Patent ID: 9280672
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for printing a composite document, the composite document representing a plurality of individual documents, comprising: creating a fixed data unit for a composite document, the fixed data unit being a portion of an individual document which is consistent in each individual document within the composite document; creating a variable data unit for each individual document to be represented by the composite document, a variable data unit being a portion of the individual document which is unique to that individual document; analyzing data within each created variable data unit to determine a set of rights for each created variable data unit; embedding the determined set of rights into the appropriated created variable data unit; creating a composite document by associating the fixed data unit with the embedded variable data units; submitting the composite document for printing; creating a plurality of individual documents for printing, each individual document being a merger of the fixed data unit with an embedded variable data unit; and printing each individual document based upon the set of rights embedded in the corresponding variable data unit.