JP7013962B2 - Equipment system, job processing method, information processing device, program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an equipment system, a job processing method, an information processing apparatus, and a program.

Equipment systems using cloud computing are known. For example, a document managed by a user on the cloud can be downloaded to a terminal device at hand, transmitted to a nearby multifunction device, and printed. In addition, a document managed by a user can be registered in a cloud server from a terminal device, and a nearby multifunction device can download the document from the cloud server and print it. In printing using such cloud computing, it is desired that the user can print the document with a simple operation while preventing the printing of another person's document by a third party.

A device system using an access token has been devised in response to such a request (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In Patent Document 1, in response to a request from a user, a server sends an access token authorizing the authority to acquire print data to the user's terminal device, the user gives a print instruction to a logical printer, and the image forming device is sent to the terminal device. When an access token is transmitted from the printer, the image forming apparatus transmits the access token to the server, and the server provides the print data in the logical printer to the image forming apparatus.

However, the printing system described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that a third party may be able to execute a job such as printing. That is, if the access token held in the user's terminal device is eavesdropped, a third party can print another person's document using the access token.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device system capable of suppressing the execution of a job by a third party.

In view of the above problems, the present invention is a device system including a device and an information processing device for transmitting a job to the device.
The device is
The identification information acquisition means for acquiring the identification information of the job execution request source from the terminal device used by the user, the identification information of the job execution request source acquired by the identification information acquisition means, and the device identification information for identifying the device. Is transmitted to the information processing apparatus to acquire information about the job, a job execution means for executing a job acquired by the job acquisition means, and a terminal apparatus and the terminal apparatus used by the user. When a device pairing request is acquired, the request means for requesting the generation of the pairing identification information by transmitting the identification information of the job execution request source and the device identification information to the information processing device, and the request. The means has a first display control means for displaying the identification information of the pairing acquired from the information processing apparatus on the screen .
The information processing device is
The information storage means for storing the identification information of the job execution request source, the device identification information, and the identification information of the job in association with each other, and the information related to the job associated with the identification information of the job are stored. When the device identification information associated with the job storage means and the identification information of the job execution request source received from the device matches the device identification information received from the device, the information about the job is described. The identification information processing means has a job management means to be transmitted to the device and an identification information processing means to generate the pairing identification information and transmit it to the device in response to a request for generating the identification information of the pairing. Verifies the pairing identification information based on the job execution request source identification information and the pairing identification information transmitted from the terminal device .

It is possible to provide a device system that can suppress the execution of a job by a third party.

It is an example of the figure explaining the outline of the operation of the equipment system of this embodiment. It is a block diagram of an example of an information processing system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure explaining the flow of cloud cooperation printing. It is a hardware block diagram of an example of the computer which concerns on this embodiment. It is a hardware block diagram of an example of the image forming apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is an example of the figure explaining the preset setting before executing the job. This is an example of a diagram showing a procedure for the device system to execute a job after pairing is completed. This is an example of a functional block diagram showing the functions of the terminal device, the service providing system, and the multifunction device of the device system in a block shape. It is a figure which shows an example of the pairing data which is stored in the authentication information storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of a user data and a device data. It is a figure which shows an example of the job information stored in a job storage part. This is an example of a sequence diagram showing the operation procedure when the multifunction device is started. This is an example of a sequence diagram when pairing is executed. It is a figure which shows the screen example which is displayed on the display device of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows the screen example which is displayed on the display device of a terminal device. This is an example of a sequence diagram for job registration and job execution. This is an example of a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure at the time of unpairing.

Hereinafter, as an example of the embodiment for carrying out the present invention, the device system 100 and the job processing method performed by the device system 100 will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Outline of operation of equipment system>
FIG. 1 is an example of a diagram illustrating an outline of the operation of the equipment system 100 of the present embodiment. The equipment system 100 includes a service providing system 10, an external print system 40, a terminal device 30 carried by a user, and a multifunction device 20. Note that FIG. 1 describes a case where the multifunction device 20 executes printing as a job.
(1) The user registers a job from the terminal device 30 to the service providing system 10. A job ID (specifically, a command ID described later) is transmitted to the terminal device 30.
(2) The terminal device 30 registers the job ID of the registered job and the eigenvalues of the terminal device 30 in the service providing system 10. The service providing system 10 associates a unique value with the device ID of the multifunction device 20 acquired in advance by a work called pairing described later.
(3) Next, the user wants to output a job to the multifunction device 20 (approach if necessary), and the eigenvalues of the terminal device 30 and the job execution request are set to, for example, Bluetooth Low Energy (registered trademark, hereinafter omitted). Send by short-range wireless communication.
(4) The multifunction device 20 transmits the eigenvalues received from the terminal device 30 and the device ID of the multifunction device 20 owned by the multifunction device 20 to the service providing system 10. The service providing system 10 authenticates the multifunction device 20 depending on whether or not the device ID associated with the unique value transmitted from the multifunction device 20 matches the device ID transmitted from the multifunction device 20. When the authentication is established, the multifunction device 20 acquires the job ID associated with the eigenvalue and sends the job specified by the job ID to the multifunction device 20.
(5) The terminal device 30 executes the received job.

As described above, in the device system 100 of the present embodiment, since the eigenvalue and the device ID are associated with each other in the service providing system 10, even if the eigenvalue is eavesdropped, the multifunction device 20 registered in the service providing system 10 A third party cannot execute the job from other than. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the execution of jobs on the cloud by a third party. Further, since the user only has to perform the operation of executing the job on the terminal device 30, the user can execute the job on the cloud with a simple operation.

Even if the eigenvalues are stolen and executed by a third party on the multifunction device 20 to which the eigenvalues are associated, the third party cannot execute the job if the job has already been executed.

<Terminology>
The identification information of the job execution request source may be any information that identifies or identifies the job execution request source. If the user considers that the job is executed, it is the user ID, and if the terminal device considers that the job is executed, it is the terminal ID. In this embodiment, the term eigenvalues of the terminal device will be described as an example.

The device means a device, an electronic device, a system, a machine, etc. that executes a job. In this embodiment, the term “multifunction device” will be used.

The device identification information of the device is information that identifies or identifies the device. In this embodiment, the term device ID will be used.

Information about a job refers to the information required to execute the job. For example, it refers to print data and parameters (print settings), scan parameters (read settings), and the like.

ID is an abbreviation for Identification and means an identifier or identification information. An ID refers to a name, a code, a character string, a numerical value, or a combination thereof used to uniquely distinguish a specific object from a plurality of objects.

<System configuration>
First, the system configuration of the equipment system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an example of an information processing system according to the present embodiment.

The device system 100 shown in FIG. 2 includes user environments E1 and E2, a service providing environment E3, an external print system 40, and an external storage system 60, and can communicate via a wide area network N1 such as the Internet. It is connected.

