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US 2011/0085195 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus and network system
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroteru Tsuchiya
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus including, a storing section configured to store a user name and a password of an authenticated user, an image processing section configured to execute processing instructed by the user, and a managing section configured to permit operation of the image processing section according to the user name and the password of the accessing user.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a storing section configured to store a user name and a password of an authenticated user;
- an image processing section configured to execute processing instructed by the user;
- and
- a managing section configured to permit operation of the image processing section according to the user name and the password of the accessing user.
1 more element
A system for image forming comprising:
- a managing apparatus configured to permit an accessing user to perform processing by a specific apparatus, the managing apparatus including:
- a storing section configured to store a user name and a password of an authenticated user;
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- a managing section configured to permit, according to the user name and the password of the accessing user, execution of an application of an apparatus and a function that the user is permitted to use;
- a first apparatus configured to execute the permitted processing in response to the access of the user, the first apparatus including:
- a communicating section configured to acquire operation permitted to the user from the managing section;
- and
- an image processing section configured to execute processing instructed by the user;
- and
- a second apparatus configured to execute the permitted processing in response to the access of the user, the second apparatus including:
- a communicating section configured to acquire operation permitted to the user from the managing section;
- and
- an image processing section configured to execute processing instructed by the user.
10 more elements
A method for notifying use permission of a system of an image forming network, the method comprising:
- searching for, on the basis of a user name and a password of an accessing user, execution of an application of an apparatus and a function that the user is permitted to use;
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- informing the accessing user of the apparatus and the function available to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.