Patent ID: 9329807
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method to share a printer and print, the method comprising: receiving at a print service executing at a computing device, via an electronic communication network, from a first user that is a member of a social networking service an instruction to share a printer; presenting, via a web page provided by the social networking service, a browser window provided by the print service to the first user, wherein the browser window provides the first user with a plurality of selectable options to enable sharing of the printer including a first option to enable sharing by following an instruction on front panel of the printer and a second option to enable sharing by downloading, from the print service, a proxy to operate on a computing device attached to the printer; receiving a print job at the print service; wherein the print job is received, via the network, from a second user that is a member of the social networking service, wherein sending of the print job to the print service was initiated by the second user via a user interface provided by the print service via a browser window appearing on a web page provided by the social network service; and sending, via the network, the print job to the printer to print upon confirmation that the second user is identified as a friend of the first user within the social networking service.