US Patent No: 5,727,135

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Multiple printer status information indication

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Abstract

Bidirectional communications between a host computer and a selected printer connected to the host, either locally or by way of a network, are used to provide a user of the host with access to a substantially real-time, visual and functional replica of the operator panel of the selected printer. A user at the host computer may also visually monitor the status of multiple printers at the same time from the same host display.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.LEXINGTON, KY2198

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Webb, James Francis Lexington, KY 11 964
Wedinger, Jeffrey Keith Lexington, KY 6 622
Wellman, John Neil Lexington, KY 4 463

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
XEROX CORPORATION (3)
5,164,842 Job/page proofing for electronic printers 47 1990
5,271,065 Electronic printing system for printing signatures 53 1990
5,226,112 Method for translating a plurality of printer page description languages 55 1992
 
INTERNATIONAL PRINTER CORP. (2)
5,333,286 Two way copier monitoring system 62 1992
5,361,265 System for automatically monitoring copiers from a remote location 63 1993
 
AP TECHNOLOGY, LLC (1)
5,075,875 Printer control system 67 1990
 
CANON INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. (1)
5,438,528 Method and apparatus for testing an interactive network board in a local area network (LAN). 57 1994
 
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA (1)
5,323,393 Method and apparatus for obtaining and for controlling the status of a networked peripheral 169 1992
 
DATAPRODUCTS CORPORATION (1)
5,371,837 Virtual printer 87 1994
 
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. (1)
5,220,674 Local area print server for requesting and storing required resource data and forwarding printer status message to selected destination 319 1990
 
HITACHI, LTD. (1)
5,303,336 Printing system including print server 130 1993
 
IMAGING PORTALS, INC. (1)
5,214,772 System for automatically monitoring copiers from a remote location 86 1990
 
MINOLTA CAMERA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (1)
5,220,566 Multiplexer for use in data processing system 17 1992
 
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. (1)
5,247,623 Automatic multiple personal computer/computer printer connecting system 38 1991
 
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. (1)
5,353,388 System and method for document processing 102 1991
 
WEINBERGER, JOSEPH (1)
5,084,875 System for automatically monitoring copiers from a remote location 147 1989

Patent Citation Ranking

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Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (48)
6,256,107 Image forming system including interconnected and priority allocated image forming devices 13 1998
6,990,381 Electrically controlled apparatus 18 2002
8,094,324 Combined host and imaging device menu interface 0 2004
8,125,666 Methods and systems for imaging device document management 0 2004
8,035,831 Methods and systems for imaging device remote form management 0 2004
8,018,610 Methods and systems for imaging device remote application interaction 0 2004
7,969,596 Methods and systems for imaging device document translation 0 2004
8,237,946 Methods and systems for imaging device accounting server redundancy 1 2005
8,213,034 Methods and systems for providing remote file structure access on an imaging device 1 2005
8,120,793 Methods and systems for displaying content on an imaging device 0 2005
8,120,797 Methods and systems for transmitting content to an imaging device 0 2005
8,115,944 Methods and systems for local configuration-based imaging device accounting 0 2005
8,060,921 Methods and systems for imaging device credential authentication and communication 0 2005
8,060,930 Methods and systems for imaging device credential receipt and authentication 2 2005
8,024,792 Methods and systems for imaging device credential submission 1 2005
8,006,292 Methods and systems for imaging device credential submission and consolidation 0 2005
8,006,293 Methods and systems for imaging device credential acceptance 7 2005
8,001,586 Methods and systems for imaging device credential management and authentication 0 2005
8,001,587 Methods and systems for imaging device credential management 0 2005
7,934,217 Methods and systems for providing remote file structure access to an imaging device 0 2005
7,873,553 Methods and systems for authorizing imaging device concurrent account use 0 2005
7,873,718 Methods and systems for imaging device accounting server recovery 2 2005
8,115,945 Methods and systems for imaging device job configuration management 0 2005
8,115,946 Methods and sytems for imaging device job definition 0 2005
8,230,328 Methods and systems for distributing localized display elements to an imaging device 2005
8,156,424 Methods and systems for imaging device dynamic document creation and organization 0 2005
8,049,677 Methods and systems for imaging device display element localization 7 2005
7,920,101 Methods and systems for imaging device display standardization 9 2005
8,120,799 Methods and systems for accessing remote, descriptor-related data at an imaging device 1 2005
8,115,947 Methods and systems for providing remote, descriptor-related data to an imaging device 0 2005
8,065,384 Methods and systems for imaging device event notification subscription 0 2005
8,051,125 Methods and systems for obtaining imaging device event notification subscription 1 2005
8,032,579 Methods and systems for obtaining imaging device notification access control 0 2005
8,032,608 Methods and systems for imaging device notification access control 1 2005
8,015,234 Methods and systems for administering imaging device notification access control 21 2005
8,001,183 Methods and systems for imaging device related event notification 0 2005
7,970,813 Methods and systems for imaging device event notification administration and subscription 2 2005
7,870,185 Methods and systems for imaging device event notification administration 0 2005
8,051,140 Methods and systems for imaging device control 0 2005
8,006,176 Methods and systems for imaging-device-based form field management 11 2005
7,191,028 Electrically controlled apparatus 13 2005
8,270,003 Methods and systems for integrating imaging device display content 0 2006
8,201,077 Methods and systems for imaging device form generation and form field data management 0 2006
8,106,922 Methods and systems for imaging device data display 1 2006
7,941,743 Methods and systems for imaging device form field management 7 2006
8,345,272 Methods and systems for third-party control of remote imaging jobs 0 2006
7,978,618 Methods and systems for user interface customization 4 2006
8,171,404 Methods and systems for disassembly and reassembly of examination documents 0 2007
 
