Patent ID: 7100169

Claim:
A method for sending notification to an Input/Output (I/O) device comprised of multiple components of an event from an originating device that transmits data to the I/O device, comprising: at least partially generating, at the originating device, a data job wherein the generating includes a plurality of notification events; detecting, at the originating device, a first of said notification events that occurs before the originating device transmits data to the I/O device; generating, at the originating device, a first notification message in response to the detected first notification event; transmitting the first notification message to the I/O device; transmitting the data job after transmitting the notification message; in response to receiving the first notification message, activating, with the I/O device, at least one of the multiple components prior to the transmission of the data job; detecting, at the originating device, at least one subsequent notification event following the first notification event; generating, at the originating device, a subsequent notification message following the first notification message for each detected notification event; transmitting each generated notification message to the I/O device; and activating, at the I/O device, one component not yet activated in response to each notification message.