Abstract: A system and method for facilitating a user's purchase of products which are compatible for use with a component of the user's processor system. The particular type of the user's component may be determined without input from the user. An intermediary server system is configured to receive a purchase request from the user's processor system specifying the particular type of the component. In one embodiment of the invention, the intermediary server system is configured to identify products which are compatible for use with the particular type of component. If a particular vendor is not specified by the user, the intermediary server system may also identify one or more vendors offering to sell the compatible products. Additionally, the intermediary server system may forward a notification of the purchase request to a vendor server system associated with a selected vendor.

Abstract: A system for altering function of a printing device is provided. The system includes a printing device having a cartridge slot configured to receive any of a plurality of different cartridge types, and a computing device including a processor, wherein the processor is linked to the printing device and is configured to control operation of the printing device. The system further includes first instructions loadable on the computing device. The first instructions are specific for a first cartridge type and control operation of a first cartridge of the first cartridge type when the first cartridge is disposed in the cartridge slot of the printing device.

Abstract: An image editing program includes a user interface for displaying a work area and receiving image edit inputs; and an engine for overlaying a grid on the work area, and using grid elements to generate commands in response to the image edit inputs.

Abstract: The present invention includes as one embodiment a method of providing a complementary user-friendly search system with a document including parsing the document for keywords that are to be included in an index of words in the document, associating each keyword with at least one synonym, the synonym being at lease one common word used by users that relates to the keyword and incorporating the keyword and the at least one synonym in the search system.

Abstract: A system and method for use in enabling a computing device to print a document on a printing device. The system typically includes a printing device configured to establish a communication link with a computing device. The printing device typically includes memory having print software stored therein. The print software is typically transferable to and executable on the computing device and, upon execution, is typically configured to enable the computing device to print documents to the printing device. The printing device is typically configured to download the print software to the computing device upon establishment of the communication link between the printing and computing devices. The method typically includes detecting the establishment of a communication link between a computing device and a printing device.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for updating a banner in a graphical display. In embodiment, the system comprises a processor circuit in a client device that includes a processor and a memory, both of which are electrically coupled to a local interface. The local interface may comprise, for example, a data bus and accompanying control bus. Also electrically coupled to the local interface is a network interface such as a network card that couples a network to the local interface. The system includes a display device electrically coupled to the local interface. The system further includes banner update logic stored on the memory and executable by the processor. The banner update logic particularly comprises logic to automatically initiate a download of a remote banner located at a predefined address on the network to the memory, and logic to display a local banner stored in the memory on the display device upon a failure to download the remote banner to the memory.

Abstract: A peripheral device and method of processing digital images stored on a removable memory device that minimizes the downtime of the image acquisition device which generated the digital images. The device and method provide for copying the digital images from the memory device to the peripheral device before processing the digital images any further, thus freeing up the memory device for storing additional digital images.