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA (39)
6,473,788 Remote maintenance and servicing of a network peripheral device over the world wide web 41 1996
6,603,506 Digital image-sensing apparatus and control method therefor 44 1997
6,307,638 Image processing apparatus and electronic equipment and their control method 6 1997
6,507,409 Method for controlling information relating to the state of use in a printing apparatus, and a printing apparatus 9 1997
6,157,465 System for transferring jobs between processing units based upon content of job and ability of unit to perform job 61 1997
6,674,537 Data processing method in network system connected with image processing apparatus 18 1998
6,583,886 Printer status monitoring method and storage medium using packets 10 1998
6,529,286 Dynamic printing interface for routing print jobs in a computer network 43 1998
6,480,292 Printing system, control method therefor, and recording medium 13 1999
6,459,496 Information processing apparatus indicating a sleep state and a ready state of printing apparatuses 24 1999
7,051,281 Remotely controllable user interface display apparatus and method of controlling same 6 1999
6,760,118 Printing device control apparatus and method 5 1999
7,139,085 Management apparatus of printer 11 1999
7,155,476 Print system, printing method, and storage medium 2 1999
6,632,035 Print control apparatus and method 7 2000
7,861,172 Information processing apparatus, system and method 3 2000
7,636,757 Printing over the internet 4 2000
6,950,869 Information processing apparatus, method and memory medium therefor 4 2001
7,260,787 Information processing apparatus, network system, device-map display method, and storage medium 1 2001
6,760,120 Printing device control apparatus and method 3 2001
7,120,910 Control method for image processing apparatus connectable to computer network 19 2001
7,161,696 Information processing apparatus, print time informing method, and computer-readable memory medium storing program therein 4 2001
7,180,612 Print system, image processing apparatus and information processing apparatus 2 2001
7,054,016 Information processing apparatus and method with paper size setting and display of an output setting 1 2001
7,536,698 Network system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method 3 2001
7,743,374 Network system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and control program for remote driver installation 3 2001
7,292,360 Print system, information processing apparatus, printing apparatus, printing method, and program 1 2002
6,785,012 Printing apparatus, system having the same, and method of controlling printing apparatus 16 2002
7,688,460 Communication terminal for accessing and printing page data from links 1 2002
7,454,476 Remote maintenance and servicing of a network peripheral device over the world wide web 3 2002
7,256,907 Server apparatus, job managing method, computer-readable memory medium, and program 3 2002
7,154,618 Data processing method in network system connected with image processing apparatus 2 2003
7,930,375 Service providing apparatus, information providing method, and storage medium storing a computer program having service start and end notifying features 1 2004
7,676,764 Document management system and control method therefor 0 2005
7,612,904 Data processing method in network system connected with image processing apparatus 0 2006
7,864,357 Print system, information processing apparatus, printing apparatus, printing method, and program 0 2007
8,402,477 Network system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method 0 2009
8,014,019 Data processing method in network system connected with image processing apparatus 0 2009
8,194,260 Data processing method in network system connected with image processing apparatus 0 2011
 
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. (13)
6,678,068 Client print server link for output peripheral device 38 1999
7,095,518 Spooling server apparatus and methods for receiving, storing, and forwarding a print job over a network 13 2000
6,978,299 Print driver apparatus and methods for forwarding a print job over a network 24 2000
6,859,832 Methods and systems for the provision of remote printing services over a network 43 2000
6,748,471 Methods and apparatus for requesting and receiving a print job via a printer polling device associated with a printer 37 2000
7,587,468 Methods and systems for the provision of printing services 3 2003
7,528,974 Methods and apparatus for providing universal print services and asynchronous message services 1 2003
7,093,046 Methods and apparatus for securely requesting and receiving a print job via a printer polling device associated with a printer 4 2004
7,574,545 Method and apparatus for controlling a document output device with a control request stored at a server 2 2004
7,552,207 Systems for the provision of printing services 0 2004
7,460,265 Apparatus and methods for printing a print job over a network 1 2006
7,343,438 Methods and apparatus for requesting and receiving a print job via a polling device associated with a printer 4 2006
7,574,546 Methods and apparatus for requesting and receiving a print job at a printer 1 2008
 
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION (13)
6,822,754 Print data generation system and corresponding method for use with a printing system 27 1998
6,430,711 System and method for monitoring the state of a plurality of machines connected via a computer network 104 1999
6,927,866 Print system and printer 6 1999
6,731,395 Network printer with watch dog timer 1 1999
6,971,732 Ink jet recording apparatus 18 2000
7,265,857 Medium where status information printing program is recorded, printer, print controller, status information printing method, and status information printing system 0 2000
7,324,224 Printer for managing a plurality of print job data 0 2001
7,013,410 User support 5 2001
6,604,212 System and method for monitoring the state of a plurality of machines connected via a computer network 22 2002
6,681,349 System and method for monitoring the state of a plurality of machines connected via a computer network 28 2003
7,383,474 System and method for monitoring the state of a plurality of machines connected via a computer network 7 2003
7,418,634 Remote monitoring system and remote monitoring method 3 2005
7,340,648 User support 1 2005
 
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. (11)
5,933,582 Printing manager method and system for a copying machine in a network 21 1996
6,198,542 Network control method and system 18 1997
6,104,499 Printing manager system for a copier in a network 8 1998
7,016,058 Network control method and system 4 1999
6,615,372 Method of retrieving and displaying problematic information about a printer prior to a print job being printed on the printer 13 2000
7,533,333 Object-oriented method and system of remote diagnostic, control and information collection using multiple formats and multiple protocols 14 2001
7,343,407 Method and system of remote monitoring and support of devices, including handling Email messages having message types specified within the Email message 4 2001
7,359,074 Image forming apparatus associating with other apparatuses through network 0 2002
7,519,706 Method and system of remote monitoring and support of devices, including handling email messages having message types specified within the e-mail message 2 2008
7,859,700 Image forming apparatus associating with other apparatuses through network 0 2008
8,046,702 Screen editing apparatus, screen editing method, and computer program product 0 2008
 
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. (9)
6,781,710 Print job capture subsystem with pass-through support 1 2000
6,944,659 Method and apparatus for gathering and transmitting information for events relating to a networked appliance 15 2001
7,437,311 Image forming devices and marketing methods 1 2001
7,064,853 Document printing system 0 2001
6,663,304 Simultaneously printing information on two sides of print media 12 2002
6,889,264 Imposing a delay for indication of a status board to provide a time for self-rectification of a service event detected from peripheral status information 34 2002
7,599,083 Remote printer management via email 1 2003
8,140,718 Status notifications 0 2004
7,882,430 Utility, method and device providing vector images that may be formatted for display in different locales 0 2005
 
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. (9)
6,025,925 Method and apparatus for providing job accounting information to a host computer from a printer 55 1997
6,278,438 Method of displaying digital photograph based bitmaps 2 1999
7,532,339 Self-describing device interface system 0 1999
6,615,297 System and method for manipulating device settings across different types of devices 11 1999
6,498,611 System and method for providing a virtual operator panel for a peripheral device 12 2000
6,367,996 Printed image alignment control 6 2000
7,262,873 Photoprinter access to remote data 4 2000
7,552,216 Method of sharing a printer 0 2001
7,020,702 Method and apparatus to obtain real-time status information from a networked device 2 2001
 
