Patent ID: 8106922

Claim:
A method for generating display information for display on an imaging device (IDev) display, said method comprising: receiving application menu data from a remote computing device (RCD) with a web service module on said IDev, wherein said application menu data is in the form of a markup language message, wherein said application menu data registers an application on said RCD with said IDev via a device management application programming interface (API) such that input received on an IDev user interface (UI) is routed to said application on said RCD; obtaining and setting IDev device status settings, IDev device configuration options, IDev web page settings, IDev key operator programs, IDev job status data, IDev click counts, IDev data security settings and IDev reboot functions from said RCD via said device management application programming interface (API); displaying said application menu data on a display of said IDev; receiving an application selection as user input at said hardware key on said IDev UI, in response to said displaying; sending an indication of said application selection from said web service on said IDev to a template server application (TSA) at said RCD; receiving, at said IDev, application-specific template field data (ASTFD) and a form ID at said IDev from said application, wherein said form ID identifies at least one form stored on said IDev; determining IDev UI display and input capability constraints; and integrating said ASTFD with a stored form identified by said form ID, wherein said form conforms to said IDev UI display and input capability constraints, to generate integrated display information, said integrating occurring on said IDev and wherein said integrating is performed using a hardware processor.