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AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsFarnaz SHAHVIR, Maziar M. BASTANI
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A printer management computer is configured to enable a user to execute a print job or copy job based on location information, by performing the steps of: receiving, from a printer, a request to authenticate the user whose access card has been presented at the printer; determining one of: (1) that a first distance between a mobile device of the user and the printer is greater than a threshold or (2) that a second distance between the mobile device and the access card is greater than the threshold; transmitting, to the mobile device in response to the first or second distance being greater than the threshold, a message requesting authorization for using the access card, and then receiving a response indicating that authorization for using the access card is granted; and transmitting, to the printer, a message indicating that execution of the print job or copy job is authorized.
A printer management computer including a processor and memory, wherein the processor executes instructions stored in the memory to enable a user to execute a print job or copy job based on location information, by performing the following steps:
A method of enabling a user to execute a print job or copy job based on location information, the method comprising:
A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that are executable in a printer management computer, wherein the instructions when executed cause the printer management computer to carry out a method of enabling a user to execute a print job or copy job based on location information, and wherein the method comprises:
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