Secure print job through mobile device ID

• US 9,195,420 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2013
• Issued: 11/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Amarendra, Shakti, Gomathi, Sankar, Niraj, Parthasarathy, Raghavendra, Gangahanumaiah, Shivaraj, P
• Primary Examiner(s): Riley, Marcus T
• Application Number:
  US13/855,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20140293314A1
• Time in Patent Office: 966 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1222 Increasing security of the print job
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1238 Secure printing, e.g. user identification, user rights for device usage, unallowed content, blanking portions or fields of a page, releasing held jobs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing

Abstract

In an example implementation, a processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to request a mobile device ID (identification) from a mobile device, generate a secure key from the mobile device ID, attach the secure key to a print job to create a secure print job, and send the secure print job to a printer.

Claims

1. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

receive a print input from a user on the computing device to execute a print job;

receive a user selection of a secure print job option on the computing device;

in response to receiving the user selection, request a mobile device ID from a mobile device of the user;

receive the mobile device ID from the mobile device;

generate a secure key based on the mobile device ID;

attach the secure key to the print job to create a secure print job; and

send the secure print job to a near-field communication (NFC) enabled printer.

2. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the computing device to:

in response to receiving the print input, display the secure print job option on a display screen of the computing device.

3. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein requesting the mobile device ID comprises:

initiating a short-range wireless communication link with the mobile device;

requesting the mobile device ID over the short-range wireless communication link; and

receiving the mobile device ID over the short-range wireless communication link.

4. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein receiving the mobile device ID further comprises:

determining a recency of use for multiple mobile device IDs available on the mobile device; and

selecting the mobile device ID based on the mobile device ID being least recently selected.

5. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 3, wherein the computing device uses the mobile device ID as a seed to generate the secure key using a cryptographic algorithm.

6. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 3, wherein the short-range wireless communication link comprises one of a NFC link, a radio frequency identification (RFID) link, a Bluetooth link, a Wireless USB (WUSB) link, a ZigBee_link, and a Gigabit Wireless (WiGig) link.

7. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a printer, cause the printer to:

display a secure print job list on a printer control panel;

receive a user input via the printer control panel, from a user of a mobile device, selecting a secure print job from the secure print job list;

generate a decrypted mobile device ID by decrypting a secure key attached to the selected secure print job;

receive, over a near-field communication (NFC) interface of the printer, a mobile device ID from the mobile device;

compare the decrypted mobile device ID with the received mobile device ID; and

print the secure print job when the decrypted mobile device ID and the retrieved mobile device ID match.

8. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the executed instructions cause the printer to (i) initiate the NFC interface in response to receiving the user input, and (ii) request the mobile device ID using the NFC interface.

9. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 7, wherein decrypting the secure key comprises executing a cryptographic algorithm to generate the decrypted mobile device ID.

10. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein requesting the mobile device ID comprises requesting multiple mobile device IDs available on the mobile device, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor further cause the printer to:

compare the decrypted mobile device ID with each of the multiple mobile device IDs; and

print the secure print job when the decrypted mobile device ID and any one of the multiple mobile device IDs match.

11. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the printer to:

display a message on a printer control panel indicating an invalid mobile device ID when there is no match between the decrypted mobile device ID and a mobile device ID.

12. A printer comprising:

a printer control panel;

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the printer to;

display a secure print job list on the printer control panel;

receive a user input via the printer control panel, from a user of a mobile device, selecting a secure print job from the secure print job list;

determine a decrypted mobile device ID by decrypting a secure key attached to the selected secure print job;

receive, over a near-field communication (NFC) interface of the printer, a mobile device ID from the mobile device;

compare the decrypted mobile device ID with the received mobile device ID; and

print the secure print job when the decrypted mobile device ID and the retrieved mobile device ID match.

13. The printer of claim 12, wherein the executed instructions cause the printer to (i) initiate the NFC interface in response to receiving the user input, and (ii) request the mobile device ID using the NFC interface.

14. The printer of claim 12, wherein decrypting the secure key comprises executing a cryptographic algorithm to generate the decrypted mobile device ID.

15. The printer of claim 13, wherein requesting the mobile device ID comprises requesting multiple mobile device IDs available on the mobile device, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor further cause the printer to:

compare the decrypted mobile device ID with each of the multiple mobile device IDs; and

print the secure print job when the decrypted mobile device ID and any one of the multiple mobile device IDs match.

16. The printer of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the printer to:

display a message on the printer control panel indicating an invalid mobile device ID when there is no match between the decrypted mobile device ID and a mobile device ID.