Patent ID: 8402277

Claim:
A method for secure communication of a job to a device, comprising: a user entering to a host user identification information and destination information; the host sending the job, user, and destination information to an authentication server that contains a database containing all user mailbox ID and password information, wherein the authentication server, the user, and the device reside in a same or different domains; the authentication server producing and saving a unique encrypted encryption key associated with the job, user, and destination information into the database; the authentication server sending the encrypted encryption key information to the host so that only a user who possesses a correct user information decrypt and fetch an encryption key to proceed with secure mail box print procedure, preventing a malicious user from faking identity to print to the user's mailbox to which the malicious User is not authorized, overflowing the user's mailbox with the malicious user's garbage files; the host encrypting the job using the encryption key and sending the encrypted job to a destination of the destination information; the user entering to the device user identification information and destination information; the device sending the job, user, and destination information to the authentication server; the authentication server retrieving the encryption key associated with the job, user, and destination information from the database; the authentication server sending the encryption key information to the device; the device decrypting the job using the encryption key and releasing the job.