage content based at least in part on the variable user input;

determine a subset of the webpage content as print content;

generate a print-ready layout of the print content; and

provide, via the network connection, the print content in the print-ready layout to a client in response to the request.