Patent ID: 7920101

Claim:
A method for forming display information for 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 a remote 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 remote application on said RCD, wherein said remote application may be activated by a selection on said IDev UI and wherein said device management API allows said remote application on said RCD to obtain and set 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; displaying said application menu data on a display of said IDev; receiving an application selection as user input 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 IDev-independent display information from said remote application; integrating said IDev-independent display information with IDev-dependent formatting information residing on the IDev to form IDev display data, wherein said IDev-dependent formatting information relates to an IDev display dimension and an IDev user interface (UI) configuration such that said integrating formats said IDev-independent display information for display on said IDev display with said IDev display dimension and configures said IDev UI to receive input in relation to said IDev-independent display information; displaying said integrated display information on said IDev UI; receiving user input at said IDev UI in response to said displaying; and sending said user input to said remote application.