Messaging App Cloud Print Bot Registration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current messaging applications do not provide a straightforward method for users to reprint image files that have already been printed, lacking efficient reprint functionality and seamless integration with cloud print services.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a client terminal with a messaging application, a first server for print processing, and a second server for managing messaging application information, which issues unique identification information for printing apparatus registration, enabling users to register and manage printing devices within the messaging application for convenient printing and reprinting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a messaging application integrates cloud print service functionality, then printing convenience is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a bot application as an intermediary between the messaging application and the cloud print service. The bot application handles all printing-related operations, allowing the messaging application to maintain simplicity while providing printing functionality through the bot's mediation layer.
Solution Approach 2:
The messaging application is enhanced to serve multiple functions: it not only facilitates text communication but also integrates cloud printing capabilities through the bot application. This multi-functionality allows a single application to handle both messaging and printing operations, improving convenience without requiring separate dedicated printing software.
2Ease of operation
If identification information is issued for printing apparatus registration, then printing device management is improved, but information management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically issues identification information to printing apparatuses without requiring manual configuration or complex setup procedures. The printing apparatus can register itself with the messaging application by simply providing its identification information, and the system automatically manages the registration process, reducing the burden on users while maintaining organized device management.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple identification information pieces are issued per printing apparatus, then registration flexibility is improved, but verification complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-generates and stores multiple identification information pieces for each printing apparatus in advance. When a printing apparatus needs to register, it simply provides one of these pre-prepared identification information pieces, and the system automatically verifies and processes the registration. This preliminary preparation enables flexible registration while keeping verification simple and automated.
Data Source
AI summary
The first server issues, in response to an issuance request, identification information that corresponds to a printing apparatus and is used for registration processing to use the printing apparatus from a messaging application, and manages first information of the printing apparatus and the identification information, and the second server manages the first information of the printing apparatus and second information of the messaging application and registers the second information of the messaging application so that the printing apparatus corresponding to the identification information from the messaging application can be used if the identification information is determined to be valid by referring to information managed by the first server when the identification information is input via the messaging application, wherein the first server issues, for one printing apparatus, a different piece of identification information for each issuance request.