(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2004/0080772 Al
Snyders (43) Pub. Date: Apr. 29,2004
(76) Inventor: Lawrence M. Snyders, Boise, ID (US) (57)
Correspondence Address:
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
Intellectual Property Administration
P.O. Box 272400
Fort Collins, CO 80527-2400 (US)
(21) Appl. No.: 10/279,642
(22) Filed: Oct. 24, 2002
Publication Classification
(51) Int. CI.7 G06F 3/12; G06F 15/00;
G06F 11/30; H04L 9/32
Systems and methods are disclosed for securing and tracking a document transmitted along a workflow path from a customer to a remote printing facility. The customer contains a document source, a print-job initiator, and a security processor. The document source provides the document to be transmitted to the printing facility for printing. The print-job initiator identifies sensitive fields within the document and establishes a new print job. The printing facility is connected to the customer along the workflow path and contains printing equipment and a security processor. A tracking device, in communication with the security processors of the customer and printing facility, tracks the transmission of the document along the workflow path.
