Patent ID: 8970870
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for delivery of scan services of a networked scanning device over a device service port interfaced to a client, the method comprising: receiving a request to create a scan job over the device service port from the client; determining whether the received request conforms or does not conform to an extended XML schema, wherein the extended XML schema is comprised of an extension to a baseline XML schema which defines baseline functions exposed by the scanning device; determining, if it is determined that the received request conforms to the extended XML schema, whether the request conforms to a baseline definition or to an extended definition; executing, if the received request conforms to the baseline definition, a process in accordance with parameters included in the received request; waiting, if the received request conforms to the extended definition, for a next request; and executing, if the next request is received, a device command specified in the next request.