Document Sharing Network
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorShourya Roy
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Abstract
The application discloses systems and methods for physically sharing a hard copy of a document. The systems and methods include presenting to a user a graphical user interface having printing options for printing the document, where the graphical user interface has an input for receiving an indication by the user that the user is willing to share the hard copy of the document; presenting to the user options for defining characteristics of the hard copy of the document in response to receiving the indication; and publishing at least one of the defined characteristics within a profile page of the user.
Claims22
A method for physically sharing a hard copy of a document, said method being performed by a computing device having a processor and a memory storing a plurality of programmatic instructions, wherein, when said processor executes said plurality of programmatic instructions, said computing device:
- presents a first graphical user interface to a user, wherein said first graphical user interface comprises a plurality of printing options for printing the document, wherein said first graphical user interface comprises an input for receiving an indication by the user that the user is willing to physically share the hard copy of the document;
- presents to said user a plurality of options in response to receiving said indication, wherein selection of said options defines a plurality of characteristics of said hard copy of the document;
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- transmits at least one of said characteristics of said hard copy to a server, wherein said server hosts at least a portion of a social network comprising a profile page of the user and wherein at least one of said characteristics of said hard copy is published on said profile page.
A system for physically sharing a hard copy of a document, comprising:
- A plurality of programmatic instructions stored on a medium, wherein, when said plurality of programmatic instructions are executed, cause a computing device to present a first graphical user interface to a user, wherein said first graphical user interface comprises a plurality of printing options for printing the document, wherein said first graphical user interface comprises an input for receiving an indication by the user that the user is willing to physically share the hard copy of the document;
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- A server for hosting at least a portion of a social network comprising a profile page of the user, wherein said server receives at least one of characteristic of the hard copy of the document, in response to the user indicating a willingness to physically share the hard copy and publishes said characteristic on the profile page of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.