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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventor:
Pradeep Ramarao, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 (2006.01); B42D 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printed document includes encoded content. The at least some content of the printed document is acquired and securely communicated to a support service. Information received from the support service is used to present user-readable content on a display. One or more portions of the encoded content are decoded for inclusion with the user-readable content, in accordance with an authorization of the user. Printed documents having encoded content may be distributed without security concerns due to the machine-based, authorization-driven nature of respective methods and apparatus.