US20040001217A1 - System and method for users of mobile computing devices to print documents - Google Patents

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US20040001217A1
US20040001217A1 US10/180,764 US18076402A US2004001217A1 US 20040001217 A1 US20040001217 A1 US 20040001217A1 US 18076402 A US18076402 A US 18076402A US 2004001217 A1 US2004001217 A1 US 2004001217A1
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  • This invention relates generally to computer printing, and more particularly to a way to enable users of mobile computing devices to print documents conveniently.
  • the present invention provides a network printing service that enables mobile computing devices, such as laptop computer, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) devices, Web cell phones, etc., to print documents easily even though they are not directly connected to a printer or do not support the applications and printer drivers for printing.
  • mobile computing devices such as laptop computer, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) devices, Web cell phones, etc.
  • PDA Personal Digital Assistant
  • the print service includes a print service interface for interacting with the client to receive print request data, a router component for processing the print request, and a rendering component for converting documents from a source document format to a target format for printing.
  • the user enters a print request, which identifies the location of the document on the network (e.g., in terms of the document's URL).
  • the document may be directly passed from the mobile device to the print service. If applicable, the user also specifies the target printer through the same interface.
  • the print service receives the request, if the request gives the document's URL, it retrieves the document corresponding to that URL, renders the document into an appropriate target format, and prints the document as requested by the user.
  • the network print service framework of the invention can be implemented not only on the Internet, but also on networks of different sizes, such as corporate intranets, home LAN or the like.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram generally illustrating an exemplary computer system on which the present invention may be implemented
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an exemplary embodiment of a print service provided on the Internet for processing print requests by users of mobile Internet devices;
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing another exemplary embodiment of a print service on the Internet.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of a print service gateway residing on a user's personal computer and accessible over a corporate intranet.
  • program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types.
  • program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types.
  • program modules may be practiced with other computer system configurations, including hand-held devices, multi-processor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, and the like.
  • the invention may be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network.
  • program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices.
  • FIG. 1 a general purpose computing device is shown in the form of a conventional personal computer 20 , including a processing unit 21 , a system memory 22 , and a system bus 23 that couples various system components including the system memory to the processing unit 21 .
  • the system bus 23 may be any of several types of bus structures including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, and a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures.
  • the system memory includes read only memory (ROM) 24 and random access memory (RAM) 25 .
  • a basic input/output system (BIOS) 26 containing the basic routines that help to transfer information between elements within the personal computer 20 , such as during start-up, is stored in ROM 24 .
  • the personal computer 20 further includes a hard disk drive 27 for reading from and writing to a hard disk 60 , a magnetic disk drive 28 for reading from or writing to a removable magnetic disk 29 , and an optical disk drive 30 for reading from or writing to a removable optical disk 31 such as a CD ROM or other optical media.
  • the hard disk drive 27 , magnetic disk drive 28 , and optical disk drive 30 are connected to the system bus 23 by a hard disk drive interface 32 , a magnetic disk drive interface 33 , and an optical disk drive interface 34 , respectively.
  • the drives and their associated computer-readable media provide nonvolatile storage of computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules and other data for the personal computer 20 .
  • exemplary environment described herein employs a hard disk 60 , a removable magnetic disk 29 , and a removable optical disk 31 , it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that other types of computer readable media which can store data that is accessible by a computer, such as magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, digital video disks, Bernoulli cartridges, random access memories, read only memories, storage area networks, and the like may also be used in the exemplary operating environment.
  • a number of program modules may be stored on the hard disk 60 , magnetic disk 29 , optical disk 31 , ROM 24 or RAM 25 , including an operating system 35 , one or more applications programs 36 , other program modules 37 , and program data 38 .
  • a user may enter commands and information into the personal computer 20 through input devices such as a keyboard 40 and a pointing device 42 .
  • Other input devices may include a microphone, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, or the like.
