Discounted printing
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1. A method for authorising discounted printing, comprising identifying content which has been captured by a consumer in authorised defined circumstances, and authorising discounted consumer printing of the identified content or of further content linked to the identified content.
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A method for authorising discounted printing, comprising identifying content which has been captured by a consumer in authorised defined circumstances, and authorising discounted consumer printing of the identified content or of further content linked to the identified content
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- 1. A method for authorising discounted printing, comprising identifying content which has been captured by a consumer in authorised defined circumstances, and authorising discounted consumer printing of the identified content or of further content linked to the identified content.
- 18. A system for authorising discounted printing, the system being operable to identify content which has been captured by a consumer in authorised defined circumstances, and to authorise discounted consumer printing of the identified captured content or of further content linked to the identified captured content.
- 23. A method for use in authorising discounted consumer printing, comprising providing, for receipt by a consumer and/or a capture device of the consumer, identifying data for association with content captured in defined circumstances so as to enable secure identification of the circumstances in which the content was captured.
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28. A method of providing discounted printing consumables to a consumer thereof, the discount representing a proportion of the costs incurred by the consumer for consumer printing of captured content, or of further content linked to said captured content, wherein a condition of the discounting is that said captured content is captured in defined circumstances.
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29. A method of associating content, which has been captured in defined circumstances, with a discount service so as to enable discounted consumer printing of the captured content or of further content linked to the captured content.
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30. A method wherein a discounted consumer printing service provider provides a discount printing service for consumers of content captured in authorised defined circumstances, or of content linked to the captured content, the service including the provision of information enabling a printing consumables provider to provide to respective said consumers printing consumables at a discount related to an estimated cost of printing said content by the respective consumers, for thereby encouraging the consumers to print said content.
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31. A method wherein a printing consumables provider provides for a stakeholder in content captured by a consumer in authorised defined circumstances, or of content linked to the captured content, a discount printing service wherein the printing consumables provider provides printing consumables to the consumer at a discount related to estimated costs of printing by the consumer of said content, whereby the consumer is encouraged to print said content.
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32. A method of identifying content which has been captured by a consumer in authorised defined circumstances, for authorising discounted consumer printing of the identified content or of further content linked to the identified content, wherein identifying data relating to the circumstances of capture, which has been captured and stored with the captured content, is used for securely identifying whether the captured content has been captured in said authorised defined circumstances.
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33. A method of identifying content which has been captured by a consumer in authorised defined circumstances, for authorising discounted consumer printing of the identified content or of further content linked to the identified content, comprising;
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a) using identifying data relating to the circumstances of capture for securely identifying whether the captured content has been captured in said authorised defined circumstances;
b) estimating costs incurred by a consumer for printing the identified or linked content;
c) providing printing consumables to the consumer at a discount substantially proportional to estimated printing costs; and
d) billing a stakeholder in the identified or linked content for provision of discounted consumer printing services including authorisation of discounted printing and/or providing consumables to the consumer at a discount. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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- 35. Means for authorising discounted printing, comprising means for identifying content which has been captured by a consumer in authorised defined circumstances, and means for authorising discounted consumer printing of the identified content or of further content linked to the identified content.
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