The service providing environment E3 is a system providing environment for providing a predetermined service linked with an external service such as a cloud service via the network N1. In the present embodiment, a cloud service will be adopted and described as a specific example of the external service, but the present invention is not limited to this. This embodiment may be applied, for example, to various services provided via a network such as a service provided by an ASP (Application Service Provider) or a Web service.

The service providing environment E3 has a service providing system 10 realized by one or more information processing devices. The service providing system 10 provides a predetermined service via the network N1.

For example, the service providing system 10 provides a printing service (cloud-linked print service) linked with a cloud service (cloud print service) provided by the external print system 40 described later. The service providing system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described as providing such a cloud-linked print service (hereinafter, also simply referred to as “cloud-linked print”).

In addition, all or a part of the service providing system 10 may be installed in the user environment E1. That is, all or a part of the information processing apparatus constituting the service providing system 10 may be included in the user environment E1 or E2.

The user environment E1 is, for example, an environment for providing a system of a company or the like that is a user who uses the multifunction device 20. The user environment E1 is, for example, an environment for providing a system of a company or the like that is a user who uses one or more terminal devices 30 such as a smartphone. The user environment E1 and the user environment E2 are communicably connected via a network N2 such as a LAN (Local Area Network). The user environment E1 and the user environment E2 may be provided as one user environment without distinction.

The multifunction device 20 according to the present embodiment is a device having a plurality of functions such as a print function (print function), a copy function, a scan function, and a fax (FAX) communication function. The multifunction device 20 may be called an MFP (Multifunction Peripheral). The multifunction device 20 may be a printer, a printing device, or an image forming device having a printing function. Further, a scanner having a scanning function or a reading device may be used.

Further, the terminal device 30 is an information processing device that transmits a print request to an external print system that provides a cloud print service in response to a user's print instruction. Further, the terminal device 30 and the composite device 20 are short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), Bluetooth Low Energy, ZigBee (registered trademark), NFC (Near Field Communication), infrared communication, visible light communication, and sonic communication. Communicate with. The terminal device 30 is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a notebook PC, a wearable PC (for example, a wristwatch type, a sunglasses type, etc.) and the like. However, it suffices to have the function of a general information processing device such as the terminal device 30, and may be, for example, a game machine or a car navigation device.

The external print system 40 is a computer system that provides a cloud print service via the network N1. Here, the cloud print service is, for example, a service of transmitting a print job based on a print request transmitted from the terminal device 30 to a device such as a printer registered in advance for printing. Although it is described as an external print system 40, it may be provided as one of the service providing systems 10.

The external storage system 60 is a system that provides an information storage service on the network. The external storage system 60 is realized by one or more information processing devices. In this embodiment, the document of the print job or the read data scanned by the scan job is stored.

The configuration of the device system 100 shown in FIG. 2 is an example, and may be another configuration. For example, the terminal device 30 may not be included in the user environment E1. Further, the terminal device 30 may be connected to the network N1.

<Cloud-linked printing>
The cloud-linked print provided by the service providing system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a flow of cloud-linked printing. In addition, in FIG. 3, it is assumed that the registration for the user to use the cloud print service has been completed.

S1) First, the terminal device 30 issues a print instruction in an application or the like installed in the terminal device 30 in response to the received operation of the user, thereby issuing a print request including print target data or the like to the external print system 40. Send to. The print target data is data to be printed, and examples thereof include document data and image data.

S2) When the external print system 40 receives the print request from the terminal device 30, it generates a print job based on the print request and sends it to the service providing system 10.

S3) Next, when the service providing system 10 receives the print job from the external print system 40, the service providing system 10 saves the print job. In this way, the service providing system 10 stores the print jobs received from the external print system 40.

S4) On the other hand, the multifunction device 20 acquires the print jobs stored in the service providing system 10 in response to the user's operation.

S5) Then, the print data included in the print job is printed. As a result, the user can print on the desired multifunction device 20.

That is, the user can also acquire a print job from the service providing system 10 using the multifunction device 20-1 and print it, or acquire a print job from the service providing system 10 using the multifunction device 20-2. You can also print. As described above, in the cloud-linked printing provided by the service providing system 10 according to the present embodiment, the user can print by the cloud printing service provided by the external printing system 40 using the desired multifunction device 20. can.

Although the printing request is transmitted from the terminal device 30 to the external print system 40 in FIG. 3, the printing request may be transmitted directly from the terminal device 30 to the service providing system 10 (dotted line in FIG. 3). In this case, the service providing system 10 has the function of the external printing system 40.

<Hardware configuration>
Next, the hardware configuration of the service providing system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a hardware configuration diagram of an example of a computer according to the present embodiment.

One or more information processing devices that realize the service providing system 10 according to the present embodiment have the hardware configuration shown in FIG.

The service providing system 10 shown in FIG. 4 has an input device 301, a display device 302, an external I / F 303, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 304. Further, the service providing system 10 has a ROM (Read Only Memory) 305, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 306, a communication I / F 307, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 308, and a short-range wireless communication unit 309. .. Each of these hardware is connected by a bus B.

The input device 301 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, and the like, and is used for the user to input each operation signal. The display device 302 includes a display and the like, and displays the processing result by the service providing system 10. At least one of the input device 301 and the display device 302 may be connected to the bus B and used when necessary.

The communication I / F 307 is an interface for connecting the service providing system 10 to the network N1. As a result, the service providing system 10 can perform data communication via the communication I / F 307.

The HDD 308 is a non-volatile storage device that stores programs and data. The programs and data stored in the HDD 308 include an OS (Operating System) which is basic software for controlling the entire service providing system 10, application software which provides various functions on the OS, and the like.

The service providing system 10 may use a drive device (for example, a solid state drive: SSD) that uses a flash memory as a storage medium instead of the HDD 308. Further, the HDD 308 manages the stored programs and data by a predetermined file system or DB.

The external I / F 303 is an interface with an external device. The external device includes a recording medium 303a and the like. As a result, the service providing system 10 can read and write the recording medium 303a via the external I / F 303. The recording medium 303a includes a flexible disk, a CD, a DVD, an SD memory card, a USB memory, and the like.

The short-range wireless communication unit 309 wirelessly communicates with a partner at a relatively short distance, rather than a mobile phone or the like. For example, communication is performed by Bluetooth (registered trademark), Bluetooth Low Energy, ZigBee (registered trademark), NFC (Near Filed Communication), infrared communication, visible light communication, sonic communication, or the like.

The ROM 305 is a non-volatile semiconductor memory that can hold programs and data even when the power is turned off. The ROM 305 stores programs and data such as BIOS (Basic Input / Output System), OS settings, and network settings that are executed when the service providing system 10 is started. The RAM 304 is a volatile semiconductor memory that temporarily holds programs and data.

The CPU 306 is an arithmetic unit that realizes control and functions of the entire service providing system 10 by reading a program or data from a storage device such as the ROM 305 or the HDD 308 onto the RAM 304 and executing processing.

