Patent ID: 6868462
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An intermediate resource management device remotely located from an imaging device and configured for consumable resource data communication between the imaging device and a computing device, the intermediate resource management device comprising: an imaging device communication link configured to communicatively couple the intermediate resource management device to the imaging device; a computing device communication link configured to communicatively couple the intermediate resource management device to the computing device; a first communication interface configured to receive the consumable resource data from the imaging device via the imaging device communication link; a controller configured to receive the consumable resource data from the imaging device via the imaging device communication link and the first communication interface, the controller further configured to process the consumable resource data for communication as status data to the computing device; and a second communication interface configured to receive the status data from the controller and communicate the status data to the computing device via the computing device communication link.