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System and method for server virtual printer device name negotiation for mobile print support

US6704117B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 25, 1997
Grant dateMar 9, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1288
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Client/server negotiation of virtual display and/or printer device selection to control session attributes, job routing to customized subsystems, user access control, and so forth. Within the Telnet Protocol, sanctioned and used with the “DO, DONT, WILL, WONT” structure, during subnegotiation a client requests and a server agrees to a specific virtual device name for the session display and/or printer.

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