US 10642576

I'll search for the specific patent number 10642576 and related docket information.

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I found key bibliographic data. Now let me search for the claims and any CAFC 2026 docket activity for this specific patent.

Based on my searches, I can provide the following summary. I searched the USPTO-related sources (Google Patents, USPTO.report, Justia, Unified Patents) for the specific patent US10642576B2 and separately for CAFC 2026 docket entries. My search for a CAFC 2026 docket entry for this specific number returned no results — I found only district-court litigation records and a dismissed Xerox case, no Federal Circuit 2026 appeal tied to this patent number.

Bibliographic data (high confidence — confirmed by Google Patents and Justia)

Abstract (high confidence — matches the patent's title and specification)

"Information apparatus (e.g., a smart phone) for outputting digital content, stored in the information apparatus, at an output device is herein disclosed and enabled. The information apparatus includes wireless communication circuitry for discovering one or more output devices based, at least in part, on physical proximity and short range wireless communication. Subsequent to wirelessly discovering the output devices, the information apparatus receives device dependent attributes from the discovered output devices and provides, on a touch sensitive screen interface, at least an item related to the discovered output device for selection. The device dependent attributes include information related to the output devices. After the output device is selected, the information apparatus generates output data from the digital content that is acceptable for rendering at the output device; and wirelessly transmits the generated output data to the selected output device for rendering at least part of the digital content."

Plain-language overview of the independent claims — ⚠️ with an important caveat

I could not retrieve the verbatim claim text from USPTO or any other authoritative source in my searches — the claims section was not included in the fetched patent text, and my targeted searches for the independent claims returned no usable results. The overview below is therefore inferred from the abstract and the detailed specification (the output process of discovery → service negotiation → synchronization → job processing described in the patent), not quoted from the granted claims. If you need the exact claim language, the authoritative source is the USPTO Patent Center / Patent Public Search record for US10642576.

Based on the specification and abstract, the independent claims most plausibly cover:

1. A mobile information apparatus claim (apparatus) — A mobile device (e.g., smart phone, information pad, digital camera, Internet appliance) with wireless communication circuitry that (a) discovers one or more output devices within physical proximity via short-range wireless communication (e.g., Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11), (b) receives device-dependent attributes/information from the discovered output device, (c) presents a selectable item on a touch-sensitive screen interface, and (d) after user selection, generates output data compatible with that output device and wirelessly transmits it to the selected device for rendering (display, print, projection, or audio).

2. A method claim (likely) — The corresponding method: wirelessly discovering an available output device in physical vicinity, receiving device information from it, determining whether the device matches a requirement for outputting the content, selecting the device, conforming the digital content into output data, and transmitting the output data over the short-range wireless link directly from the mobile apparatus to the selected output device.

3. Possibly an output-device or system-side claim — The specification also describes the complementary output controller/output-device side (a printer/display/audio device that can be wirelessly discovered, provide a device profile, and receive the output data), so a system or output-device claim may also be present.

Litigation context (from search results — high confidence)

• Per Unified Patents data on the Google Patents page, US10642576B2 has been involved in multiple district-court cases (Texas W.D., Washington W.D., California C.D., Kentucky E.D., New York W.D.).
• A PatSnap litigation summary reports that in Flexiworld Technologies v. Xerox Corp., four patents including US10642576B2 were asserted; the case was dismissed with prejudice, with the patents remaining valid and enforceable against other parties.

Bottom line

• Bibliographic data (title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract): confident.
• Independent-claim text: not retrieved — the overview above is an inferred reconstruction, not verbatim claim language; verify against the USPTO record before relying on it for legal analysis.
• CAFC 2026 docket for this patent: no entries found in my searches; I cannot confirm any pending Federal Circuit appeal under this number.