| US 7,558,855 B2 | ||
| Vending network resources | ||
| Anthony Valladares, Boise, Id. (US); Timothy Blair, Boise, Id. (US); and Connie Turnbull, Meridian, Id. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 09, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/458,487. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0249908 A1, Dec. 09, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—226 [709/227; 709/228; 709/229; 709/245; 709/246; 707/102; 717/177; 717/178] | 19 Claims |
| 8. A method for vending a network resource, comprising:
causing a first physical computer to present interface controls for entering user level data and desired attribute data to
a second physical computer;
receiving, from the second physical computer, user level data and desired attribute data entered through the interface controls;
locating a multilevel identifier associated with resource attribute data and data identifying an installation file for the
network resource; and
causing the first physical computer to present, using data identifying the installation file, interface controls for accessing
the installation file to the second physical computer if the user level data matches the multilevel identifier and the desired
attribute data is consistent with the resource attribute data;
wherein the network resource is a print queue and the resource attribute data is data identifying one or more attributes of
the print queue and/or an image forming device associated with the print queue.
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