Method and apparatus for automatically pairing a mobile endpoint device to an output device using a card swipe authentication

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for automatically pairing a mobile endpoint device to an output device using a card swipe authentication, the operations comprising:

• detecting a card swipe of an access card at the output device;
• determining that the mobile endpoint device associated with the access card is authorized for remote user interface (UI) access of the output device;
• establishing a secure session between the mobile endpoint device and the output device;
• sending a notification to the mobile endpoint device, wherein the notification comprises configuration information that was used to establish the secure session and pair the output device to the mobile endpoint device;
• receiving a command from the mobile endpoint device via the secure session;
• and
• forwarding the command to the output device to execute the command.

A method for automatically pairing a mobile endpoint device to an output device using a card swipe authentication, comprising:

• registering the mobile endpoint device to be associated with an access card used to access the output device, wherein the output device comprises a printer;
• detecting a card swipe of the access card at the output device;
• identifying the mobile endpoint device that is authenticated to pair with the output device based upon the registering;
• establishing a secure session between the mobile endpoint device and the output device using a unique session identifier and configuration information;
• sending a notification to the mobile endpoint device, wherein the notification comprises the unique session identifier that was used to establish the secure session and pair the output device to the mobile endpoint device;
• receiving a print command from the mobile endpoint device via the secure session, wherein the print command includes the unique session identifier;
• and
• forwarding the print command to the output device to execute the print command if the unique session identifier is validated by the secure session, wherein the print command is forwarded via a local authentication server if the secure session is established over a Wi-Fi network or the print command is forward via a relay server if the secure session is established over a cellular communication network.