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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2023
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
William Su, Riverside, CA (US);
Chris Nguyen, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system and method for distributed storage and release of print jobs with a networked fleet of multifunction peripherals (MFSs) employs the Interplanetary File System (IPFS) for document storage with document metadata and document transactions stored on a blockchain housed on nodes formed by the multifunction peripherals. A user sends a print job to the network via a print driver on their local device. The print job is stored in the IPFS by the print driver, and the metadata and document transactions are hashed and stored to the blockchain which is managed by MFP consensus. The print job may be accessed via its content at any MFP for release and printing. Access and printing information is also added to the blockchain.