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- Patent Title: Image forming system, server, image forming apparatus, and image forming method that reduce server capacity and allows to pull print
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Application No.: US16393491Application Date: 2019-04-24
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Publication No.: US10860265B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Naohiko Kosaka
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Hawaii Patent Services
- Agent Nathaniel K. Fedde; Kenton N. Fedde
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; H04N1/00 ; H04N1/44

Abstract:
Provided is a distributed type image forming system which reduces storage capacity of server. An encryption addition part encrypts a document data for outputting by pull print with a symmetric key, encrypts the symmetric key by a public key of a user who is permitted to output of the document data, and adds the encrypted symmetric key to the document data. A division part divides document data into a job block and a user block having the symmetric key encrypted by the public key of the user and generates the blockchain of document data. A key decoding part decrypts the symmetric key included in the user block with the secret key of the user. A block acquisition part acquires other blocks from preserving apparatuses. A document reproduction part packs each block to reproduce document data. An output part outputs the reproduced document data.
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