Management service to manage a file

• US 9,462,080 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2012
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Lesage, Philippe
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Viet
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chambers, Michael A
• Application Number:
  US13/457,739
• Publication Number:
  US 20130290477A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,621 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/226, 713/193, 707/694, 707/703
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A method to manage a file is provided herein. The method includes use of a management service that receives the file from a peripheral device. The management service determines at least one file destination associated with a web-based service for the file. The management service transmits the file to at least one file destination with an application programming interface associated with the web-based service and an authorization stored on the management service.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, with a management service in a computer system, a file from a web-connected peripheral device associated with a user of the management service;

receiving, by the management service, a user preference input by the user of the management service, the user preference specifying a selection of a first web-based service from a plurality of web-based services that provide respective destination storage locations;

adding, by the management service, the user preference into a user account of the management service, the added user preference including information relating to the selected first web-based service of the plurality of web-based services;

linking a user account of the selected first web-based service with the user account of the management service, wherein the user account of the selected first web-based service is associated with the user and is distinct from the user account of the management service;

determining, with the management service using the information relating to the selected first web-based service in the user account of the management service the destination storage location provided by the first web-based service for the file, the management service including a first application programming interface associated with the first web-based service; and

transmitting, using the first application programming interface based on the linking of the user account of the selected first web-based service and the user account of the management service, the file to the determined destination storage location using an authorization stored by the management service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the file to a plurality of distinct destination storage locations, in response to the information in the user account of the management service identifying multiple web-based services of the plurality of web-based services, the method further comprising:

linking the user account of the management service to the user'"'"'s user accounts of the multiple web-based services.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising connecting the management service to the plurality of web-based services, each of the plurality of web-based services associated with a respective application programming interface in the management service.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a notification of the transmitting of the file to the determined destination storage location.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of web-based services are associated with respective application programming interfaces included in the management service.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the file to the determined destination storage location comprises transmitting the file to the first web-based service that stores the file at the determined destination storage location.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the authorization is included in the user account of the management service, and the authorization includes authorization information of the user account of the first web-based service, the authorization information of the user account of the first web-based service used to verify access to the first web-based service.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the authorization information includes a user name and password of the user that has the user account with the first web-based service.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting up the user account of the management service in response to user activation.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the file comprises transmitting the file using the user account of the management service to the user account of the selected first web-based service.

5. A system comprising:

a management device comprising at least one processor, a management service, and at least one application programming interface associated with a first web-based service, the management service executable on the at least one processor to;

receive, over a network, a file from a peripheral device associated with a user of the management service;

receive a user preference input by the user of the management service, the user preference specifying a selection of the first web-based service from a plurality of web-based services that provide respective destination storage locations;

add the user preference into a user account of the management service, the added user preference including information relating to the selected first web-based service of the plurality of web-based services, wherein the adding of the user preference into the user account of the management service comprises linking a user account of the selected first web-based service with the user account of the management service, the user account of the first web-based service being distinct from the user account of the management service;

determine, based on the information relating to the selected first web-based service in the user account of the management service, the destination storage location provided by the first web-based service; and

transmit the file, using the application programming interface, to the determined destination storage location using an authorization stored by the management service.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the peripheral device comprises a scanning device.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the management device comprises a server.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the management service is executable on the at least one processor to provide a notification relating to the transmitting of the file to the determined destination storage location.

9. The system of claim 5, further comprising a data store to store at least one of the file and the at least one application programming interface.

16. The system of claim 5, wherein the transmitting of the file to the determined destination storage location comprises transmitting the file to the first web-based service that stores the file at the determined destination storage location.

17. The system of claim 5, wherein the authorization is included in the user account of the management service, and the authorization includes authorization information of the user account of the first web-based service, the authorization information of the user account of the first web-based service useable to verify access to the first web-based service.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the authorization information includes a user name and password of the user that has the user account with the first web based service.

22. The system of claim 5, wherein the transmitting of the file comprises transmitting the file using the user account of the management service to the user account of the selected first web-based service.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of a management service that upon execution cause a system to:

receive, over a network, a file from a peripheral device associated with a user of the management service;

receive, by the management service, a user preference input by the user of the management service, the user preference specifying a selection of a first web-based service from a plurality of web-based services that provide respective destination storage locations;

add, by the management service, the user preference into a user account of the management service, the added user preference including information relating to the selected first web-based service of the plurality of web-based services;

link the user account of the management service to the user'"'"'s user account of the first web-based service;

determine, with the management service using the information relating to the selected first web-based service added to the user account of the management service, the destination storage location provided by the first web-based service; and

transmit the file, using an application programming interface associated with the first web-based service and included in the management service, to the determined destination storage location using an authorization stored by the management service, wherein transmitting the file using the application programming interface associated with the first web-based service is based on the linking of the user account of the management service to the user'"'"'s user account of the first web-based service.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the plurality of web-based services are associated with respective application programming interfaces included in the management service, wherein the user account of the management service is linked to the user'"'"'s user accounts of the plurality of web-based services, and wherein the application programming interfaces are used for transmitting a file received from the peripheral device to the respective web-based services.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the authorization is included in the user account of the management service, and the authorization includes authorization information of the user account of the first web-based service, the authorization information of the user account of the first web-based service used to verify access to the first web-based service.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein transmitting the file comprises transmitting the file using the user account of the management service to the user account of the first web-based service.