Patent ID: 7577111

Claim:
A system for wireless connection to a document processor comprising: a document processor for performing document processing services including at least one of printing and facsimile transmission; means for configuring a virtual serial port on each of a plurality of associated data processing devices so as to be associated with a Bluetooth transceiver corresponding thereto; monitoring means for detecting a presence of each of a plurality of concurrent Bluetooth data communications directed to the document processor, each Bluetooth data communication being initiated by a corresponding associated data processing device of a plurality thereof; receiver means for receiving a request data packet directed to a virtual serial port on each associated data processing device, each request packet including data representative of a corresponding request of document processing services directed to the document processor, upon a detection thereof by the monitoring means; the receiver means including means for receiving a document processing request corresponding to one of the document processing services; transmitter means for broadcasting via Bluetooth a response packet responsive to each associated data processing device upon successful receipt of a request data packet therefrom; the receiver means including means for receiving via Bluetooth, from each associated data processing device, at least one corresponding data packet comprising an electronic document corresponding to requested document processing services; storage means for storing each received data packet corresponding to each electronic document in a data buffer corresponding thereto; means for terminating storage of received data packets in the data buffer corresponding to each associated electronic document upon receipt of a data packet inclusive of end-of-file request associated therewith; means for terminating each Bluetooth data communication upon receipt of the data packet inclusive of the end-of-file request; means for verifying integrity of each received electronic document; means for printing each received electronic document after termination of an associated Bluetooth data communication and integrity verification; and document output means for commencing of processing of data for each electronic document in the data buffer via the document processor in accordance with requested document processing services upon receipt of a corresponding end of file request associated therewith such that each electronic document processed in an order relative to received end of file requests.