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Updating authentication server lists for users accessing shared access devices

  • US 8,363,244 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2007
  • Issued: 01/29/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • preparing a module for use in a networked system accessed by users,said networked system comprising a plurality of networked printing devices connected together through a network,said module comprising a form program comprising an authentication server list,said authentication server list comprising a list of authentication servers which store access rights of said users and instructions related to said authentication server list, andsaid access rights defining which of said networked devices said users have a right to access;

    formatting said module as a document print job;

    forwarding said module, which is formatted as said document print job, essentially simultaneously to each of said networked printing devices along a print job submission path within said network, said formatting being performed such that said document print job conforms to all restraints imposed by said print job submission path on any other document print jobs;

    recognizing, by each of said networked printing devices, said module, which is formatted as said document print job, as a special job to be processed differently than said any other document print jobs; and

    following said recognizing of said module as said special job, updating, by each of said networked printing devices and according to said instructions, authentication server lists within said networked devices using said module.

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