Granted Patent B2

US 7,880,909 · App. 10/441,845 · Granted Feb 1, 2011

Abstract

Claims (15)

1. A method of parsing print stream data, comprising:

intercepting a data file from at least a portion of the print stream data;

reading at least a portion of said data file;

determining if said data file is of a format having subset formats, if said data file is of a format having subset formats that said data file is defined as a data file that may be recognized;

determining if the format of said data file is one of recognized and not recognized;

issuing an affirmative answer if said format is recognized;

issuing negative answer if said format is not recognized; and

issuing an answer which indicates that said format may be recognized if said format may be recognized.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a command to parse said data file;

parsing said data file; and

producing an extracted file.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising returning said extracted file.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein said extracted file is in an XML format.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising spooling at least a portion of the print stream data to form said data file.

Assignments (7)