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US 7,621,442 B2Granted
Printing a subscription using a mobile device
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Paul Lapstun, Simon Robert Walmsley
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Abstract
A system for printing a subscription on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the subscription on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.
Claims20
A system for printing a subscription on a valid print medium, the system comprising:
- a handheld cellular telephone which comprises:
- an input at which a print medium is loaded into the telephone;
- a printer module;
- and,
- a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the loaded print medium,
- wherein the handheld cellular telephone uses the sensed print media identifier to determine whether or not the loaded print medium is a valid print medium on which printing can be performed by the printer module,
- if the loaded print medium is determined to be valid, the handheld cellular telephone controlling the print module to print the subscription on the loaded print medium, and
- if the loaded print medium is determined to not be valid, the handheld cellular telephone ejecting the loaded print medium at the input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.