Patent ID: 7283272
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for remotely printing a document, wherein said system comprises: a network; a mail server connected to said network, wherein said mail server receives and stores E-mail messages from said network; a computer transmitting an E-mail message including said document to said mail server over said network; and a printer receiving said E-mail message from said mail server, wherein said printer includes a processor, data storage, and a print engine printing images on paper in response to operation of said processor, wherein said processor is programmed to execute steps of: parsing a header portion of said E-mail message to determine whether portions of said E-mail message are to be printed according to administrative settings derived from data stored within said data storage and to determine whether portions of said E-mail message are to be printed according to user settings determined from keywords within said header portion of said E-mail message, in response to determining that portions of said E-mail message are to be printed according to said administrative settings, causing said print engine to print said portions of said E-mail message according to said administrative settings, and in response to determining that portions of said E-mail message are to be printed according to said user settings, causing said print engine to print said portions of said E-mail message according to said user settings; wherein, said processor is programmed to determine that said portions of said E-mail messages are to be printed according to said user settings in response to a determination that an E-mail address of said printer is an only address in a “To” destination address within said header of said E-mail message, said processor is programmed to determine that said portions of said E-mail messages are to be printed according to said administrative settings in response to a determination that said E-mail address of said printer is one of a plurality of addresses in said “To” destination address within said header of said E-mail message, and said processor is programmed to determine that said portions of said E-mail messages are to be printed according to said administrative settings in response to a determination that said E-mail address of said printer is in a “CC” destination address line within said header of said E-mail message instead of in said “To” destination address within said header of said E-mail message.