Patent ID: 6904452
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a networked computing environment for providing imaging services in response to a request for an imaging job, comprising: providing an information store, said information store comprising (1) one or more virtual device server groups, each comprising one or more virtual device servers, and (2) one or more virtual imaging device groups, each comprising one or more virtual imaging devices, each of said virtual device server groups being associated with a physical imaging server group comprising one or more physical imaging servers, each of said virtual device servers in a virtual device server group being associated with a physical imaging server of a corresponding physical imaging server group, each of said virtual imaging device being associated with one or more physical imaging device; and allocating said imaging job to one of said virtual imaging devices and one of said virtual device servers for processing at one of said physical imaging devices.