Semantic printing options

US8804147B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Google LLC · US

Inventors

• Scott Byer · Cupertino, US
• Yevgeniy Gutnik · Sunnyvale, US
• Tyler Odean · San Francisco, US
• Yuri Dolgov · Mountain View, US
• Sanjeev Radhakrishnan · San Jose, US
• Paolo Ferraris · Mountain View, US
• Marc Pawliger · San Jose, US
• Abhijit Kalamkar · Sunnyvale, US
• Robert Toscano · San Francisco, US
• Albert Bodenhamer · San Jose, US
• Akshay Kannan · Fremont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2012
• Grant date: Aug 12, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 8, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/1272
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The embodiments provide a print server including a cloud print service. The print server includes an application manager configured to receive a print request for content to be printed, over a network, from a user of an application associated with a device, and provide, over the network, a print dialog to the user. The print dialog is configured to identify at least one available printer associated with the cloud print service. The print server also includes an options translator configured to determine at least one printing option associated with the at least one available printer, and translate a native printer display format of the at least one printing option to a common protocol display format associated with the cloud print service. The options translator is configured to provide the common protocol display format for inclusion in the print dialog.