Patent ID: 8701021
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a plurality of devices, at least one of said plurality of devices configured to perform a print function; a single system model communicatively coupled to said plurality of devices, said single system model comprising a central database configured to dynamically store all status and configuration data for each device in said plurality of devices, said status and application data comprising current error messages of each device; and a plurality of application views, each said application view being configured to independently communicate only with said central database of said system model to obtain status and configuration data associated with one of said plurality of devices, wherein said central database only distributes error messages to a particular application view making a request and only distributes error messages for a device that said particular application view controls; and wherein said central database does not mass distribute error messages to all application views.