| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE39801 |
Automatic installation of printers in a distributed environment |
August 28, 2007 |
| An operating system provides a point-and-print capability to users of the workstation. The point-and-print capability allows a user to print on any printer available within a distributed system by simply selecting a printer and requesting to print on the printer. The retrieval of con |
| 7418472 |
Systems and methods for determining remote device media capabilities |
August 26, 2008 |
| Systems and methods for providing a media device capabilities determination mechanism in a networked computing environment are provided. Some of today's operating systems and applications deliver a set of remoting features to enable a networked ecosystem of remote media consumption d |
| 6327045 |
Computer network |
December 4, 2001 |
| An implementation of a computer network which provides the ability for a network client to submit data to a network server for performing a job at a logical endpoint associated with the network server. By way of example, the data may be a print job, the job a printing operation, and the |
| 6240456 |
System and method for collecting printer administration information |
May 29, 2001 |
| An implementation of a computer network which provides the ability for a network client to submit data to a network server for performing a job at a logical endpoint associated with the network server. By way of example, the data may be a print job, the job a printing operation, and the |
| 6094679 |
Distribution of software in a computer network environment |
July 25, 2000 |
| A method of distributing software files resident on a network server to a network client. To effectuate the distribution, the network client issues an HTTP formatted request message to the network server which requests that certain software files resident on the network server be downloa |
| 5960168 |
Deferred printing |
September 28, 1999 |
| Facilities are provided within an operating system for supporting deferred printing of print jobs. The process of spooling a print job and the process of despooling the print job are decoupled, such that a printer need not be available at the time of spooling. Print jobs are spooled in a |
| 5881213 |
Deferred printing |
March 9, 1999 |
| Facilities are provided within an operating system for supporting deferred printing of print jobs. The process of spooling a print job and the process of despooling the print job are decoupled, such that a printer need not be available at the time of spooling. Print jobs are spooled in a |
| 5845058 |
Device independent spooling in a print architecture |
December 1, 1998 |
| Print jobs are automatically and transparently spooled in a device-independent format, such as an enhanced metafile format. The enhanced metafile format provides a format into which documents are readily converted and which occupies a minimal amount of storage space. Each spooled pri |
| 5692111 |
Automatic installation of printers in a distributed environment |
November 25, 1997 |
| An operating system provides a point-and-print capability to users of the workstation. The point-and-print capability allows a user to print on any printer available within a distributed system by simply selecting a printer and requesting to print on the printer. The retrieval of con |
| 5602974 |
Device independent spooling in a print architecture |
February 11, 1997 |
| Print jobs are automatically and transparently spooled in a device-independent format, such as an enhanced metafile format. The enhanced metafile format provides a format into which documents are readily converted and which occupies a minimal amount of storage space. Each spooled pri |
