Image Processing Device Registration With Credential Mediation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printing systems face inconvenience as users cannot set necessary information related to printing devices due to the lack of administrator rights during device registration, leading to incomplete setup and limited functionality.
Innovation Solution
A server system that stores credential information of a first user with administrator rights, allows registration and setting of attribute information for an image processing device via a second user with restricted rights, and relays printing jobs between service systems to enable seamless integration and functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user registers a printing device based on their own operation without administrator rights, then the registration process is simple and quick, but the user cannot set information that requires administrator rights
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary between the user and the printing service system. It stores administrator credential information and uses it to perform settings that require administrator rights, while the user only needs to provide restricted rights for device registration. This mediator approach allows users to complete full device setup without directly needing administrator access.
Solution Approach 2:
The server preliminarily stores administrator credential information in advance, so that when a user registers a printing device, the administrator rights are already prepared and can be immediately used to set all necessary device information without requiring real-time administrator intervention.
2Loss of information
If administrator rights are required for device registration, then complete device information can be set, but the operation becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The server mediates between the user's restricted rights and the administrator rights needed for complete device setup. The user simply registers the device with restricted rights, and the server uses stored administrator credentials to automatically complete the information setting, combining the simplicity of user operation with the completeness of administrator-level configuration.
3Ease of operation
If the server stores and uses administrator credential information, then user-friendly device registration is enabled, but system security complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server serves as a secure intermediary that holds administrator credential information. This allows the system to provide user-friendly device registration while maintaining security through centralized credential management. The server mediates between user access and administrator rights, reducing the need for users to directly handle sensitive credentials.
Data Source
AI summary
A server is connected to a first printing service system and a second printing service system that is connected to an image processing device. The server includes: a storage unit configured to store credential information of a first user having a first right; a registration reception unit configured to acquire a registration instruction of the image processing device from a second user having a second right that is a right more restricted than the first right; a registration unit configured to register the image processing device in the first printing service system when the registration instruction is acquired; and a setting unit configured to set attribute information using the stored credential information when the image processing device is registered, the attribute information being related to the registered image processing device and managed by the first printing service system.