Authorization protocol for network publishing
First Claim
1. In a network connected to a printer and a publisher of network publications, a network publishing authorization protocol for authorizing the printing of a publication at the printer by a publisher, including the steps of:
- addressing the publication to a user by an alias identity of the user, the alias identity being created from both a sensing device identity and an application identity when the user interacts with a printed application tag associated with the publication using the sensing device; and
signing the publication using a private key of the publisher;
sending the signed publication to the printer; and
confirming that the signed publication may be printed at the printer, by verifying the private key signature of the publisher using a public key of the publisher.
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Abstract
A network publishing authorization protocol, for use in a network connected to a printer, a server and a publisher of network publications. The protocol authorizes the printing of a publication at the printer. It includes the steps of: addressing the publication to a user; signing the publication using a private key; sending the publication to the printer; and confirming that the publication may be printed at the printer, by verifying the private key signature. Confirmation may take place at the printer or at the server.
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1. In a network connected to a printer and a publisher of network publications, a network publishing authorization protocol for authorizing the printing of a publication at the printer by a publisher, including the steps of:
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addressing the publication to a user by an alias identity of the user, the alias identity being created from both a sensing device identity and an application identity when the user interacts with a printed application tag associated with the publication using the sensing device; and signing the publication using a private key of the publisher; sending the signed publication to the printer; and confirming that the signed publication may be printed at the printer, by verifying the private key signature of the publisher using a public key of the publisher. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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