US 10,885,161 B2Granted

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program

AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.

InventorYoshimi Satoh

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Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an authenticating unit, an acquiring unit, a first specifying unit, and a first display unit. The authenticating unit, when accepting first user information used for authentication of determining whether a user has an authority, compares the first user information and second user information identifying a user having the authority. The acquiring unit acquires an application list screen, in which each of applications is associated with display information, in accordance with an operation performed by the authenticated user. The first specifying unit, when the acquiring unit acquires the application list screen, specifies authority information corresponding to the second user information identifying the authenticated user, based on first information indicating a correspondence relation between the second user information and the authority information. The first display unit changes a display content of the application list screen and displays the changed content in accordance with the specified authority information.

Claims11

Dependent claims

An information processing apparatus comprising:

memory storing computer-readable instructions;
and
one or more processors configured to execute the computer-readable instructions such that the one or more processors are configured to perform operations including,
comparing, when accepting first user information used for authentication of determining whether a user has an authority to use the information processing apparatus, the first user information and second user information identifying a user who has the authority to use the information processing apparatus so as to perform the authentication;
acquiring an application list screen, in which each application is associated with display information including an install button configured to install the application in the information processing apparatus, in accordance with an operation performed by an authenticated user;
when acquiring the application list screen, specifying authority information corresponding to the second user information identifying the authenticated user, based on first information indicating a correspondence relation between the second user information and the authority information indicating an authority given to the user identified by the second user information;
displaying content of the application list screen including the install button when the authority indicated by the authority information includes an authority to install the application in the information processing apparatus and when the authority indicated by the authority information does not include an authority to install the application in the information processing apparatus, the one or more processors cause display of the content of the application list screen and cause the install button to be hidden from display, wherein the information processing apparatus includes at least one of a printer and a scanner;
when accepting an operation of requesting an update screen for giving an instruction to update an application from a user authenticated, specify the authority information corresponding to the second user information identifying the user;
specifying an application associated with the authority information that matches the specified authority information;
when accepting an operation of requesting a deletion screen for giving an instruction to delete an application from a user authenticated, specify the authority information corresponding to the second user information identifying the user;
and
displaying the update screen for giving an instruction to update the specified application.

9 more elements

An information processing method comprising:

comparing, when accepting first user information used for authentication of determining whether a user has an authority to use an information processing apparatus, the first user information and second user information identifying a user who has the authority to use the information processing apparatus so as to perform the authentication;
acquiring an application list screen, in which each of applications is associated with display information including an install button configured to install the application in the information processing apparatus, in accordance with an operation performed by a user authenticated at the authenticating;
specifying, when the application list screen is acquired at the acquiring, authority information corresponding to the second user information identifying the user authenticated at the authenticating, based on first information indicating a correspondence relation between the second user information and the authority information indicating an authority given to the user identified by the second user information;
displaying content of the application list screen including the install button when the authority indicated by the authority information includes an authority to install the application in the information processing apparatus and when the authority indicated by the authority information does not include an authority to install the application in the information processing apparatus, hiding the install button from display, wherein the information processing apparatus includes at least one of a printer and a scanner;
when accepting an operation of requesting an update screen for giving an instruction to update an application from a user authenticated, specify the authority information corresponding to the second user information identifying the user;
specifying an application associated with the authority information that matches the specified authority information;
when accepting an operation of requesting a deletion screen for giving an instruction to delete an application from a user authenticated, specify the authority information corresponding to the second user information identifying the user;
and
displaying the update screen for giving an instruction to update the specified application.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or processors to execute:

comparing, when accepting first user information used for authentication of determining whether a user has an authority to use an information processing apparatus, the first user information and second user information identifying a user who has an authority to use the information processing apparatus so as to perform the authentication;
acquiring an application list screen, in which each of applications is associated with display information including an install button configured to install the application in the information processing apparatus, in accordance with an operation performed by a user authenticated at the authenticating;
specifying, when the application list screen is acquired at the acquiring, authority information corresponding to the second user information identifying the user authenticated at the authenticating, based on first information indicating a correspondence relation between the second user information and the authority information indicating an authority given to the user identified by the second user information;
displaying content of the application list screen including the install button when the authority indicated by the authority information includes an authority to install the application in the information processing apparatus and when the authority indicated by the authority information does not include an authority to install the application in the information processing apparatus, hiding the install button from display, wherein the information processing apparatus includes at least one of a printer and a scanner;
and
when accepting an operation of requesting an update screen for giving an instruction to update an application from a user authenticated, specify the authority information corresponding to the second user information identifying the user;
specifying an application associated with the authority information that matches the specified authority information;
when accepting an operation of requesting a deletion screen for giving an instruction to delete an application from a user authenticated, specify the authority information corresponding to the second user information identifying the user;
and
displaying the update screen for giving an instruction to update the specified application.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/567,101Filed 19 May 2016
Priority: JP 2015-10175119 May 2015
Published: US 2018/0101668 A112 Apr 2018
Granted: 5 Jan 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

G06F 21/31
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: user authentication
B41J 29/393
Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism: devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine ;…
G06F 9/451
Arrangements for executing specific programs: execution arrangements for user interfaces
G06F 21/12
Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material ; Digital rights management [DRM]: protecting…