XEROX CORPORATION (9)
5,978,559 User interface for distributed printing system 50 1997
5,995,723 Client subsystem for changing document/job attributes in a network printing system 88 1997
6,310,692 Dynamic, preventive, centralized printer resource management system and method 30 1998
6,892,317 Systems and methods for failure prediction, diagnosis and remediation using data acquisition and feedback for a distributed electronic system 68 1999
6,665,425 Systems and methods for automated image quality based diagnostics and remediation of document processing systems 73 1999
6,842,266 Systems and methods that determine an image processing system tone reproduction curve 3 2000
6,753,987 Systems and methods to determine a contrast and a brightness adjusted system tone reproduction curve 9 2000
6,519,552 Systems and methods for a hybrid diagnostic approach of real time diagnosis of electronic systems 70 2000
7,873,962 Distributed control systems and methods that selectively activate respective coordinators for respective tasks 1 2005
 
APPLE INC. (8)
7,954,064 Multiple dashboards 8 2006
7,707,514 Management of user interface elements in a display environment 4 2006
7,752,556 Workflow widgets 2 2006
7,743,336 Widget security 4 2006
8,291,332 Layer for accessing user interface elements 0 2008
8,266,538 Remote access to layer and user interface elements 0 2009
7,984,384 Web view layer for accessing user interface elements 4 2009
8,302,020 Widget authoring and editing environment 2 2009
 
AXEDA CORPORATION (7)
7,185,014 Retrieving data from a server 26 2000
7,117,239 Reporting the state of an apparatus to a remote computer 66 2000
8,108,543 Retrieving data from a server 2 2002
7,966,418 Establishing a virtual tunnel between two computer programs 2 2004
8,060,886 XML scripting of SOAP commands 2 2007
7,937,370 Retrieving data from a server 2 2007
8,291,039 Establishing a virtual tunnel between two computer programs 0 2011
 
DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION EUROPE LIMITED (7)
7,694,048 Remote control apparatus for printer appliances 3 2005
7,685,341 Remote control apparatus for consumer electronic appliances 4 2005
7,747,596 Server device, user interface appliance, and media processing network 7 2005
7,506,057 Method for establishing a paired connection between media devices 7 2005
7,792,970 Method for establishing a paired connection between media devices 4 2005
8,156,095 Server device, user interface appliance, and media processing network 0 2010
7,962,629 Method for establishing a paired connection between media devices 1 2010
 
NCR CORPORATION (6)
8,367,580 Dual-sided thermal security features 0 2006
8,222,184 UV and thermal guard 0 2006
8,067,335 Multisided thermal media combinations 0 2006
8,043,993 Two-sided thermal wrap around label 1 2006
8,182,161 Controlled fold document delivery 0 2007
8,252,717 Dual-sided two-ply direct thermal image element 0 2008
 
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES B.V. (6)
6,894,793 User interface for an information processing system, with job monitoring 9 1999
6,856,413 User interface for an information-processing system 9 1999
6,618,163 System and method for symbolically displaying printer status information 15 1999
6,678,757 Print data management system and method 3 2000
7,454,757 Technology for processing information e.g. representing print requests in networked environment a system suitable for applying this method, and a computer program element comprising a program code for applying this method 0 2001
7,177,040 Remote printer control 4 2001
 
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. (5)
6,075,615 Printing control apparatus 17 1997
5,987,228 Network printing apparatus for multiple protocols 8 1997
6,490,052 Printer controller 36 1999
7,522,296 Display processing apparatus with a display component for displaying a screen based on a display pattern and an image processing apparatus 2 2003
7,948,654 Image processing system for displaying operational display screens 1 2009
 
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (4)
5,937,151 Method for setting error print output mode 15 1997
6,020,971 Information processing system and program storage device read by the system 11 1997
6,078,400 Printing system having function of displaying error information and method of displaying error information 18 1998
7,925,705 Terminal device 1 2006
 
EMTEX SOFTWARE, INC. (4)
6,469,796 Controlling printing using a print server having a graphical user interface 39 1997
6,337,745 Routing print jobs 48 1997
7,072,067 Open systems printing 5 2003
7,518,746 Method for routing and processing of print jobs in an open systems printing environment 5 2006
 
