Cloud Printing Network Identifier for Authentication Bypass
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printing systems often require complex authentication and multiple communication stages to access print resources, making cloud-based printing inefficient and inaccessible without local network connections.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based printing system that generates a print system network identifier for each printing system, allowing client devices to initiate print jobs directly without authentication, by using a server that stores printing configuration rules and communicates with both client devices and printing systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional local network printing is used, then print resources are accessible within the local network, but authentication complexity and communication stages increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud server as an intermediary between client devices and printing systems. The server stores printing configuration rules and network identifiers, acting as a mediator that enables print resource access without requiring direct local network connections or complex authentication between client and printer. The server handles the coordination and rule-based routing of print jobs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the authentication and configuration management functions from the local network printing system and relocates them to a cloud-based server. By taking out the complex authentication logic and storing it centrally in the cloud, the system eliminates the need for clients to directly authenticate with printers over local networks, simplifying the client-side experience while maintaining secure access control.
2Ease of operation
If cloud-based printing without authentication is implemented, then accessibility improves, but security control may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring printing configuration rules and network identifiers in the cloud server before any print jobs are submitted. The system pre-establishes which clients can access which printing systems and under what conditions, allowing seamless authentication-free printing for authorized users while maintaining security through pre-defined rules. This eliminates the need for real-time authentication while preserving security control.
3Reliability
If multiple communication stages are used to access print resources, then network security is maintained, but communication efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple communication stages into a single streamlined process by consolidating authentication, configuration retrieval, and print job submission through the cloud server. Instead of requiring separate authentication handshakes and configuration exchanges between client and printer, the system combines these functions into one unified cloud-mediated communication flow, improving efficiency while maintaining security through the server's rule-based access control.
Data Source
AI summary
A server includes: a memory storing printing configuration rules for interfacing with a printing system; a communications interface configured to communicate with a client device; a processor interconnected with the memory and the communications interface, the processor configured to: generate a print system network identifier mapped to the printing system, the print system network identifier configured for identifying print parameters for print jobs; receive, via the communications interface, a print request from the client device, the print request generated based on the print system network identifier and including one or more print parameters for a print job; and send a print instruction to the printing system to initiate the print job at the printing system according to the one or more print parameters, the print instruction generated according to the printing configuration rules.