SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING A BANNER PAGE HAVING INDENTIFING INDICIA

• US 20180035010A1
• Filed: 07/28/2016
• Published: 02/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Original Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: LOCKWOOD, EDWIN PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US15/222,602
• Publication Number:
  US 20180035010A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00344 with a management, maintenance, service or repair apparatus monitoring H04N1/00002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32133 on the same paper sheet, e.g. a facsimile page header
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32512 of different type, e.g. internal and external devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/444 to a particular document or image or part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3236 Details of authentication information generation

Abstract

A printing system generating a personalized banner page has a client device that transmits print data. An image forming device receives the print data transmitted by the client device. A banner creation module is in communication with the client device and the image forming device. The banner creation module transmits a user selected personalized indicia to be inserted on a banner page to be printed with the print data to identify the user.

Claims

1. A printing system generating a personalized banner page comprising:

a client device transmitting print data;

an image forming device receiving the print data transmitted by the client device;

a camera coupled to the client device;

a memory storing one or more personalized indicia including one or more personalized photographs; and

a banner creation module in communication with the client device and the image forming device, the banner creation module configured to;

display a banner creation page;

direct a user of the client device to one of;

select an existing personalized photographs from the memory or add a new personalized photograph for inserting into the banner page to identify the user;

if the user selects to add the new personalized photograph activate the camera, and take the new personalized photograph of the user;

if the user selects to select the existing personalized photograph, select the existing personalized photograph stored in the memory; and

transmit one of the existing personalized photograph selected from the memory or the new personalized photograph taken to be inserted on the banner page to be printed with the print data to identify the user.

2. The printing system of claim 1, comprising a server coupled to the client device the image forming device and the banner creation module transmitting the print data from the client device to the image forming device and the one of the existing personalized photograph stored in the memory or the new personalized photograph taken from the banner creation module to the image forming device.

3. The printing system of claim 1, wherein the banner creation module allowing the user to take the new personalized photograph or add the existing personalized photograph stored in the memory to the banner page to identify the user.

4. The printing system of claim 1, wherein the client device houses the banner creation module, the banner creation module allowing the user to take the new personalized photograph or add the existing personalized photograph stored in the memory to the banner page to identify the user.

6. The printing system of claim 1, wherein the client device is a wireless computing device, the wireless computing device coupled to the image forming device, the wireless computing device housing, the banner creation module, and wirelessly transmitting the one of the existing personalized photograph selected from the memory or the new personalized photograph taken to the image forming device.

7. The printing system of claim 6, wherein the camera is coupled to the wireless computing device, the camera allowing the user to take the new personalized photograph to add to the banner page to identify the user or add the existing personalized photograph stored in the memory to the banner page to identify the user.

8. The printing system of claim 1, wherein the client device is a wireless computing device coupled to the image forming device, the wireless computing device housing the banner creation module, and wirelessly transmitting the one of the existing personalized photograph selected from the memory or the new personalized photograph taken to the image forming device.

9. The printing system of claim 8, wherein the camera is coupled to the wireless computing device, the camera allowing the user to take the new personalized photograph to add to the banner page to identify the user or add the existing personalized photograph stored in the memory to the banner page to identify the user.

5. (canceled)

10. A method of generating and printing a personalized banner page comprising:

accessing a banner creation module en a computing device;

selecting a user personalized indicia to identify a user, wherein selecting the user personalized indicia comprises;

adding one of an existing personalized photograph selected from a memory or taping a new personalized photograph for inserting into the banner page to identify the user;

wherein taking, the new personalized photograph comprises;

activating a camera; and

taking the new personalized photograph of the user with the camera;

wherein adding the existing personalized photograph comprises;

selecting the existing personalized photograph from the memory, and

attaching one of the new personalized photograph taken by the camera or the existing personalized photograph selected from the memory to the personalized banner page to identify a printed document with the user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the computing device is a wireless computing device.

15. The method of claim 11, comprising transmitting print data forming the printed document to the image forming device from a client device, wherein the client device and the wireless computing device are separate devices.

12. (canceled)

14. The method of claim 12, comprising:

accessing a photo album stored in the memory on the wireless computing device; and

selecting the existing personalized photograph from the photo album to identify the user.

13. (canceled)

16. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a display coupled to the processor;

a user interface coupled to the processor for entering data into the computing device; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to;

access a banner creation module stored in the memory of the computing device;

select, a user selected personalized photograph to identify the user comprising;

adding one of an existing personalized photograph selected from the memory or taking a new personalized photograph for inserting into the banner page to identify the user;

wherein taking the new personalized photograph comprises;

activating a camera; and

taking the new personalized photograph of the user with the camera;

wherein adding the existing personalized photograph comprises;

selecting the existing personalized photograph from the memory, and

adding the existing personalized photograph selected to the banner pace;

attach the user selected personalized photograph to a personalized banner page to identify, a printed document with the user.

20. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to transmit print data forming the printed document to the image forming device from a client device.

17. (canceled)

18. (canceled)

19. (canceled)