Patent ID: 8462367

Claim:
A printer portal, comprising: a network connection arranged to transfer user voice command input and printer portal output; a telephony system arranged to receive said user voice command input via the network connection from a telephonic device used by a user of the printer portal and to generate a printer portal output via said network connection; a printing device arranged to print documents stored at the printer portal or documents accessible via the network and responsive to the printer portal output from said telephony system based on said user voice command input; an access module arranged to control user access to portions of said printer portal; electronic storage for storing physical location information for the printer portal; and a processor configured to compare a received location of the telephonic device used by the user with the printer portal's physical location information, configured to determine the proximity of the telephonic device to the location of the printer portal and, based on at least the proximity of the telephonic device to the printer portal, configured to selectively enable and disable particular functionality of the printer portal.