US 11,144,262 B2Granted

Policy-based printing system using graphical codes at printing devices for split-printing methods

AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

InventorsMichael Ong Martin, Jin Liang, Tai Yu Chen

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Abstract

A policy-based printing system is implemented to allow access to a private domain to print using a public domain. The private domain includes private servers that store documents. The public domain includes servers and a printing device. A public policy server uses a domain list and a protocol connection with a private authentication server to validate a user and identify which private domain to access. The public policy server receives requests from the printing device to process a print job of a document in the private domain. The public server may associate a public personal identification number (PIN) with a corporate PIN for the printing operations and a graphical code, such as a QR code, at a printing device. In the event of split printing, the public server generates another public PIN for use with another printing device having another graphical code.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A policy-based printing method comprising:

authenticating a first printing device at a public server using a first graphical code received from a mobile application on a mobile device, wherein the first graphical code includes information about the first printing device;
receiving a corporate personal identification number (PIN) at the public server from the mobile application, wherein the corporate PIN corresponds to a document stored on a private server;
applying a policy to allow a print job for the document based on the corporate PIN at the private server;
copying the document from the private server to the public server;
generating a first public PIN corresponding to the corporate PIN at the public server, wherein the first public PIN is for use with the first printing device;
sending the first public PIN to the mobile application;
receiving the first public PIN at the public server from the first printing device having the first graphical code;
sending the document corresponding to the corporate PIN to the first printing device in response to the first public PIN;
printing the document at the first printing device;
stopping the print job of the document;
authenticating a second printing device at the public server using a second graphical code received from the mobile application, wherein the second graphical code includes information about the second printing device;
generating a second public PIN at the public server corresponding to the corporate PIN, wherein the second public PIN refers to an unprinted portion of the document, and wherein the second public PIN is for use with the second printing device;
receiving the second public PIN at the public server from the second printing device;
sending the unprinted portion of the document to the second printing device;
and
printing the unprinted portion of the document at the second printing device.

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A policy-based printing method comprising:

authenticating a first printing device at a public server using a first graphical code sent from a mobile application on a mobile device;
sending a corporate personal identification number (PIN) entered into the mobile application to the public server, wherein the corporate PIN corresponds to a document stored on a private server connected to the public server;
applying a policy stored at the private server to determine whether to print the document corresponding to the corporate PIN at the first printing device;
copying the document from the private server to the public server;
receiving a first public PIN at the mobile application from the public server to print the document only at the first printing device, wherein the first public PIN corresponds to the corporate PIN;
receiving the first public PIN at the public server from the first printing device;
printing a first portion of the document at the first printing device;
determining that the first printing device is not available;
authenticating a second printing device at the public server using a second graphical code sent from the mobile application on the mobile device;
receiving a second public PIN at the mobile application from the public server to print a second portion of the document only at the second printing device, wherein the second public PIN corresponds to the corporate PIN;
receiving the second public PIN at the public server from the second printing device;
printing the second portion of the document at the second printing device.

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A policy-based printing system comprising:

a mobile device configured to execute a mobile application;
a private server storing a document and a corporate personal identification number (PIN) corresponding to the document,
wherein a policy is applied to determine whether to print the document upon receipt of the corporate PIN at the private server,
wherein the corporate PIN is provided to the mobile application;
a first printing device having a first graphical code;
a second printing device having a second graphical code;
a public server connected to the private server and configured to
authenticate the first printing device upon receipt of the first graphical code from the mobile application,
send the corporate PIN upon receipt from the mobile device,
copy the document from the private server to the public server;
generate a first public PIN specifically for the first printing device upon receipt of the corporate PIN from the mobile application,
send the first public PIN to the mobile application,
receive the first public PIN from the first printing device,
send the document to the first printing device,
receive a notification that printing is stopped at the first printing device,
authenticate the second printing device upon receipt of the second graphical code from the mobile application,
generate a second public PIN specifically for the second printing device, wherein the second public PIN relates to an unprinted portion of the document,
send the second public PIN to the mobile application,
receive the second public PIN from the second printing device, and
send the unprinted portion of the document to the second printing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/838,513Filed 2 Apr 2020 · continuation in part
Priority: 25 Jun 2019
Published: US 2020/0409620 A131 Dec 2020
Granted: 12 Oct 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G06F 3/1238
Print job management: secure printing, e.g. user identification, user rights for device usage, unallowed content, blanking portions or fields of a…
G06F 3/1222
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: increasing security of the print job
G06F 3/1261
Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device: by using alternate printing
G06F 3/1285
Specifically adapted to adopt a particular infrastructure: remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server

Family

Application16/452,038Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 25 Jun 2019
Application16/451,913Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 25 Jun 2019
Application16/452,041Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 25 Jun 2019
US 2020/0409632 A1Pre-grant publication · published 31 Dec 2020
US 10,942,688 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 10,817,230 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part
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US 2020/0409620 A1Published application
US 2020/0410118 A1Published application
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