Patent Document ID: 9965232
Application ID: 15070277

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for automatically verifying default printing selections, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: receiving a digital printing request from a user of the computing device to print a document; identifying, in response to receiving the digital printing request, a default printer to which the computing device is configured to transmit instructions to print the document; identifying a policy, wherein: the policy comprises a printer-selection directive to: automatically print to the default printer without requesting a user verification whenever the default printer is within a designated area of the computing device; and verify a default printer selection prior to printing to the default printer whenever the default printer is not within the designated area of the computing device; and the policy further comprises a security policy directive to scan one or more portions of the document for sensitive information by scanning the one or more portions for at least one of a particular word and a particular phrase; determining that the default printer is not within the designated area of the computing device; performing a scan as directed by the security policy directive and determining, based on a result of the scan, that the document includes sensitive information; and based on the policy, and in response to determining both that the default printer is not within the designated area of the computing device and that the document includes the sensitive information, presenting the user with a verification prompt that cautions the user that the default printer is not within the designated area of the computing device and allows the user to: affirmatively select the default printer to print the document; or select a different printer to print the document.

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Claim 2:
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the default printer is not included within the designated area comprises determining that the default printer is not within the computing device's local area network.