Electric device
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsMichihiro Fujiyama, Hiroyuki Honda, Shuji Kimura
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Abstract
An electric device includes means for performing a current user information setting process for defining current user information as user information on the user assumed to be currently performing operation using a main body operation unit, having a user enter a user name and a password of the user when the user attempts to operate the electric device using the main body operation unit, determining whether or not the inputted password is correct, and setting the user information corresponding to the inputted user name as the current user information only when the inputted password is correct.
Claims14
An electric device controllable remotely via a network and operational by a main body operation unit, the device comprising:
- memory means for holding content of information previously set including a user name, a password, and an authority level for each of users including a user capable of remotely controlling the device, a user capable of operating the main body operation unit, and a user capable of both remotely controlling the device and operating the main body operation unit;
- means for having a user enter a user name and a password of the user when the user attempts to remotely control the electric device via a network, and determining whether or not the inputted password is correct, thereby allowing the user to remotely control the device within an authority level included in user information corresponding to the inputted user name only when the inputted password is correct;
- means for performing a current user information setting process for having a user enter a user name and a password of the user when the user attempts to operate the electric device using the main body operation unit, determining whether or not the inputted password is correct, and setting user information corresponding to the inputted user name as a current user information only when the inputted password is correct, the current user information being defined as user information of a user who is supposed to be currently operating the electric device using the main body operation unit;
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- means for allowing the user to operate the electric device using the main body operation unit within the authority level included in the user information set as the current user information.
An electric device controllable remotely via a network and operational by a main body operation unit, the device comprising:
- a memory for holding content of information previously set including a user name, a password, and an authority level for each of users including a user capable of remotely controlling the device, a user capable of operating the main body operation unit, and a user capable of both remotely controlling the device and operating the main body operation unit;
- a determining/allowing portion for determining whether or not an inputted password is correct when a user attempts to remotely control the electric device via a network by causing the user to enter a user name and a password of the user, thereby allowing the user to remotely control the device within an authority level included in user information corresponding to the inputted user name only when the inputted password is correct;
- a process performing portion for performing a current user information setting process for having a user enter a user name and a password of the user when the user attempts to operate the electric device using the main body operation unit, determining whether or not the inputted password is correct, and setting user information corresponding to the inputted user name as a current user information only when the inputted password is correct, the current user information being defined as user information of a user who is supposed to be currently operating the electric device using the main body operation unit;
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- an allowing portion for allowing the user to operate the electric device using the main body operation unit within the authority level included in the user information set as the current user information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.