US 12,348,508 B2
Distributed output device credential caching
Tom Haapanen, Ontario (CA)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Tom Haapanen, Ontario (CA)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/692,051.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291727 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/083 (2013.01) [H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/108 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An output device comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories storing instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause:
authenticating a user for accessing the output device;
receiving a request to access a protected remote resource after the user is authenticated for accessing the output device;
responsive to the request, retrieving data that specifies output device peers when one or more credentials, for accessing the protected remote resource, is determined to be not stored at the output device;
obtaining the one or more credentials by querying the output device peers specified by the data, wherein at least one of the output device peers stores the one or more credentials; and
accessing the protected remote resource using the obtained one or more credentials.