Mobile data processing having secured association with multifunction device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9451128-B2
Application number	US-201414250277-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2014
Priority date	Apr 12, 2013
Publication date	Sep 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016

Abstract

A mobile data processing method, in which a request for performing a data processing job by a data processing device is initiated from a user of a mobile device. A device code of the mobile device in association with the user is transmitted to the data processing device. The user is authenticated by the data processing device. Whether the device code of the mobile device is identifiable by the data processing device is determined. An entry of the data processing job in association with the user and the device code of the mobile device is created in the data processing device if the device code of the mobile device is identified by the data processing device. The data processing job is executed if the entry of the data processing job is created and stored in association with the user and the device in the data processing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile data processing method, comprising:
generating a device code by a data processing device in response to an authentication of a user at the data processing device;
receiving the device code generated by the data processing device by a mobile device;
generating a device code of the mobile device associated with the user in response to reception of the device code generated by the data processing device, the device code of the mobile device does not include information of the device code generated by the data processing device;
requesting the data processing device to perform a data processing job by a user of the mobile device;
transmitting a device code of the mobile device to the data processing device, the device code being associated with the user of the mobile device;
creating an entry of the data processing job in association with the user of the mobile device and the device code of the mobile device in the data processing device if the device code of the mobile device is identified by the data processing device;
authenticating the user of the mobile device by the data processing device; and
executing the data processing job if the entry of the data processing job is created and stored in association with the user and the device code of the mobile device in the data processing device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the data processing device with the mobile device by:
creating the new entry of the device code of the mobile device in association with the user in the data processing device.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising generating an optical code encoded with the device code by the data processing device.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
displaying the device code of the data processing device by the data processing device; and
receiving the device code of the data processing device by using the mobile device to capture an image thereof displayed by the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data processing job includes a print job, a scan job, a facsimile job, or a copy job.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the following steps if the data processing job includes a print job:
requesting another print job from the mobile device;
creating an entry of the another print job in association with the user and the mobile device in the data processing device and holding the entry in a memory of the data processing device;
authenticating the user of the mobile device by the data processing device; and
executing the another print job.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting data to be printed to the data processing device from the mobile device if the data processing job includes a print job.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the following steps if the data processing job includes a scan job:
determining whether the user has logged in to the data processing device;
inputting data to be scanned to the data processing device;
creating an entry of the data to be scanned in association with the user and the mobile device; and
executing the scan job.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising transmitting the executed scan job to the mobile device.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program used by a computer to execute a mobile data processing method, the method comprising:
generating a device code by a data processing device in response to an authentication of a user at the data processing device;
receiving the device code generated by the data processing device by a mobile device;
generating a device code of the mobile device associated with the user in response to reception of the device code generated by the data processing device, the device code of the mobile device does not include information of the device code generated by the data processing device;
requesting a data processing device to perform a data processing job by a user of a mobile device;
transmitting a device code of the mobile device to the data processing device, the device code being associated with the user of the mobile device;
authenticating the user of the mobile device by the data processing device;
determining whether the device code of the mobile device is identifiable by the data processing device;
creating an entry of the data processing job in association with the user and the device code of the mobile device in the data processing device if the device code of the mobile device is identified by the data processing device; and
executing the data processing job if the entry of the data processing job is created and stored in association with the user of the mobile device and the mobile device in the data processing device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises associating the data processing device with the mobile device by:
creating the new entry of the device code of the mobile device in association with the user in the data processing device.

12. A mobile data processing method, comprising:
requesting a data processing job to be performed by a data processing device from a mobile device by a user;
determining whether an association between the data processing device and the mobile device is stored in the mobile device;
transmitting a first device code and a second device code while sending a request to perform the data processing job to the data processing device if:
the association has been stored in the mobile device, wherein the first device code is received from the data processing device and the second device code is generated in association with the user in response to reception of the first device code, and the second device code does not include information of the first device code; or
the data processing job is to be performed in a security disabled mode, wherein the first device code and the second device codes are randomly generated by the mobile device;

determining if the data processing device is operating in a security enabled mode or a security disabled mode;
returning an error message to the mobile device if the data processing device is operating in the security enabled mode and the user has not been authenticated by the data processing device; and
executing the data processing job if:
the data processing device is operating in the security disabled mode; or
the data processing device is operating in the security enabled mode and the user has been authenticated by the data processing device.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising generating the first device code by the data processing device in response to authentication of the user for establishing the association.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising generating the second device code by the mobile device upon receiving the first device code for establishing the association.

15. A mobile processing apparatus, comprising:
a data processing device, comprising:
a first receiving unit configured to receive a user identification information;
a first information association unit configured to generate a first device code in response to authenticate the user based on the user identification information;
a first network interface unit configured to provide the first device code; and

a mobile device, comprising:
a second receiving unit configured to receive the first device code from the first network interface unit;
a second information association unit configured to generate a second device code in association with the user if

Assignees

• Canon Information & Imaging Solutions Inc
• Canon Usa Inc
• Canon Usa Inc

Inventors

• Ferreira Manuel Pearson
• Mazzagatte Craig
• Slick Royce E
• Demartini Anthony Louis
• Brady Nigel Patrick
• Ge Jiuyuan
• Peng Jiayin

Classifications

• H04N2201/0075

  by a user operated remote control device, e.g. receiving instructions from a user via a computer terminal or mobile telephone handset · CPC title

• H04N1/00204

  with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server (programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561) · CPC title

• H04N1/4433

  to an apparatus, part of an apparatus or an apparatus function · CPC title

• H04N2201/0094

  Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception · CPC title

• H04N1/4413 Primary

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