Patent ID: 7526647
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: B41J,B42C,B42P,B43K,B65H,C09D,G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07D,H04N,H04W,Y02D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In a network connected to a printer and a publisher of network publications, a network publishing authorization protocol for authorizing the printing of a publication at the printer by a publisher, including the steps of: addressing the publication to a user by an alias identity of the user, the alias identity being created from both a sensing device identity and an application identity when the user interacts with a printed application tag associated with the publication using the sensing device; and signing the publication using a private key of the publisher; sending the signed publication to the printer; and confirming that the signed publication may be printed at the printer, by verifying the private key signature of the publisher using a public key of the publisher.