CN109871187B

CN109871187B - Cloud printer sharing method, sharing device and cloud service system

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Publication number: CN109871187B
Application number: CN201910055715.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李嘉德; 杨宗欣; 孙桃林; 胡琦; 华海东
Original assignee: Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-01-21
Filing date: 2019-01-21
Publication date: 2022-06-14
Anticipated expiration: 2039-01-21
Also published as: WO2020151573A1; CN109871187A

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of cloud printing, and provides a cloud printer sharing method, a sharing device and a cloud service system, wherein the sharing method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that a first account and cloud printer information are registered to a cloud server in a correlated mode, and the cloud printer information is shared to a second account on a first terminal where the first account is logged in; registering the second account and the cloud printer information received by the second account to the cloud server in an associated manner; and displaying an operation interface capable of sharing the cloud printer information on a second terminal logged in by the second account, so that a third account can receive the cloud printer information shared by the second account. Therefore, the second account can share the cloud printing information shared from the first account to the third account; therefore, popularization and application of the cloud printing technology can be further improved.

Description

Cloud printer sharing method, sharing device and cloud service system

[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device

The invention relates to the technical field of cloud printing, in particular to a cloud printer sharing method, a sharing device and a cloud service system.

[ background of the invention ]

With the progress of internet technology, cloud services are more and more popular in application. In the field of image formation, such as printing, copying, faxing and the like, the cloud server is matched to complete different kinds of image formation operations, and the cloud server is also increasingly popular with users; for example, according to the Google cloud printing solution provided by the Google company, a user does not need to install special driver software corresponding to a cloud printer, a document to be printed can be directly sent to the Google cloud server, the Google cloud server forwards the document to the cloud printer, and the cloud printer can directly complete printing operation.

However, how to make more users use the cloud printer more conveniently becomes a hot spot for those skilled in the art to study. For example, chinese patent application No. CN201510184771.5 discloses a technical solution of "one-key sharing cloud printer": by operating on the first mobile terminal, the cloud printer which is already associated (bound) with the first account is shared to the second account by one key, so that the association (binding) between the second account and the cloud printer is realized, and finally, the user can use the cloud printing service at the second mobile terminal.

However, the inventor finds that how to further optimize sharing management through technical means with the rise of internet sharing technology is also very important for popularizing and popularizing the cloud printing technology. For example, how to further improve the convenience of shared cloud printing to users in the using process and enable more users to participate in using the cloud printer; and how to effectively monitor the shared cloud printer, and the like.

[ summary of the invention ]

The embodiment of the invention provides a cloud printer sharing method, a sharing device and a cloud service system, wherein a second account can share cloud printing information obtained by sharing from a first account to a third account; therefore, popularization and application of the cloud printing technology can be further improved.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution provided by the present invention comprises:

the invention provides a cloud printer sharing method, which is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the method comprises the steps that a first account and cloud printer information are registered to a cloud server in a correlated mode, and the cloud printer information is shared to a second account on a first terminal where the first account is logged in;

registering the second account and the cloud printer information received by the second account to the cloud server in an associated manner;

and displaying an operation interface capable of sharing the cloud printer information on a second terminal logged in by the second account, so that a third account can receive the cloud printer information shared by the second account.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes; when the cloud printer information is shared to a second account on a first terminal where a first account logs in, uploading configuration information whether the second account is allowed to continue to share the cloud printer information to other users to the cloud server; when the second account is allowed to continue to share the configuration information of the cloud printer information with other users, an operation interface capable of sharing the cloud print information is displayed on a second terminal logged in by the second account.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes: the method comprises the steps that after receiving cloud printer information shared on a first terminal logged in by a first account, a second account sends a request for continuously sharing the cloud printer information to other accounts to a cloud server, the cloud server forwards the request for continuously sharing the cloud printer information to other accounts to the first account, and when the first terminal logged in by the first account confirms that the second account is allowed to be continuously shared to other accounts, an operation interface capable of sharing the cloud printing information is displayed on a second terminal logged in by the second account.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes; after the second account or the third account receives the shared printer information, the cloud server performs associated registration on the account, the second account or the third account, and the cloud printer information which are sent to share the cloud printing information.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes: when the first account is designated as an administrator account of the cloud printer, the first account can also be used for setting whether to allow other accounts which obtain cloud printer information based on sharing to continue to share the cloud printer information; and if the first account does not allow a certain account to share the cloud printer information, obtaining a subsequent account of the cloud printer information based on certain account sharing, and not allowing the subsequent account to be associated with the cloud printer for registration.

In a further preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the first account may further set whether to allow another account that obtains the cloud printer information based on the sharing to continue to share the time condition corresponding to the cloud printer information.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the first account, the second account, and the third account are accounts in instant messaging software, and the print application corresponding to the cloud server obtains the first account information, the second account information, and the third account information through authorization of a server corresponding to the instant messaging software.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the cloud printer information includes an identifier capable of identifying uniqueness of the cloud printer, and first extension information related to the cloud printer feature information; and the second extension information related to the cloud printer feature information and the identifier unique to the cloud printer can be used as the updated cloud printer information.

In a further preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, when the cloud printer information is updated to include the second extension information, a new account is not allowed to perform associated registration with the cloud printer through the cloud printer information including the first extension information.

The second aspect of the present invention further provides a cloud printer sharing apparatus, including:

the account login module is used for logging in an account related to the cloud printer; when the account login module logs in a second account, the second account can receive the cloud printer information shared by the first account; wherein the first account and the cloud printer have been registered in association with a cloud server, and the first account is capable of sharing the cloud printer information to the second account;

the account binding application module is used for sending or confirming associated registration information to the cloud server, so that the second account and the cloud printer received by the second account are subjected to associated registration;

and the continuous sharing module is used for displaying an operation interface capable of sharing the cloud printer information, so that a third account can receive the cloud printer information shared by the second account.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus further includes: the account sharing setting module is used for uploading configuration information of whether the second account is allowed to continue to share the cloud printer information with other users to the cloud server when the account login module logs in the first account and shares the cloud printer information to the second account on the sharing device logged in by the first account; when the second account is allowed to continue to share the configuration information of the cloud printer information with other users, the sharing device of the second account is logged in, and the continuous sharing module is displayed.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus further includes: the account sharing request module is used for sending a request for continuously sharing the cloud printer information to other accounts to the cloud server through the account sharing request module after the second account receives the cloud printer information shared by the first account when the account login module logs in the second account, the cloud server forwards the request for continuously sharing the cloud printer information to other accounts to the first account, and the sharing device logged in by the second account displays the continuous sharing module when the first account feedbacks and confirms that the second account is allowed to be continuously shared to other accounts.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, after the second account or the third account receives the shared printer information, the account binding application module sends the account sending the shared cloud print information, the second account or the third account, and the cloud printer information to the cloud server together, and requests for associated registration.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, when the first account is designated as an administrator account of the cloud printer, the first account can further set, by the continuous sharing management module, whether to allow another account that obtains cloud printer information based on sharing to continue to share the cloud printer information; and if the first account does not allow a certain account to continuously share the cloud printer information through the continuous sharing management module, obtaining a subsequent account of the cloud printer information based on certain account sharing, and not allowing the subsequent account to be associated with the cloud printer for registration.

