Relay server, authentication system, and relay method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorShohei Arai
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Abstract
A relay server, an authentication system, and a relay method. The relay server receives an authentication request including authentication parameters from a device, determines whether the authentication parameters included in the authentication request are sufficient for an authentication process performed at an authentication server, assigns one or more missing authentication parameters to the authentication request when the authentication parameters included in the authentication request are determined to be insufficient, and relays the authentication request to the authentication server.
Claims7
A relay server, comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- receive an authentication request including authentication parameters from a device;
- determine whether the authentication parameters included in the authentication request are sufficient for an authentication process performed at an authentication server, wherein the authentication server is an authentication destination, and the authentication request includes organization information that identifies an organization to which the device belongs as one of the authentication parameters;
- assign one or more missing authentication parameters to the authentication request when the authentication parameters included in the authentication request are determined to be insufficient;
- sort the authentication request according to the organization information included in the authentication request;
- and
- relay the authentication request to the authentication server.
An authentication system, comprising:
- one or more servers;
- and
- a device including first circuitry configured to transmit an authentication request including authentication parameters, wherein
- the one or more servers include second circuitry configured to:
- receive the authentication request transmitted from the device;
- determine whether the authentication parameters required for an authentication process performed at an authentication server are included in the authentication parameters included in the authentication request, wherein the authentication server is an authentication destination, and the authentication request includes organization information that identifies an organization to which the device belongs as one of the authentication parameters;
- when the authentication parameters included in the authentication request is determined to be insufficient, assign one or more missing authentication parameters to the authentication request;
- sort the authentication request according to the organization information included in the authentication request;
- and
- perform the authentication process based on the authentication request that includes the one or more missing authentication parameters assigned.
A relay method, comprising:
- receiving an authentication request including authentication parameters from a device;
- determining whether authentication parameters required for an authentication process performed at an authentication server are included in the authentication parameters included in the received authentication request, wherein the authentication server is an authentication destination, and the authentication request includes organization information that identifies an organization to which the device belongs as one of the authentication parameters;
- when the authentication parameters included in the authentication request is determined to be insufficient, assigning one or more missing authentication parameters to the authentication request;
- sorting the authentication request according to the organization information included in the authentication request;
- and
- relaying the authentication request to the authentication server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.