Document server for processing a distribution job in a document processing system

Assignee: Xerox Corp

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Filing: 1996-11-28

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Granted: —

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Expires: 2016-11-28

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Abstract

Abstract A document server is provided for processing a distribution job in a document processing system. The document processing system includes a document manager, communicating (S4a, S4b) with the first and second virtual services, for coordinating the storing or processing of first and second copies of an image data set at the first and second virtual services, respectively. The document processing system further includes a distribution agent, communicating (S3a, S3b) with the document manager, for receiving a first job ticket, including attributes for controlling the storing or processing of the first copy of the image data set at the first virtual service and a second job ticket for controlling the storing or processing of the second copy of the image data set at the second virtual service. In practice, the distribution agent transmits (S3a) the first job ticket to the document manager at a first time so that the document manager routes (S4a, S5) the first copy of the image data set and the first job ticket to the first virtual service, and the distribution agent transmits (S3b) the second job ticket to the document manager at a second time so that the document manager routes (S4b, S6) the second copy of the image data set and second job ticket to the second virtual service.

Inventors

👤 Paul R. Austin
👤 Wendell L. Kibler
👤 Christopher Kulbida
👤 Steven E. Haehn
👤 Keith G. Bunker

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction EP

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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 07:14

CPC Classifications

G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/12; H; H04; H04L; H04L9/00; H04L9/40

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3

Claim 1

Independent Claim 267 words

A document server for managing the storing or processing of a distribution job in a document processing system, the distribution job including an image data set as well as a first job ticket and a second job ticket, the first and second job tickets including first and second sets of attributes, respectively, describing a manner in which first and second copies of the image data set are to be stored in or processed by the document processing system, comprising: a first virtual service for storing or processing the first copy of the image data set in accordance with the first attribute set and a second virtual service for storing or processing a second copy of the image data set in accordance with the second attribute set; a document manager, communicating with said first and second virtual services, for coordinating the storing or processing of the first and second copies of the image data set at said first and second virtual services; a distribution agent, communicating with said document manager, for receiving the first and second job tickets; and said distribution agent transmitting (S3a) a copy of the first job ticket to said document manager so that said document manager routes the first copy of the image data set and the copy of the first job ticket to said first virtual service (S5), and said distribution agent transmitting (S3b) a copy of the second job ticket to said document manager so that said document manager routes the second copy of the image data set and the copy of the second job ticket to said second virtual service (S6).

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 133 words

The document server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distribution agent receives the first and second job tickets of the distribution job as a single package, said distribution agent receiving a distribution job alteration request after the copies of the first and second job tickets have been transmitted to said document manager, the distribution job alteration request including information indicating an alteration to be made in one or more of the attributes of each of the first and second attribute sets, said distribution agent, in response to receiving the distribution job alteration request, transmitting a task halting request to said document manager, said document manager, in response to receiving the task halting signal, causing any ongoing activities, relative to the first and second copies of the image data set, to be halted.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 152 words

The document server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distribution agent receives the first and second job tickets of the distribution job as a single package, said distribution agent receiving a first distribution job status request after the copies of the first and second job tickets have been transmitted to said document manager, said distribution agent transmitting a second distribution job status request, to said document manager, for directing said document manager to determine an extent to which each of the first copy of the image data set and the second copy of the image data set has been processed by the document server, said document manager, in response to receiving the second distribution job status request, causing the extent to which each of the first copy of the image data set and the second copy of the image data set has been processed by the document server to be determined.

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