Cloud server, cloud print system, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorTakayuki DOUI
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Abstract
A cloud server includes a constraint setting portion configured to set at least one authorized account with which login operation is allowed and with which use of the information device is allowed, and to set constraints in use of the information device for each authorized account; and a use restriction portion configured to permit a user who has performed login operation with the authorized account to use the information device without exceeding constraints set for the authorized account.
Claims13
A cloud server for a cloud service, comprising:
- a target setting portion configured to set an information device designated to a target device use of which is restricted;
- a constraint setting portion configured to set, as at least one authorized account with which login operation is allowed and with which use of the information device is allowed, either one or both of a guest account for the information device and any one of user accounts identifying users already registered in the cloud server depending on settings entered, and to set constraints in use of the information device for each authorized account;
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- a use restriction portion configured to permit a user who has logged into the cloud server with the authorized account to use the information device without exceeding constraints set for the authorized account.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a computer program executed in a cloud server for a cloud service, the computer program causing a computer included in the cloud server to perform processing comprising:
- target setting processing of setting an information device designated to a target device use of which is restricted;
- constraint setting processing of setting at least one authorized account with which login operation is allowed and with which use of the information device is allowed, and setting constraints in use of the information device for each authorized account, wherein either one or both of a guest account for the information device and any one of user accounts identifying users already registered in the cloud server is set as the authorized account depending on settings entered;
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- use restriction processing of permitting a user who has logged into the cloud server with the authorized account to use the information device without exceeding constraints set for the authorized account.
A method for controlling use of an information device, the method comprising:
- setting, by a cloud server, an information device designated to a target device use of which is restricted;
- setting, by the cloud server, at least one authorized account with which login operation is allowed and with which use of the information device is allowed, and setting constraints in use of the information device for each authorized account, wherein either one or both of a guest account for the information device and any one of user accounts identifying users already registered in the cloud server is set as the authorized account depending on settings entered;
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- permitting, by the cloud server, a user who has logged into the cloud server with the authorized account to use the information device without exceeding constraints set for the authorized account.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.