  • These and other input devices are often connected to the processing unit 21 through a serial port interface 46 that is coupled to the system bus, but may be connected by other interfaces, such as a parallel port, game port or a universal serial bus (USB) or a network interface card.
  • a monitor 47 or other type of display device is also connected to the system bus 23 via an interface, such as a video adapter 48 .
  • personal computers typically include other peripheral output devices, not shown, such as speakers and printers.
  • the personal computer 20 may operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as a remote computer 49 .
  • the remote computer 49 may be another personal computer, a server, a router, a network PC, a peer device or other common network node, and typically includes many or all of the elements described above relative to the personal computer 20 , although only a memory storage device 50 has been illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • the logical connections depicted in FIG. 1 include a local area network (LAN) 51 and a wide area network (WAN) 52 .
  • LAN local area network
  • WAN wide area network
  • the personal computer 20 When used in a LAN networking environment, the personal computer 20 is connected to the local network 51 through a network interface or adapter 53 . When used in a WAN networking environment, the personal computer 20 typically includes a modem 54 or other means for establishing communications over the WAN 52 .
  • the modem 54 which may be internal or external, is connected to the system bus 23 via the serial port interface 46 .
  • program modules depicted relative to the personal computer 20 may be stored in the remote memory storage device. It will be appreciated that the network connections shown are exemplary and other means of establishing a communications link between the computers may be used.
  • the computer may be in the form of a laptop computer and equipped with wireless transmission and networking capabilities for wireless connections to the Internet or other networks.
  • the present invention is directed to a print service architecture that allows the user of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer, a PDA, a Web cell phone (or “smart cell phone”), etc., to print documents even if the mobile device has no direct connection with or control over a printer, and even if the device has no processing power or memory capacity for applications and printer drivers required to perform the printing operations.
  • a mobile computing device such as a laptop computer, a PDA, a Web cell phone (or “smart cell phone”), etc.
  • the mobile device i's not required to handle the rendering of the document into a format acceptable to the printer, and does not even have to know where the printer is located. Instead, the mobile device only has to locate a print service on a network to which the mobile device is connected, tell the print service where the document is or pass the document to the print service, and the print service will control the printing operation to print the document as requested.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment in which a print service 70 is implemented as part of a Web server on the Internet 72 .
  • the print service architecture according to the invention is scalable such that it can be used in other networks such as corporate intranets for handling print jobs, as will be described in greater detail below.
  • the user's mobile device which in this embodiment may be a Web cell phone 76 , a PDA 78 , a laptop 80 , or any other Internet device, is connected to the Internet 72 .
  • a user 82 named “Jane” may carry a Web cell phone 76 when she travels.
  • the hotel has a Web site 86 on the Internet that hosts a print service 70 .
  • Jane wants to print a document.
  • her documents 92 including the one she wants to print, are stored at a Web storage 90 on the Web.
  • She uses her Web cell phone 76 to connect to the Internet 72 , and to access (over the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)) the Web site 86 of the hotel, which presents a print service interface page 88 that includes-queries and options for a print job.
  • WAP Wireless Application Protocol
  • the location of the document 94 to be printed is specified by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the document.
  • the print service 70 includes a component 100 , hereinafter referred to as the print service gateway (PSG), for processing print requests from different users over the Internet.
  • PSG print service gateway
  • the print service gateway 100 selects a printer from a pool of printers 106 for handling the print job, and renders the document into a print-ready format suitable for the selected printer.
  • the rendering may be performed using an appropriate application for the particular document format (e.g., Microsoft Word ).
  • the print service may maintain a plurality of applications 110 for handling different types of documents.
  • the print service may use external rendering services on the Internet, such as the rendering services 112 , 114 , 116 in FIG. 2. In that case, the applications are not required.
  • the rendered document is then sent to the selected printer for printing, and the printed document is delivered as specified in the print request.