The one or more information processing devices that realize the service providing system 10 according to the present embodiment can realize various processes as described later by having the hardware configuration shown in FIG. Further, even if the hardware configurations of the terminal device 30 and the external print system 40 according to the present embodiment are the same as or different from those in FIG. 4, there is no problem in the description of the present embodiment.

<< Multifunction device >>
Next, the hardware configuration of the multifunction device 20 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a hardware configuration diagram of an example of the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment.

The multifunction device 20 shown in FIG. 5 includes a controller 210, an operation panel 202, an external I / F 203, a communication I / F 204, a printer 205, and a short-range wireless communication unit 206. Further, the controller 210 has a CPU 211, a RAM 212, a ROM 213, an NVRAM 214, and an HDD 215.

The ROM 213 stores various programs and data. The RAM 212 temporarily holds programs and data. NVRAM 214 stores, for example, setting information and the like. Further, the HDD 215 stores various programs and data.

The CPU 211 realizes control and functions of the entire multifunction device 20 by reading programs, data, setting information, etc. from the ROM 213, NVRAM 214, HDD 215, etc. onto the RAM 212 and executing processing.

The operation panel 202 includes an input unit for receiving input from the user and a display unit for displaying. The external I / F 203 is an interface with an external device. The external device includes a recording medium 203a and the like. As a result, the multifunction device 20 can read and / or write to the recording medium 203a via the external I / F 203. The recording medium 203a includes, for example, an IC card, a flexible disk, a CD, a DVD, an SD memory card, a USB memory, and the like.

The communication I / F 204 is an interface for connecting the multifunction device 20 to the network N2. As a result, the multifunction device 20 can perform data communication via the communication I / F 204.

The printer 205 is a printing device for printing print data on an object to be delivered. The object to be transported is not limited to paper, and may be, for example, an OHP sheet, a plastic film, a copper foil, or the like. The function of the short-range wireless communication unit 206 has the same function as that of the short-range wireless communication unit 309 of FIG.

By having the hardware configuration shown in FIG. 5, the multifunction device 20 according to the present embodiment can realize various processes as described later.

<Presetting>
Before executing a job using the device system 100, the user makes preset settings for the service providing system 10 so that the terminal device 30 being used communicates with the multifunction device 20 so that the multifunction device 20 can execute the job. conduct.

FIG. 6 is an example of a diagram illustrating presetting before executing a job. This presetting is called pairing. Pairing refers to associating (linking, associating, associating) a terminal device 30, a multifunction device 20, and a user.
(1) First, the terminal device 30 signs in to the service providing system 10. Sign-in is an operation that enables access to a computer or network service after confirming the user's identity (user authentication). It may be called login, logon, etc. In this embodiment, sign-in is performed by a known method.
(2) The user operates the application for the device system 100 on the terminal device 30, and when the user selects to start the preset setting from the screen of the application displayed by the terminal device 30, short-range wireless communication with the multifunction device 20 is started. .. FIG. 6 describes a case where communication is performed using Bluetooth Low Energy. Bluetooth Low Energy can communicate without pairing, but pairing improves security. Pairing is a procedure or process in which a master unit and a slave unit register with each other to exchange and save a private key. This pairing is Bluetooth Low Energy pairing, and is a process different from the preset pairing described with reference to FIG. The terminal device 30 notifies the unique value and transmits a pairing request to the multifunction device 20. The eigenvalues may be left as they are or they may be hashed.
(3) When the multifunction device 20 receives the eigenvalue and the pairing request, it transmits the eigenvalue and the device ID of the multifunction device 20 to the service providing system 10 and requests the generation of the pairing code. More specifically, when the short-range wireless communication unit 206 of the multifunction device 20 detects communication by Bluetooth Low Energy, the application running on the multifunction device 20 is automatically started. This application receives the eigenvalue and the pairing request from the terminal device 30 and sends them to the service providing system 10.
(4) The service providing system 10 generates a pairing code and transmits it to the multifunction device 20. The multifunction device 20 displays the pairing code received from the service providing system 10 on the operation panel 202.
(5) The user inputs the pairing code displayed by the multifunction device 20 to the terminal device 30 according to the guidance such as a message displayed on the screen of the terminal device 30.
(6) The terminal device 30 transmits a verification request as to whether or not it is correct to the service providing system 10. The validation request contains the eigenvalues and pairing code. When the combination of the eigenvalue and the pairing code is the same as that grasped by the multifunction device 20 in (3), the verification result is OK. As a result, the terminal device 30, the multifunction device 20, and the user are associated with each other. Details will be described with reference to FIG. When the verification of the pairing code is completed, the terminal device 30 can execute the job from the paired multifunction device 20.

By inputting the pairing code generated by the service providing system 10, spoofing can be prevented. For example, if a third party maliciously attaches the proximity wireless communication device to the back of the multifunction device 20, the terminal device 30 may communicate with another multifunction device 20 that is not the target multifunction device 20, but the multifunction device 20 may be used. Can prevent spoofing by displaying the pairing code.

If there is no risk of the data transmitted by short-range wireless communication (in this case, the device ID of the multifunction device 20) being tampered with, the multifunction device 20 does not input the pairing code to the user, and the multifunction device 20 inputs the device ID. It is transmitted to the terminal device 30. The terminal device 30 transmits the unique value and the device ID to the service providing system 10 together with the pairing request.

However, when this method is performed by Bluetooth Low Energy, when a device that transmits another device ID is attached to the back of the multifunction device 20, the multifunction device 20 and the terminal device 30 that the user does not intend are communicated and associated with each other. .. In the present embodiment, not only the eigenvalues are transmitted and received by short-range wireless communication, but also the multifunction device 20 displays and displays the unique value without transmitting the pairing code acquired by the multifunction device 20 communicating with the service providing system 10. It is possible to prevent spoofing by having a process of inputting.

Since the pairing code becomes unnecessary when the correspondence between the terminal device 30, the multifunction device 20, and the user described in FIG. 6 is completed (it will not be used in the subsequent processing), the service providing system 10 is deleted. May be good.

<Job execution after pairing is completed>
FIG. 7 is an example of a diagram showing a procedure in which the equipment system 100 executes a job after the pairing is completed. Since the execution procedure of the print job is shown in FIG. 1, the execution procedure of the scan job will be described with reference to FIG. 7.
(1) The user registers a job from the terminal device 30 to the external print system 40 or the service providing system 10. The terminal device 30 acquires a job ID (more accurately, a command ID described later) from the external print system 40 or the service providing system 10.
(2) The terminal device 30 associates the job ID of the registered job with the eigenvalue of the terminal device 30 and registers it in the service providing system 10.
(3) Next, the eigenvalues of the terminal device 30 and the job execution request are transmitted by short-range wireless communication to the multifunction device 20 (approaching if necessary) to which the user wants to output a job.
(4) The multifunction device 20 transmits the eigenvalues received from the terminal device 30 and the device ID of the multifunction device 20 owned by the multifunction device 20 to the service providing system 10. The service providing system 10 authenticates the multifunction device 20 depending on whether or not the device ID associated with the unique value transmitted from the multifunction device 20 matches the device ID transmitted from the multifunction device 20. When the authentication is established, the multifunction device 20 acquires the job ID associated with the eigenvalue.
(5) The user places the document on the multifunction device 20 and performs a predetermined operation, and the multifunction device 20 generates image data by scanning the document.
(6) The multifunction device 20 transmits image data together with the job ID to the service providing system 10. The service providing system 10 stores the image data in association with the job ID.
(7) After the job execution request, the terminal device 30 specifies the job ID and monitors the job execution status. This detects the end of the job.
(8) The terminal device 30 acquires and stores the read data transmitted by the multifunction device 20.

<About functions>
FIG. 8 is an example of a functional block diagram showing the functions of the terminal device 30, the service providing system 10, and the multifunction device 20 of the device system 100 in a block shape.

<< Terminal device >>
The terminal device 30 has an operation reception unit 31, a UI control unit 32, a job registration unit 33, an eigenvalue transmission unit 34, and a verification request unit 35. Each of these functions possessed by the terminal device 30 is a function or means realized by the CPU 306 shown in FIG. 4 executing a program expanded from the HDD 308 to the RAM 304.

The operation receiving unit 31 receives various operations of the user with respect to the terminal device 30. The UI control unit 32 generates an operation screen operated by the user and displays it on the display device 302. The UI control unit 32 has a display component for each screen in advance, and displays a file name or the like of a document to be print data on this display component. It also displays information acquired from the external storage system 60 and the external print system 40. When the terminal device 30 executes the browser, the operation screen is provided by the external storage system 60 or the external print system 40.

Further, the UI control unit 32 displays a file in the external storage system 60 or the terminal device 30 on the display device 302, and causes the job registration unit 33 to register the file selected by the user in the external print system 40 as print data. .. Further, the multifunction device 20 and the terminal device 30 display a pairing input screen for carrying out the pairing of the present embodiment, a screen for executing a job, a screen for confirming the result, and the like on the display device 302.

The job registration unit 33 requests the external print system 40 or the service providing system 10 to register a job or acquire a job status. In addition, the service providing system 10 is inquired about the completion of job execution.

The eigenvalue transmission unit 34 transmits the eigenvalues of the terminal device 30 to the multifunction device 20. The eigenvalues may be left as they are or they may be hashed. It may be encrypted for communication, but if it is encrypted, it is decrypted on the image forming apparatus side. As the eigenvalues, for example, a MAC address, a UUID (Universally Unique Identifier), an OS ID of the terminal device 30, and the like can be used. However, the present invention is not limited to these as long as it is unique to the terminal device 30. The terminal device 30 may have a plurality of eigenvalues.

The verification request unit 35 transmits the pairing code input by the user, its own unique value, and the user access token at the time of sign-in to the service providing system 10, and requests the verification of the pairing code. The user access token contains a user ID.

<< Service provision system >>
The service providing system 10 has an account management unit 11 and a job management unit 12. Each of these functions included in the service providing system 10 is a function or means realized by the CPU 306 shown in FIG. 4 executing a program expanded from the HDD 308 to the RAM 304.

Further, the service providing system 10 has an authentication information storage unit 13, a data storage unit 14, and a job storage unit 15 constructed in at least one of the HDD 308 and the RAM 304 shown in FIG. Of these, the data storage unit 14 stores the data to be executed by the job such as the print data 14b or the execution result of the job such as the read data 14a. The authentication information storage unit 13 and the job storage unit 15 will be described later.

The account management unit 11 manages the authentication of the user of the service providing system 10, and manages the pairing of the terminal device 30 with the user and the multifunction device 20. Further, when the multifunction device 20 requests the issuance of a pairing code together with the eigenvalue and the device ID, a pairing code is created and the pairing code is returned to the multifunction device 20. The pairing data 13a associated with the terminal device 30, the user, and the multifunction device 20 is stored in the authentication information storage unit 13.

Further, when the pairing code verification request (including the eigenvalue and the pairing code) is received from the terminal device 30, the eigenvalue is searched from the pairing data 13a, and the pair of the pairing code and the eigenvalue transmitted from the terminal device 30 is obtained. It is confirmed whether or not the pairing code generated in response to the request from the compound machine 20 and the set of eigenvalues match. If they match, they are associated with the Profile ID (an example of user identification information and corresponding to the user ID) of the user data 13c of the requesting user, stored in the pairing data 13a, and the verification result is returned. Further, when the pairing data 13a is requested from the multifunction device 20, the pairing data is returned. Further, the pairing data and the job associating request are received, and the pairing data 13a is associated with the command ID for identifying the job and saved.

The job management unit 12 accepts registration of jobs from the external print system 40, and further manages the status of the jobs. The job information of the registered job is saved in the job storage unit 15. The job to be printed (print data of the document) is received, and the job is returned according to the request from the multifunction device 20. The job management unit 12 stores data such as print data and read data in the data storage unit 14.

(Contents of authentication information storage unit)
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of pairing data 13a stored in the authentication information storage unit 13. 9 (a) to 9 (d) show an example of pairing data 13a. FIG. 9A is the pairing data 13a before the verification is completed, and FIG. 9B is the pairing data 13a after the verification is completed.

In FIG. 9A, the “ID” is an eigenvalue of the terminal device 30 notified when a pairing code generation request is made. "Code" is a pairing code generated by the service providing system 10 (not a pairing code of Bluetooth Low Energy (registered trademark)). The "Device ID" is the identification information (device ID) of the multifunction device 20 that has requested the generation of the pairing code. In the following, when pointing to the information in FIG. 9, the terms “eigenvalue”, “pairing code”, and “device ID” on the right side of “//” indicating the comment line will be described.

As shown in FIG. 9B, when the verification is performed, the user ID of the user of the terminal device 30 requesting the verification is added to the pairing data. The user ID is identification information for identifying or identifying a user. The user ID is used to identify the executor (registrant) of the job. In the present embodiment, instead of the user ID or together with the user ID, the fact that the pairing code has been verified may be set in the pairing data 13a.

FIG. 9C is pairing data after the jobs are associated with each other. That is, it is a state after the terminal device 30 has transmitted the job to the service providing system 10. When the job is associated with the pairing data 13a, the command ID is added and saved. The command ID is always one for the pairing data 13a, and the command ID is overwritten when the user registers the next job. Even if a new job is registered without executing the job, it will be overwritten with the command ID of the latest job. Since the command ID is information that identifies the job, the user can always execute only one job, which makes it easy to prevent a third party from executing the job.

FIG. 9D shows the pairing data 13a associated with the two multifunction devices 20. When the terminal device 30 is paired with a plurality of multifunction devices 20, the device IDs of the paired multifunction devices 20 are listed. Since the user can execute the job if the paired multifunction device 20 is used, the convenience can be improved. Job execution from other than the paired multifunction device 20 is repelled. On the other hand, the pairing code is overwritten with the pairing code at the time of the last pairing. The pairing code is not particularly used and may not be used.

As shown in FIG. 9D, if the pairing data can be used by a plurality of multifunction devices 20, if the eigenvalues of the terminal device 30 are stolen, the pairing has been completed separately from the multifunction device 20 that executed the job. If a malicious third party forges an eigenvalue and sends a job execution request to the multifunction device 20, there is a risk that the job will be stolen.

In order to enhance security, it is preferable that the pairing data 13a does not have a plurality of device IDs and only one is overwritten and saved. Since the job can be executed only by one multifunction device 20, the job is not stolen even if the eigenvalues of the terminal device 30 are stolen. However, when it is desired to execute a job on another multifunction device 20, the user needs to perform pairing before executing the job, which increases the time and effort.

FIG. 10A is an example of user data 13c. The user data 13c is information about the user. The "Profile ID" is the same as that added to the pairing data 13a in FIG. 9B. "Name" is a user's name or nickname. The "Account ID" is an account of the external print system 40, and when the user uses the external print system 40, this account ID is used.

FIG. 10B is an example of device data 13b. The device data 13b is information about the multifunction device 20. The "Device ID" is the same as that set in the pairing data 13a. The "ID" is an eigenvalue of the multifunction device 20, and is a predetermined eigenvalue for each multifunction device 20. The multifunction device 20 notifies the service providing system 10 of this eigenvalue at startup and acquires a device access token. The device ID is included in this device access token. The device access token is authentication information for the multifunction device 20 to communicate with the service providing system 10. "Status" represents the usage status of the service providing system 10 by the multifunction device 20. For example, the multifunction device 20 registered in the service providing system 10 becomes "active", and when it is released from the service providing system 10, it becomes "removed". After the same multifunction device 20 is released, another device ID is assigned when the service providing system 10 is used again.

(Job storage)
Next, the job storage unit 15 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 shows an example of job information stored in the job storage unit 15. Job information is information generated when a job is registered. The example of FIG. 11 is an example of a print job. The "Command ID" is a command ID associated with the pairing data. "Kind" indicates the type of job. The "Profile ID" is the user ID of the user who registered the job. "Status" indicates the status of the job, for example, processing, execution completion, and the like. "Parameters" are printing conditions such as the number of copies and color settings. “Source” indicates the URL of the print data (the storage location of the print data of the data storage unit 14).

(Data storage section)
Next, the data storage unit 14 will be described. The data storage unit 14 has read data 14a and print data 14b. The read data 14a is image data read by the multifunction device 20 by the scanner function. The print data 14b is data to be printed by the multifunction device 20.

<< Multifunction device >>
It will be described back to FIG. The multifunction device 20 has a pairing code request unit 21, a token acquisition unit 22, a job acquisition unit 23, a read control unit 24, a print control unit 25, a UI control unit 26, and an eigenvalue receiving unit 27. Each of these functions possessed by the multifunction device 20 is a function or means realized by the CPU 211 shown in FIG. 5 executing a program expanded from the HDD 215 to the RAM 212 to control the hardware shown in FIG.

The pairing code requesting unit 21 requests the account management unit 11 of the service providing system 10 to generate a pairing code at the time of pairing.

For example, when the multifunction device 20 is started, the token acquisition unit 22 connects the multifunction device 20 to the account management unit 11 of the service providing system 10 and acquires a device access token (including a device ID) from the service providing system 10. Since the device access token is information indicating that the multifunction device 20 has been authenticated, it is always required when communicating with the service providing system 10.

The job acquisition unit 23 acquires a job by transmitting the eigenvalues acquired from the terminal device 30 to the job management unit of the service providing system 10.

The print control unit 25 prints the print data acquired by the job acquisition unit 23 and sent to the print control unit 25. The reading control unit 24 performs reading with the parameter (reading condition of the scanning function) passed from the job acquisition unit 23, and transmits the reading result (reading data) to the result destination of the parameter.

The UI control unit 26 displays a pairing code screen for the user to see the eigenvalues and a job execution screen. A pairing code is requested from the pairing code requesting unit 21 in order to display the pairing code screen. When the job execution screen is displayed, the job acquisition unit 23 is requested to acquire the job and the job is executed.

The eigenvalue receiving unit 27 receives the eigenvalue from the terminal device 30 and notifies the UI control unit 26. It also receives a pairing request.

The external print system 40 is an external print system already used by the user. That is, it is a printing system provided by a business operator different from the service providing system 10. For example, Google Cloud Print (registered trademark) is an example, but other printing systems may be used. In some cases, printer drivers for external print systems are distributed. A virtual printer of a cloud printing system is registered and used in advance in the external printing system. The external print system receives the print request and converts the print data into a printable format. The service providing system 10 may provide a printing system. Notify the converted print data and the parameters specified by the user to the job management unit 12 of the service providing system 10.

The external storage system 60 is a cloud service that stores data. For example, Google Drive (registered trademark), but other services may be used. In the example of the figure, it is described that the terminal device 30 prints the image in the external storage service or uploads the image data which is the reading result, but the data in the terminal device 30 may be printed. , You may save the reading result. In this case, the external storage system 60 is unnecessary.

<Operation procedure>
In the following, the operation of the equipment system 100 will be described by dividing it into several phases.
<< When starting up the multifunction device >>
FIG. 12 is an example of a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure when the multifunction device 20 is started.
S1: The user turns on the main power of the multifunction device 20. In addition, the application of the multifunction device 20 is started. As a result, the multifunction device 20 and the application are started.
S2: The token acquisition unit 22 of the multifunction device 20 transmits a unique value (ID) of the multifunction device 20 to the multifunction device 20 to the account management unit 11 of the service providing system 10 to request a device access token.
S3: The account management unit 11 of the service providing system 10 authenticates the multifunction device 20 with an eigenvalue, generates a device access token, and sends the device access token to the multifunction device 20. The token acquisition unit 22 of the multifunction device 20 acquires a device access token (including a device ID).

<< When pairing is executed >>
FIG. 13 is an example of a sequence diagram at the time of pairing execution. FIG. 14 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display device 302 of the terminal device 30. Prior to the process of FIG. 13, the terminal device 30 and the multifunction device 20 start Bluetooth Low Energy communication. Further, the application is running on the terminal device 30 and the multifunction device 20.

S11: The user inputs, for example, a user ID and a password into the terminal device 30, and performs an operation of signing in to the service providing system 10. The operation reception unit 31 of the terminal device 30 accepts this operation and sends it to the UI control unit 32. When the sign-in is completed, the pairing request screen shown in FIG. 14A is displayed.

