Patent ID: 9195416
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions to enable email-based printing of for-pay content, the instructions when executed by a processor of a server causing the processor to perform the steps of: receiving a plurality of payment subscriptions, wherein each payment subscription authorizes the printing of the for-pay content; associating a plurality of sender identifiers with the received payment subscriptions; associating a plurality of content identifiers with the for-pay content; storing the associated sender identifiers and content identifiers in a database; receiving via a network a communication including: a content identifier identifying for-pay content hosted at a content provider computing system, a sender identifier identifying a sender of the communication, a printer identifier identifying a printer connected to the server via the network; determining that the received sender identifier matches the stored sender identifier in the database and is associated with the received payment subscription; obtaining the for-pay content from a content provider system; rasterizinq the obtained for-pay content; receiving payment for the for-pay content; determining which printer is to receive the rasterized content from the received printer identifier; sending the rasterized for-pay content from the server to the determined printer; and printing the rasterized for-pay content at the determined printer.