  • the mobile device is a Web cell phone
  • the particular type of mobile device used to submit the print request is not critical, and users of laptops and other Internet devices can use the print service 70 in the same way to print documents.
  • the user's mobile device is not required to carry the particular document to be printed.
  • the Web cell phone 76 may not even have the memory capacity for storing a copy of the document. Instead, the user only has to specify where the document may be found, and the print service will automatically retrieve the document based on that information and using the user's credentials necessary for gaining access to the document.
  • the user's credentials are either already available to the print service (e.g., provided during hotel check-in) or provided in conjunction with the print request, such as by using a certificate or an Internet “passport.”
  • the user's mobile device already carries the document. This may be the case, for example, when the user's mobile device is a “rich client” such as a laptop computer. In that scenario, the user can transmit the document directly from her device to the print service gateway as part of the print request data.
  • the user's mobile device does not have to do any rendering of the document or control the printing operation.
  • the mobile device does not have the application (e.g., Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat Reader) for the particular format of the document, and there is no need to download the printer driver to the device.
  • the application e.g., Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • the mobile device is a “rich client” such as a laptop that has substantial processing power and storage capacity, it is a rather complicated process to find the right driver to download to the device and then use the device to control the operation the printer.
  • the user can use the mobile device to print documents substantially wherever she goes and whenever she wants (limited by the network connection), without having to be concerned with the details of the printing operation.
  • a print service e.g., Internet
  • the user can use the mobile device to print documents substantially wherever she goes and whenever she wants (limited by the network connection), without having to be concerned with the details of the printing operation.
  • Jane is a real-estate agent. While on her way to meet her client, she wants to print the up-to-date home listing from her cell phone 76 . To do so, she clicks the “find the nearest print center” function in the menu presented on her cell phone.
  • Jane's cell phone provider has a Yellow Page service that includes Web links to commercial print centers' Web pages.
  • her cell phone detects her current location and searches its list of print centers. It presents the top five choices in the order of increasing distance from her current location.
  • Jane picks a print center 124 with the franchise name of, for example, “ABC,” by clicking on the link for that print center. She is then connected to ABC's Web server 120 and is presented with ABC's Web page 122 to enter her request. She then enters her print request and payment information via the ABC Web page.
  • ABC franchise name
  • the ABC Print Center Web server 120 hosts a print service gateway 126 for receiving print requests.
  • the print service gateway retrieves the document at the URL specified in the request, renders the document for printing, and prints on a printer at the ABC print center 124 selected by Jane.
  • the print service of ABC on the Web is not required to have local printers.
  • the print service framework of the invention is scalable and can be used in networks of different sizes.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an embodiment in which a print service 132 is implemented in an intranet 136 of a corporation.
  • a user 140 named “Chris” goes to a conference room in another building in his company for a meeting, carrying his network-connected PDA 138 with him. While in the conference room, he realizes that he needs to print a document for the meeting. To do so, Chris does not have to know where the shared printers are in the building or how to install printer drivers.
  • the print service gateway 142 has access to all corporate network printers that are otherwise available to Chris' PC 132 . It assists Chris to select a particular printer, such as via the printer location map.
  • Chris interacts with the print service gateway 142 and sends a print request 148 to the print service gateway.
  • the print request identifies the document to be printed, which may be stored on his desktop PC or at a location on the intranet 136 , by its URL. It also identifies the target printer based on the information such as the printer's location. Chris's computer installs, if necessary, the needed printer drivers for the target printer on demand. Chris then walks over to the identified printer to pick up the printed document.
  • a print service 70 includes one or more servers each hosting a print service gateway component 100 , and a collection of applications 110 that are used to handle various document formats.
  • the applications may include Microsoft-Internet Explorer for HTML documents, Adobe Acrobat Reader for “.PDF” files, and Microsoft Word for “.DOC” documents, etc.
  • the print service further includes a collection of printers 106 and corresponding printer drivers that can be used by the applications to generate print-ready output data.
