Patent ID: 9007613
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A secure mobile printing method, comprising the steps of: initiating on a mobile device a print job; assigning on the mobile device a job identifier for the print job; selecting on the mobile device from a plurality of printers a printer for the print job; sending from the mobile device to the selected printer the print job and the job identifier whereby the print job is locked on the selected printer; taking using a camera on the mobile device a digital photograph of a printer identification code (PIC) identifying the selected printer formed permanently on an exposed surface of the selected printer; processing on the mobile device the photograph whereby the PIC is resolved to a text string identifying the selected printer; resolving on the mobile device the text string to the job identifier and at least one other job identifier associated with at least one other print job sent from the mobile device to the selected printer and locked on the selected printer; displaying simultaneously on the mobile device details of the locked print jobs, the details comprising initiation date and time information for the locked print jobs, a visual selection indicator identifying a selected print job among the locked print jobs through focus on details of the selected print job and a thumbnail image from the selected print job; and receiving on the mobile device a print request for the selected print job whereby the job identifier of the selected print job is sent from the mobile device to the selected printer and the selected print job is unlocked on the selected printer.