Patent ID: 7890772

Claim:
A document processing device configured to communicate with a first device and a user input device, comprising: a controller having memory and operable to receive a first communication from the first device, the first communication including a job to be processed by the document processing device, the job having a first shortcut access code associated with the job, the first shortcut access code being a proposed shortcut access code and stored in the memory of the controller and included in the first communication, the controller being operable to receive a second communication from the user input device, the second communication including a second shortcut access code; wherein the controller holds the job to be processed until the controller receives the second communication and verifies the second shortcut access code matches the first shortcut access code, and wherein the controller further includes a shortcut module operable to receive the proposed shortcut access code and to compare the proposed shortcut access code a list of existing shortcut access codes and determining whether the proposed shortcut access code is valid if the proposed shortcut access code does not match a shortcut access code included in the list of existing shortcut access codes.