Techniques and methods for integrating a personal assistant platform with a secured imaging system

A method for addressing a device and verifying user presence at an image processing device, the method comprising:

• accessing an image processing device by an authorized user;
• assigning a temporary identifier to the image processing device;
• creating mapping information that associates the authorized user, the temporary identifier and a network address of the image processing device;
• transmitting the mapping information to a server for storage and processing;
• providing voice input commands to a personal assistant application, the voice input commands including the temporary identifier of the image processing device and a requested job functions of the image processing device;
• receiving the voice input commands from the personal assistant application to the server, the server interpreting the voice input commands and determining, by recalling the mapping information stored on the server, whether the image processing device having the temporary identifier is available to perform the requested job functions;
• transmitting the instructions to perform the requested job functions to the address of the image processing device, as specified in the mapping information, and executing the requested job functions on the image processing device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• accessing an image processing device by an authorized user;
• assigning a temporary identifier to the image processing device;
• creating mapping information that associates the authorized user, the temporary identifier and a network address of the image processing device;
• transmitting the mapping information to a server for storage and processing;
• providing voice input commands to a personal assistant application, the voice input commands including the temporary identifier of the image processing device and a requested job functions of the image processing device;
• receiving the voice input commands from the personal assistant application to the server, the server interpreting the voice input commands and determining, by recalling the mapping information stored on the server, whether the image processing device having the temporary identifier is available to perform the requested job functions;
• transmitting the instructions to perform the requested job functions to the address of the image processing device, as specified in the mapping information, and executing the requested job functions on the image processing device.