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US 12,645,337 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for associating printing job using management code
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorEiichiro Yoshida
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to execute receiving input of identification information for identifying a subject requesting execution of a service; and displaying, on a display, an input screen for inputting a management code associated with log information indicating execution history of a job, based on the identification information.
Claims11
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- circuitry;
- and
- a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to execute:
- accepting user authentication information for access to the image forming apparatus;
- receiving input of identification information for identifying a user requesting execution of a service, and associating a management code with the identification information;
- displaying, on a display, an input screen for inputting the management code;
- receiving input of the management code from the input screen;
- outputting, to an external server, an authentication request to authenticate the identification information, and wherein the displaying includes displaying the input screen for inputting the management code, in response to determining that the user has been authenticated based on the identification information, and confirming that the management code is necessary;
- wherein the displaying includes displaying the input screen for inputting the management code at a timing that is immediately after the identification information is authenticated in response to the authentication request and before a function selection screen is displayed;
- transitioning, after receiving the input of the management code from the input screen, to the function selection screen that displays a function in a selectable manner, the function selection screen displaying the function in a list of functions to be selected from;
- executing a job after receiving the input of the management code by selecting the function to be executed from the function selection screen;
- assigning the management code to the job executed by selecting the function from the function selection screen, the input of the management code being performed before the function is selected from the function selection screen;
- writing log information indicating execution history of the job executed after receiving the input of the management code, the log information including the execution history of the job by the selected function, and the management code assigned to the execution history of the job by the selected function;
- and
- canceling the assigning of the management code to the job when a logout process for the user is executed.
12 more elements
An image forming method performed by an image forming system including an image forming apparatus and a server, image forming method comprising:
- accepting user authentication information for access to the image forming apparatus;
- receiving input of identification information for identifying a user requesting execution of a service, and associating a management code with the identification information;
- displaying, on a display by the image forming apparatus, an input screen for inputting the management code;
- receiving, by the image forming apparatus, input of the management code from the input screen;
- outputting, to an external server, an authentication request to authenticate the identification information, and wherein the displaying includes displaying the input screen for inputting the management code, in response to determining that the user has been authenticated based on the identification information, and confirming that the management code is necessary;
- wherein the displaying includes displaying the input screen for inputting the management code at a timing that is immediately after the identification information is authenticated in response to the authentication request and before a function selection screen is displayed;
- transitioning, by the image forming apparatus, after receiving the input of the management code from the input screen, to the function selection screen that displays a function in a selectable manner, the function selection screen displaying the function in a list of functions to be selected from;
- executing, by the image forming apparatus, a job after receiving the input of the management code by selecting the function to be executed from the function selection screen;
- assigning the management code to the job executed by selecting the function from the function selection screen, the input of the management code being performed before the function is selected from the function selection screen;
- writing, by the image forming apparatus, log information indicating execution history of the job executed after receiving the input of the management code, the log information including the execution history of the job by the selected function, and the management code assigned to the execution history of the job by the selected function;
- transmitting, to the server by the image forming apparatus, the log information associated with the management code;
- and
- canceling the assigning of the management code to the job when a logout process for the user is executed.
10 more elements
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process performed in an image forming apparatus, the process comprising:
- accepting user authentication information for access to the image forming apparatus;
- receiving input of identification information for identifying a user requesting execution of a service, and associating a management code with the identification information;
- displaying, on a display, an input screen for inputting the management code;
- receiving input of the management code from the input screen;
- outputting, to an external server, an authentication request to authenticate the identification information, and wherein the displaying includes displaying the input screen for inputting the management code, in response to determining that the user has been authenticated based on the identification information, and confirming that the management code is necessary;
- wherein the displaying includes displaying the input screen for inputting the management code at a timing that is immediately after the identification information is authenticated in response to the authentication request and before a function selection screen is displayed;
- transitioning, after receiving the input of the management code from the input screen, to the function selection screen that displays a function in a selectable manner, the function selection screen displaying the function in a list of functions to be selected from;
- executing a job after receiving the input of the management code by selecting the function to be executed from the function selection screen;
- assigning the management code to the job executed by selecting the function from the function selection screen, the input of the management code being performed before the function is selected from the function selection screen;
- writing log information indicating execution history of the job executed after receiving the input of the management code, the log information including the execution history of the job by the selected function, and the management code assigned to the execution history of the job by the selected function;
- and
- canceling the assigning of the management code to the job when a logout process for the user is executed.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.