Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for discounted printing
- Patent Title (中): 折扣打印系统和方法
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Application No.: US12177155Application Date: 2008-07-22
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Publication No.: US08051012B2Publication Date: 2011-11-01
- Inventor: Krishnan Ramanathan , Ajay Gupta , Somnath Banerjee
- Applicant: Krishnan Ramanathan , Ajay Gupta , Somnath Banerjee
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Priority: IN1405/CHE/2008 20080609
- Main IPC: G06Q20/00
- IPC: G06Q20/00

Abstract:
A system and method for method for implementing a discounted printing is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for implementing discounted printing includes creating a sponsored document including a digital signature using a cryptographic protocol provided in an application by an enterprise, sending the sponsored document including the digital signature to a client computing system including a sponsored printer for printing by the enterprise, dynamically verifying the digital signature by a trusted service provider upon the enterprise sending the sponsored document to the sponsored printer, and printing the sponsored document by the sponsored printer upon a successful verification of the digital signature. The method may also include crediting an end user associated with the sponsored printer by an amount that substantially subsidizes cost associated with the printing of the sponsored document.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090307029A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCOUNTED PRINTING Public/Granted day:2009-12-10
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