Methods and systems for imaging device credential acceptance
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1. A method for providing single-credential access to a restricted application, said method comprising:
- receiving a sign-on token, at a credential-protected service, directly from a user at an imaging device (IDev), wherein said sign-on token is related to a user credential data table, which relates said sign-on token to accounting server application credential data and sign-on credential data for each of a plurality of credential-protected IDev functions, services and applications and wherein said user credential data table and said credential data are stored and maintained by a single-sign-on server application (SSOSA);
requesting, in response to said receiving, a sign on credential maintained by said SSOSA for said credential-protected service from said SSOSA by sending said sign-on token from said credential-protected service to said SSOSA;
receiving, at said credential-protected service, said sign-on credential for said credential-protected service from said SSOSA;
authenticating said sign-on credential for said credential-protected service at said credential-protected service; and
granting service access for said user to use said credential-protected service based on said authenticating said sign-on credential for said credential-protected service received from said SSOSA.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for eliminating multiple submission of user credential data in a system with multiple distinct restricted sub-systems wherein a unique credential is required for each sub-system.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for providing single-credential access to a restricted application, said method comprising:
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receiving a sign-on token, at a credential-protected service, directly from a user at an imaging device (IDev), wherein said sign-on token is related to a user credential data table, which relates said sign-on token to accounting server application credential data and sign-on credential data for each of a plurality of credential-protected IDev functions, services and applications and wherein said user credential data table and said credential data are stored and maintained by a single-sign-on server application (SSOSA); requesting, in response to said receiving, a sign on credential maintained by said SSOSA for said credential-protected service from said SSOSA by sending said sign-on token from said credential-protected service to said SSOSA; receiving, at said credential-protected service, said sign-on credential for said credential-protected service from said SSOSA; authenticating said sign-on credential for said credential-protected service at said credential-protected service; and granting service access for said user to use said credential-protected service based on said authenticating said sign-on credential for said credential-protected service received from said SSOSA. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for single credential access to a restricted application, said method comprising:
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receiving, at a credential-protected service, a sign-on token directly from a user at an imaging device (IDev), said sign-on token being related to a user credential data table, which relates said sign-on token to sign-on credential data for each of a plurality of IDev functions, services and applications and wherein said user credential data table and said sign-on credential data are stored and maintained by a single-sign-on server application (SSOSA); sending said sign-on token from said credential-protected service to said SSOSA to exchange said sign-on token for sign-on credential data corresponding to said credential-protected service maintained at said SSOSA; receiving, at said credential-protected service, said corresponding sign-on credential data from said SSOSA, in response to receiving said sign-on token at said SSOSA; authenticating said corresponding sign-on credential data at said credential-protected service; and granting credential-protected service access to said user based on said authenticating said corresponding sign-on credential data received from said SSOSA. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for providing single-credential access to a restricted application, said method comprising:
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a token receiver for receiving a sign-on token, at a credential-protected service, directly from a user at an imaging device (IDev), wherein said sign-on token is related to a user credential data table, which relates said sign-on token to accounting server application credential data and sign-on credential data for each of a plurality of credential-protected IDev functions, services and applications and wherein said user credential data table and said credential data are stored and maintained by a single-sign-on server application (SSOSA); a sender for sending said sign-on token from said credential-protected service to said SSOSA in response to said receiving, thereby requesting a sign on credential maintained at said SSOSA for said credential-protected service from said SSOSA; a credential receiver for receiving, at said credential-protected service, said sign-on credential for said credential-protected service from said SSOSA; an authenticator for authenticating said sign-on credential for said credential-protected service at said credential-protected service; and an access grantor for granting service access for said user to use said credential-protected service based on said authenticating said sign-on credential for said credential-protected service received from said SSOSA.
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