In a further preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the continuous sharing management module may further set whether to allow continuous sharing of the time condition corresponding to the cloud printer information based on other accounts sharing the cloud printer information.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus further includes: the first account, the second account and the third account are accounts in the instant messaging software respectively, and the print application program corresponding to the cloud server obtains the first account information, the second account information and the third account information respectively through authorization of a server corresponding to the instant messaging software, so that the account login module in the sharing device can log in through the first account information, the second account information or the third account information.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the cloud printer information includes an identifier capable of identifying uniqueness of the cloud printer, and first extension information related to the cloud printer feature information; the cloud printer administrator can also take the second extension information related to the cloud printer feature information and the identifier unique to the cloud printer as the updated cloud printer information.

The third aspect of the present invention further provides a cloud service system, including:

the cloud printer sharing apparatus according to any one of the second aspects above;

a cloud printer, and

and the cloud server is used for executing account and cloud printer association registration.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the system further includes a social network server corresponding to the instant messaging software, and the print application program corresponding to the cloud server obtains the account information of the instant messaging software through authorization of the social network server corresponding to the instant messaging software.

The fourth aspect of the present invention is also a cloud printer in a cloud service system, including:

a communication interface for communicating with a cloud server, wherein after the cloud printer is registered to the cloud server, the communication interface receives a job to be printed, and the job to be printed comes from an account which is associated and registered to the cloud printer in the cloud service system;

Wherein the account associated with registration to the cloud printer comprises a first account, a second account, and a third account; the first account is already associated with the cloud printer and registered to the cloud server, the second account receives the cloud printer information according to any one of the methods provided by the first aspect, and the second account is associated with the cloud printer and registered to the cloud server according to any one of the methods provided by the first aspect; the third account receives the cloud printer information according to any one of the methods provided in the first aspect, and registers the third account and the cloud printer in association with the cloud server according to any one of the methods provided in the first aspect.

The fifth aspect of the present invention also provides an electronic device, including: the memory, the processor and the cloud printer sharing device according to any one of the above second aspects, wherein the cloud printer sharing device comprises one or more software functional modules stored in the memory and executed by the processor.

The sixth aspect of the present invention also provides a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the program is adapted to carry out the steps of the method of any one of the first aspect when executed.

By adopting the technical scheme provided by the application, at least one of the following beneficial effects can be respectively obtained:

1. the technical scheme is convenient for popularization and application of the cloud printer, not only is the first account which is in associated registration with the cloud printer and has the authority of sharing the cloud printer information, but also other accounts (such as a second account) can continue to share the cloud printing information to friends of the second account based on the received cloud printer information; how to further improve the technical convenience of sharing cloud printing and enable more users to participate in using the cloud printer.

2. In a preferred embodiment, when the first account shares the cloud printer information with the second account, directly setting whether the second account has the authority to continue to share the cloud printer information, or authorizing the second account to continue to share the cloud printer information based on a request of the second account; therefore, the user of the re-sharing cloud printer can be better controlled, so that the first account can be selectively shared and managed according to the account, for example, only a certain enterprise or a certain organization or own friends can be continuously shared; the cloud printer is guaranteed to be safely shared while the cloud printer is improved to be shared to more accounts.

3. After the second account or the third account receives the shared printer information, the cloud server respectively performs associated registration on the account (such as the first account or the second account), the second account or the third account and the cloud printer information which send the shared cloud printing information; the account to be shared based on the cloud printer is bound, so that when the technical scheme provided by the embodiment is applied to a shared printing solution, statistics can be performed on a new registered account harvested by the account sharing the cloud printer, for example, a certain charge is provided for the account shared by the cloud printer, and the popularization and application of the shared cloud printer are facilitated.

4. The first account can also set whether other accounts which obtain the cloud printer information based on sharing are allowed to continue to share the time condition corresponding to the cloud printer information; after the cloud printer is shared, the shared cloud printer is prevented from being repeatedly connected by a malicious program account for multiple times without limit, and burden is caused to the server; and subsequently, the operation of refusing to continue sharing can be set.

5. When the shared cloud printer information only comprises information (not comprising account information) related to the cloud printer, the cloud printer information comprises an identifier capable of identifying the uniqueness of the cloud printer and first expansion information related to the characteristic information of the cloud printer; and the second extension information related to the cloud printer feature information and the identifier unique to the cloud printer can be used as the updated cloud printer information. Therefore, when the cloud printer information is shared in a two-dimensional code mode, if the previous two-dimensional code is attacked by a malicious program, the subsequent two-dimensional code capable of sharing the cloud printer information can be updated in time; specifically, compared with the case that only the identifier capable of identifying the uniqueness of the cloud printer is included, the situation that no two-dimensional code which can be shared continuously is available subsequently can be avoided; and the cloud server can also quickly distinguish which cloud printer information related to the two-dimensional codes can be bound with the account, and which cloud printer information is maliciously attacked and cannot be associated with the account for registration.

[ description of the drawings ]

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 is a first flowchart illustrating a cloud printer sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a second method for sharing a cloud printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a first flowchart illustrating a cloud printer sharing method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a second flowchart illustrating a cloud printer sharing method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a first flowchart illustrating a cloud printer sharing method according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a second method for sharing a cloud printer according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a first flowchart illustrating a cloud printer sharing method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram of a structure of a cloud printer sharing device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view of an operation interface corresponding to a cloud printer sharing device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a cloud printer sharing device according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a cloud printer sharing device according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a cloud service system according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a cloud printing structure of a cloud service system according to an eleventh embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 14 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to a twelfth embodiment of the invention.

