METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING PROOF OF PAYMENT FOR "PAY-AS-YOU-GO" MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICES
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of multi-function devices, said plurality of multi-function devices being operatively associated with at least one controller and each of said plurality of multi-function devices having time staggered payment support capabilities for enabling at least one user continued access to said plurality of multi-function devices; and
a detecting module for enabling said plurality of multi-function devices to automatically detect, inspect, and verify at least one authorization code located on incoming print jobs and for enabling the at least one user to selectively access at least one controller of said plurality of multi-function devices once the at least one authorization code located on the incoming print jobs has been automatically detected, inspected, and verified by said detecting module;
wherein the at least one user is enabled to pay for continued access to said plurality of multi-function devices via time staggered installments without one or more of the plurality of MFDs directly accessing a payment center via a network connection and without manually supplying the at least one authorization code to said plurality of multi-function devices.
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Abstract
A method and system is provided including a plurality of multi-function devices being operatively associated with at least one controller. Each of the plurality of multi-function devices having time staggered payment support capabilities for enabling at least one user continued access to the plurality of multi-function devices. A detecting module is provided for enabling the plurality of multi-function devices to automatically detect, inspect, and verify at least one authorization code located on incoming print jobs. The method and system enable the at least one user to pay for continued access to the plurality of multi-function devices via time staggered installments without one or more of the plurality of MFDs directly accessing a payment center via a network connection and without manually supplying the at least one authorization code to the plurality of multi-function devices.
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29 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a plurality of multi-function devices, said plurality of multi-function devices being operatively associated with at least one controller and each of said plurality of multi-function devices having time staggered payment support capabilities for enabling at least one user continued access to said plurality of multi-function devices; and a detecting module for enabling said plurality of multi-function devices to automatically detect, inspect, and verify at least one authorization code located on incoming print jobs and for enabling the at least one user to selectively access at least one controller of said plurality of multi-function devices once the at least one authorization code located on the incoming print jobs has been automatically detected, inspected, and verified by said detecting module; wherein the at least one user is enabled to pay for continued access to said plurality of multi-function devices via time staggered installments without one or more of the plurality of MFDs directly accessing a payment center via a network connection and without manually supplying the at least one authorization code to said plurality of multi-function devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for enabling printing capabilities, the method comprising:
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enabling a plurality of multi-function devices to be operatively associated with at least one controller and each of said plurality of multi-function devices having time staggered payment support capabilities for enabling at least one user continued access to said plurality of multi-function devices; enabling said plurality of multi-function devices to automatically detect, inspect, and verify at least one authorization code located on incoming print jobs via a detecting module; and enabling the at least one user to selectively access at least one controller of said plurality of multi-function devices once the at least one authorization code located on the incoming print jobs has been automatically detected, inspected, and verified by said detecting module; wherein the at least one user is enabled to pay for continued access to said plurality of multi-function devices via time staggered installments without one or more of the plurality of MFDs directly accessing a payment center via a network connection and without manually supplying the at least one authorization code to said plurality of multi-function devices. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable medium storing programmable instructions configured for being executed by at least one processor for performing a method for enabling printing capabilities, the method comprising the steps of:
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enabling a plurality of multi-function devices to be operatively associated with at least one controller and each of said plurality of multi-function devices having time staggered payment support capabilities for enabling at least one user continued access to said plurality of multi-function devices; enabling said plurality of multi-function devices to automatically detect, inspect, and verify at least one authorization code located on incoming print jobs via a detecting module; and enabling the at least one user to selectively access at least one controller of said plurality of multi-function devices once the at least one authorization code located on the incoming print jobs has been automatically detected, inspected, and verified by said detecting module; wherein the at least one user is enabled to pay for continued access to said plurality of multi-function devices via time staggered installments without one or more of the plurality of MFDs directly accessing a payment center via a network connection and without manually supplying the at least one authorization code to said plurality of multi-function devices. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for authorizing printing of a print job from a client communicating with a network, comprising:
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a multi-functional document processing device communicating with the network, said multi-functional document processing device being operatively associated with a plurality of device related services and receiving the print job; said multi-functional document processing device including a payment service for detecting whether an authorization code is embedded within the print job received at said multi-functional document processing device; and wherein, responsive to detecting the authorization code embedded within the print job received at said multi-functional document processing device, said payment service applies payment to one or more of the plurality of device related services. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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