  • the collection of printer drivers varies depending on the particular printers the service supports. For example, a hotel print service may use the same printer model across the board and would need only one printer driver, while an enterprise print service may need many printer drivers due to accumulation of different printer models.
  • the print service 70 includes a print service user interface component 150 that provides user interfaces to allow users to enter print requests and get confirmation of the requests. It may also provide up-to-date status on the user's print requests and the print service in general.
  • This user interface component varies depending on the service as well as the client (e.g., laptops vs. PDAs with small screens).
  • Behind the user interface is the programming interface for print service gateway that defines how to compose a print request to a print service and receive feedback over the Internet (or an intranet).
  • the user interface component creates the actual print request package and sends it to a print service gateway.
  • the client can access the print service gateway's programming interface directly and send the print request (in XML format) directly to the print service.
  • the content of a print request includes the following data:
  • the print service would determine the format by analyzing the content, though this is generally not efficient.
  • the target printer's URL and characteristics such as the model name, PnP ID, secure access code, etc.
  • the criteria for selecting a target printer e.g., location. If this information is missing and no printer URL is given, the print service will select a target printer based on its own criteria, such as load balancing and priority.
  • the printing requirements such as color, duplex, stapling. If this information is missing, default settings will be used.
  • the content of the response generated by the print service 70 includes either a confirmation that the request is accepted or a rejection of the request, and, if accepted, a job ID, which is used in logging and billing.
  • a print request could be rejected due to any of the following and/or other reasons: the user is not authenticated to use the print service; the print service is offline; the document content cannot be retrieved; the document format is not supported; the specified printer is not supported; and the specified printing requirements cannot be satisfied (such as color printing).
  • Some “rich client” devices such as laptops, have more processing power and broad application base. They could be more sophisticated in terms of submitting print requests so users could get better print quality and performance. For instance, the device may query the list of supported document formats (e.g., in the order of decreasing preference).
  • the print service gateway (PSG) 100 includes a routing component 160 , a rendering component 162 , and a logging and billing component 166 .
  • the routing component 160 performs the following functions:
  • Validating the user's request and give feedback includes calling the PSG Rendering component to validate if the conversion from the given source format to the given destination format is supported.
  • a hotel print service may simply pass through all print requests to a print service contractor for actual processing and printing.
  • the rendering component 162 of the print service gateway 100 is responsible for converting the source document format to a target format, which is typically a print-ready format. It maintains the information about mapping between supported input formats and output formats. This includes information on what the formats are and what application software or external rendering service is needed to perform the specific mapping. It uses the data-driven approach to provide the extensibility.
  • Another component of the Web printing service is the logging and billing component, which handles the logging and billing operations for the servicing of the print requests. It is provided for supporting the Internet business model, and is likely not required if the network printing service is implemented in a different type of network. For instance, while a hotel print service will require the billing function, a print service on the intranet of a corporation may not.
  • the print service provides a programming interface that allows a client to submit print job requests and to query the job status.
  • the web print service supports there are three mandatory methods that the web print service supports:
  • CreatePrintJob allowing the client to submit a print request.
  • CancelPrintJob allowing the client to cancel a print request that has been previously submitted.
  • GetPrintJobData allowing the client to query the state of a print request that has been previously submitted.
  • IsFormatSupported allow the client to find out if a particular document format is supported by the print service. A client may want to use this method to verify the format first, especially when embedding the document content directly in the print request.
  • GetSupportedFormats allowing the client to get a list of supported document formats.
  • a client may want to use this method to select an optimal format to submit the source document, especially when the client (e.g., a laptop) has the capability to do some forms of format conversion.
  • GetPrinterModels allowing the client to find out the list of printer models used by the print service and their associated installable settings (such as duplexer installed or not). This would enable rich clients (such as laptops) to generate high-fidelity printer-ready data and pass through the print service to the printer directly. Few print services are expected to support this method, just those services that accept only printer-ready data.
