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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
May. 25, 2017
Docsolid Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Steven W. Irons, Phoenix, AZ (US);
David R. Guilbault, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Eric R. Lynn, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Dale Shoup, Goodyear, AZ (US);
Simon Okunev, Milburn, NJ (US);
Ian M. Miller, Summit, NJ (US);
DocSolid LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
A printed document manager manages printed documents and is separate from a Document Management System (DMS) that manages electronic soft copy documents also known as source documents. Documents in a DMS repository are registered in a postmark registry by a registration agent. When a document that is registered in the postmark registry is printed, a graphical symbol referred to as a 'postmark' is generated and inserted into the print stream so the postmark is printed on the hard copy of the document. The printed document is logged in a printed document store along with metadata associated with the printed document. The postmark on the printed document can be used for one or more purposes, such as to determine whether the printed document can be shredded after use and to determine whether the printed document is current.