S12: The UI control unit 32 of the terminal device 30 transmits an OAuth authentication request to the account management unit 11 of the service providing system 10 via the verification request unit 35. General authentication of user ID and password may be used.

S13: The service providing system 10 performs OAuth authentication processing using an external service and an external account, and returns a user access token.

S14: The verification request unit 35 of the terminal device 30 acquires the eigenvalue 36 of the own machine, and if necessary, performs hashing and encryption.

S15: The user presses the start button on the pairing request screen. As a result, pairing is started. It should be noted that the terminal device 30 may communicate with the service providing system 10 at the start of pairing and prompt the user to sign in when he / she is not signed in. Therefore, the sign-in in step S11 may be omitted. By pressing the start button, the guide screen of FIG. 14B is displayed.

S16: The eigenvalue transmission unit 34 of the terminal device 30 transmits a pairing request together with the eigenvalues to the eigenvalue reception unit 27 of the multifunction device 20.

S17: The eigenvalue receiving unit 27 of the multifunction device 20 receives the pairing request including the eigenvalue and sends it to the UI control unit 26. The UI control unit 26 sends an eigenvalue and a device access token held by the token acquisition unit 22 to the pairing code request unit 21. The pairing code requesting unit 21 of the multifunction device 20 requests the pairing code by transmitting the unique value and the device access token to the account management unit 11 of the service providing system 10.

S18: The account management unit 11 of the service providing system 10 receives the pairing code generation request, generates the pairing code, and reads the unique value, the pairing code, and the device access token into the pairing data 13a. Is set and saved in the authentication information storage unit 13. Further, the pairing code is transmitted to the multifunction device 20.

S19: The UI control unit 26 of the multifunction device 20 displays the pairing code on the operation panel 202. FIG. 15 shows a display example of the pairing code.

S20: The UI control unit 26 of the terminal device 30 displays the pairing code input screen after completing the transmission of the pairing request in step S15. FIG. 14C shows an example of the pairing code input screen.

S21: The user inputs the pairing code displayed on the multifunction device 20 to the pairing code input screen of the terminal device 30. The operation reception unit 31 accepts the input of the pairing code.

S22: The UI control unit 32 of the terminal device 30 requests the verification request unit 35 to verify the input pairing code, and the verification request unit 35 requests the user access token, the unique value of the own machine, and the input pairing code. Is transmitted to the account management unit 11 of the service providing system 10.

S23: The account management unit 11 of the service providing system 10 searches for the pairing data 13a stored in the authentication information storage unit 13 by the unique value received from the terminal device 30, retrieves it, and sets the pair in the pairing data 13a. It is verified whether the ring code and the pairing code received from the terminal device 30 are the same. If they are the same, the Profile ID included in the user access token is added to the pairing data 13a and saved. When another user tries to perform pairing using the same terminal device 30, it detects that the eigenvalue is already associated with another Profile ID and determines that the pairing has failed. The account management unit 11 transmits the verification result (success, failure) to the terminal device 30.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display device of the terminal device 30. FIG. 14A shows a pairing request screen 501. The pairing request screen 501 has a start button 502. When the user presses the start button 502, the guide screen 511 of FIG. 14B is displayed. The guide screen 511 of FIG. 14B has a message 512 "Please bring it closer to the MFP to be printed".

FIG. 14C shows an example of the pairing code input screen 521. The pairing code input screen 521 has a pairing code input field 522 and an OK button 523. The pairing code input field 522 is a pairing code input field, and the OK button 523 is a button for transmitting the pairing code to the service providing system 10.

FIG. 15 shows a pairing code display screen 531 displayed on the operation panel 202 by the multifunction device 20. The pairing code display screen 531 is a screen for displaying the pairing code generated by the service providing system 10.

<< When executing a job >>
FIG. 16 is an example of a sequence diagram at the time of job registration and job execution.

S31: When printing, the user inputs to the terminal device 30 an operation of selecting print data to be printed from the external storage system 60. The operation reception unit 31 of the terminal device 30 accepts this operation. The user can also select from the files stored in the terminal device 30.

S32: When acquiring from the external storage system 60, the UI control unit 32 of the terminal device 30 requests the file from the external storage system 60.

S33: The external storage system 60 returns the specified file to the terminal device 30.

S34: The user sets the parameters of the job to be executed in the terminal device 30. For printing, the number of copies, color / monochrome, etc. are set, and for scanning, the resolution, etc. are set. The operation reception unit 31 of the terminal device 30 accepts these operations.

S35: The user presses the job execution button displayed on the terminal device 30. The operation reception unit 31 accepts this operation.

S36: The job registration unit 33 of the terminal device 30 reads out the eigenvalue 36 of the own machine, and hashes and encrypts it as necessary, as in the case of pairing.

Next, the job registration procedure will be described. Steps S37 to S42 are executed when the external print system 40 is used.
S37: When the job is printing and the external print system 40 is used, the job registration unit 33 of the terminal device 30 has set parameters, eigenvalues, and a user access token for using the external print system 40. And send the job registration request to the external print system.

S38: Upon receiving the job registration request, the external print system 40 converts the document file into print data, and sends a job notification to the service providing system 10 together with parameters, eigenvalues, and a user access token.

S39: Further, the external print system 40 transmits the job ID of the job created by the accepted job registration to the terminal device 30. The job ID is the identification information for identifying the job in the external print system 40, and the command ID is the identification information for identifying the job in the service providing system 10.

S40: The job management unit 12 of the service providing system 10 generates job information from the information received from the external print system 40, and generates a command ID. At this point, the command ID is not registered in the pairing data 13a, but it may be registered at this point.

S41: The job registration unit 33 of the terminal device 30 specifies a job ID and requests the job management unit 12 of the service providing system 10 to acquire job information together with the user access token.

S42: The job management unit 12 of the service providing system 10 returns the command ID generated in step S40 specified by the user access token to the terminal device 30 as job information. The command ID may be specified by an eigenvalue or a job ID.

The job registration procedure when the external print system 40 is not used will be described in steps S43 to S45.

S43: When the external print system 40 is not used, or in the case of a scan job, the job registration unit 33 of the terminal device 30 directly requests the service providing system 10 to register the job with the user access token and the parameter.

S44: The job management unit 12 of the service providing system 10 generates job information from the information received from the terminal device 30, and generates a command ID. At this point, the command ID is not registered in the pairing data 13a, but it may be registered at this point.

S45: The job management unit 12 of the service providing system 10 returns a command ID to the terminal device 30.

Subsequently, the terminal device 30 associates the job with the pairing data 13a. That is, the command ID is registered.

S46: The job registration unit 33 of the terminal device 30 transmits the command ID, the eigenvalues, and the user access token to the service providing system 10 and requests the association thereof.

S47: When the job management unit 12 of the service providing system 10 is requested to associate the eigenvalue with the job, the saved pairing data 13a is searched for and acquired by the eigenvalue.

S48: Next, the job management unit 12 adds a command ID to the pairing data 13a and sets it. As a result, one job is associated with the pairing data 13a.

