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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080127183 | Document Workflows and Routing Services Using Modular Filters Systems, methods, and/or techniques (“tools”) for providing document workflows and routing services using modular filters are described. In some aspects, the tools may initiate a workflow from a first modular processing filter within a pipeline of modular processing... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080021923 | Spooling Strategies Using Structured Job Information Spooling strategies are described for producing job information that conforms to a hierarchical structure, and then storing the job information in a spool storage. The job information is then retrieved from the spool storage and consumed. The structured job information ... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20060244755 | Pre-rendering conversion of graphical data Pre-rendering conversion of graphical data can be provided within an image processing path. Om an example implementation, an image processing path includes an application, a graphics subsystem presenting a set of graphics primitives, and a device driver, which is associ... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060224606 | Notification methods and systems for print-related systems Notification mechanisms for use in connection with print systems are described. In one embodiment, a notification mechanism extends from a printing application to the spooler, from the spooler to a hosting process, and back to the spooler. The notification mechanism can... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060203257 | System and method for managing output path with context preservation A system and related techniques expose color printing resources to applications, utilities, operating system and other resources, to automatically detect output capabilities as well as to permit integrated print functions which preserve metadata and other context within... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060193006 | Print job queuing and scheduling systems and methods Printing systems and methods are described in which the priorities of print jobs are programmable. A scheduler component oversees print job management and scheduling, and works in concert with components called prioritizers, to provide for ease of programming and custom... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060146353 | Strategies for rendering job information using a multi-personality driver device Strategies are described for processing job information using a multi-personality driver device. The driver device includes multiple selectable rendering modules for processing job information in the context of multiple selectable rendering paths. The driver device furt... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060139673 | Printer filter configuration A flexible printing subsystem is enabled with a printer filter pipeline. A configurable and arbitrary number of printer filters forming a printer filter pipeline are applied to files that are to be printed. In a described implementation, the printer filter pipeline may ... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060106775 | Multilevel device capabilities hierarchy Methods and systems for describing device capabilities are described. An exemplary schema is presented and constitutes the communication language between applications and devices. The schema is built on a framework that uses schema keywords to express the full set of us... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20050262134 | Spooling strategies using structured job information Spooling strategies are described for producing job information that conforms to a hierarchical structure, and then storing the job information in a spool storage. The job information is then retrieved from the spool storage and consumed. The structured job information ... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050249536 | Spooling strategies using structured job information Spooling strategies are described for producing job information that conforms to a hierarchical structure, and then storing the job information in a spool storage. The job information is then retrieved from the spool storage and consumed. The structured job information ... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050243345 | Systems and methods for handling a file with complex elements The described systems and methods are directed at converting a file with complex elements so that a legacy utilization device, such as a legacy printer, can properly process the file. The described systems may include a converter module with a modular filter pipeline. T... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050246710 | Sharing of downloaded resources In a described implementation, a production device, such as a computer, produces a shared resources container that includes shareable resources. Each resource of the shared resources container includes a part name and corresponding data. The production device downloads ... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050246384 | Systems and methods for passing data between filters The described systems and methods are directed at enabling two filters to pass data between them in an efficient manner. In one aspect, an interface is provided to a filter for writing data associated with a file. The interface enables the filter to write data to a virt... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050243368 | Hierarchical spooling data structure A hierarchical spooling data structure includes a plurality of nodes. In accordance with certain aspects, the plurality of nodes include at least four nodes: a first node representing a fixed page of the job; a second node representing a fixed document of the job, the s... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050210227 | Multilevel ticket-based job management architecture for computing devices A job completion architecture, includes content that is specified as a hierarchical tree of related content units and a set of multilevel tickets associated with instances of the hierarchically arranged content units. The job manager applies the multilevel tickets, spec... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050108436 | System and method for transferring a compressed data file to a peripheral device An image passthrough extension structure and method facilitating the transfer of compressed data image files from a software application to a device via the computer system operating system. The application determines whether the device is capable of decoding the specif... | 05/19/2005 |
