Methods for authenticating user access to a scanned document on a cloud-based server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11275857-B2
Application number	US-201916452047-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 25, 2019
Priority date	Jun 25, 2019
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

A cloud-based server and a port monitor on a device provide authentication of a user to access scanned documents on the server. A scanning device may capture a digital image of a document. The port monitor uploads data for a scanned 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 scanned document at a cloud-based server, the method comprising:
scanning a document at a device on a network;
uploading data for the scanned document to the cloud-based server from a port monitor;
generating a claim code by the cloud-based server;
providing the claim code to the port monitor;
launching a browser with a uniform resource locator (URL) address indicating the cloud-based server, wherein the URL address includes the claim code;
determining whether an authenticated user session exists between the cloud-based server and a user authorized to access the scanned document corresponding to the claim code;
if the authenticated user session does not exist, authenticating the user within the browser with credentials stored on the cloud-based server;
assigning the claim code to the authenticated user session initiated by the browser; and
selecting the scanned document in the session 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 data for the scanned document to the cloud-based server.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uploading includes buffering the data for the scanned document at the device then 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 scanned document 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 scanned document 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 document metadata information for the scanned document 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 document metadata information.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Alacar Arthur
• Martin Michael

Classifications

• H04L67/565

  Conversion or adaptation of application format or content (adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561) · CPC title

• H04N1/4413

  involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04N1/00244

  with a server, e.g. an internet server (fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324) · CPC title