If the user is already near the multifunction device 20, the job is executed as it is. At this time, the multifunction device 20 may display a screen for accepting the execution of the job. If the user is not near the multifunction device 20, the user approaches the multifunction device 20 after registering the job and causes the terminal device 30 to execute the job.

S49: The eigenvalue transmission unit 34 of the terminal device 30 transmits the eigenvalues to the multifunction device 20 by short-range wireless communication (Bluetooth Low Energy in the figure), and requests job execution. Regarding which multifunction device 20 to perform proximity wireless communication, the one with the shortest distance may be automatically selected from the signal strength (RSSI: Received Signal Strength Indication), or a list of candidates may be displayed. You may let the user choose.

S50: The eigenvalue receiving unit 27 of the multifunction device 20 sends a job execution request including the device access token and the eigenvalue to the UI control unit 26. The UI control unit 26 sends an eigenvalue to the job acquisition unit 23, and the job acquisition unit 23 sends an acquisition request for pairing data 13a to the account management unit 11 of the service providing system 10.

S51: The job management unit 12 of the service providing system 10 searches for the pairing data 13a using the eigenvalues, and transmits the pairing data 13a to the multifunction device 20. At this time, the device ID included in the device access token and the device ID included in the pairing data are compared, and if the device IDs are different, no authority (that it cannot be executed) is returned. That is, the job request is authenticated by the device ID.

S52: The job acquisition unit 23 of the multifunction device 20 reads the command ID from the acquired pairing data 13a, and sends a job acquisition request together with the device access token to the job management unit 12 of the service providing system 10.

S53: The job management unit 12 of the service providing system 10 searches for the corresponding job information by the received command ID and sends it to the multifunction device 20.

The processing of steps S50 to S53 can also be performed by a procedure in which the multifunction device 20 sends an eigenvalue and a device access token to the service providing system 10, and the service providing system 10 searches for job information and returns job information. It is also possible to omit the location where the service providing system 10 transmits the pairing data 13a to the multifunction device 20.

S54: The job acquisition unit 23 sends job information including parameters to the read control unit 24 or the print control unit 25 based on the type of acquired job information, and causes the job to be executed. Since the print control unit 25 of the multifunction device 20 notifies the service providing system 10 that the job has been executed, the execution completion is set in the "Status" of the job information 15a specified by the command ID.

If the job is print, the user retrieves the printed matter. If the job is a scan, the following processing is continued. Steps S55 to S60 show processing procedures in the case of a scan job.
S55: When executing the scan job, the read control unit 24 uploads the read data (image data) to the upload destination described in the received parameter together with the device access token and the command ID. As a result, execution completion is set in the "Status" of the job information 15a specified by the command ID.

S56: On the other hand, the job registration unit 33 of the terminal device 30 requests the job execution by short-range wireless communication, then notifies the command ID registered to the job management unit 12 of the service providing system 10 and acquires the job information.

S57: The job management unit 12 of the service providing system 10 monitors the job information 15a with the acquired command ID, and transmits the job status to the terminal device 30. The processing of steps S56 and S57 is repeated until the job status is the execution completion.

S58: When it is detected that the job is completed, the job registration unit 33 of the terminal device 30 accesses the upload destination of the read data described in the parameter.

S59: The job management unit 12 of the service providing system 10 acquires the read data specified by the upload destination URL from the data storage unit 14 and transmits it to the terminal device 30.

S60: The job registration unit 33 of the terminal device 30 stores the read data in the external storage system 60. It should be noted that the terminal device 30 may simply store it. Further, the UI control unit 32 of the terminal device 30 may display on the screen that the job has been completed and the reading result.

<< Unpairing >>
If the pairing data 13a remains in the service providing system 10, there is a possibility that another person can execute the job when the terminal device 30 is used by another person. For example, if there is a terminal device 30 shared within the company, or if the terminal device 30 is resold, such a situation can occur. Therefore, the deletion of the pairing data 13a will be described below.

FIG. 17 is an example of a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure at the time of unpairing. The authentication process in steps S71 to S73 may be the same as at the time of pairing.

S74: The user inputs the operation of unpairing to the terminal device 30. For example, select Unpair from the app menu.

S75: The UI control unit 32 of the terminal device 30 transmits a pairing cancellation request together with the user access token to the account management unit 11 of the service providing system 10.

S76: The account management unit 11 of the service providing system 10 retrieves the user ID (ProfileID) included in the user access token, and searches for the pairing data 13a including the user ID.

S77: The account management unit 11 deletes the pairing data 13a found in the search.
By doing so, it is possible to eliminate the state in which the pairing data 13a remains in the service providing system 10 and there is a possibility that another person may execute the job.

<Summary>
As described above, since the device system 100 of the present embodiment authenticates the job execution source with the device ID of the multifunction device 20 and the eigenvalues of the terminal device 30, it is possible to suppress the execution of the job on the cloud by a third party. .. Further, since the user only has to perform the operation of executing the job on the terminal device 30, the user can execute the job on the cloud with a simple operation. Even if a third party executes the eigenvalue on the multifunction device 20 to which the eigenvalue is associated, even if the eigenvalue is stolen, the job cannot be executed if the job has already been executed.

<Other application examples>
Although the best mode for carrying out the present invention has been described above with reference to examples, the present invention is not limited to these examples, and various modifications are made without departing from the gist of the present invention. And substitutions can be made.

Further, the configuration example shown in FIG. 8 is divided according to the main functions in order to facilitate the understanding of the processing of the terminal device 30, the service providing system 10, and the multifunction device 20. The present invention is not limited by the method of dividing the processing unit or the name. Further, the processing of the terminal device 30, the service providing system 10, and the multifunction device 20 can be further divided into more processing units according to the processing contents. Further, one processing unit can be divided so as to include more processing.

Further, a plurality of service providing systems 10 may exist, or the functions of the plurality of service providing systems 10 may be distributed to a plurality of server devices. For example, the service providing system 10 may not have the authentication information storage unit 13, the data storage unit 14, and the job storage unit 15 as long as they are connected to the network N1.

The unique value receiving unit 27 is an example of identification information acquisition means, the job acquisition unit 23 is an example of job acquisition means, and the print control unit 25 or read control unit 24 is an example of job execution means, and authentication information is stored. The unit 13 is an example of information storage means, the job storage unit 15 is an example of job storage means, and the job management unit 12 is an example of job management means. The pairing code request unit 21 is an example of the request means, the UI control unit 26 is an example of the first display control means, the account management unit 11 is an example of the identification information processing means, and the UI control unit 32 is the first. The second display control means is an example, and the operation reception unit 31 is an example of the reception means.

