Method of pairing between a unique identifier of a device for digitizing documents and a user account identifier

• US 10,057,453 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2012
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sagemcom Documents SAS (Sagemcom Holding SAS)
• Original Assignee: Sagemcom Documents SAS (Sagemcom Holding SAS)
• Inventors: Dupas, Frederic
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Dung D
• Application Number:
  US14/367,703
• Publication Number:
  US 20140362417A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,071 Days
• Field of Search: 358 16, 358 328, 358 113, 358 115, 358 118, 358403, 358401, 358402, 358406, 358407, 358443, 358442, 358470, 358471, 358305, 358396, 382305, 382306, 382312, 382317, 382321, 707758, 707781, 707667, 707 1, 715205, 715210, 715750, 715735, 715737, 715741, 715745, 715747, 715866, 709238, 709244, 709231
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of methods for associating a document digitization device with a user account within an online service. The invention describes a method of pairing wherein the online service generates a digital document containing the identifier of the user account in the form of a printable code. This document is then read by the device and dispatched by the device to the management service. The management service receiving a message which contains an identifier of the digitization device and the document containing a printable code of the identifier of the user account can decode this identifier and store the association between the two identifiers.

Claims

1. A method for pairing between a unique identifier of a scanner and an identifier of user account within an online service, said method being implemented by said scanner and a fleet management service serving as a relay between said scanner and said online service, the method comprising:

reading, by the scanner, a document comprising the identifier of the user account within the online service in the form of a printable code;

sending, by the scanner, to said fleet management service a message comprising;

(1) the unique identifier of the scanner, and (2) the document in digital form containing the identifier of the user account, wherein upon receipt of the message, the fleet management service (A) obtains the identifier of the user account from the document, (B) associates the identifier of the user account with the unique identifier of the scanner, (C) sends a pairing confirmation to the scanner;

receiving, from the fleet management service, the pairing confirmation between the unique identifier of the scanner and the user account from the fleet management service; and

only after receiving the pairing confirmation, redirecting subsequent messages sent by said scanner to the fleet management service directly to said online service and automatically associating the subsequent messages with said user account.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is automatically triggered when said scanner is brought into service.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is triggered by an action by the user.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein reading the document comprising the identifier of the user account within the online service in the form of a printable code is performed using a document digitisation function included in the scanner.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein reading a document comprising the identifier of the user account within the online service in the form of a printable code is performed by reading a digital document stored on a peripheral connected to the device.

6. A method of pairing between a unique identifier of a scanner and an identifier of a user account within an online service, a fleet management service serving as a relay between said scanner and said online service, said method being implemented by said fleet management service and comprising:

receiving, by the fleet management service from the online service, a record relating to a subscription of a user, the record comprising the identifier of the user account;

storing the received record, including the identifier of the user account;

receiving, from the scanner, a message comprising (1) a document, scanned by the scanner, in digital form containing the identifier of the user account in the form of a printable code, and (2) the unique identifier of the scanner;

decoding, by the fleet management service, the printable code contained in the received document in order to obtain the identifier of the user account;

generating, by the fleet management service, an association between the unique identifier of the scanner and the identifier of the user account obtained by the decoding; and

sending, by the fleet management service, a pairing confirmation to the scanner,

wherein, after generating the association between the unique identifier of the scanner and the identifier of the user account, subsequent messages sent by said scanner to the fleet management service are redirected to said online service and associated with the user account corresponding to the identifier of the user account.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein decoding the code contained in the received document uses optical character recognition for finding the identifier of the user account, the latter being encoded in the form of characters.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein generating the association between the unique identifier of the scanner and the identifier of the user account comprises checking that the decoded account identifier corresponds to a stored record.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein decoding the code contained in the received document comprises reading a barcode for finding the identifier of the user account, the latter being encoded in the form of a barcode.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein generating the association between the unique identifier of the scanner and the identifier of the user account comprises checking that the decoded user account identifier corresponds to a stored record.

11. The method according to claim 6, wherein generating the association between the unique identifier of the scanner and the identifier of the user account comprises checking that the decoded account identifier corresponds to a stored record.

12. A system comprising:

a scanner having a unique device identifier, the scanner;

triggers a pairing between the unique identifier of the scanner and an identifier of user account within an online service; and

reads a document comprising an identifier of a user account within an online service in the form of a printable code; and

a fleet management service that serves as a relay between the scanner and the online service,

wherein the scanner further;

sends a message comprising;

(1) the unique identifier of the scanner, and (2) the document in digital form containing the identifier of the user account to the fleet management service, wherein upon receipt of the message, the fleet management service (A) obtains the identifier of the user account from the document, (B) associates the identifier of the user account with the unique identifier of the scanner, (C) sends a pairing confirmation to the scanner;

receives, from the fleet management service, the pairing confirmation between the unique identifier of the document digitisation device and the user account from the fleet management service,

only after receiving the pairing confirmation, redirects subsequent messages sent by said scanner to the fleet management service directly to said online service and automatically associates the subsequent messages with said user account.

13. A system comprising a scanner and a fleet management service that serves as a relay between the scanner and an online service, wherein the fleet management service is configured to:

receive, from the online service, a record relating to a subscription of a user and comprising an identifier of a user account within the online service;

store the received record, including the identifier of the user account;

receive, from the scanner, a message comprising (1) a document, scanned by the scanner, in digital form containing an identifier of the user account in the form of a printable code, and (2) a unique identifier of the scanner;

decode the code contained in the received document in order to find the identifier of the user account;

generate an association between the unique identifier of the scanner and the identifier of the user account obtained by decoding; and

send a pairing confirmation to the scanner,

wherein, after generating the association between the unique identifier of the scanner and the identifier of the user account, subsequent messages sent by said scanner to the fleet management service are redirected to said online service and associated with the user account corresponding to the identifier of the user account.