Account management apparatus and method of managing account
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYong-sik Jeong, Yong-chan Kwon, Jung-ha Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus to manage an account is provided. The account managing apparatus includes an account management unit which manages a user account of at least one user who uses an image forming apparatus, a storage unit which stores guest information related to the user account, a guest account generating unit which generates a guest account dependent on the user account based on stored guest information and the user account when a request to generate an account to use the image forming apparatus is received from a guest, and a control unit which controls the image forming apparatus according to a generated account policy.
Claims22
An account management apparatus connected to at least one image forming apparatus, the account management apparatus comprising:
- an account management unit managing a user account of at least one user who uses the image forming apparatus;
- a storage unit storing guest information related to the user account;
- a guest account generating unit generating a guest account dependent on the user account based on the stored guest information and the user account when a request to generate an account to use the at least one image forming apparatus is received from a guest;
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- a control unit controlling the at least one image forming apparatus according to the generated guest account.
A method of managing an account of an account management apparatus connected to at least one image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- storing a user account of at least one user authorized to use the at least one image forming apparatus and guest information related to the user account;
- receiving a request to generate an account to use the at least one image forming apparatus from the guest;
- generating a guest account which is dependent on the user account based on the stored guest information and the user account;
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- controlling the at least one image forming apparatus according to the generated guest account.
A method of managing an account of an account management apparatus connected to at least one image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- associating a guest account of a guest to use the at least one image forming apparatus with a user account of at least one user of the at least one image forming apparatus;
- determining whether input information is information regarding only the user account or is information regarding the user account and the guest account;
- accessing the guest account when it is determined that the input information is information regarding the user account and the guest account;
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- controlling the at least one image forming apparatus according to the guest account when the guest account is accessed.
A method of managing an account of an account management apparatus connected to at least one image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- authorizing a user account of at least one authorized user of the at least one image forming apparatus to generate a guest account of a guest to use the at least one image forming apparatus, the guest account being associated with the user account;
- generating the guest account associated with the user account when information regarding the user account and information regarding the guest is received at the account management apparatus;
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- controlling the at least one image forming apparatus according to the guest account.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.