Method and system for secure printing of documents via a printer coupled to the internet
First Claim
1. A system for remotely retrieving a document comprising:
- a data center to store said document, said data center being coupled to a network;
a printer coupled to said network; and
a portable adaptor coupled between said network and said printer, said portable adaptor including a communication device to communicate with a mobile device,wherein said mobile device communicates with said adaptor and causes said adaptor to retrieve said document from said data center via said network, and said adaptor provides said document to said printer for printing.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing secure, on-demand delivery and retrieval of documents, messages and the like utilizing an adaptor and a printer coupled to the Internet. An adaptor is coupled between a network based printing protocol enabled device, such as, for example, an Internet Printing Protocol enabled printer, and the Internet. A mobile device communicates with the adaptor to allow a user to log onto a document delivery system, via the Internet, and select a document, message or the like to be printed. The adaptor or mobile device provides the Internet address of the printer to the data center, which then sends the selected documents to the printer through the adaptor using the network based printing protocol. Alternatively, the data center can encrypt the documents before sending. A corresponding decryption key is used by the adaptor to decrypt the documents prior to sending to the printer.
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56 Claims
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1. A system for remotely retrieving a document comprising:
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a data center to store said document, said data center being coupled to a network; a printer coupled to said network; and a portable adaptor coupled between said network and said printer, said portable adaptor including a communication device to communicate with a mobile device, wherein said mobile device communicates with said adaptor and causes said adaptor to retrieve said document from said data center via said network, and said adaptor provides said document to said printer for printing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A portable adaptor for coupling between a network and a printer for remotely retrieving a document from a data center and sending said retrieved document to said printer for printing, said adaptor comprising:
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a first port to couple said adaptor to said network; a second port to couple said adaptor to said printer; a first switch circuit having a first, second and third input/output, said first input/output being coupled to said first port, said second input/output being coupled to said second port; a processor coupled to said third input/output of said first switch circuit, said processor controlling said first switch circuit to connect between said first and second input/outputs or between said first and third input/outputs; and a coupling device for communicating with a mobile device wherein when a communication is established with said mobile device, said first switch circuit connects said first and third input/outputs thereby coupling said processor with said data center via said network, said document is selected from said data center via said communication between said mobile device and said adaptor, after said document is selected said first switch circuit connects said first and second input/outputs thereby coupling said data center to said printer, and said data center sends said selected document to said printer through said first switch circuit. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A portable adaptor for coupling between a network and a printer for remotely retrieving a document from a data center and sending said retrieved document to said printer for printing, said adaptor comprising:
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a first port to couple said adaptor to said network; a second port to couple said adaptor to said printer; a hub having a first, second and third input/output, said first input/output being coupled to said first port, said second input/output being coupled to said second port; a processor coupled to said third input/output of said hub; and a coupling device for communicating with a mobile device, said coupling device being coupled to said processor, wherein when a communication is established with said mobile device, said hub routes communications from said processor to said data center via said network, said document is selected from said data center via said communication between said mobile device and said adaptor, said selected document is sent from said data center to said adaptor, and said hub routes said selected document to said printer. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for remotely retrieving and printing a selected document stored in a data center, said data center being coupled to a network, said method comprising the steps of:
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coupling a portable adaptor to said network between said data center and a printer, said portable adaptor including a communication device to communicate with a mobile device; establishing a communication between a mobile device and said data center via said adaptor and said network; selecting a document stored in said data center using said mobile device; sending said selected document to said printer via said network and said adaptor; and printing said selected document at said printer. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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