Patent ID: 8761831
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: B33Y,G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method implemented in a mobile telecommunication/computing device for printing an electronic document on a paper document printer, the method comprising: providing the mobile telecommunication/computing device including at least one sensor, a print driver, a display configured to display an electronic document, and a means of directly communicating with the paper document printer therein, wherein the mobile telecommunication/computing device includes three orthogonal dimensions, a first dimension, a second dimension, and a third dimension, wherein the first dimension is longer than the second dimension and the second dimension is longer than the third dimension; displaying the electronic document on the display in an orientation that corresponds to a physical orientation of the mobile telecommunication/computing device; sensing the orientation of the mobile telecommunication/computing device by use of the at least one sensor; selecting the mobile telecommunication/computing device orientation as one of portrait and landscape based on a rotation of the mobile telecommunication/computing device about an axis parallel to the third dimension; assigning a print orientation identical to the selected mobile telecommunication/computing device orientation; generating a print instruction from the mobile telecommunication/computing device; assembling print characteristics; providing the print orientation to the print driver; and sending a print job command via the print driver from the mobile telecommunication/computing device directly to the paper document printer for controlling the operation of the paper document printer, the command including information therein related to the mobile telecommunication/computing device orientation, the print instruction, and the print characteristics; wherein the paper document printer, in response to the information, configures the orientation of a paper document to be printed based on the information related to the orientation of the mobile telecommunication/computing device, and, in response to the command, prints the paper document in the assigned print orientation.