Patent · US Expired

Portable wireless device and software for printing by reference

US7299490B2 · kind B2 · utility

10Cited by
30References
18Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 29, 2001
Grant dateNov 20, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 1, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1292
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable wireless device wirelessly communicates a reference to a print device causing the print device to use the reference to obtain a desired set of print content and further causing the print device to print the desired print content. The portable wireless device may also wirelessly communicate the reference to a print service which may respond to the reference by obtaining the desired print content, formatting the desired print content for printing, and communicating the desired print content to the print device for printing.

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