Management apparatus and control method for same

A method of controlling a management apparatus managing access authority of a plurality of communication apparatuses to access a resource, the method comprising:

• receiving an authorization request for the access authority from each of the plurality of communication apparatuses;
• transmitting an authorization response generated based on information included in the received authorization request, the authorization response including a device identifier and a user identifier;
• receiving a verification request including the user identifier from a communication terminal that has been notified of the user identifier from one communication apparatus, among the plurality of communication apparatuses, and that has obtained an operation transfer from the one communication apparatus;
• transmitting verification data to the communication terminal as a response to the received verification request;
• accepting access by the communication terminal based on the received verification data;
• and
• determining whether to permit or reject allocation of the access authority to the one communication apparatus based on acceptance of the accepted access,
• wherein, in a case where a plurality of verification requests for multiple communication apparatuses, including the one communication apparatus, among the plurality of communication apparatuses, are received from the communication terminal, the transmitting of the verification data transmits the verification data to the communication terminal, the verification data enabling collective instruction to allocate the access authority to the multiple communication apparatuses, and
• wherein the determining further determines whether to permit or reject allocation of the access authority to each of one or more of the plurality of communication apparatuses, in a case where the access by the communication terminal based on the verification data is accepted.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program executable by a computer to execute a method of controlling a management apparatus managing access authority of a plurality of communication apparatuses to access a resource, the method comprising:

• receiving an authorization request for the access authority from each of the plurality of communication apparatuses;
• transmitting an authorization response generated based on information included in the received authorization request, the authorization response including a device identifier and a user identifier;
• receiving a verification request including the user identifier from a communication terminal that has been notified of the user identifier from one communication apparatus, among the plurality of communication apparatuses, and that has obtained an operation transfer from the one communication apparatus;
• transmitting verification data to the communication terminal as a response to the received verification request;
• accepting access by the communication terminal based on the received verification data;
• and
• determining whether to permit or reject allocation of the access authority to the one communication apparatus based on acceptance of the accepted access,
• wherein, in a case where a plurality of verification requests for multiple communication apparatuses, including the one communication apparatus, among the plurality of communication apparatuses, are received from the communication terminal, the transmitting of the verification data transmits the verification data to the communication terminal, the verification data enabling collective instruction to allocate the access authority to the multiple communication apparatuses, and
• wherein the determining further determines whether to permit or reject allocation of the access authority to each of one or more of the plurality of communication apparatuses, in a case where the access by the communication terminal based on the verification data is accepted.