[ detailed description ] embodiments

For better understanding of the technical solutions of the present invention, the following detailed descriptions of the embodiments of the present invention are provided with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be understood that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The application provides a cloud printer sharing method, a sharing device and a cloud service system, wherein a second account can share cloud printing information obtained by sharing from a first account to a third account; therefore, popularization and application of the cloud printing technology can be further improved. Wherein:

The cloud printer mentioned in the application is a printer which can be connected to a cloud server through a network, for example, the cloud printer can be connected to a Google cloud through a predetermined protocol, so that the cloud printer is a Google cloud printer, and also can be a cloud service protocol defined by a printer manufacturer, for example, a mailbox representing the cloud printer can be generated by registering on a cloud server platform provided by the printer manufacturer, and the name, factory number and mailbox of the cloud printer can be subjected to associated recording by the cloud server platform provided by the printer manufacturer, for example, the name, factory number and mailbox are managed in a form of a table; certainly, the cloud printer provided by the application can have functions of scanning, faxing and the like besides a printing function.

The cloud server mentioned in the application can be a server for managing accounts and cloud printers, can also be used as a server for managing print jobs, and can also be further used as a server for managing user account registration information; of course, the cloud server may be configured only by a server that manages an account and a cloud printer, and other functions may be performed by other server platforms, and the cloud server may only provide an interface with these other server platforms. These different embodiments are all within the scope of protection of the present application.

The account mentioned in the application can refer to registration information for user identification which expects to use the cloud printer, and the account can be completed by batch registration of an administrator or completed by independent registration of each user; the account can be registered by a registration interface corresponding to the cloud server, or registration information used in other social networks can be called, and the cloud server acquires the registration information after acquiring the authorization of other social network servers; of course, if the social network registration information is used, when the cloud server manages the user information, and if the current user also desires to register account information belonging to the cloud server in the cloud server, the social network registration account may be associated with the account information of the cloud server, so that the identity information representing the user may be recognized by the cloud server regardless of which account is used. The first account, the second account and the third account mentioned in the application are not limited to the user, and a certain user can register a plurality of accounts simultaneously if needed; for convenience of description, the following description will be given by taking the first account as an example of the user who performs the associated registration with the cloud printer, and the first account may be further designated as an administrator of the cloud printer.

The cloud printer sharing device mentioned in the application is any electronic device capable of logging in the account information, the electronic device may be an intelligent terminal, a computer, or an electronic device (e.g., a touch screen device with a network function) carried by a cloud printer, and each cloud printer sharing device may log in different account information; when the same cloud printer sharing device can log in a plurality of different accounts, the first terminal, the second terminal and the third terminal may be the same terminal or different terminals, and the first terminal, the second terminal and the third terminal in front of the terminals are only used for distinguishing the log-in of different accounts and are not limited to specific terminals.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present embodiment provides a cloud printer sharing method, including:

s01, registering the first account 110 and the cloud printer information in association with the cloud server 300, and sharing the cloud printer information to the second account 120 on the first terminal logged in by the first account 110; in other embodiments, the accounts may also log in through the cloud printer sharing device, and different numbers may be added to different accounts for distinguishing, for example, a first cloud printer sharing device, a second cloud printer sharing device, and a third cloud printer sharing device;

As described above, the cloud printer information provided by this embodiment at least includes information capable of identifying uniqueness, such as a MAC address, or the cloud printer information can be indirectly acquired through the cloud printer information, such as a cloud printer registration mailbox, and information such as a MAC address collected in a cloud printer registration process can be queried through the registration mailbox. The associating and registering of the first account 110 and the cloud printer information means that after receiving the information of the first account 110 and the cloud printer information, the cloud server 300 performs associating and registering of the two, for example, registering in a registry manner, specifically as shown in table 1 below:

number of	Account name	Cloud printer information	Other information
				1	PANTUM TEST1	651318765	PANTUM 6500NW A4
2	PANTUM TEST1	7897313213	PANTUM 7006DN A4
				3	PANTUM TEST2	7897313213	PANTUM 7006DN A4

Account and cloud printer association registry 1

Other information in table 1 may be designed according to needs, and may be, for example, status information or registration date of the current cloud printer.

The specific implementation manner of associating and registering the first account 110 and the cloud printer information to the cloud server 300 may be to log in the first account 110 in the first terminal, and an application program (also referred to as APP) interacting with the cloud server 300 is designed in the first terminal, where the application program may be a dedicated application program designed by a manufacturer of the cloud printer 200 or a dedicated application program provided by a manufacturer of the cloud server 300, and the manufacturer of the cloud printer 200 and the manufacturer of the cloud server 300 may be the same or different, and the embodiment does not limit the same. Of course, the application may be an application associated with or loaded in the application for social networking, for example, a WeChat (registered trademark) applet, a Paibao (registered trademark) applet, or the like. The application program interacting with the cloud server 300 may also be capable of acquiring cloud printer information (S102 in fig. 2), for example, the cloud printer information may be directly input to the first terminal, or the cloud printer information may be acquired by the first terminal scanning a specific tag (for example, an NFC tag or a two-dimensional code). The cloud printer information may be a serial number capable of identifying the uniqueness of the current cloud printer as shown in table 1, or may be a registration mailbox associated with the cloud printer information, and through the information, only the unique cloud printer 200 can be found. After the cloud printer information is acquired, the first account 110 and the cloud printer information may be sent to the cloud server 300 through the first terminal (S104), and the cloud server 300 may perform associated registration on the first account 110 and the cloud printer information in a manner of referring to table 1, and feed back a result to the first terminal (S106); the status information of the cloud printer is updated on the first terminal (S108). After a certain account and cloud printer information are registered in association in the cloud server 300, a device (e.g., the aforementioned first terminal) logged in with the account may directly transmit a print job to the cloud printer 200, specifically, a device logged in with the account transmits a job to the cloud server 300 through the account, the cloud server 300 determines the cloud printer 200 registered in association with the current account, and then forwards the print job to the cloud printer 200 directly or through a print job management server mentioned below. Further, if there are a plurality of cloud printers 200 registered in association with the current account, one cloud printer may be directly selected from the devices registered in the account, or the cloud server 200 may push a plurality of cloud printers to the devices registered in the account and allow the user to select the printer.

The specific way of sharing the cloud printer information to the second account 120 on the first terminal where the first account 110 logs in is as follows: after a button of "share" is displayed on a first terminal interface where the first account is logged in (as shown in fig. 9 below), and the share button is clicked (S110), friend information associated with the first account 110 may be selected; if the first account 110 is account information registered and managed by itself in the cloud server, the friends of the first account 110 are associated friend information registered in the cloud server (for example, the friend information added by the first account 110 by itself based on an application providing a friend adding tool, or friend information directly established according to an organizational structure relationship when the enterprise creates the account information), and if the first account 110 is a social network account, the friend information of the first account 110 is friend information in the social network. Assuming that the first account 110 selects the second account 120, the cloud printer information can be shared to the second account based on the application that logged into the account. Of course, in the sharing manner provided in this embodiment, the first account 110 may be shared with only one account at a time, or may be shared with multiple accounts at the same time; the present embodiment is not limited to these specific modes.

