Rendering permissions for rendering content

• US 9,141,887 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2011
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Sarangamath, Suraj
• Primary Examiner(s): SINGH, SATWANT K
• Application Number:
  US14/354,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20140300923A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,422 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1206 resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/122 with regard to computing resources, e.g. memory, CPU
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1239 Restricting the usage of resources, e.g. usage or user levels, credit limit, consumables, special fonts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1244 Job translation or job parsing, e.g. page banding
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/007 only remotely, e.g. at a host computer dedicated computer interfaces to print systems G06F3/1201
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/4095 Secure printing computer driven secure printing G06F3/1238

Abstract

A print request is received via network connection from a registered user. Content from the print request is rendered according to the registered user'"'"'s rendering permissions. The rendered content is then provided to a device associated with the registered user.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, via network connection, a print request from a registered user of a network-connected printer;

determining applications capable of rendering content associated with the print request based at least in part on a content type for the content;

selecting an application from among the applications capable of rendering the content based at least in part on rendering permissions associated with the registered user;

rendering content associated with the print request; and

providing, via network connection, the rendered content to a device associated with the registered user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein rendering content based at least in part on rendering permissions comprises:

rendering the content with a first application if allowed in view of the rendering permissions;

otherwise

rendering the content with a second application or discarding the print request.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prior to rendering, determining that rendering permissions for the registered user prevent rendering with a first application but allow rendering with a second application;

soliciting the registered user to have content rendered with the first application;

receiving input from the registered user to add rendering permissions, including permissions to render content with the first application; and

rendering content for the print request with the first application in view of the added rendering permissions.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving input to add rendering permissions comprises:

receiving payment or verification of payment for the added rendering permissions.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein rendering content is further based at least in part on a content type of the print request.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to:

register a user with a printing service;

associate a network-connected image forming device with the user;

associate the user with a first rendering tier from among a plurality of rendering tiers, each tier having one or more applications for rendering content;

receive an imaging request from the user;

determine, based on the first rendering tier associated with the user, an application for rendering content associated with the imaging request;

render content associated with the imaging request; and

provide the rendered content to the image forming device associated with the user.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, comprising further instructions that cause the computer to:

provide notification to the user of a second application capable of rendering content associated with the imaging request; and

associate the user with a second rendering tier in response to user input; and

render content associated with the imaging request according to the second rendering tier.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the user input comprises payment or verification of payment.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the instructions that cause the rendering comprise further instructions that cause the computer to:

render content based at least in part on a content type associated with the imaging request.

10. A system, comprising:

a registration module to register a user with a printing service;

a database to store user details including rendering permissions associated with the user;

a communications module to receive a print request from a user over a network; and

a rendering module to;

determine applications capable of rendering content associated with the print request based at least in part on a content type for the content;

select an application from among the applications capable of rendering the content according to rendering permissions associated with the user; and

render content from the print request.

11. The system of claim 10, the communications module further to provide rendered content over a network to a printing device associated with the user.

12. The system of claim 10, the communications module further to:

notify the user over the network of other applications capable of rendering content associated with the print request; and

the registration module to change rendering permissions for the user in response to the communications module receiving an indication of a qualified token authorizing the change in rendering permissions.