Methods for authenticating printing operations from a cloud-based server
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsArthur ALACAR, Michael MARTIN
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Abstract
A cloud-based server and a port monitor on a device provide authentication of a user to access print jobs on the server. An application may print or perform other operations from the cloud-based server to a printing device. The port monitor uploads data for a document to the cloud-based server. Once the data for the document is uploaded, a claim code is generated by the cloud-based server. The port monitor receives the claim code. The port monitor initiates the launch of a browser having a uniform resource locator (URL) address for the server along with the claim code. The user is authenticated using a login page and the claim code associated to the user to allow access to the document on the server.
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A method for authenticating user access to a print job on a cloud-based server, the method comprising:
- submitting a job submission request to the cloud-based server from a port monitor wherein the cloud-based server is a private server;
- uploading job data for the print job to the cloud-based server;
- generating a claim code by the cloud-based server, wherein the claim code is associated with the print job;
- storing the claim code in a database at the cloud-based server;
- forwarding the claim code to the port monitor;
- launching a browser with a uniform resource locator (URL) address to directly call the cloud-based server, wherein the URL address includes the claim code;
- assigning the claim code to a user session initiated by the browser with the cloud-based server, wherein the user session bypasses a log in page based on the stored claim code in the database;
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- selecting the print job having the job data associated with the claim code to be sent from the cloud-based server.
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A method for authenticating user access to a print job on a cloud-based server, the method comprising:
- submitting a job submission request to the cloud-based server from a port monitor;
- receiving a first uniform resource locator (URL) at the port monitor, wherein the first URL corresponds to a print job received at the cloud-based server with the job submission request;
- calling the cloud-based server by the port monitor using the first URL;
- uploading job data for the print job to the cloud-based server;
- generating a claim code by the cloud-based server, wherein the claim code is generated using job metadata information corresponding to the print job;
- storing the claim code in a database at the cloud-based server;
- forwarding the claim code to the port monitor;
- launching a browser with a second URL address to directly call the cloud-based server, wherein the second URL address includes the claim code;
- assigning the claim code to a user session initiated by the browser with the cloud-based server, wherein the user session bypasses a log in page based on the stored claim code in the database;
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- selecting the print job having the job data associated with the claim code to be sent from the cloud-based server.
A method for authenticating user access to a print job on a cloud-based server, the method comprising:
- submitting a job submission request to the cloud-based server from a port monitor;
- uploading job data for the print job to the cloud-based server;
- generating a claim code by the cloud-based server, wherein the claim code is associated with the print job;
- storing the claim code in a database at the cloud-based server;
- forwarding the claim code to the port monitor;
- launching a browser with a uniform resource locator (URL) address to directly call the cloud-based server, wherein the URL address includes the claim code;
- assigning the claim code to a user session initiated by the browser with the cloud-based server, wherein the user session bypasses a log in page based on the stored claim code in the database;
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- selecting the print job having the job data associated with the claim code to be sent from the cloud-based server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.