S02, associating and registering the second account 120 and the cloud printer information received by the second account 120 to the cloud server 300: the second account 120 is user information similar to the first account 110, and when the first account 110 is user information registered in the cloud server, the second account 120 is also user information registered in the cloud server. If the first account 110 is a social network account, the second account 120 may also be a social network account, and the cloud server 300 may directly use the social network account when associating and registering (also called associating and binding) the account and the cloud printer information, or may create account information belonging to the cloud server's own management and corresponding to the social network account, as specifically shown in table 2 below:

numbering	Self account name	Social network account name	Cloud printer information	Other information
					1	PANTUM TEST1	WX6666555	651318765	6500NW A4
2	PANTUM TEST1	WX6666555	7897313213	7006DN A4
					3	PANTUM TEST2	WX6666888	7897313213	7006DN A4

Account and cloud printer association registry 2

After the second account 120 logs in the second terminal, cloud printer information sent by the first account 110 may be received, where the received information may directly include the cloud printer information, or may be obtained after analysis through a predetermined protocol; the content of the cloud printer information may at least include information capable of identifying the uniqueness of the cloud printer, such as a MAC address, or other information capable of identifying the uniqueness of the cloud printer may be indirectly acquired through the cloud printer information, such as a cloud printer registration mailbox through which information such as a MAC address collected during a cloud printer registration process may be queried.

After the second account 120 logs in the second terminal, the second account 120 and the cloud printer information received by the second account 120 are sent to the cloud server 300 to request for association registration (S112), and then the cloud server performs association registration on the second account 120 and the cloud printer information received by the second account 120, where the manner of association registration may also be performed in the manner of table 1 or table 2; and then feeds back the associated registration information to the second terminal (S114).

S03, displaying an operation interface capable of sharing the cloud printer information on the second terminal logged in by the second account 120, so that the third account can receive the cloud printer information shared by the second account.

That is, after the second terminal logged in by the second account 120 completes the associated registration with the cloud printer 200, an interface similar to fig. 9 may be displayed in the cloud print sharing apparatus logged in by the second account 120, so that the second account 120 may also share the cloud printer information. The second account 120 may be shared with the third account 130 in a manner similar to the manner in which the first account 110 shares the cloud printer information with the second account (S118), so that the third account 130 may also perform an associated registration of the third account 130 and the cloud printer information with the cloud server 300 based on the cloud printer information shared by the second account 120 (S120, S122). Of course, as a preferred embodiment, the sharing of the non-first account 110 may further set a privilege control (as described below).

As shown in fig. 2, a specific process related to the sharing operation among the first account 110, the second account 120, the third account 130, the cloud printer 200, and the cloud server 300 includes:

s102, a first terminal logged in by a first account 110 acquires cloud printer information;

s104, the first terminal logged in by the first account 110 sends a request for association registration to the cloud server 300, and sends the cloud printer information to be bound and the information of the first account 110 to the cloud server 300;

s106, the cloud server 300 feeds back the success of binding to the first terminal logged in by the first account 110; (if the binding is not successful, the information of the binding failure can be fed back, and the reason, such as the information error of the cloud printer, or other factors which can not be bound, such as the time mentioned in the following, can be fed back; and the subsequent sharing operation process can be finished)

S108, updating the state information of the cloud printer: the first terminal logged in by the first account 110 updates the status information of the cloud printer 200; (based on the binding success information fed back by the cloud server 300, update a button that can share the cloud printer 200, for example, as shown in fig. 9), and also update the state information of the cloud printer 200, such as whether the cloud printer is out of paper or not, whether the cloud printer is offline, or the like, in combination with other cloud printer state information fed back by the cloud server 300;

S110, the first terminal logged in by the first account 110 shares the cloud printer information to the second account 120;

s112, the second terminal logged in by the second account 120 receives the cloud printer information, sends a request to perform association registration to the cloud server 300, and sends the cloud printer information to be bound and the information of the second account 120 to the cloud server 300;

s114, the cloud server 300 feeds back the successful binding to the second terminal logged in by the second account 120; (if the binding is not successful, the information of the binding failure can be fed back, and the reason, such as the information error of the cloud printer, the time mentioned in the following text and the like, can be fed back; and the subsequent sharing operation process is finished);

s116, updating the state information of the cloud printer: the second terminal logged in by the second account 120 updates the status information of the cloud printer 200 (based on the binding success information fed back by the cloud server 300, the update may share the button of the cloud printer 200, for example, as shown in fig. 9); whether the second account 120 can share the cloud printer information or not can be obtained according to different authorization modes in different embodiments;

s118, the second terminal logged in by the second account 120 shares the cloud printer information to the third account 130;

S120, request of association registration: the third terminal logged in by the third account 130 receives the cloud printer information, sends a request for association registration to the cloud server 300, and sends the cloud printer information to be bound and the information of the third account 130 to the cloud server 300.

S122, feedback binding is successful: the cloud server 300 feeds back the successful binding to the first terminal logged in by the third account 130. (the third account 130 may further perform an operation of sharing the information of the cloud print 200 like the second account 120.)

Therefore, the embodiment provides a technical scheme more convenient for popularization and application of the cloud printer, and not only does the first account 110 associated and registered with the cloud printer have the authority to share the cloud printer information, but also other accounts (for example, the second account 120) can continue to share the cloud printing information to friends of the second account 120 based on the received cloud printer information; how to further improve the technical convenience of sharing the cloud printer 200, and to allow more users to participate in using the cloud printer 200.

In a preferred embodiment of this embodiment, the cloud printer sharing method further includes: after the second account 120 or the third account 130 receives the shared printer information, the cloud server 300 associates and registers the account sending the shared cloud print information, the second account 120 or the third account 130, and the cloud printer information together. The details are shown in table 3 below:

Numbering	Request account name	Sharing account names	Cloud printer information	Other information
					1	PANTUM TEST1	PANTUM TEST1	651318765	6500NW A4
2	PANTUM TEST2	PANTUM TEST1	7897313213	7006DN A4
					3	PANTUM TEST3	PANTUM TEST2	7897313213	7006DN A4

Account and cloud printer association registry 3

After the second account 120 or the third account 130 receives the shared printer information, the cloud server 300 performs associated registration on an account (for example, the first account or the second account) sending the shared cloud print information, the second account 120 or the third account 130 to be registered, and the cloud printer information; the account to be shared based on the cloud printer information is bound, so that when the technical scheme provided by the embodiment is applied to a shared printing solution, statistics can be performed on a new registered account harvested from the account sharing the cloud printer, for example, a certain charge is provided for the account sharing the cloud printer 200, and therefore popularization and application of the shared cloud printer 200 are facilitated.

