Systems and Methods for Previewing Copy Protected Documents
AssigneeKonica Minolta Systems Laboratory, Inc.
InventorLiping Zhang
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Abstract
Systems and methods consistent with disclosed embodiments provide for a method for previewing documents by associating one of a plurality of copy protection templates with a document; and viewing the document using one of a plurality of options associated with a user-interface by blending an image corresponding to the copy protection template with an image of at least one page in the document, wherein the options comprise: a print preview option that permits the viewing of a printed version of the document; and a copy preview option that permits the viewing of a duplicated version of the document. In some embodiments, the method may be invoked using document processing software and/or software associated with a print driver.
Claims20
A method for previewing documents comprising:
- associating one of a plurality of copy protection templates with a document;
- and
- viewing the document using one of a plurality of options associated with a user-interface, wherein the document is viewed by blending an image corresponding to the copy protection template with an image of at least one page in the document, wherein the options comprise:
- a print preview option that permits the viewing of a printed version of the document;
- and
- a copy preview option that permits the viewing of a duplicated version of the document.
A computer-readable medium that stores instructions, which when executed by a processor perform steps in a method for previewing documents comprising:
- associating one of a plurality of copy protection templates with a document;
- and
- viewing the document using one of a plurality of options associated with a user-interface, wherein the document is viewed by blending an image corresponding to the copy protection template with an image of at least one page in the document, wherein the options comprise:
- a print preview option that permits the viewing of a printed version of the document;
- and
- a copy preview option that permits the viewing of a duplicated version of the document.
A computer-readable memory that stores instructions, which when executed by a processor perform steps in a method for previewing documents comprising:
- associating one of a plurality of copy protection templates with a document;
- and
- viewing the document using one of a plurality of options associated with a user-interface, wherein the document is viewed by blending an image corresponding to the copy protection template with an image of at least one page in the document, wherein the options comprise:
- a print preview option that permits the viewing of a printed version of the document;
- and
- a copy preview option that permits the viewing of a duplicated version of the document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.