Patent ID: 6789194
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: B41J,B42C,B42P,B43K,B65H,C09D,G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07D,H04N,H04W,Y02D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
In a network connected to a plurality of printers associated with a plurality of users and to a publisher of network publications, a network publishing authorization protocol for authorizing the printing of a document at the printers, including the steps of:the publisher obtaining a document identity and page descriptions for the document to be printed from an identity server; the publisher sending the document, including its identity and page descriptions to a page server responsible for that document identity; the publisher creating a message that includes the publisher's own identity, alias identities of the plurality of users, a set of multicast channel names, and a private electronic signature of the publisher; the publisher addressing the document to the plurality of users; and the publisher sending the document to the plurality of printers associated with the plurality of users.