Method for Local Printing
AssigneeGenius Bytes Software Solutions GmbH
InventorsKerstin Horst, Matthias Horst, Thomas Pempelforth, Bernd Clas
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Abstract
A method for local printing, in particular, during a TCP/IP-based data connection established with a background system and a background system and a printing system with a background system.
Claims15
A method for local printing, comprising:
- providing at least one local computer comprising at least one local printer, at least one user interface, and a print job router with a unique router identifier,
- providing a background system comprising at least one print job data memory, wherein at least a part of the print jobs stored in the print job data memory are each assigned a user identifier,
- establishing a TCP/IP-based data connection between the local computer and the background system via a data network, wherein the background system is configured to store an assignment between the established TCP/IP-based data connection and the router identifier transmitted via the established TCP/IP-based data connection,
- providing, by the local computer, of at least the router identifier such that at least the router identifier is detectable by a mobile terminal of a user,
- receiving, by the background system, an authentication data set from the mobile terminal containing at least a user identifier of the user of the mobile terminal,
- performing, by the background system, an authentication check at least on the basis of the received user identifier,
- receiving, by the background system from the mobile terminal, at least the router identifier,
- transmitting, by the background system to the mobile terminal, a print job data set containing at least one print job assigned to the received user identifier after a successful authentication,
- receiving, by the background system from the mobile terminal, at least one print job to be printed selected from the transmitted print job data set, and
- transmitting, by the background system to the local computer, of the at least one print job to be printed via the established TCP/IP-based data connection based on the received router identifier such that the at least one print job to be printed is printable by the local printer.
A background system for enabling local printing, wherein the background system comprises at least one print job data memory, wherein at least a part of the print jobs stored in the print job data memory are each assigned a user identifier, wherein the background system is connectable to at least one local computer comprising at least one local printer, at least one user interface, and a print job router with a unique router identifier, and wherein a TCP/IP-based data connection is establishable between the local computer and the background system via a data network, wherein the background system is configured to store an assignment between an established TCP/IP-based data connection and a user identifier transmitted via the established TCP/IP-based data connection, comprising:
- at least one receiving module configured to receive an authentication data set from a mobile terminal of the user containing at least one user identifier of the user of the mobile terminal,
- at least one authentication module configured to perform an authentication check based at least on the received user identifier,
- wherein the receiving module is configured to receive the router identifier from the mobile terminal, and
- at least one transmission module configured to transmit to the mobile terminal a print job data set containing at least one print job assigned to the received user identifier after a successful authentication,
- wherein the receiving module is configured to receive at least one print job to be printed from the mobile terminal selected from the transmitted print job data set, and
- wherein the transmission module is configured to transmit the at least one print job to be printed via the established TCP/IP-based data connection based on the received router identifier such that the at least one print job to be printed is printable by the local printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.