Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for enabling kiosk mode on a multifunction device
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Application No.: US16995996Application Date: 2020-08-18
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Publication No.: US11218601B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Steven Hiroshi Inouye , Bernard Roch Heroux, Jr. , David R. Beach , Donald A. Brown
- Applicant: Xerox Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Agency: Fox Rothschild LLP
- Main IPC: H04N1/00
- IPC: H04N1/00 ; G06F3/12 ; H04N1/34

Abstract:
Methods and systems for printing on a print device from both authorized users and guest users are disclosed. The methods include receiving a request to initiate a document processing session on the print device, determining whether the requested document processing session is a kiosk mode session for executing a document processing job for a guest user or a staff mode session for executing a document processing job for an authorized user, initiating the kiosk mode session for executing paid document processing jobs in response to determining that the requested document processing session is the kiosk mode session, receiving a request for executing a first document processing job, determining a cost for executing the document processing job at the print device, receiving approval to execute the first document processing job at the print device for the determined cost from a guest user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210306473A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING KIOSK MODE ON A MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-09-30
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