Card authentication for OAuth supported cloud services on a multi-function device

A system for providing a multi-function peripheral device access to one or more external Web services, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions, wherein processing of the instructions by one or more processors, cause:
• receiving, at a multi-function peripheral Web application from a multi-function peripheral device, a registration request to register a particular user of the multi-function peripheral device with the multi-function peripheral Web application, wherein the multi-function peripheral Web application uses at least an external Web service;
• in response to receiving the registration request, performing at least one of:
• generating and sending to an email address associated with the particular user an email that includes both a registration code and a link to the multi-function peripheral Web application, or
• sending, to the multi-function peripheral device, both the registration code and encoded data that includes the link to the multi-function peripheral Web application;
• redirecting a request, received in response to selection of the link and from a device separate than the multi-function peripheral device, from the multi-function peripheral Web application to the external Web service to authenticate the particular user with the external Web service;
• receiving, at the multi-function peripheral Web application from the external Web service upon successful authentication of the particular user, an access token for accessing the external Web service;
• receiving, at the multi-function peripheral Web application from the device separate than the multi-function peripheral device, the registration code;
• and
• after receiving, at the multi-function peripheral Web application, the access token and the registration code, storing, at the multi-function peripheral Web application, mapping data that maps multi-function peripheral device user identification data for the particular user to the access token for accessing the external Web service.

A method for providing a multi-function peripheral device with access to one or more external Web services, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a multi-function peripheral Web application from a multi-function peripheral device, a registration request to register a particular user of the multi-function peripheral device with the multi-function peripheral Web application, wherein the multi-function peripheral Web application uses at least an external Web service;
• in response to receiving the registration request, performing at least one of:
• generating and sending to an email address associated with the particular user an email that includes both a registration code and a link to the multi-function peripheral Web application, or
• sending, to the multi-function peripheral device, both the registration code and encoded data that includes the link to the multi-function peripheral Web application;
• redirecting a request, received in response to selection of the link and from a device separate than the multi-function peripheral device, from the multi-function peripheral Web application to the external Web service to authenticate the particular user with the external Web service;
• receiving, at the multi-function peripheral Web application from the external Web service upon successful authentication of the particular user, an access token for accessing the external Web service;
• receiving, at the multi-function peripheral Web application from the device separate than the multi-function peripheral device, the registration code;
• and
• after receiving, at the multi-function peripheral Web application, the access token and the registration code, storing, at the multi-function peripheral Web application, mapping data that maps multi-function peripheral device user identification data for the particular user to the access token for accessing the external Web service.