Abstract: A method is provided for controlling the operation of a peripheral device having a control panel. The method includes the steps of requesting a description of the control panel via a first client and configuring the control panel to send a message to a second client.

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling the operation of a peripheral device having a control panel. The method includes the steps of requesting a description of the control panel from a first client and configuring the control panel to send a message to a second client.

Abstract: The system and methods described herein relate to creating and driving the front menu panel of a dedicated purpose device with technologies used to implement web pages. The use of HTML or other markup language documents to create menu pages for display on a touch sensitive menu screen makes the menu screen easily reconfigurable to accommodate functional upgrades to the dedicated purpose device. Script code executed behind selected menu items alters internal device settings and changes text displayed on the menu pages or refreshes the touch screen entirely with a new menu page. Altering the menu page text and corresponding internal device settings reduces the need for a large number of menu keys on the front panel by permitting a fewer number of menu keys to serve multiple purposes. Implementing front menu panels in this manner reduces costs and difficulties typically associated with maintaining and upgrading dedicated purpose devices as well as simplifies the use of such devices.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus determine the location of a peripheral, such as a multi-function peripheral. One method comprises the steps of receiving a first message at a peripheral server, wherein the message contains a client address; generating a second message containing the address of the peripheral; and sending the second message to the client address. In one embodiment, the peripheral is a printer, the peripheral server is a print queue, and the first message is a print job containing a PML object, such as UI_SELECT_OPTION. The method optionally comprises the step of spooling the print job to the printer. In some embodiments, the second message is a UDP datagram. A second method comprises the steps of sending a first message to the peripheral server, wherein the first message contains an address of the client; and receiving at the client a second message containing the peripheral address. The apparatus comprises a client computer, a peripheral server and a peripheral.

Abstract: An error processor on a single integrated circuit chip to detect and correct errors in a block of received data. The error processor includes processing hardware for receiving data and for generating syndrome bytes corresponding to the received data. It also includes processing hardware for detecting errors in the received data and for generating correction vectors to indicate the relative locations and error values thereof. An interface is connected to the processing hardware for facilitating data transfer to and from a communications bus.