10 Service provision system 13a Pairing data 20 Multifunction device 30 Terminal device 40 External print system 60 External storage system 100 Equipment system

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Claims (11)

A device system having a device and an information processing device for transmitting a job to the device.
The device is
Identification information acquisition means for acquiring identification information of the job execution request source from the terminal device used by the user,
A job acquisition means for acquiring information about the job by transmitting the identification information of the job execution request source acquired by the identification information acquisition means and the device identification information for identifying the device to the information processing apparatus.
A job execution means that executes a job acquired by the job acquisition means, and a job execution means.
When a pairing request between the terminal device and the device is acquired from the terminal device used by the user, the identification information of the job execution request source and the device identification information are transmitted to the information processing device to identify the pairing. The means of requesting the generation of information and
The requesting means has a first display control means for displaying the identification information of the pairing acquired from the information processing apparatus on the screen .
The information processing device is
An information storage means for storing the identification information of the job execution request source, the device identification information, and the job identification information in association with each other.
A job storage means for storing information related to the job associated with the identification information of the job, and
When the device identification information associated with the identification information of the job execution request source received from the device matches the device identification information received from the device, a job of transmitting information about the job to the device. Management means and
It has an identification information processing means for generating the identification information of the pairing and transmitting the identification information of the pairing to the apparatus in response to the request for generating the identification information of the pairing .
The identification information processing means is a device system that verifies the identification information of the pairing based on the identification information of the execution request source of the job and the identification information of the pairing transmitted from the terminal device . The terminal device that has transmitted the pairing request has a second display control means that displays a screen that accepts input of the pairing identification information.
It has a receiving means for accepting input of the identification information of the pairing to the screen.
The device system according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing means for identifying the information processing device acquires the identification information of the pairing received by the receiving means from the terminal device. When the identification information processing means verifies that the combination of the identification information of the job execution request source and the pairing identification information transmitted from the terminal device is correct, the identification of the job execution request source to that effect. The device system according to claim 2 , wherein the information and the device identification information are associated with each other and stored in the information storage means as pairing data. When the job management means of the information processing apparatus receives registration of a job from the terminal device together with the identification information of the execution request source of the job, the job is added to the pairing data having the identification information of the execution request source of the job. Register the identification information of the job to identify
The third aspect of claim 3 , wherein the information regarding the job of the identification information of the job registered in the pairing data having the identification information of the execution request source of the job received from the device is transmitted to the device. Equipment system. The identification information processing means registers in one pairing data the device identification information of a plurality of the devices requested to generate the identification information of the pairing.
When the pairing data having the identification information of the execution request source of the job received from the device includes the device identification information transmitted by the device, the job management means transfers information about the job to the device. The device system according to claim 4 , wherein the device is transmitted. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the identification information processing means registers only the device identification information of the last device for which the generation of the pairing identification information is requested in one pairing data. system. The device system according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the identification information of the job execution request source is information unique to the terminal device. User identification information that identifies the user of the terminal device is registered in the pairing data.
Claims 3 to 6 are characterized in that when the terminal device requests deletion of the pairing data together with the user identification information, the identification information processing means deletes the pairing data including the user identification information. The equipment system according to any one of the above items. It is a job processing method performed by a device system having a device and an information processing device that transmits a job to the device.
The device is
The step in which the identification information acquisition means acquires the identification information of the job execution request source from the terminal device used by the user, and
A step in which the job acquisition means transmits the identification information of the job execution request source acquired by the identification information acquisition means and the device identification information for identifying the device to the information processing apparatus to acquire information about the job. ,
The step in which the job execution means executes the job acquired by the job acquisition means, and
When the requesting means acquires a pairing request between the terminal device and the device from the terminal device used by the user, the information processing device is transmitted with the identification information of the job execution request source and the device identification information. A step that requests the generation of pairing identification information, and
The first display control means includes a step of displaying on the screen the identification information of the pairing acquired by the requesting means from the information processing apparatus .
The information processing device is
The information storage means for storing the identification information of the job execution request source, the device identification information, and the identification information of the job in association with each other, and the information related to the job associated with the identification information of the job are stored. With reference to job storage means,
When the device identification information associated with the identification information of the execution request source of the job received from the device matches the device identification information received from the device, the job management means obtains the information about the job. Steps to send to the device and
The identification information processing means has a step of generating the identification information of the pairing and transmitting the identification information of the pairing to the apparatus in response to the request for generating the identification information of the pairing.
The identification information processing means is a job processing method for verifying the identification information of the pairing based on the identification information of the execution request source of the job and the identification information of the pairing transmitted from the terminal device . Identification information acquisition means for acquiring identification information of the job execution request source from the terminal device used by the user,
A job acquisition means for acquiring information about the job by transmitting the identification information of the job execution request source acquired by the identification information acquisition means and the device identification information for identifying the device to the information processing apparatus.
A job execution means that executes a job acquired by the job acquisition means, and a job execution means.
When a pairing request between the terminal device and the device is acquired from the terminal device used by the user, the identification information of the job execution request source and the device identification information are transmitted to the information processing device to identify the pairing. The means of requesting the generation of information and
An information processing device that communicates with a device having a first display control means for displaying the pairing identification information acquired from the information processing device on a screen by the requesting means via a network.
An information storage means for storing the identification information of the job execution request source, the device identification information, and the job identification information in association with each other.
A job storage means for storing information related to the job associated with the identification information of the job, and
When the device identification information associated with the identification information of the job execution request source received from the device matches the device identification information received from the device, a job of transmitting information about the job to the device. Management means and
It has an identification information processing means for generating the identification information of the pairing and transmitting the identification information of the pairing to the apparatus in response to the request for generating the identification information of the pairing .
The identification information processing means is an information processing device that verifies the identification information of the pairing based on the identification information of the execution request source of the job and the identification information of the pairing transmitted from the terminal device. Identification information acquisition means for acquiring identification information of the job execution request source from the terminal device used by the user,
A job acquisition means for acquiring information about the job by transmitting the identification information of the job execution request source acquired by the identification information acquisition means and the device identification information for identifying the device to the information processing apparatus.
A job execution means that executes a job acquired by the job acquisition means, and a job execution means.
When a pairing request between the terminal device and the device is acquired from the terminal device used by the user, the identification information of the job execution request source and the device identification information are transmitted to the information processing device to identify the pairing. The means of requesting the generation of information and
A first display control means for displaying the pairing identification information acquired from the information processing apparatus by the requesting means on a screen, and an information processing apparatus for communicating with the device having the pairing via a network.
An information storage means for storing the identification information of the job execution request source, the device identification information, and the job identification information in association with each other.
A job storage means for storing information related to the job associated with the identification information of the job, and
When the device identification information associated with the identification information of the job execution request source received from the device matches the device identification information received from the device, a job of transmitting information about the job to the device. Management means and
It functions as an identification information processing means for generating the identification information of the pairing and transmitting it to the device in response to the request for generating the identification information of the pairing .
The identification information processing means is a program for verifying the identification information of the pairing based on the identification information of the execution request source of the job and the identification information of the pairing transmitted from the terminal device .

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