# US 2014/0153018 A1 · Information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0153018 A1 - Document ID: US20140153018A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/091,178 - Filed: 2013-11-26 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Akihiro Mitsui - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153018A1 ## CPC - H04N 1/4413: {involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An information processing apparatus manages user information in such a manner that the user information is unable to be acquired using an authority different from a user authority, and acquires the user information by changing an authority of a control unit configured to control print processing under a system authority from a system authority to the user authority of a user that issues an instruction for print processing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus configured to generate a print job interpretable by an image processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising: a management unit configured to manage user information in such a manner that the user information is unable to be acquired using an authority different from a user authority; a control unit configured to control a printer driver; and a setting unit configured to set an authority of the control unit to the user authority of a user that issues an instruction for print processing, wherein the control unit acquires the managed user information using the set user authority, and wherein a print job generated based on the acquired user information is transmitted to the image processing apparatus. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit returns the authority of the control unit from the user authority to a system authority after the control unit acquires the user information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit deletes the user information that the management unit manages in a storage area of the user authority after the control unit acquires the managed user information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit manages the acquired user information, and wherein the control unit notifies a filter of the printer driver activated to generate the print job of information for accessing the user information managed by the control unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user information and print setting data are set via a screen of a device application installed in conjunction with the printer driver, and wherein the printer driver is notified of the print setting data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user information is a password used for secure printing or a telephone number used in FAX transmission. ### Claim 7 A control method performed by an information processing apparatus configured to generate a print job interpretable by an image processing apparatus, the method comprising: managing user information in such a manner that the user information is unable to be acquired using an authority different from a user authority; controlling a printer driver; setting an authority of the controlling to the user authority of a user that issues an instruction for print processing; acquiring the managed user information using the set user authority; and transmitting a print job generated based on the acquired user information to the image processing apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The control method according to claim 7, further comprising returning the authority of the controlling from the user authority to a system authority after the user information is acquired. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The control method according to claim 7, further comprising deleting the user information managed in a storage area of the user authority after the managed user information is acquired. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The control method according to claim 7, further comprising: managing the acquired user information; and notifying a filter of the printer driver activated to generate the print job of information for accessing the managed user information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The control method according to claim 7, wherein the user information and print setting data are set via a screen of a device application installed in conjunction with the printer driver, and wherein the printer driver is notified of the print setting data. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The control method according to claim 7, wherein the user information is a password used for secure printing or a telephone number used in FAX transmission. ### Claim 13 A storage medium storing computer executable instructions executable by an information processing apparatus configured to generate a print job interpretable by an image processing apparatus, the computer executable instructions comprising: managing user information in such a manner that the user information is unable to be acquired using an authority different from a user authority; controlling a printer driver; setting an authority of the controlling to the user authority of a user that issues an instruction for print processing; acquiring the managed user information using the set user authority; and transmitting a print job generated based on the acquired user information to the image processing apparatus. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise returning the authority of the controlling from the user authority to a system authority after the user information is acquired. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise deleting the user information managed in a storage area of the user authority after the managed user information is acquired. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise: managing the acquired user information; and notifying a filter of the printer driver activated to generate the print job of information for accessing the managed user information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the user information and print setting data are set via a screen of a device application installed in conjunction with the printer driver, and wherein the printer driver is notified of the print setting data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the user information is a password used for secure printing or a telephone number used in FAX transmission.