System and methods for using an authentication token with a cloud-based server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11262957-B2
Application number	US-202017132277-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2020
Priority date	Jun 25, 2019
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

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 job at a cloud-based server, the method comprising:
uploading job data for the job from a port monitor to the cloud-based server;
receiving a first uniform resource locator (URL) address at the port monitor, wherein the first URL address refers to the uploaded job on the cloud-based server;
submitting a request for the job using the first URL address, wherein the request includes job metadata information for the job;
assigning a claim code to the job including the job metadata information;
forwarding the claim code to the cloud-based server using a second URL address in a browser;
forwarding an authentication token to the browser from the cloud-based server;
authenticating a user session to access the job according to the claim code, wherein the authentication token authenticates user access; and
forwarding the job to a printing device from the cloud-based server.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating the claim code at the cloud-based server.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving information from the user to activate the authentication token at the browser.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uploading includes uploading the job data directly to the cloud-based server from the port monitor.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uploading includes buffering the job data before uploading to the cloud-based server.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising embedding the claim code in the second URL address.

7. A cloud-based printing system comprising:
a cloud-based server to store data for print jobs;
a computing device having a port monitor, wherein the port monitor is configured to upload job data for a job to the cloud-based server; and
a printing device to process the job data for the job received from the cloud-based server,
wherein the cloud-based server is configured to generate a claim code after the job data is uploaded and to generate an authentication token upon presentation of the claim code,
wherein the computing device is configured to open a browser to receive user information to activate the authentication token, and
wherein the cloud-based server is configured to assign the claim code to a user session to access the job upon receipt of the authentication token.

8. The cloud-based printing system of claim 7 , wherein the user information received in the browser includes a username or password.

9. The cloud-based printing system of claim 7 , wherein the application is configured to store the authentication token at the computing device.

10. The cloud-based printing system of claim 7 , wherein the cloud-based server is located in a private network.

11. The cloud-based printing system of claim 7 , wherein the cloud-based server stores the claim code with the job.

12. A method for authenticating user access to a job at a server, the method comprising:
submitting a request for the job using a first uniform resource locator (URL) address, wherein the request includes job metadata information for a job;
assigning a claim code to the job including the job metadata information;
forwarding the claim code to the server using a second URL address in a browser;
forwarding an authentication token to the browser from the server;
authenticating a user session to access the job according to the claim code, wherein the authentication token authenticates user access; and
forwarding the job to a printing device from the server.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising generating the claim code at the server.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising receiving information from the user to activate the authentication token at the browser.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising embedding the claim code in the second URL address.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising opening the browser to receive information to activate the authentication token.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the information received in the browser includes a username or password.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Alacar Arthur
• Martin Michael

Classifications

• G06F3/1222

  Increasing security of the print job · 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

• G06F16/955 Primary

  using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL] · CPC title

• G06F3/1288

  in client-server-printer device configuration · CPC title

• G06F21/33

  using certificates · CPC title