| US 7,588,192 B2 | ||
| Hard copy protection and confirmation method | ||
| Tomas Byström, London (United Kingdom); Dean Lynn, Ware (United Kingdom); Andy Jordan, Harpenden (United Kingdom); Thomas Chase, Welwyn Garden City (United Kingdom); and Satyan Vadher, Wembley (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, Conn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 20, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/336,485. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0170250 A1, Jul. 26, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 19/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 235—494 [235/375] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A copy protection method comprising:
receiving copy protection data for a digital document from a user;
sending the copy protection data for the digital document to a remote server;
receiving an encrypted ID for the digital document from the remote server;
generating a data glyph incorporating the encrypted ID and adding the data glyph to the digital document;
generating a unique thumb print of the digital document and adding the unique thumb print to the digital document;
adding a watermark to the digital document; and
printing a hard copy of the digital document via an image formation device.
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