Methods for authenticating printing operations from a cloud-based server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10901668-B2
Application number	US-201916451977-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 25, 2019
Priority date	Jun 25, 2019
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

A cloud-based server and a port monitor on a device provide authentication of a user to access print jobs on the server. An application may print or perform other operations from the cloud-based server to a printing device. The port monitor uploads data for a document to the cloud-based server. Once the data for the document is uploaded, a claim code is generated by the cloud-based server. The port monitor receives the claim code. The port monitor initiates the launch of a browser having a uniform resource locator (URL) address for the server along with the claim code. The user is authenticated using a login page and the claim code associated to the user to allow access to the document on the server.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for authenticating user access to a print job on a cloud-based server, the method comprising:
submitting a job submission request to the cloud-based server from a port monitor, wherein the cloud-based server is a private server;
uploading job data for the print job to the cloud-based server;
generating a claim code by the cloud-based server, wherein the claim code is associated with the print job;
storing the claim code in a database at the cloud-based server;
forwarding the claim code to the port monitor;
launching a browser with a uniform resource locator (URL) address to directly call the cloud-based server, wherein the URL address includes the claim code;
assigning the claim code to a user session initiated by the browser with the cloud-based server, wherein the user session bypasses a log in page based on the stored claim code in the database; and
selecting the print job having the job data associated with the claim code to be sent from the cloud-based server.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising initiating a redirection from the port monitor to launch the browser.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uploading includes streaming the job data for the print job to the cloud-based server.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uploading includes buffering the job data for the print job and uploading the buffered job data to the cloud-based server.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uploading includes buffering the job data for the print job at the cloud-based server.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a unique access URL at the port monitor, wherein the unique access URL corresponds to the print job received at the cloud-based server.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising calling the cloud-based server by the port monitor using the unique access URL.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising submitting job metadata information for the print job after a communication interface is established to the cloud-based server using the unique access URL.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising initiating generation of the claim code at the cloud-based server using the job metadata information.

10. A method for authenticating user access to a print job on a cloud-based server, the method comprising:
submitting a job submission request to the cloud-based server from a port monitor;
receiving a first uniform resource locator (URL) at the port monitor, wherein the first URL corresponds to a print job received at the cloud-based server with the job submission request;
calling the cloud-based server by the port monitor using the first URL;
uploading job data for the print job to the cloud-based server;
generating a claim code by the cloud-based server, wherein the claim code is generated using job metadata information corresponding to the print job;
storing the claim code in a database at the cloud-based server;
forwarding the claim code to the port monitor;
launching a browser with a second URL address to directly call the cloud-based server, wherein the second URL address includes the claim code;
assigning the claim code to a user session initiated by the browser with the cloud-based server, wherein the user session bypasses a log in page based on the stored claim code in the database; and
selecting the print job having the job data associated with the claim code to be sent from the cloud-based server.

11. A method for authenticating user access to a print job on a cloud-based server, the method comprising:
submitting a job submission request to the cloud-based server from a port monitor;
uploading job data for the print job to the cloud-based server;
generating a claim code by the cloud-based server, wherein the claim code is associated with the print job;
storing the claim code in a database at the cloud-based server;
forwarding the claim code to the port monitor;
launching a browser with a uniform resource locator (URL) address to directly call the cloud-based server, wherein the URL address includes the claim code;
assigning the claim code to a user session initiated by the browser with the cloud-based server, wherein the user session bypasses a log in page based on the stored claim code in the database; and
selecting the print job having the job data associated with the claim code to be sent from the cloud-based server.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Alacar Arthur
• Martin Michael

Classifications

• H04N1/00464

  using browsers, i.e. interfaces based on mark-up languages · CPC title

• G06F3/1288

  in client-server-printer device configuration · CPC title

• G06F3/1238 Primary

  Secure printing, e.g. user identification, user rights for device usage, unallowed content, blanking portions or fields of a page, releasing held jobs · CPC title

• G06F3/1222

  Increasing security of the print job · CPC title

• H04N1/0048

  Indicating an illegal or impossible operation or selection to the user · CPC title