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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2012
Applicants:
Robert J Lawton, Meridian, ID (US);
Jerry a Young, Nampa, ID (US);
George B Clifton, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Robert J Lawton, Meridian, ID (US);
Jerry A Young, Nampa, ID (US);
George B Clifton, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1242 (2013.01); G06F 3/1218 (2013.01); G06F 3/1221 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01); G06K 15/4055 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); H04N 1/00896 (2013.01); H04N 1/00954 (2013.01); H04N 1/32149 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and system for environmental watermarking. According to one embodiment, a print request is received at a printing device coupled to a processing unit, which evaluates whether an environmental print criteria has been satisfied. The document along with an environmental watermark image is printed on the print media upon determination that at least one environmental print criterion has been satisfied.