In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the cloud printer sharing method further includes: when the first account 110 is designated as an administrator account of the cloud printer, the first account 110 can also set whether to allow other accounts, which have obtained cloud printer information based on sharing, to continue sharing the cloud printer information; if the first account 110 does not allow the certain account to share the cloud printer information, obtaining a subsequent account of the cloud printer information based on the certain account sharing, and not allowing the associated registration with the cloud printer 200; the implementation manner that does not allow the registration associated with the cloud printer 200 may be: when receiving the association registration request corresponding to the subsequent account and the cloud printer information, the cloud server 300 refuses to perform the operation of association registration. For example, the first account 110, as an administrator account, may allow the second account 120 to continue to share the cloud printer information at a first time based on other accounts sharing the obtained cloud printer information; but from a second time, the first account 110 does not allow the second account 120 to continue to share the cloud printer information; thus, from the second moment, the shared operation interface will not be displayed after the second account 120 logs in the terminal; the cloud printer information shared by the second account 120 before the second time may be set to, after being received by the other accounts: and is not allowed to bind with other accounts based on the cloud printer information shared before the second time.

As shown in table 3, since the cloud server 300 associates the account to be requested to be bound with the account sharing the cloud printer information when associating the registered account and the cloud printer information, when the first account 100 is designated as the administrator account of the cloud printer, it is possible to send to the cloud server 300 at any time whether to allow another account sharing the cloud printer information based on the sharing, and continue to share the cloud printer information, for example, the third account 130 does not allow the cloud printer information to be continuously shared with another account, so that even if a subsequent account (assumed as a fourth account) receives the shared cloud printer information from the third account 130, the cloud server 300 does not perform the association registration operation. In a further preferred embodiment, the first account 110 can further set whether to allow another account sharing the cloud printer information to continue to share the time condition corresponding to the cloud printer information (a list of registration information about validity of the binding time may be directly added to table 3).

Therefore, the first account 110 can also set whether to allow another account, which shares the cloud printer information, to continue to share the time condition corresponding to the cloud printer information; after the cloud printer 200 is shared out, the shared cloud printer is prevented from being repeatedly connected by a malicious program account for multiple times without limit, and burden is caused to the server; and subsequently, the operation of refusing to continue sharing can be set.

Example two

In this embodiment, the management authority of sharing the cloud printer is further optimized on the basis of the first embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the cloud printer sharing method provided in this embodiment further includes: when the cloud printer information is shared to the second account 120 on the first terminal where the first account 110 logs in, also uploading configuration information whether to allow the second account 120 to continue to share the cloud printer information with other users to the cloud server 300 (S40); when the second account 120 is allowed to continue to share the configuration information of the cloud printer information with other users, an operation interface capable of sharing the cloud printer information is displayed on the second terminal where the second account 120 logs in (S30); when the second account 120 is not allowed to continue sharing the configuration information of the cloud printer information with another user, the second terminal to which the second account 120 logs in does not display the operation interface capable of sharing the cloud print (S32).

More specifically, as shown in fig. 4, on the basis of the first embodiment (S102 to S108, S112 to S122), the cloud printer sharing method provided by this embodiment further includes:

and S210, sharing the cloud printer information to the second account (if the second account is allowed to continue to share, continuing to S112-S122), and if the second account is not allowed to continue to share (S210 ', directly executing S116').

EXAMPLE III

In this embodiment, the management authority for sharing the cloud printer is further optimized on the basis of the first embodiment, and as shown in fig. 5, the cloud printer sharing method provided in this embodiment further includes: after receiving the cloud printer information shared by the first terminal logged in by the first account 110, the second account 120 sends a request for continuously sharing the cloud printer information with other accounts to the cloud server 300, the cloud server 300 forwards the request for continuously sharing the cloud printer information with other accounts to the first account 110(S22), and the first terminal logged in by the first account 110 needs to confirm whether to allow the second account 120 to continuously share with other accounts (S50); when the first terminal registered by the first account confirms that the second account is allowed to be shared with other accounts, the operation interface capable of sharing the cloud print information is displayed on the second terminal registered by the second account (S30), otherwise, the operation interface capable of sharing the cloud print is not displayed on the second terminal registered by the second account 120 (S32).

More specifically, as shown in fig. 6, on the basis of the first embodiment (S102 to S108, S112 to S122), the cloud printer sharing method provided by this embodiment further includes:

the request between S114 and S116 continues the process of sharing the cloud printer information:

S302, requesting to continue sharing: the second terminal logged in by the second account 120 requests the cloud server 300 to continue to share the cloud printer information;

s304, feeding back a request of the second account for requesting to continue sharing: the cloud server 300 feeds back the request information to the first account 110;

s306, agree (or disagree): the first account 110 feeds back agreement or difference to the cloud server 300, agrees to perform subsequent S116, and performs S116' if not;

s308, feeding back a request result: the cloud server 300 feeds back the result of the confirmation of the first account 110 to the second account 120, and displays a button whether to allow continued sharing of the cloud printer information based on the feedback result.

Example four

In this embodiment, based on the first to third embodiments, account information is further optimized: the first account 110, the second account 120, and the third account 130 are accounts in the instant messaging software, respectively, and the print application corresponding to the cloud server 300 obtains the first account 110 information, the second account 120 information, and the third account 130 information, respectively, through the authorization of the server (the social network server 400) corresponding to the instant messaging software. In this embodiment, the manner of registering the account and the cloud printer information in association may be performed with reference to the manner corresponding to table 2.

For example, the social network server 400 corresponding to the WeChat and the print job management server 500 provided by the specific manufacturer are taken as print job management servers, and the cloud server 300 mainly performs the operation of registering the account and the cloud printer 200 in association; of course, those skilled in the art can further modify the present embodiment, for example, the cloud server 300 and the print management server are configured to be composed of the same server. The specific cloud printer sharing method comprises the following steps:

s102, a first terminal logged in by a first account 110 acquires cloud printer information; before acquiring the cloud printer information, the method further comprises: the first account 110 corresponds to a wechat user, a specific applet (for example, a cloud sharing printer applet, hereinafter, referred to as a cloud printing applet) is loaded on the first terminal through a wechat application, the cloud printing applet is provided by a cloud server 300 developer, after the cloud printing applet is loaded, whether the wechat user corresponding to the first account 110 allows the cloud printing applet to use personal information of the wechat user corresponding to the first account 110 is prompted, and the wechat user corresponding to the first account 110 clicks an agreement, so that the wechat applet can be logged in through the wechat user corresponding to the first account 110; the first terminal obtains the cloud printer information according to the first embodiment, which is not described again.

