Device management server and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023221908-A1
Application number	US-202318151302-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 6, 2023
Priority date	Jan 13, 2022
Publication date	Jul 13, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A device management server that cooperate with a print server accepts designation indicating that cooperation with the print server is to be performed when a printer to be purchased is used, manages authorization information acquired based on an operation performed using account information managed by the print server in association with account information on the management server side, and makes a request for registration of device information about the printer to be purchased with the print server, using the authorization information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A device management server configured to cooperate with a print server, the device management server comprising:
a first acceptance unit configured to accept an operation of purchasing a printer using first account information managed by the device management server; a second acceptance unit configured to accept designation indicating that cooperation with the print server is to be performed when the printer to be purchased is used; a management unit configured to manage authorization information acquired based on an operation performed using second account information managed by the print server in association with the first account information; and an execution unit configured to make a request for registration of device information about the printer to be purchased with the print server, using the authorization information, wherein, in a case where a print process using the purchased printer based on the second account information is executed in the print server, print information is transmitted from the print server to the device management server.

2 . The device management server according claim 1 , wherein the print process in the print server is implemented by designating the purchased printer and providing an instruction to perform printing using the purchased printer after a login using the second account information is performed from a client terminal.

3 . The device management server according claim 1 , wherein the execution unit makes a request to the print server for setting a print method for the purchased printer.

4 . The device management server according claim 3 , wherein a method in which printing is executed by transmitting print data held on the print server or the device management server in response to a printing request from a printer is set as the print method.

5 . A control method of a device management server configured to cooperate with a print server, the control method comprising:
performing first acceptance of accepting an operation of purchasing a printer, using first account information managed by the device management server; performing second acceptance of accepting designation indicating that cooperation with the print server is to be performed when the printer to be purchased is used; managing authorization information acquired based on an operation performed using second account information managed by the print server in association with the first account information; and making a request for registration of device information about the printer to be purchased with the print server, using the permission information, wherein, in a case where a print process using the purchased printer based on the second account information is executed in the print server, print information is transmitted from the print server to the device management server.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Sato Junji

Classifications

• G06F3/1288 Primary

  in client-server-printer device configuration · CPC title

• G06F3/1224

  Client or server resources management · CPC title

• G06F3/1204

  resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data · CPC title

• G06F3/1203

  Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management · CPC title

• Y02P90/30

  Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing · CPC title