Abstract: A mobile computing device hosts an operating system and mobile applications. A provisioning application communicates with a secure element and near field communication (NFC) subsystem. It causes display of an interface for users to enter personal attributes for storage in the secure element. Users discriminately select items from their personal attributes for transmission to a third party recipient so only attributes relative to the third party are sent. Software, interfaces, methods, and apparatus typify the embodiments.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of enabling a mobile device connected to a network that includes establishing a connection with the peripheral device when the mobile device fails to connect to the network; transmitting a document to the peripheral device for processing; receiving the processed document from the peripheral device; storing the processed document in a memory of the mobile device; and sending the processed document to a remote storage location once the mobile device is determined to be actively communication with the network.

Abstract: A mobile computing device hosts an operating system and mobile applications. A provisioning application communicates with a secure element and near field communication (NFC) subsystem. It causes display of an interface for users to enter personal attributes for storage in the secure element. Users discriminately select items from their personal attributes for transmission to a third party recipient so only attributes relative to the third party are sent. Software, interfaces, methods, and apparatus typify the embodiments.

Abstract: A mobile computing device hosts an operating system and mobile applications. A provisioning application communicates with a secure element and near field communication (NFC) subsystem. It causes display of an interface for users to enter personal attributes for storage in the secure element. Users discriminately select items from their personal attributes for transmission to a third party recipient so only attributes relative to the third party are sent. Software, interfaces, methods, and apparatus typify the embodiments.

Abstract: A mobile computing device hosts an operating system and mobile applications. A provisioning application communicates with a secure element and near field communication (NFC) subsystem. It causes display of an interface for users to enter personal attributes for storage in the secure element. Users discriminately select items from their personal attributes for transmission to a third party recipient so only attributes relative to the third party are sent. Software, interfaces, methods, and apparatus typify the embodiments.

Abstract: It is a first aspect of the present disclosure to provide a computer implemented method of enabling a peripheral device connected to a network during an inactive communication with the network, that includes activating an ad-hoc network connection with a mobile device during the inactive communication of the peripheral device with the network; transmitting a document to the mobile device for processing; receiving the processed document from the mobile device; storing the processed document in a memory of the peripheral device; and sending the processed document to a remote storage location once the peripheral device is determined to be actively communicating with the network.

Abstract: A mobile computing device hosts an operating system and mobile applications. A provisioning application communicates with a secure element and near field communication (NFC) subsystem. It causes display of an interface for users to enter personal attributes for storage in the secure element. Users discriminately select items from their personal attributes for transmission to a third party recipient so only attributes relative to the third party are sent. Software, interfaces, methods, and apparatus typify the embodiments.

Abstract: A mobile computing device hosts an operating system and mobile applications. A provisioning application communicates with a secure element and near field communication (NFC) subsystem. It causes display of an interface for users to enter personal attributes for storage in the secure element. Users discriminately select items from their personal attributes for transmission to a third party recipient so only attributes relative to the third party are sent. Software, interfaces, methods, and apparatus typify the embodiments.

Abstract: It is a first aspect of the present disclosure to provide a computer implemented method of enabling, by a mobile device, a peripheral device connected to a network that includes establishing a connection with the peripheral device when the peripheral device fails to communicate with the network; querying the peripheral device for a document; receiving a document from the peripheral device; processing the document; and sending the processed document to the peripheral device.

Abstract: It is a first aspect of the present disclosure to provide a computer implemented method of enabling a peripheral device connected to a network during an inactive communication with the network, that includes activating an ad-hoc network connection with a mobile device during the inactive communication of the peripheral device with the network; transmitting a document to the mobile device for processing; receiving the processed document from the mobile device; storing the processed document in a memory of the peripheral device; and sending the processed document to a remote storage location once the peripheral device is determined to be actively communicating with the network

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of transmitting device status information via syndication services. Specifically, it relates to transmitting device status information of a printer, scanner, fax, multifunction printing device, or other printing device via syndication services such as RSS, Atom, or other syndication service to a user computer device. The device status information may be received via any syndication service reader or custom configurable client application.

Abstract: It is a first aspect of the present invention to provide a computer implemented method of updating a device via syndication services that includes receiving a syndication feed from the syndication change server via a user computer device; and updating the firmware, software, configuration, bookmarks, and/or settings of the device.

Abstract: A method implemented by a processor of a printer for reducing consumables usage based on job size includes entering different settings for an n-up printing mode in the printer based on job size such that a job size of one page will be printed 1-up, or on a full page, by the printer, a job size of two and three pages will be printed 2-up, or on a half page, by the printer, and a job size of four pages will printed 4-up, or on a quarter page, by the printer and/or entering a threshold setting for a duplex printing mode in the printer based on job size such that a job size below the threshold will be printed in a simplex mode whereas job size at or above the threshold will be printed in a duplex mode. The method also includes enabling user selection of n-up setting or threshold setting for jobs of predetermined size.

Abstract: A method of printing includes providing a computer server linked to a plurality of printers, initiating a print job on a user computer device, querying the computer server for one or more available printers; transmitting identification information and location information of each printer from the computer server to the user computer device; displaying the information in the form of a list to the user computer device; selecting by a user one of the printers in the list; transmitting the selection to the computer server; transmitting configuration information for the selected printer to the user computer device; configuring the print data by with the configuration information; and transmitting the configured print data from the user computer device to the selected printer for printing.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of printing includes the steps of: (a) providing a computer server linked via one or more data links to a plurality of printers, where the computer server has access to identification information, location information and configuration information pertaining to each of the plurality of printers, where the configuration information includes information to ensure each of the plurality of printers is configured to correctly print a print job; (b) initiating a print job on a user computer device, where the print job includes print data; (c) querying the computer server by the user computer device for one or more available printers; (d) transmitting identification information and location information of each of the plurality of printers by the computer server to the user computer device; (e) displaying identification information and location information in a list of the plurality of available printers on a user interface operating on the user computer device; (f) selecting by a user o