It should be noted that the cloud print applet may also be another application, and as long as the information of the user with a microcard can be called, the technical solution provided in this embodiment may be referred to.

S104, the first terminal logged in by the first account 110 sends a request for association registration to the cloud server 300, and sends the cloud printer information to be bound and the information of the first account 110 (the personal information of the WeChat user corresponding to the first account 110) to the cloud server 300.

S106, the cloud server 300 feeds back the binding success to the first terminal logged in by the first account 110 (if the binding is unsuccessful, the information of the binding failure can also be fed back, and the reason, such as the information error of the cloud printer, or the incapability of binding by other factors, such as the time mentioned below, is fed back), and the subsequent sharing operation flow is ended.

S108, updating the state information of the cloud printer: the first terminal logged in by the first account 110 updates the status information of the cloud printer 200; (based on the binding success information fed back by the cloud server 300, the update may share the button of the cloud printer 200, for example, as shown in fig. 9), and may also update the status information of the cloud printer 200, for example, whether the cloud printer is out of paper, whether the cloud printer is offline, and the like, in combination with other cloud printer status information fed back by the cloud server 300.

S402, requesting to share the cloud printer information to the second account 120: in step S102, the first account 110 corresponding to the micro credit user has agreed that the cloud print applet uses the information of the micro credit user corresponding to the first account 110, so that the friend information of the first account 110 corresponding to the micro credit user can be directly selected to share the cloud printer information.

S404, the wechat correspondent social network server 400 sends the cloud printer information to the second account 120 (the first account 110 corresponds to the wechat friend of the wechat user).

S112, the second terminal logged in by the second account 120 receives the cloud printer information, and meanwhile, the cloud printing applet logged in by the second terminal confirms that the cloud printing applet is allowed to acquire the personal information of the WeChat user corresponding to the second account 120; and then transmits a request for association registration to the cloud server 300, and transmits the cloud printer information to be bound and the information of the second account 120 to the cloud server 300.

S114, the cloud server 300 feeds back the successful binding to the second terminal logged in by the second account 120; (if the binding is not successful, the information of the binding failure can be fed back, and the reason, such as the information error of the cloud printer, the time mentioned in the following text, and the like, can be fed back; and the subsequent sharing operation flow is ended).

S116, updating the state information of the cloud printer: the second terminal logged in by the second account 120 updates the status information of the cloud printer 200 (based on the binding success information fed back by the cloud server 300, the update may share the button of the cloud printer 200, for example, as shown in fig. 9); whether the second account 120 can share the cloud printer information or not can be obtained according to different authorization modes.

S406, the second terminal logged in by the second account 120 shares the cloud printer information to the third account 130, and also needs to forward the shared cloud printer information through the social network server 400 corresponding to the wechat.

S408, the wechat correspondent social network server 400 sends the cloud printer information to the third account 130 (the second account 120 corresponds to the wechat friend of the wechat user).

S122, feedback binding is successful: the cloud server 300 feeds back the successful binding to the third terminal logged in by the third account 130. (the third account 130 can further perform the operation of the second account 120 sharing the information of the cloud print 200.)

S410, the third terminal logged in by the third account 130 may directly use the cloud printer 200 to perform a print job operation, for example, send a job request to the cloud server 300, and forward a specific job to the cloud server 300.

S412, the cloud server 300 forwards the cloud printer information and the print job associated with the third account 130 to the print job management server 500, where the cloud server 300 and the print job management server 500 are provided with interfaces capable of communicating with each other in advance, or send the job to the print job management server 500 by way of mail, for example;

s414, the cloud server 300 forwards the print job to the cloud printer 200, and after receiving the job, the cloud printer 200 executes a corresponding print job operation.

EXAMPLE five

In this embodiment, based on the first to fourth embodiments, cloud printer information is further optimized, and specifically, in an implementation manner provided in this embodiment, the cloud printer information includes an identifier capable of identifying uniqueness of a cloud printer, and first extension information related to feature information of the cloud printer; and the second extension information related to the cloud printer feature information and the identifier unique to the cloud printer can be used as the updated cloud printer information.

Specifically, the identifier capable of identifying the uniqueness of the cloud printer may be "device ID", and "device ID" refers to character string information that can uniquely identify the device in the device server, including, but not limited to, a device network card MAC address, a mailbox address, a UUID (Universally unique identifier, abbreviated as Universally unique identifier) character string, and other combined character string information.

The expansion information refers to character string information used for expanding the 'equipment ID', and has characteristics of further refinement on the basis of uniqueness for the same 'equipment ID'; for example, a certain natural person can be used as an identity symbol through an identity card number, and information such as height and weight can be added on the basis of the certain person; the device ID "is symbolized like an identity and the extension information is likened to further optimization features, such as registration date, model name, etc.

If the cloud printer information is transmitted between different accounts in a two-dimensional code manner, the corresponding information in the two-dimensional code may be set as: "device ID + device ID extension information 1", and "device ID + device ID extension information 2", which may represent one cloud printer at the same time.

In a further preferred embodiment of this embodiment, when the cloud printer information is updated to include the second extension information, the new account is not allowed to perform associated registration with the cloud printer through the cloud printer information including the first extension information. For example, when the information is transmitted in the two-dimensional code sharing manner, if the cloud server 300 receives the information corresponding to "device ID + device ID extension information 1", the operation of registering the account in association with the old cloud print is not performed.

When the shared cloud printer information only includes information (does not include account information) related to the cloud printer 200, the cloud printer information includes an identifier capable of identifying uniqueness of the cloud printer 200 and first extension information related to the cloud printer feature information; and the second extension information related to the cloud printer feature information and the identifier unique to the cloud printer can be used as the updated cloud printer information. Therefore, when the cloud printer information is shared in a two-dimensional code mode, if the previous two-dimensional code is attacked by a malicious program, the subsequent two-dimensional code capable of sharing the cloud printer information can be updated in time; specifically, relative to the case that only an identifier capable of identifying the uniqueness of the cloud printer is included, it is avoided that no two-dimensional code which can be continuously shared is available subsequently; and the cloud server can also quickly distinguish which cloud printer information related to the two-dimensional codes can be bound with the account, and which cloud printer information is maliciously attacked and cannot be associated with the account for registration.

