Patent ID: 8873094

Claim:
A method for mobile print document release, the method comprising: submitting a document to a document repository; assigning a document identification code to the document; storing an authorized phone number for a mobile device in a print server; storing a user password in the print server; receiving one or more first text messages from the mobile device, wherein the one or more first text messages comprise a mobile print command and the document identification code; verifying that the one or more first text messages received from the mobile device are from the authorized phone number; transmitting one or more second text messages to the mobile device requesting the user password; receiving one or more third text messages from the mobile device with the user password; transmitting one or more fourth text messages to the mobile device requesting a printer identification; receiving one or more fifth text messages from the mobile device with the printer identification; transmitting one or more sixth text messages to the mobile device requesting a number of copies of the document to be printed; receiving one or more seventh text messages from the mobile device with the number of copies of the document to be printed; transmitting one or more eighth text messages to the mobile device when a format of the mobile print command or the document identification code is unidentifiable, wherein the one or more eighth text messages include instructions to use an updated format, and wherein the instructions comprise a sample of the updated format; receiving one or more ninth text messages from the mobile device, wherein the one or more ninth text messages comprise the mobile print command, the document identification code, or both in the updated format; parsing the one or more ninth text messages to identify the document identification code; obtaining, using the document identification code, the document that is identified by the document identification code; releasing the document to a printer; and transmitting one or more tenth text messages from the print server to the mobile device indicating that the document has been printed.