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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2009
Kurt E. Partridge, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James M. A. Begole, San Jose, CA (US);
Diana K. Smetters, Belmont, CA (US);
Kurt E. Partridge, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James M. A. Begole, San Jose, CA (US);
Diana K. Smetters, Belmont, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment provides a system for facilitating document printing from a portable device. During operation, the system receives at an email server an email which includes an attached document. Next, the system generates at the email server a document optical code associated with the document, wherein the document optical code can be scanned and recognized by a scanning mechanism associated with a printer. Subsequently, the system attaches the optical code as an additional attachment to the email, thereby allowing a portable device to print the attached document by displaying the optical code to the scanning mechanism associated with the printer.