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- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for automatically processing job interruptions caused by a portable memory device with priority handling capabilities
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Application No.: US15653817Application Date: 2017-07-19
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Publication No.: US10223051B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Muralidaran Krishnasamy , Narayan Kesavan , Raj Kumar , Karthikeyan Devaraj , Dipta Chatterjee , Siva Perumal
- Applicant: Xerox Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Agency: Fox Rothschild LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; G06F9/48

Abstract:
A print device that has a port, a print engine, a processing device and a memory. The print device is configured to detect that a portable memory device has become communicatively connected to the port, retrieve a digital document file to be printed and a print instruction from the portable memory device, determine that a first print job is being performed in the print device, determine a priority for the first print job and a priority for a second print job derived from the digital document file, and determine that the priority of the first print job is lower than that of the second print job. The print device is also configured to suspend performance of the first print job, automatically perform the second print job based on the print instruction, detect that the second print job has been completed or interrupted, and automatically resume the first print job.
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