Communication device, communication system, and storage medium for storing program for communication device
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorShigeki Kimura
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Abstract
An image forming device is connected to a management server, capable of receiving program data sent from a development server, and includes a process acceptance unit, a determination unit, a notification unit, and a pseudo-operation activation unit. The process acceptance unit accepts the program data. The determination unit determines whether or not the program data accepted by the process acceptance unit is authorized. If it is not authorized, the notification unit notifies the management server of the unauthorized program data detected. Then, the pseudo-operation activation unit performs a pseudo-operation to create a false impression in an unauthorized user that a normal update is being performed according to the program data.
Claims9
A communication device, comprising:
- a process acceptance unit that is capable of accepting a predetermined process from an external source;
- a determination unit that determines whether or not the process accepted by the process acceptance unit is an authorized process;
- a notification unit that provides notification that an unauthorized process has been detected if the predetermined process is determined to be an unauthorized process;
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- a pseudo-operation activation unit for performing a pseudo-operation that will create a false impression in an unauthorized user that the predetermined process has been accepted as an authorized process when the predetermined process is an unauthorized process.
A storage medium for storing a communication program to be executed by a computer utilized in a communication device, the communication program causing the computer to execute functions comprising:
- a process acceptance function that allows the communication device to accept a predetermined process;
- a determination function that determines whether or not a process accepted by the process acceptance function is an authorized process;
- a notification function that provides notification that an unauthorized process has been detected when the predetermined process is an unauthorized process;
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- a pseudo-operation activation function that performs a pseudo-operation in order to create a false impression in an unauthorized user that the predetermined process is being accepted as an authorized process if it is an unauthorized process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.