US 2003/0154413 A1 · Information processing device, information processing system, authentication method, storage medium and program

Abstract

Disclosed is an information processing device suited to enhancing a usability by simplifying an input operation, etc. of user authentication information while assuring a data confidentiality. A retaining means 301 retains information showing whether or not there has already been done initial authentication executed when accessing for the first time a function providing party for providing a cabinet function with authentication. An acquiring means 303, if the initial authentication has been done based on the information within the retaining means 303, acquires authentication information when making the initial authentication. A setting means 305, if the initial authentication has been done based on the information within the retaining means 301, sets the authentication information acquired by the acquiring means 303 as authentication information for using the cabinet function this time.

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Dependent claims

An information processing device capable of accessing a function providing party for providing a use of a cabinet function with authentication, said device comprising:

retaining means for retaining information showing whether initial authentication of the cabinet function is already done or not;
acquiring means for acquiring authentication information when making the initial authentication if the initial authentication is already done based on the information in said retaining means;
and
setting means for setting, if the initial authentication is already done based on the information in said retaining means, the authentication information acquired by said acquiring means as authentication information for using the cabinet function this time.

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An information processing system for managing in unity user authentication information registerable per cabinet, said system comprising:

function providing computer means for providing an authenticated cabinet function to a user;
server computer means having a directory function of managing user authentication information in unification as a database, searching for information in response to a query from the user, and sending a result of the search as a response to the query back to the user;
authentication server computer means for authenticating the user;
and
user computer means including a function of executing user authentication in a way that connects to said authentication server computer means, a function provided for the user to perform an operation with respect to a cabinet, and an user interface.

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An authentication method for enabling a user to use a cabinet requiring authentication by use of user authentication information in a way that manages in unity the user authentication information registerable per cabinet, said method comprising:

a step of judging that user authentication in authentication server means has already been completed;
a step of judging a result of user initial authentication;
a step of judging an end of the use of the cabinet;
and
an end processing step,
said judging process of judging that the user authentication in said authentication server means has already been completed, including a step of acquiring a profile described about authentication information of the cabinet, and a step of judging a status where the user authentication in said authentication server means has already been completed, and enabling, if the authentication has already become successful as a result of the judgement, the user to immediately start using the cabinet on the basis of a content of the profile without executing the user authentication in said authentication server means,
said judging step of judging the result of the user initial authentication, including a step of authenticating the user by connecting to said authentication server means, and a step of judging a result of the user initial authentication in said authentication server means and, if the authentication falls into a failure, executing again the authentication,
said judging step of judging the end of the user of the cabinet, including a step of enabling the user to use the cabinet, and a step of acquiring again, if the user consecutively uses the cabinet as a result of judging that the user finishes using the cabinet, a profile of the cabinet concerned,
said end processing step including a step of discarding the user initial authentication information and the user authentication status retained if the user finishes using the cabinet as a result of the judgement ins aid judging step of judging the end of the use of the cabinet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Information processing device, information processing system, authentication method, storage medium and program

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Information processing device, information processing system, authentication method, storage medium and program

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