Document sharing service for network printing
First Claim
1. An internet printing system comprising:
- a network server accessible over the internet and having;
a printer-record of registered printing devices remote from said network server;
an ID-record of identification, ID, codes, each ID code being associated with at least one of said registered printing devices within said printer-record;
a data storage unit for storing a plurality of print-job files;
a print-job record of said stored print-job files, each print-job record being correlated to at least one of said registered printing devices;
a first remote computing device for accessing said network server over the internet, and submitting an access code to said network server;
wherein if said access code identifies a target ID code within said ID-record, then said network server provides said first remote computing device with a print-file list of stored print-job files from among said print-job record that are correlated to each registered printing device associated with said target ID;
said first remote computing device being further effective for selecting, from said print-file list, at least one stored print-job file as a target print-job file and for downloading said target print job file over the internet.
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Abstract
An internet accessible server permits access management to remote printing devices by remote users. Only users having printing access to a target remote printing device may submit a print job for printing on the target remote printing device. Users having printing access permission are further divided into owner status and user status. Owner status user of a remote printing device may grant or revoke the printing permission of non-owner status users. At least one owner status user is designated a super-owner, and can grant and revoke the owner status of other users. The super-owner user may relinquish its super-owner status to any other user. After submitting a print job for a target printing device, the print job is stored in a storage space on the Internet and is transferred to the target printing device only when the target printing device itself downloads the print job using standard internet protocols similar to those used in the downloading of a web page.
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30 Claims
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1. An internet printing system comprising:
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a network server accessible over the internet and having;
a printer-record of registered printing devices remote from said network server;
an ID-record of identification, ID, codes, each ID code being associated with at least one of said registered printing devices within said printer-record;
a data storage unit for storing a plurality of print-job files;
a print-job record of said stored print-job files, each print-job record being correlated to at least one of said registered printing devices;
a first remote computing device for accessing said network server over the internet, and submitting an access code to said network server;
wherein if said access code identifies a target ID code within said ID-record, then said network server provides said first remote computing device with a print-file list of stored print-job files from among said print-job record that are correlated to each registered printing device associated with said target ID;
said first remote computing device being further effective for selecting, from said print-file list, at least one stored print-job file as a target print-job file and for downloading said target print job file over the internet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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