Patent ID: 9329810
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A federation method among cloud print services, comprising: with a processor, designating a selected one of a plurality of cloud print services a s a primary cloud print service associated with the user, wherein each cloud print services includes at least one document processing device registered therewith; receiving identification data representative of an identification of an associated user via the primary cloud print service; establishing a trusted relationship between the primary cloud print service and each of one or more additional cloud print services, wherein the trusted relationship is established via a token exchange or a certificated exchange between the primary cloud print service and at least one of the one or more additional cloud print services, and wherein a trusted relationship is extended between the primary cloud print service and an other cloud print service in accordance with only an established trusted relationship between the at least one of the one or more additional cloud print services and the other cloud print service; storing, in a database associated with the primary cloud print service and a database associated with each of the one or more additional cloud print services, data representative of the established trusted relationships; aggregating data representative of one or more additional trusted cloud print services by the primary cloud print service so as to generate a federation of trusted cloud print serves, the federation including the primary cloud print service; receiving selection data corresponding to a trusted cloud print service selected from among the federation trusted cloud print services; retrieving, from the selected additional trusted cloud print service, data representative of at least one document processing device separate from the loud print service registered in accordance with the received identification data; aggregating data representative of each document processing device available from the primary cloud print service and each of the one or more additional cloud print services having a trusted relationship therewith into a list of available document processing devices, wherein the aggregated list available document processing devices is transparent to the associated user such that each document processing device is listed as associated with the selected cloud print service regardless of the cloud print service to the which the document processing device is registered; receiving selection data corresponding to a selected document processing device associated with the selected cloud print service from the aggregated list thereof; and communicating job data representative of a document processing operation to the selected document processing device for processing thereon.