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Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2013
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Helen Balinsky, Cardiff, GB;

Andrew M. Spencer, Eagle, ID (US);

Nassir Mohammad, Bristol, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); H04N 1/387 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/2229 (2013.01); G06F 3/1275 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04N 1/32272 (2013.01); H04N 1/387 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3281 (2013.01);
Abstract

A composite document comprises a publicly posted composite document including a plurality of parts, a map-file for each participant in a workflow associated with the composite document, and a set of encryption keys. The encryption keys are associated with at least one of the plurality of parts and distributed via the map file to the participants. At least one of the parts of the composite document, associated with the encryption keys, includes workflow processing instructions. The workflow processing instructions are enactable by the multifunction printer independent of a server and automate at east some steps of the workflow for participant at the multifunction printer via resident functions of the multifunction printer.


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