Patent ID: 7467416
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: B41J,B42C,B42P,B43K,B65H,C09D,G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07D,H04N,H04W,Y02D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of authorizing the printing of a document at a plurality of printers associated with a plurality of users by a publisher, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a document identity and page descriptions for the document to be printed from an identity server; sending the document, including the document identity and page descriptions to a page server responsible for that document identity; creating a message that includes an identity of the publisher, alias identities of the plurality of users, a set of multicast channel names, and a private electronic signature of the publisher; addressing the message to the plurality of users; and sending the message to the plurality of printers associated with the plurality of users.