  • Type data type, as defined in C#.
  • M/O indicating whether the parameter is mandatory (‘M’) or optional (‘O’).
  • the error code is returned in the ⁇ SOAP:fault> element.
  • the error codes are derived from the IPP status codes and named following the C# naming convention.
  • the print service When CreatePrintjob is called, the print service will create a new print job to represent the new print request and assign a unique job ID. It updates the job data based on what the client has provided and what can actually be supported. If a document URL link is provided, it retrieves the document content on the user's behalf. If everything is validated, it sets the job state to “accepted” and responds to the client while continuing on to print the document. The client can later query the status of a print request, such as the estimated completion time or the actual print settings, via GetPrintJobData. In all cases, the appropriate operation error code is set in its response.
  • a print service chooses to accept print-ready data, then it should support the parameter “jobTicket” which encapsulates the complete set of print settings used to generate the print-ready data. “jobTicket” is based on the standard Windows print system schema. If the print service cannot honor all the settings in “jobTicket”, it should reject the print request and return ClientErrorNotPossible.
  • binding The type of binding to be used, such as “none”, “coil”, “comb”, “stapled”. The default is “none”. If it is specified by the client, it will be verified against other job requirements. If there is conflict, the service should pick the appropriate binding type and update the job data accordingly.
  • Each print service may define additional fields, such as “promotion code.”
  • Code 0x0400; Meaning: ClientErrorBadRequest; Usage: The request is ill-formed, such as bad parameter values.
  • Code 0x0402; Meaning: ClientErrorNotAuthenticated; Usage: The user is not authenticated to use the print service.
  • Code 0x0403; Meaning: ClientErrorNotAuthorized; Usage: The user is not authorized to create a print job.
  • the print service deletes the given print job after verifying the user credential.
  • Code 0x0400; Code Meaning: ClientErrorBadRequest; Usage: The request is ill-formed, such as invalid job ID or the job has already been canceled.
  • Code 0x0402; Code Meaning: ClientErrorNotAuthenticated; Usage: The user is not authenticated.
  • Code 0x0500; Code Meaning: ServerErrorInternalError; Usage: Catch-all error code for all internal errors.
  • This method returns the set of print job data associated with the given job ID, as listed below.
  • the job may be in any of the state: “accepted”, “printing”, “cancelled”, or “completed”.
  • Each print service decides how long it will maintain the data for a print job.
  • a print request involves a device-independent document format (such as .DOC)
  • the print settings that come with the request are treated as “suggestions”.
  • the service may adjust the settings in order to resolve conflicts (such as “color” AND “two sided printing”) based on its capabilities.
  • the client can call GetPrintJobData to find out the actual settings used in printing and notify the user if appropriate.
  • duplex setting If the user has specified a duplex setting when creating the print job, it may have been modified to resolve conflicts and other constraints.
  • GetPrintJobData has the same set of error codes as CancelPrintJob.
  • Code 0x0400; Code Meaning: ClientErrorBadRequest; Usage: The request is ill-formed, such as null ‘docFormat’.
  • Code 0x0500; Code Meaning: ServerErrorInternalError; Usage: Catch-all error code for all internal errors.
  • IsFormatSupported It has the same set of error codes as IsFormatSupported. Note that if the client has means (such as a special printer driver) to do document format conversions (such as from Visio format to PDF), it can use GetSupportedFormats to find an optimal submission format. Otherwise, it can use IsFormatSupported to query if the document in question can be printed. A client does not have to call either method to validate the document format. If it doesn't and the submitted format is not supported, the print service would return ClientErrorDocumentFormatNotSupported error code.
  • a print service If a print service supports this method, it should return the list of printer names (such as “HP LaserJet 8000”) that are being used. This method is targeted for rich PC clients to send printer-ready data to the print service directly for optimal print rendering quality.
  • WSDL Web Service Description Language
  • minOccurs the required and optional parameters

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