# US 2021/0240423 A1 · Detected media printing

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- Number: US 2021/0240423 A1
- Document ID: US20210240423A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/054,830
- Filed: 2018-09-26
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2018-09-26
- Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicants: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Inventors: Mithra Vankipuram; Rafael Ballagas; Alexander Thayer
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210240423A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/101: Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
- G06F 3/1204: {resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data}
- G06F 3/1243: {Variable data printing, e.g. document forms, templates, labels, coupons, advertisements, logos, watermarks, transactional printing, fixed content versioning}
- G06F 3/1265: {Printing by reference, e.g. retrieving document/image data for a job from a source mentioned in the job}
- G06F 16/901: Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures (for retrieval from the web G06F16/951)
- G06F 16/908: using metadata automatically derived from the content
- G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An example communication device includes a camera to detect media. A processor is to link the detected media with a stored version of the detected media in a database. The processor is to instruct a printing device associated with a remote device to output a hardcopy of the stored version of the detected media.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A communication device comprising:
a camera to detect media; and
a processor to:
link the detected media with a stored version of the detected media in a database; and
instruct a printing device associated with a remote device to output a hardcopy of the stored version of the detected media.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The communication device of claim 1, comprising an electronic reader linked to the camera to detect an embedded digital signature associated with the detected media, wherein the processor is to compare the digital signature with a code associated with the stored version of the detected media.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is to instruct the printing device to automatically output the hardcopy upon linking the detected media with the stored version of the detected media.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is to transmit the stored version of the detected media to the remote device, and generate a message output by the remote device for a user to select whether to instruct the printing device to output the hardcopy of the stored version of the detected media.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The communication device of claim 1, wherein the detected media comprises any of an image, audio, and video.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is to associate an image with media containing any of audio and video, and wherein the processor is to link detected media containing any of audio and video with the associated image stored in the database.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The communication device of claim 6, wherein the processor is to instruct the printing device to output a hardcopy of the associated image upon the camera capturing any of audio and video.

### Claim 8

A video conferencing system comprising:
a memory to store an electronic file containing a first code;
a first communication device operatively connected to the memory to automatically detect media comprising a second code; and
a processor to:
compare the first code with the second code; and
transmit a printing-execution command to a printing device that is communicatively linked to a second communication device upon determining that the first code matches the second code.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The video conferencing system of claim 8, wherein the electronic file comprises any of an image file, an audio file, and a video file, and wherein the electronic file comprises an image associated with any of the image file, the audio file, and the video file.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The video conferencing system of claim 8, wherein the first communication device and the second communication device are communicatively linked to transfer any of audio and video therebetween, and wherein the printing-execution command is to cause the printing device to print an image associated with the electronic file.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The video conferencing system of claim 10, wherein an image quality of the printed image is comparable to an image quality of the detected media.

### Claim 12

A machine-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed cause a processor of a first communication device to:
select media detected by the first communication device;
tag the detected media with a stored copy of the detected media retrieved from a database;
transmit the detected media to a second communication device; and
transmit instructions to a printing device communicatively linked to the second communication device to output a printed version of the stored copy of the detected media.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to detect the media from among a set of media based on a position of the detected media in relation to the first communication device.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to transmit the detected media to the second communication device in any of an audio chat process, a video chat process, and a web chat process.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to perform an analysis of the detected media to determine whether the stored copy of the detected media exists in the database.