Security of printed documents through end user presence sensing
First Claim
1. A system for improving the security of printed documents through end user presence detection, the system comprising:
- a data store having records correlating end users with print jobs for a workgroup printer;
presence detection circuitry disposed in proximity to said workgroup printer; and
, security management logic coupled to said data store and said presence detection circuitry and programmed to determine when end users associated with print jobs recorded in said data store have not come into proximity of said workgroup printer.
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for improving the security of printed documents through end user presence sensing. In this regard, a system for improving the security of printed documents through end user presence detection can include a data store having records correlating end users with print jobs for a workgroup printer, presence detection circuitry disposed in proximity to the workgroup printer, and security management logic coupled to the data store and the presence detection circuitry. Notably, the security management logic can be programmed to determine when end users associated with print jobs recorded in the data store have not come into proximity of the workgroup printer.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for improving the security of printed documents through end user presence detection, the system comprising:
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a data store having records correlating end users with print jobs for a workgroup printer;
presence detection circuitry disposed in proximity to said workgroup printer; and
,security management logic coupled to said data store and said presence detection circuitry and programmed to determine when end users associated with print jobs recorded in said data store have not come into proximity of said workgroup printer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for improving the security of printed documents through end user presence detection, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving print job notifications for end users who have requested print jobs from a workgroup printer in a data communications network;
associating said end users with corresponding ones of said requested print job notifications;
detecting a presence of at least one of said end users in proximity to said workgroup printer; and
,determining when individual ones of said end users associated with said requested print jobs have not come into proximity of said workgroup printer. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program for improving the security of printed documents through end user presence detection, the computer program comprising a routine set of instructions which when executed by a machine causes the machine to perform the steps of:
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receiving print job notifications for end users who have requested print jobs from a workgroup printer in a data communications network;
associating said end users with corresponding ones of said requested print job notifications;
detecting a presence of at least one of said end users in proximity to said workgroup printer; and
,determining when individual ones of said end users associated with said requested print jobs have not come into proximity of said workgroup printer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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