INFOPRINT SOLUTIONS COMPANY, LLC, A DELAWARE CORPORATION (4)
6,515,756 Selecting print attribute values in a network printing system 42 1998
6,349,304 Graphical interface for copying settings from network source device to network target devices without transmitting values not usable for features supported by network target devices 32 1998
6,614,549 Print model that allows direct job submission to physical printer objects while preserving job defaulting, validation and scheduling 10 1999
6,622,266 Method for specifying printer alert processing 15 2000
 
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. (4)
8,373,875 Adaptive universal symbol driver interface 0 2004
8,428,484 Methods and systems for peripheral accounting 0 2005
8,384,925 Methods and systems for imaging device accounting data management 0 2005
8,023,130 Methods and systems for imaging device accounting data maintenance 0 2005
 
AXEDA ACQUISITION CORP. (3)
8,406,119 Adaptive device-initiated polling 0 2006
8,370,479 System and method for dynamically grouping devices based on present device conditions 0 2006
8,065,397 Managing configurations of distributed devices 1 2006
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (3)
5,859,640 Method and apparatus for warning a user that feedback has been provided in a graphical user interface 21 1996
6,138,150 Method for remotely controlling computer resources via the internet with a web browser 144 1997
6,584,503 Method, system and program for establishing network contact 13 1999
 
KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC. (3)
8,384,927 Print job management method and apparatus with grouping function to group print jobs and submit groups of print jobs to printing devices 0 2006
8,270,007 Print job assignment method allowing user-prioritization 0 2008
8,294,939 Print management method and apparatus with multiple views 0 2010
 
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (3)
6,614,454 Scheme for presentation of multiple print-job modification elements in a printing software user interface 15 1999
8,032,833 Home network device information architecture 0 2000
7,031,000 System and method for controlling a printing device capable of enabling specific user to occupy specific cassette or specific sheet output position under certain condition during the process of driving printing device connected to plurality of user computers through network 1 2000
 
INTEL CORPORATION (2)
6,560,621 World wide web formatting for program output through print function 56 1997
6,259,532 Method and apparatus for communicating with a plurality of peripheral devices through a single parallel port 3 1998
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION (2)
6,809,830 Method and system for enabling a printing program to communicate with a printer 9 1999
7,506,265 System and method for displaying images of virtual machine environments 13 2000
 
MINOLTA CO., LTD. (2)
6,331,900 Controller for image forming apparatus 5 1998
7,535,585 Computer program product executed in server computer connected to printer and client computer, and printer function description file editing method 1 2003
 
ZIH CORP. (2)
5,997,193 Miniature, portable, interactive printer 28 1998
6,010,257 Miniature portable interactive printer 48 1998
 
AXEDA SYSTEMS OPERATING COMPANY, INC. (1)
8,055,758 Reporting the state of an apparatus to a remote computer 2 2006
 
BELL AND HOWELL, LLC (1)
7,048,273 System and method for monitoring grouped resources 3 2002
 
ECOPY (E-COPY, INC.) (1)
8,418,065 Method of and system for dynamically controlling during run time a multifunction peripheral (MFP) touch panel user interface (UI) from an external remote network-connected computer 0 2001
 
FUJITSU LIMITED (1)
7,574,658 State display apparatus, management system and computer-readable recording medium in which program for controlling state display is stored 1 2005
 
HITACHI KOKI IMAGING SOLUTIONS, INC. (1)
6,219,151 Network printing system 40 1998
 
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (1)
7,149,792 Device registration mechanism 32 2000
 
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA (1)
6,266,693 Method of controlling printer information in a network environment 25 1998
 
KONICA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (1)
6,356,353 Print controller for use with an image formation device 0 1997
 
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (1)
8,179,544 Image processing system, image processor and image processing program 0 2004
 
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION (1)
7,720,403 Information processing equipment, image display program product, and image forming system 0 2006
 
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD. (1)
6,591,297 Data processing system and method for providing a networked printer's physical location 8 2000
 
NEC CORPORATION (1)
6,763,396 Network connected device capable of initiating periodic update of operating utilities 9 2001
 
PANASONIC CORPORATION (1)
7,480,714 Monitoring apparatus and monitoring/notifying method for receiver and sender terminals and for e-mail transmission system of receiver terminal 1 2001
 
RPX CORPORATION (1)
8,046,698 System and method for providing collaboration of a graphics session 0 2002
 
SIENNA IMAGING, INC. (1)
6,166,825 Fiber channel data transfer with feedback control within a photographic process printer system 1 1998
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (1)
6,348,972 Network print system for allowing a printer or printers to select a host 30 1999