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US 2009/0021764 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus capable of appropriate security management
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorTakahiro KANO
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Abstract
An MFP receives notification of a power state of a networked client apparatus or PC from the PC and updates user management information in accordance with the power state of the PC. The MFP determines a security level in real time in accordance with the state of the power supply of the networked client apparatus that is stored in the user management information, and sets the determined security level for the MFP.
Claims7
An image forming apparatus connected to a network, comprising:
- an obtaining unit obtaining a state of a power supply of other apparatus connected to said network, and
- a setting unit accessing previously stored first information and determining and setting a level of security in accordance with said state of said power supply of said other apparatus as obtained by said obtaining unit, said first information being information defining a correspondence between said state of said power supply of said other apparatus and said level of security.
A method of setting a security level of an image forming apparatus connected to a network, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a state of a power supply of other apparatus connected to said network;
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- accessing previously stored information and determining and setting a level of security in accordance with said state of said power supply of said other apparatus as obtained, said information being information defining a correspondence between said state of said power supply of said other apparatus and said level of security.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.