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Printer communicating with a computing device that has access to a target-device script that initiates a control object to control a target device

US10108949B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 2015
Grant dateOct 23, 2018
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/32
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device control system has a terminal 3 with a web browser 31, and a printer 5 that controls a connected device. The terminal 3 calls an object that controls a device and is instantiated by the device API 33 to support the device, and sends a request to the printer 5, by the web application 32; and the printer 5 executes a device control script 502 that controls the device, receives requests sent through the device API 33, and controls the device.

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