System and method for controlling access to a server on an image processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9288365-B2
Application number	US-201414562712-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2014
Priority date	Dec 6, 2013
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided. Some embodiments include generating credentials for accessing a transmission service; sending, from a first application to a second application, the credentials and a request to perform operations related to a scan job; receiving, at the first application from the second application, credentials from the second application, and a request to access the transmission service; determining whether the credentials from the second application are valid; and in response to determining that the credentials from the second application are valid, getting a file from the second application using the transmission service; and sending the file to a destination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
generating credentials for accessing a transmission service;
sending, from a first application to a second application, the credentials and a request to perform operations related to a scan job;
receiving, at the first application from the second application, the credentials and a request to access the transmission service;
determining whether the credentials received from the second application are valid;
in response to determining that the credentials received from the second application are valid, getting a file from the second application using the transmission service; and
sending the file to a destination.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein both the transmission service and the second application are on an image processing device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the credentials for accessing the transmission service comprises generating the credentials at start-up of the first application when the first application is accessed by a user.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
prior to generating the credentials for accessing the transmission service, receiving a request based on a user input to an image processing device,
wherein the request to perform operations related to the scan job is based on the user input to the image processing device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the credentials for accessing the transmission service comprises generating a random username and password as the credentials for accessing the transmission service.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing the credentials in a memory,
wherein determining whether the credentials received from the second application are valid comprises determining whether the credentials received from the second application match the credentials in the memory.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
in response to determining that the credentials received from the second application are valid, deleting the credentials from the memory.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the file comprises an electronic document the second application generated based on the request to perform operations related to the scan job.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the credentials for accessing the transmission service is performed by the first application, and
wherein the first application includes the transmission service.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
generating credentials for accessing a transmission service;
sending, from a first application to a second application, the credentials and a request to perform operations related to a scan job;
receiving, at the first application from the second application, the credentials and a request to access the transmission service;
determining whether the credentials received from the second application are valid;
in response to determining that the credentials received from the second application are valid, getting a file from the second application using the transmission service; and
sending the file to a destination.

11. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable media coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
generating credentials for accessing a transmission service;
sending, from a first application to a second application, the credentials and a request to perform operations related to a scan job;
receiving, at the first application from the second application, the credentials and a request to access the transmission service;
determining whether the credentials received from the second application are valid;
in response to determining that the credentials received from the second application are valid, getting a file from the second application using the transmission service; and
sending the file to a destination.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein both the transmission service and the second application are on an image processing device.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein generating the credentials for accessing the transmission service comprises generating the credentials at start-up of the first application when the first application is accessed by a user.

14. The system of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:
prior to generating the credentials for accessing the transmission service, receiving a request based on a user input to an image processing device,
wherein the request to perform operations related to the scan job is based on the user input to the image processing device.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein generating the credentials for accessing the transmission service comprises generating a random username and password as the credentials for accessing the transmission service.

16. The system of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:
storing the credentials in a memory,
wherein determining whether the credentials received from the second application are valid comprises determining whether the credentials received from the second application match the credentials in the memory.

17. The system of claim 16 , the operations further comprising:
in response to determining that the credentials received from the second application are valid, deleting the credentials from the memory.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the file comprises an electronic document the second application generated based on the request to perform operations related to the scan job.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein generating the credentials for accessing the transmission service is performed by the first application, and
wherein the first application includes the transmission service.

Assignees

• Canon Information & Imaging Solutions Inc
• Canon Usa Inc

Inventors

• Ge Jiuyuan
• Brady Nigel Patrick
• Cang Song Sheng
• Leung Lance Yiuchong
• Nakashima Kosuke
• Uroskin Konstantin

Classifications

• H04N1/4413 Primary

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

• H04N1/00312

  with a digital transmission apparatus, e.g. a switched network of teleprinters for the distribution of text-based information, SMS or ISDN device (transmitting or receiving via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network or the internet H04N1/00214; transmission of digital information H04L) · CPC title

• H04N1/4426

  involving separate means, e.g. a server, a magnetic card · CPC title