Methods for authenticating printing operations from a cloud-based server

A method for authenticating user access to a job at a cloud-based server, the method comprising:

• uploading job data for the job from a port monitor to the cloud-based server;
• receiving a first uniform resource locator (URL) address at the port monitor, wherein the first URL address refers to the uploaded job on the cloud-based server;
• submitting a request for the job using the first URL address, wherein the request includes job metadata information for the job;
• generating a claim code for the job at the cloud-based server;
• receiving the claim code at the port monitor;
• forwarding the claim code to the cloud-based server using a second URL address;
• authenticating a user session to access the job according to the claim code;
• and
• forwarding the job to a device from the cloud-based server.

A method for authenticating a user session to access a job on a cloud-based server using a port monitor, the method comprising:

• uploading job data for the job to the cloud-based server using the port monitor;
• submitting the job including job information metadata, wherein the job data and job information metadata for the job are stored on the cloud-based server;
• generating a claim code for the job at the cloud-based server;
• providing the claim code to the port monitor;
• forwarding the claim code using a uniform resource locator (URL) address initiated in a browser by the port monitor to the cloud-based server;
• determining whether user information associated with the claim code is valid;
• establishing the user session once the user information is validated;
• and
• selecting the job on the cloud-based server.

A method for authenticating user access to a job at a server, the method comprising:

• uploading job data for the job from a port monitor to the server;
• receiving a first uniform resource locator (URL) address at the port monitor, wherein the first URL address refers to the uploaded job on the server;
• submitting a request for the job using the first URL address, wherein the request includes job metadata information for the job;
• generating a claim code for the job at the server;
• forwarding the claim code to the cloud-based server using a second URL address;
• and
• authenticating a user session to access the job according to the claim code.