Patent ID: 8570572
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for printing web-based content via a cloud print service, comprising: a) receiving a print request from a user device at an interface server via a communication network, the interface server being associated with a print interface service and in operative communication with a cloud print service, the print request including a print uniform resource locator (URL) previously assigned to an interface record at least temporarily stored in a storage device accessible to the interface server, the interface record including the print URL, one or more original URLs previously associated with the print URL, and corresponding links between the print URL and the one or more original URLs, the one or more original URLs comprising web-based content desired to be printed via the cloud print service by a consumer user using the user device; b) obtaining the web-based content associated with the one or more original URLs from one or more host servers on which the corresponding web-based content is stored; and c) sending a job request and the obtained web-based content to the cloud print service from the interface server for printing the desired web-based content via the cloud print service for the consumer user.