Patent ID: 6636891
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A method for outputting data in a network comprising an initiator, server, and an output device remote from the initiator, the method comprising the operations, performed by the server, of:receiving a request from an initiator to output data provided by the initiator using the output device, the request comprising a network storage location of data to be output; placing the request in a queue; scheduling an output action based on the request in the queue; and determining if a requested output format specified in the request is supported by said output device; and retrieving the output data from the network storage location outside the server based on the request if the requested output format is supported by said output device and only when the scheduled action is ready to be executed on the output device without delay from any other request for outputting additional output data to said output device, wherein the network storage location of the output data is different from the queue.