IPP scan directory service

A method of providing Uniform Resource Identifiers for Push Scan jobs pursuant to an Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), the method comprising:

• hosting a database of destination Uniform Resource Identifiers (destination-uris) and access credentials (destination-accesses) for one or more IPP clients on a server, the database of destination-uris and destination-accesses defining each of the destination-uris in which the one or more IPP clients are authorized to send a Push Scan job and the access credentials for a receipt of the Push Scan job to process the Push Scan job;
• receiving a request from an IPP client of the one or more IPP clients for at least one Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for the Push Scan job;
• checking the database of destination-uris and destination-accesses to determine if the IPP client is authorized to send the Push Scan job to the at least one URI;
• and
• sending the destination-uris and destination-accesses to the IPP client upon determination that the IPP client is authorized to send the Push Scan job to the at least one URI.

A system for providing Uniform Resource Identifiers for Push Scan jobs pursuant to an Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), the system comprising:

• a database of destination Uniform Resource Identifiers (destination-uris) and access credentials (destination-accesses) for one or more IPP clients, the database of destination-uris and destination-accesses defining each of the destination-uris in which the one or more IPP clients are authorized to send a Push Scan job and the access credentials for a receipt of the Push Scan job to process the Push Scan job;
• an IPP client configured to send a request to the database of destination-uris and destination-accesses for at least one Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for the Push Scan job;
• and
• a computer program having an IPP Scan directory administrator application configured to:
• receive the request from the IPP client for the at least one Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for the Push Scan job;
• check the database of destination-uris and destination-accesses to determine if the IPP client is authorized to send the Push Scan job to the at least one URI;
• and
• send the destination-uris and destination-accesses to the IPP client as IPP attributes described in the IPP Scan Specification (PWG 5100.17) to the IPP client upon determination that the IPP client is authorized to send the Push Scan job to the at least one URI.