METHOD OF PAIRING BETWEEN A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER OF A DEVICE FOR DIGITIZING DOCUMENTS AND A USER ACCOUNT IDENTIFIER

• US 20140362417A1
• Filed: 12/19/2012
• Published: 12/11/2014
• 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, Frdric
• Granted Patent: US 10,057,453 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/402
• 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 digitisation 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 digitisation 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

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. A method for pairing between a unique identifier of a document digitisation device and an identifier of user account within an online service, said method being implemented by said document digitisation device, a fleet management service serving as a relay between said document digitisation device and said online service, wherein the method comprises:

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

sending the document in digital form to said fleet management service;

awaiting reception of a pairing confirmation; and

receiving the pairing confirmation from the fleet management service.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method is automatically triggered when said document digitisation device is brought into service.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method is triggered by an action by the user.

15. The method according to claim 12, 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 document digitisation device.

16. The method according to claim 12, 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.

17. A method of pairing between a unique identifier of a document digitisation device and an identifier of user account within an online service, a fleet management service serving as a relay between said document digitisation device and said online service, said method being implemented by said fleet management service, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, from the online service, a record relating to a subscription of a user;

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

receiving a document in digital form containing the identifier of a user account in the form of a printable code;

decoding the code contained in the received document;

generating an association between the unique identifier of the document digitisation device and the identifier of the user account; and

sending a pairing confirmation to the document digitisation device.

18. The method according to claim 17, 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.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein generating the association between the unique identifier of the document digitisation device and the identifier of the user account comprises checking that the decoded account identifier corresponds to a stored record.

20. The method according to claim 17, 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.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein generating the association between the unique identifier of the document digitisation device and the identifier of the user account comprises checking that the decoded account identifier corresponds to a stored record.

22. The method according to claim 17, wherein generating the association between the unique identifier of the document digitisation device and the identifier of the user account comprises checking that the decoded account identifier corresponds to a stored record.

23. A system comprising a document digitisation device, the document digitisation device having a unique device identifier and comprising:

means for triggering a pairing between the unique identifier of the document digitisation device and an identifier of user account within an online service; and

means for reading a document comprising an identifier of a user account within an online service in the form of a printable code;

wherein, the system further comprising a fleet management service intended to serve as a relay between the document digitisation device and the online service, the document digitisation device further comprises;

means for sending the document in digital form to the fleet management service;

means for awaiting reception of a pairing confirmation; and

means for receiving a pairing confirmation from the fleet management service.

24. The system according to claim 23, wherein the fleet management service comprises:

means for receiving, from the online service, a record relating to a subscription of a user;

means for storing the received record, including an identifier of user account;

means for receiving a document in digital form containing an identifier of a user account in the form of a printable code;

means for decoding the code contained in the received document;

means for generating an association between the unique identifier of the document digitisation device and the identifier of user account; and

means for sending a pairing confirmation to the document digitisation device.