EXAMPLE six

As shown in fig. 8, the present embodiment provides a cloud printer sharing apparatus 600, and the cloud printer sharing apparatus 600 includes:

an account login module 610 for logging in an account related to the cloud printer; when the account login module 610 logs in the second account, the second account 120 can receive the cloud printer information shared by the first account 110; wherein the first account 110 and the cloud printer have been registered in association with the cloud server, and the first account 110 can share the cloud printer information to the second account 120;

an account binding application module 620, configured to send or confirm the associated registration information to the cloud server, so as to perform associated registration on the second account 120 and the cloud printer received by the second account 120;

the sharing module 630 is configured to display an operation interface (for example, an operation interface corresponding to fig. 9) capable of sharing the cloud printer information, so that the third account 130 can receive the cloud printer information shared by the second account 120.

The account login module 610, the account binding application module 620, and the continuous sharing module 630 in the cloud printer sharing device 600 can complete the cloud printer sharing method mentioned in the first embodiment, and the corresponding sharing process and technical effects are not described herein again with reference to the description of the first embodiment.

In a preferred embodiment of this embodiment, after the second account 120 or the third account 130 receives the shared printer information, the account binding application module 620 sends the account sending the shared cloud print information, the second account 120 or the third account 130, and the cloud printer information to the cloud server 300 together, and requests for association registration.

In a preferred embodiment of the present embodiment, when the first account 110 is designated as an administrator account of the cloud printer 200, the first account 110 can further set, by the continuous sharing management module 620, whether to allow another account, which obtains the cloud printer information based on the sharing, to continue to share the cloud printer information; if the first account 110 is set by the continuous sharing management module not to allow the certain account to continuously share the cloud printer information, a subsequent account of the cloud printer information is obtained based on the certain account sharing, and the registration associated with the cloud printer is not allowed.

In a further preferred embodiment of this embodiment, the continuous sharing management module 620 can further set whether to allow continuous sharing of the time condition corresponding to the cloud printer information based on the other account sharing the obtained cloud printer information.

EXAMPLE seven

As shown in fig. 9, an account login module 610, an account binding application module 620, and a continuous sharing module 630 in the cloud printer sharing device 600 according to this embodiment are respectively similar to those in the sixth embodiment, and the cloud printer sharing device 600 according to this embodiment further includes: the account sharing setting module 640 is configured to upload, to the cloud server 300, configuration information indicating whether the second account 120 is allowed to continue to share the cloud printer information with other users when the account login module logs in 610 the first account 110 and shares the cloud printer information to the second account 120 on the sharing device logged in by the first account 110; when the second account 120 is allowed to continue to share the configuration information of the cloud printer information with other users, the sharing device of the second account 120 is logged in, and then the continuous sharing module 630 is displayed. The specific sharing process can refer to the descriptions in the second embodiment and the corresponding drawings.

Example eight

As shown in fig. 10, an account login module 610, an account binding application module 620, and a continuous sharing module 630 in the cloud printer sharing device 600 according to this embodiment are respectively similar to those in the sixth embodiment, and the cloud printer sharing device 600 according to this embodiment further includes: the account sharing request module 650 is configured to, when the account login module 610 logs in the second account 120, send a request for continuously sharing the cloud printer information with other accounts to the cloud server through the account sharing request module 650 after the second account 120 receives the cloud printer information shared by the first account 110, forward the request for continuously sharing the cloud printer information with other accounts to the first account 110 by the cloud server 300, and display the continuous sharing module 630 when the first account 110 feedbacks and confirms that the second account 120 is allowed to continuously share with other accounts, and the sharing device logged in by the second account 120 is permitted to be displayed. The specific sharing process can refer to the description in the third embodiment and the corresponding drawings.

Example nine

In a preferred embodiment of this embodiment, the cloud printer sharing apparatus 600 further includes: the first account, the second account and the third account are accounts in the instant messaging software respectively, and the printing application program corresponding to the cloud server obtains the first account information, the second account information and the third account information respectively through authorization of the server corresponding to the instant messaging software, so that the account login module in the sharing device can log in through the first account information, the second account information or the third account information. The specific sharing process can refer to the description in the fourth embodiment and the corresponding drawings.

Example ten

As shown in fig. 12, the present embodiment provides a cloud service system, which includes:

as mentioned in any of the above embodiments, the cloud printer sharing device may be a different terminal, such as the computer terminal 600-1, or may be a smartphone terminal 600-2, 600-3;

the cloud printer 200, and

a cloud server 300 for performing account registration in association with the cloud printer.

In a preferred embodiment of this embodiment, if the shared information is transmitted through a communication-type social network, the cloud service system further includes a social network server corresponding to the instant messaging software, and the print application program corresponding to the cloud server obtains account information of the instant messaging software through authorization of the social network server corresponding to the instant messaging software.

EXAMPLE eleven

As shown in fig. 13, the present embodiment provides a cloud printer 200 in a cloud service system, the cloud printer 200 including:

a communication interface 210 in communication with the cloud server, wherein when the cloud printer is registered in the cloud server, the communication interface receives a job to be printed, and the job to be printed comes from an account which is associated and registered in the cloud server system; and

A cloud printer information storage unit 220, which is generally not modifiable after the cloud printer 200 is manufactured, and the form of the cloud printer information storage unit 220 includes, but is not limited to, a Read-only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), FLASH, and other various media capable of storing program codes;

wherein associating accounts registered to the cloud printer includes the first account 110, the second account 120, and the third account 130; the first account 110 is already registered to the cloud server 300 in association with the cloud printer, the second account 120 receives the cloud printer information according to any method provided by the first aspect, and registers the second account 120 to the cloud server 300 in association with the cloud printer according to any method provided by the first aspect; the third account 130 receives the cloud printer information according to any of the methods provided in the first aspect, and registers the third account 130 in association with the cloud printer to the cloud server 300 according to any of the methods provided in the first aspect. The cloud printer 200 can thus receive print jobs sent by the first account 110, the second account 120, and the third account 130, respectively.

Example twelve

As shown in fig. 14, the present embodiment provides an electronic device, including: the cloud printer sharing device comprises a memory 710, a processor 720 and any one of the cloud printer sharing devices provided in the above embodiments, wherein the cloud printer sharing device comprises one or more software functional modules stored in the memory and executed by the processor.

