US Patent No: 6,792,477
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Discovering printers and shares
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Sep 14, 2004
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May 18, 2000
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09/573,307
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Abstract
The present invention discloses methods and systems for discovering printers and shares on a computer network. Each domain on the network is identified, and each computer in the domain is identified. In addition, each printer connected to the computer and each share on the computer is identified. Shortcuts to the identified printers and shares are created on at least one computer on the network. Moreover, drivers are preferably installed on the computer for each printer for which a shortcut was created. In the event that the total number of resources (i.e., shares and/or printers) exceeds a threshold, then the process terminates. Otherwise, the present invention continues until all printers and shares on the network are identified, and the appropriate shortcuts are created. Thus, the present invention provides methods and systems for discovering resources on a network.
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| 5,559,933 Distributed enterprise print controller | 198 | 1994 | |
| 6,154,787 Grouping shared resources into one or more pools and automatically re-assigning shared resources from where they are not currently needed to where they are needed | 293 | 1998 | |
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| 6,256,750 Information processing apparatus, network printing system, its control method, and storage medium storing program | 41 | 1997 | |
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| 5,898,823 Network printer auto-detection method and system | 36 | 1997 | |
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| 6,507,869 Method and apparatus for asset tracking of network attached devices | 19 | 1999 | |
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| 5,905,906 Method and apparatus for configuring multiple printers on a network | 58 | 1997 | |
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| 6,457,053 Multi-master unique identifier allocation | 53 | 1998 | |
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| 6,434,630 Host adapter for combining I/O completion reports and method of using the same | 29 | 1999 | |
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| 6,467,090 Method and system for provisioning a single physical broadband drop to accommodate multiple devices | 31 | 1998 | |
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| 6,151,624 Navigating network resources based on metadata | 431 | 1998 | |
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