Peripheral device

• US 8,185,957 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2006
• Issued: 05/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lexmark International Incorporated (Ninestar Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lexmark International Incorporated (Ninestar Corporation)
• Inventors: Ahmed, Mohamed Nooman, Bridges, Amanda Kay, Daniel, Stuart Willard, Flowers, William James Gardner, Grieshaber, Charles Edward, Hasselbring, Dennis Herbert, Lhamon, Michael Earl, McQuillen, Chad Eugene, Timperman, Michael Ray
• Primary Examiner(s): REZA, MOHAMMAD W
• Application Number:
  US11/554,313
• Publication Number:
  US 20080115222A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,031 Days
• Field of Search: 713/161, 713/193, 713/164, 713/500, 713/600, 725/13, 725/18, 726/26, 726/2, 726/27
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/00 Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data , e.g. computer output printersprinting or plotting combined with another operation, e.g. with conveying, G06K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/005 only locally
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2215/0082 Architecture adapted for a particular function
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/00 Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04; devices or methods for replacing direct visual or auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F9/08, A61F11/04; audible indication of meter readings or of colour G01D7/12; watches for blind persons G04B25/02; speech analysis, speech recognition G10L; sound-recording or reproducing, per se G11B

Abstract

A method for an impaired user to control a peripheral device including receiving key-value pair input from the user, determining whether the received input is valid and executing a job generated from the valid received key-value pair input.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a peripheral device comprising:

receiving a first code input;

determining whether the first code input is valid;

receiving a second code input if the first code input is determined to be valid, the second code input being a value associated with the first code input;

determining whether the second code input is valid for the first code input; and

executing a job generated from the valid first code input and second code input;

wherein at least one of the receiving the first code input, the determining whether the first code input is valid, the receiving a second code input, the determining whether the second code input is valid and the executing is performed by a processor.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first code input and the second code input are one or more alphanumeric characters, the first code input representing a desired feature and the second code input representing a value associated with the desired feature.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, signaling the user whether first code input and the second code input is valid.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein signaling comprises:

a first audio sound signifying the valid first code-input and the valid second code input; and

a second audio sound signifying invalid first code input and invalid second code input.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the signaling is accomplished via a data network in communication with a digital receiver.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining whether the first code input is valid comprises verifying the associated feature value is an acceptable value for the desired feature.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the job comprises a request for the peripheral device to perform the desired function including a desired feature.

8. A method for a user to control a peripheral device, comprising:

receiving a first code input from the user;

determining whether the received first code input is valid;

receiving a second code input from the user, the second code input associated with the first code input;

determining whether the received second code input is valid;

receiving a completion indication from the user; and

executing a job generated from the valid received first code input and second code input;

wherein at least one of the receiving the first code input, the determining whether the first code input is valid, the receiving the second code input, the determining whether the received second code input is valid, the receiving the completion indication, and the executing is performed by a processor.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first code input and the second code input comprise one or more alphanumeric characters, the first code input representing a desired attribute and the second code input representing a value associated with the desired attribute.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining whether the first code input is valid comprises checking that the first code input represents a valid peripheral device function and an associated attribute.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising signaling the user whether the first code input and the second code input are valid, wherein the signaling includes

a first audio sound signifying the valid received first code input and the valid received second code input;

and

a second audio sound signifying invalid received first code input and invalid received second code input.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the completion indication is a special function key on an operational panel linked to the peripheral device.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the job comprises a request for the peripheral device to perform a function including a desired attribute.

14. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage device, for controlling a peripheral device, the computer program product being operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

receive a first code input from a user;

determine whether the first code input is valid;

receive a second code input from the user if the received first code input is valid;

determine whether the second code input is valid for the first code input;

execute a job generated from the valid first code input and the valid second code input.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the first code input and the second code input are one or more alphanumeric characters, the first code input representing a desired feature, and the second code input representing an associated value.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the determining whether the first code input is valid comprises verifying the associated feature value is an acceptable value for the desired feature.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer program product is operable to cause the data processing apparatus to signal the user whether at least one of the first code input and the second code input is valid.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein signaling comprises:

a first audio sound signifying the valid first code input and the valid second code input; and

a second audio sound signifying invalid first code input and invalid second code input.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the job comprises a request for the peripheral device to perform a function including a desired feature.