Patent
Image forming apparatus management system, image forming apparatus, managing apparatus, terminal apparatus, image forming apparatus managing method, and image forming program
| العنوان: | Image forming apparatus management system, image forming apparatus, managing apparatus, terminal apparatus, image forming apparatus managing method, and image forming program |
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| Patent Number: | 10827,095 |
| تاريخ النشر: | November 03, 2020 |
| Appl. No: | 16/031532 |
| Application Filed: | July 10, 2018 |
| مستخلص: | A disclosed managing apparatus and image forming apparatus management system ensure confidentiality of information in an image forming apparatus while usability is maintained. An image forming apparatus acquires IC card identifying information with an IC card reader. A management server acquires a user ID associated with the acquired IC card identifying information and use limit information concerning use of the image forming apparatus. A process is performed in the image forming apparatus in accordance with the use limit information. |
| Inventors: | Sakagami, Atsushi (Kanagawa, JP); Sakurai, Naoto (Saitama, JP); Sasaki, Koji (Kanagawa, JP); Miyasaka, Daiya (Chiba, JP); Nishizawa, Tomoko (Tokyo, JP); Tsugawa, Yasuhiko (Kanagawa, JP); Ono, Yohei (Kanagawa, JP) |
| Assignees: | RICOH COMPANY, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) |
| Claim: | 1. An information processing apparatus connectable, via a network, with an external device storing first authentication information used for user authentication, the information processing apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to store second authentication information that is information associating user ID information identifying a user with first recording medium identification information for identifying a recording medium, receive particular recording medium identification information read from a particular recording medium used when a particular user logs in, perform an internal user authentication process by extracting particular user ID information associated with the particular recording medium identification information, obtained by searching the second authentication information using the received particular recording medium identification information, determine, based on a setting, whether or not to execute an external user authentication process based on the first authentication information stored by the external device, when the particular recording medium identification information is received, perform the external user authentication process by determining whether the particular user ID information is included in the first authentication information by accessing the first authentication information stored by the external device, when determining that the external user authentication process is to be executed, and determine that the particular user is authenticated, when determining that the external user authentication process need not be executed, based on the particular user ID information being extracted from the second authentication information. |
| Claim: | 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting is a setting indicating whether to execute the external user authentication process using the external device. |
| Claim: | 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the external device, the received particular recording medium identification information, when executing the external user authentication process using the external device, and receive, from the external device, a result of the external user authentication process based on the particular recording medium identification information and the first authentication information. |
| Claim: | 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive the first authentication information from the external device, and update the second authentication information stored by the information processing apparatus based on the received first authentication information. |
| Claim: | 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to, when receiving a result of the external user authentication process by accessing the external device, receive the first authentication information from the external device. |
| Claim: | 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive the first authentication information periodically from the external device. |
| Claim: | 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive, via a network, the particular recording medium identification information, from a device configured to execute a login process. |
| Claim: | 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the device configured to execute the login process is an image forming apparatus. |
| Claim: | 9. A system, comprising: an information processing apparatus connectable with an external device storing first authentication information used for user authentication, the information processing apparatus including processing circuitry configured to store second authentication information that is information associating user ID information identifying a user with first recording medium identification information identifying a recording medium, receive particular recording medium identification information read from a recording medium used when a particular user logs in, perform an internal user authentication process by extracting particular user ID information associated with the particular recording medium identification information, obtained by searching the second authentication information using the received particular recording medium identification information, determine, based on a setting, whether or not to execute an external user authentication process based on the first authentication information stored by the external device, when the particular recording medium identification information is received, perform the external user authentication process by determining whether the particular user ID information is included in the first authentication information by accessing the first authentication information stored by the external device, when determining that the external user authentication process is to be executed, and determine that the particular user is authenticated, when determining that the external user authentication process need not be executed, based on the particular user ID information being extracted from the second authentication information; and an image forming apparatus connectable with the information processing apparatus via a network, the image forming apparatus configured to transmit, to the information processing apparatus, the particular recording medium identification information read from the recording medium. |
| Claim: | 10. A method for an information processing apparatus connectable, via a network, with an external device storing first authentication information used for user authentication, the method comprising: storing second authentication information that is information associating user ID information identifying a user with first recording medium identification information identifying a recording medium; receiving particular recording medium identification information read from a particular recording medium used when a particular user logs in; performing an internal user authentication process by extracting particular user ID information associated with the particular recording medium identification information, obtained by searching the second authentication information using the received particular recording medium identification information; determining, based on a setting, whether or not to execute an external user authentication process based on the first authentication information stored by the external device, when the particular recording medium identification information is received; performing the external user authentication process by determining whether the particular user ID information is included in the first authentication information by accessing the first authentication information stored by the external device, when determining that the external user authentication process is to be executed; and determining that the particular user is authenticated, when determining that the external user authentication process need not be executed, based on the particular user ID information being extracted from the second authentication information. |
| Claim: | 11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the setting is a setting indicating whether to execute the external user authentication process using the external device. |
| Claim: | 12. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising: transmitting, to the external device, the received particular recording medium identification information, when executing the external user authentication process using the external device; and receiving, from the external device, a result of the external user authentication process based on the particular recording medium identification information and the first authentication information. |
| Claim: | 13. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising: receiving the first authentication information from the external device; and updating the second authentication information stored by the information processing apparatus based on the received first authentication information. |
| Claim: | 14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising: receiving, when receiving a result of the external user authentication process by accessing the external device, the first authentication information from the external device. |
| Claim: | 15. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising: receiving the first authentication information periodically from the external device. |
| Claim: | 16. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising: receiving, via a network, the particular recording medium identification information, from a device configured to execute a login process. |
| Claim: | 17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the device configured to execute the login process is an image forming apparatus. |
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| Primary Examiner: | Gudorf, Laura A |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.10827095 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |