Method and apparatus for setting a language of a remote device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9332076-B2
Application number	US-201414495293-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2014
Priority date	Sep 24, 2014
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for setting a language of a remote device are disclosed. For example, the method determines connectivity information for interacting with the remote device, assesses a language setting of the mobile endpoint device, and sets the language of the remote device by sending the language setting of the mobile endpoint device to the remote device using the connectivity information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for setting a language of a remote device, comprising:
determining, by a processor of a mobile endpoint device, connectivity information for interacting with the remote device;
assessing, by the processor, a language setting of the mobile endpoint device;
detecting, by the processor, that a software application to interact with the remote device is not available on the mobile endpoint device;
receiving, by the processor, an offer from the remote device to download the software application to interact with the remote device;
downloading, by the processor, the software application to interact with the remote device; and
setting, by the processor, the language of the remote device by sending the language setting of the mobile endpoint device to the remote device using the connectivity information via the software application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote device is a networked device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote device is a non-networked device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote device comprises a printer, a copier, a scanner, a ticket machine, a kiosk, an automated teller machine (ATM), a food dispensing machine or a beverage dispensing machine.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the offer also comprises an offer to purchase a product or a service.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connectivity information is determined via a near field communication tag.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the near field communication tag comprises a passive near field communication tag.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the near field communication tag comprises an active near field communication tag.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connectivity information comprises a uniform resource locator (URL)) for a web service hosted on the remote device.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by a processor of a mobile endpoint device, cause the processor to perform operations for setting a language of a remote device, the operations comprising:
determining connectivity information for interacting with the remote device;
assessing a language setting of the mobile endpoint device;
detecting that a software application to interact with the remote device is not available on the mobile endpoint device;
receiving an offer from the remote device to download the software application to interact with the remote device;
downloading the software application to interact with the remote device; and
setting the language of the remote device by sending the language setting of the mobile endpoint device to the remote device using the connectivity information via the software application.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the remote device is a networked device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the remote device comprises a printer, a copier, a scanner, a ticket machine, a kiosk, an automated teller machine (ATM), a food dispensing machine or a beverage dispensing machine.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the offer also comprises an offer to purchase a product or a service.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the connectivity information is determined via a near field communication tag.

15. A method for setting a language of a remote device, comprising:
determining, by a processor of a mobile endpoint device, connectivity information via a passive near field communication tag for interacting with the remote device, wherein the remote device is a networked device, wherein the remote device comprises a printer, a copier, a scanner, a ticket machine, a kiosk, an automated teller machine (ATM), a food dispensing machine or a beverage dispensing machine;
assessing, by the processor, a language setting of the mobile endpoint device;
detecting, by the processor, that a software application to interact with the remote device is not available on the mobile endpoint device;
receiving, by the processor, an offer from the remote device to download the software application to interact with the remote device;
downloading, by the processor, the software application to interact with the remote device;
setting, by the processor, the language of the remote device by sending the language setting of the mobile endpoint device to the remote device using the connectivity information via the software application; and
receiving, by the processor, an additional offer from the remote device to purchase a product or a service.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the connectivity information comprises a uniform resource locator (URL)) for a web service hosted on the remote device.

Assignees

• Xerox Corp

Inventors

• Migdalovich Yelena
• Pandolfo Giuseppe
• Mcgoff Jason
• Conlon Paul Roberts
• Dioguardi Timothy Luke

Classifications

• G06Q30/0277 Primary

  Online advertisement · CPC title

• H04L67/18

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/008

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/125 Primary

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• H04L41/0293

  for accessing web services by means of a binding identification of the management service or element · CPC title