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US 11,599,312 B1Granted
System and method for secure delivery of printed documents via mobile print center
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRon Dufort, Kip L. Jugle
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Abstract
A secure document printing and delivery management system includes one or more print delivery vehicles, each of which includes an onboard print device. When the system receives a print job from a requesting device, it will select a print delivery vehicle instruct the print delivery vehicle to navigate to a delivery location. Upon arrival at the delivery location, the system will detect and verify a security token presented by a recipient. In response to detecting and verifying the token, the system may print the document (if not already printed) and it will present the document to the recipient.
Claims20
A secure document printing and delivery management system comprising:
- a processor and a memory containing programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to, in response to receiving a print job from a requesting device via a wireless communications network, wherein the print job comprises document printing instructions, a delivery location, and a user identifier:
- generate a set of instructions that are configured to:
- select a print delivery vehicle that contains a print device;
- cause the print device to use the document printing instructions to print a document;
- instruct the print delivery vehicle to navigate to the delivery location;
- and
- cause the document to be presented to a recipient in response to confirming that the following conditions are satisfied:
- the print delivery vehicle has navigated to the location, and
- the processor has detected and verified a security token that corresponds to the user identifier;
- wherein the instructions to cause the print device to use the document printing instructions to print a document comprise programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to:
- use a security level indicator of the print job to determine a security level for the print job;
- and
- either:
- in response to the security level being a first security level, causing the print device to print the document while the print delivery vehicle is navigating to the delivery location, or
- in response to the security level being a second security level that is higher than the first security level, causing the print device to print the document only after both (a) the print delivery vehicle has reached the delivery location, and (b) the processor has detected and verified the security token that corresponds to the user identifier.
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A method of printing and delivering a document, the method comprising:
- by a processor, in response to receiving a print job from a requesting device via a wireless communications network, wherein the print job comprises document printing instructions for printing a document, a delivery location, and a user identifier:
- generating a set of instructions that are configured to:
- select a print delivery vehicle that contains a print device;
- cause the print device to print the document;
- instruct the print delivery vehicle to navigate to the delivery location;
- and
- cause the document to be presented to a recipient in response to confirming that the following conditions are satisfied:
- the print delivery vehicle has navigated to the location, and
- the processor has detected and verified a security token that corresponds to the user identifier;
- wherein the instructions to cause the print device to use the document printing instructions to print a document comprise programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to:
- use a security level indicator of the print job to determine a security level for the print job;
- and
- either:
- in response to the security level being a first security level, causing the print device to print the document while the print delivery vehicle is navigating to the delivery location, or
- in response to the security level being a second security level that is higher than the first security level, causing the print device to print the document only after both (a) the print delivery vehicle has reached the delivery location, and (b) the processor has detected and verified the security token that corresponds to the user identifier.
12 more elements
A secure document printing and delivery management system comprising:
- a processor and a memory containing programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to, in response to receiving a print job from a requesting device via a wireless communications network, wherein the print job comprises document printing instructions, a delivery location, and a user identifier:
- generate a set of instructions that are configured to:
- select a print delivery vehicle that contains a print device;
- cause the print device to use the document printing instructions to print a document;
- instruct the print delivery vehicle to navigate to the delivery location;
- and
- cause the document to be presented to a recipient in response to confirming that the following conditions are satisfied:
- the print delivery vehicle has navigated to the location, and
- the processor has detected and verified a security token that corresponds to the user identifier, and
- after causing the document to be presented to the recipient:
- in response to receiving a disapproval of the document from the recipient, causing the print device to re-print the document.
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A secure document printing and delivery management system comprising:
- a processor and a memory containing programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to, in response to receiving a print job from a requesting device via a wireless communications network, wherein the print job comprises document printing instructions, a delivery location, and a user identifier:
- generate a set of instructions that are configured to:
- select a print delivery vehicle that contains a print device;
- cause the print device to use the document printing instructions to print a document;
- instruct the print delivery vehicle to navigate to the delivery location;
- and
- cause the document to be presented to a recipient in response to confirming that the following conditions are satisfied:
- the print delivery vehicle has navigated to the location, and
- the processor has detected and verified a security token that corresponds to the user identifier, and
- after causing the document to be presented to the recipient:
- receiving a modification of the document from the recipient,
- causing a scanning device to scan the document with the modification to yield a modified document file, and
- causing the modified document file to be transmitted to the recipient or to an external service.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.