HP was granted a patent for proxy-based printer service access.

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  "detected_at": "2026-10-30T00:28:11+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "HP",
    "domain": "hp.com"
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        "label": "Electric digital data processing"
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    "summary": "HP was granted a patent for proxy-based printer service access.",
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      {
        "name": "Yeonjung Lim",
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        "name": "Giwon Seo",
        "status": "unresolved",
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        "name": "Hyeongju Kim",
        "status": "unresolved",
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    "grant_date": "2026-10-27",
    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12775426",
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      "label": "Electric digital data processing"
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    "patent_title": "Communication with additional function provision server through proxy server",
    "patent_number": "US12775426",
    "uspto_assignee": "Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.",
    "patent_abstract": "An example image forming apparatus includes a communications unit to communicate with an additional function provision server, a memory to store information regarding an interface through which the additional function provision server is made accessible to provide an additional function, and a processor to attempt, with the information regarding the interface, to access the additional function provision server using a security scheme of the image forming apparatus, and forward the information regarding the interface via the communications unit to a proxy server which is to communicate using the security scheme of the additional function provision server, if there is a difference between the security scheme of the image forming apparatus and a security scheme of the additional function provision server.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "A printer stores the server’s access details, applies its own security method, and uses a proxy to connect to the server for extra capabilities.",
    "technologies_mentioned": [
      "network proxies",
      "printer software",
      "secure communications"
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"hp.com","limit":20}'