The embodiment also provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, wherein the computer program is used for implementing the steps of any one of the cloud printer sharing methods provided in the above embodiments when executed.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A cloud printer sharing method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the method comprises the steps that a first account and cloud printer information are registered to a cloud server in a correlated mode, and the cloud printer information is shared to a second account on a first terminal where the first account logs in; the mode of sharing the cloud printer information to a second account on the first terminal logged in by the first account comprises the following steps: displaying a sharing button on a first terminal interface where a first account is logged in, and after clicking the sharing button, selecting friend information associated with the first account;

receiving the cloud printer information shared by the first account, and associating and registering the second account and the cloud printer information received by the second account to the cloud server;

Displaying an operation interface capable of sharing the cloud printer information on a second terminal logged in by the second account, wherein the second account can also continue to share the cloud printing information to friends of the second account based on the received cloud printer information; enabling a third account to receive the cloud printer information shared from the second account.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: when the cloud printer information is shared to a second account on a first terminal where a first account logs in, uploading configuration information whether the second account is allowed to continue to share the cloud printer information to other users to the cloud server; when the second account is allowed to continue to share the configuration information of the cloud printer information with other users, an operation interface capable of sharing the cloud print information is displayed on a second terminal logged in by the second account.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: the method comprises the steps that after receiving cloud printer information shared on a first terminal logged in by a first account, a second account sends a request for continuously sharing the cloud printer information to other accounts to a cloud server, the cloud server forwards the request for continuously sharing the cloud printer information to other accounts to the first account, and when the first terminal logged in by the first account confirms that the second account is allowed to be continuously shared to other accounts, an operation interface capable of sharing the cloud printing information is displayed on a second terminal logged in by the second account.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: after the second account or the third account receives the shared printer information, the cloud server performs associated registration on the account, the second account or the third account, and the cloud printer information which are sent to share the cloud printing information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising: when the first account is designated as an administrator account of the cloud printer, the first account can also set whether to allow other accounts which obtain cloud printer information based on sharing to continue to share the cloud printer information; and if the first account does not allow a certain account to share the cloud printer information, obtaining a subsequent account of the cloud printer information based on certain account sharing, and not allowing the subsequent account to be associated with the cloud printer for registration.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the first account is further capable of setting whether to allow a time condition corresponding to continuing to share the cloud printer information based on other accounts sharing the cloud printer information.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first account, the second account, and the third account are accounts in instant messaging software, and the print application corresponding to the cloud server obtains the first account information, the second account information, and the third account information, respectively, by authorization of a server corresponding to the instant messaging software.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the cloud printer information includes an identifier capable of identifying uniqueness of the cloud printer, and first extension information related to the cloud printer feature information; and the second extension information related to the cloud printer feature information and the identifier unique to the cloud printer can be used as the updated cloud printer information.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein when the cloud printer information is updated to include the second extension information, a new account is not allowed to be registered in association with the cloud printer through the cloud printer information including the first extension information.

10. A cloud printer sharing apparatus, comprising:

The account login module is used for logging in an account related to the cloud printer; when the account login module logs in a second account, the second account can receive the cloud printer information shared by the first account; wherein the first account and the cloud printer have been registered in association with a cloud server, and the first account is capable of sharing the cloud printer information to the second account; the method for sharing the cloud printer information to the second account on the first terminal logged in by the first account comprises the following steps: a sharing button is displayed on a first terminal interface where a first account is logged in, and after the sharing button is clicked, friend information associated with the first account can be selected;

the account binding application module is used for sending or confirming associated registration information to the cloud server, receiving the cloud printer information shared by the first account, and accordingly performing associated registration on the second account and the cloud printer received by the second account;

the continuous sharing module is used for displaying an operation interface capable of sharing the cloud printer information, and the second account can also continuously share the cloud printing information to friends of the second account based on the received cloud printer information; enabling a third account to receive the cloud printer information shared from the second account.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising: the account sharing setting module is used for uploading configuration information of whether the second account is allowed to continue to share the cloud printer information with other users to the cloud server when the account login module logs in the first account and shares the cloud printer information to the second account on the sharing device logged in by the first account; when the second account is allowed to continue to share the configuration information of the cloud printer information with other users, the sharing device of the second account is logged in, and the continuous sharing module is displayed.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising: the account sharing request module is used for sending a request for continuously sharing the cloud printer information to other accounts to the cloud server through the account sharing request module after the second account receives the cloud printer information shared by the first account when the account login module logs in the second account, the cloud server forwards the request for continuously sharing the cloud printer information to other accounts to the first account, and the sharing device logged in by the second account displays the continuous sharing module when the first account feedbacks and confirms that the second account is allowed to be continuously shared to other accounts.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein after the second account or the third account receives the shared printer information, the account binding application module sends an account that shares the cloud print information, the second account or the third account, and the cloud printer information to the cloud server together to request for association registration.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein when the first account is designated as an administrator account of the cloud printer, the first account is further capable of setting, by the continued sharing management module, whether to allow continued sharing of the cloud printer information based on other accounts sharing cloud printer information; if the first account does not allow a certain account to continuously share the cloud printer information through the continuous sharing management module, obtaining a subsequent account of the cloud printer information based on certain account sharing, and not allowing the subsequent account to be associated with the cloud printer for registration.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the sharing continuation management module is further configured to set whether to allow a time condition corresponding to continuation of sharing the cloud printer information based on another account sharing the cloud printer information.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising: the first account, the second account and the third account are accounts in the instant messaging software respectively, and the print application program corresponding to the cloud server obtains the first account information, the second account information and the third account information respectively through authorization of a server corresponding to the instant messaging software, so that the account login module in the sharing device can log in through the first account information, the second account information or the third account information.

17. The apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 16, wherein the cloud printer information includes an identifier capable of identifying uniqueness of the cloud printer, and first extension information related to the cloud printer feature information; the cloud printer administrator can also take the second extension information related to the cloud printer feature information and the identifier unique to the cloud printer as the updated cloud printer information.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein when the cloud printer information is updated to include the second extension information, a new account is not allowed to be registered in association with the cloud printer through the cloud printer information including the first extension information.

19. A cloud service system, comprising:

the cloud printer sharing device of any of claims 10-18;

a cloud printer, and

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising a social network server corresponding to the instant messaging software, wherein the print application corresponding to the cloud server obtains account information of the instant messaging software through authorization of the social network server corresponding to the instant messaging software.

21. A cloud printer in a cloud service system, comprising:

a communication interface in communication with a cloud server, the communication interface receiving a job to be printed after the cloud printer is registered to the cloud server, the job to be printed coming from an account associated with and registered to the cloud printer in the cloud service system;

wherein the account associated with registration to the cloud printer comprises a first account, a second account, and a third account; the first account is registered to the cloud server in association with the cloud printer, the second account receives the cloud printer information according to the method of any one of claims 1 to 9, and registers the second account to the cloud server in association with the cloud printer according to the method of any one of claims 1 to 9; the third account receives the cloud printer information according to the method of any one of claims 1 to 9, and registers the third account and the cloud printer association with the cloud server according to the method of any one of claims 1 to 9.

22. An electronic device, comprising: the memory, the processor, and the cloud printer sharing device of any of claims 10-18, the cloud printer sharing device comprising one or more software functional modules stored in the memory and executed by the processor.

23. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that the program, when executed, carries out the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 9.