US 2016/0080374 A1Published application

Output system, output method, output data storage apparatus, and output data relay apparatus

AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.

InventorNaritake KONDOH

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Abstract

An output system includes a first system that performs authentication using user information including first authentication information and outputs from an output apparatus output data specified using the first authentication information, and a second system that provides the output data to the first system. The second system includes a storage unit that stores output data in association with pre-authentication information, a unit that provides the pre-authentication information to the first system, and a unit that provides the output data to the first system. The first system includes a storage unit that stores the first authentication information, an authentication unit that performs authentication with respect to the pre-authentication information provided by the second system, a cooperation unit that specifies the output data associated with the pre-authentication information that has been successfully authenticated, and a storage unit that stores the specified output data in association with the first authentication information.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An output system comprising:

a first system configured to perform user authentication using user information including first authentication information, and output from an output apparatus output data specified using the first authentication information;
and
a second system that is distinct from the first system and is configured to store output data received from a terminal apparatus that is operated by a user and provide the output data to the first system;
wherein the second system includes
a storage unit configured to receive from the terminal apparatus the output data and pre-authentication information to be authenticated at the first system, and store the output data and the pre-authentication information in association with each other;
an authentication information management unit configured to provide the pre-authentication information stored in the storage unit to the first system in response to a request from the first system;
and
an output data management unit configured to provide the output data stored in the storage unit to the first system in response to a request from the first system;
and
wherein the first system includes
an authentication information storage unit configured to store the user information including the first authentication information;
a first authentication unit configured to perform authentication with respect to the pre-authentication information that is provided by the second system based on the user information including the first authentication information stored in the authentication information storage unit;
a cooperation unit configured to specify the output data that is associated with the pre-authentication information that has been successfully authenticated by the first authentication unit as the output data to be output by the first system;
and
an output data storage unit configured to store the specified output data in association with the first authentication information included in the user information used to authenticate the pre-authentication information that is associated with the specified output data.

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An output method implemented by an output system including a first system configured to perform user authentication using user information including first authentication information and output from an output apparatus output data specified using the first authentication information, and a second system that is distinct from the first system and is configured to store output data received from a terminal apparatus that is operated by a user and provide the output data to the first system, the output method comprising:

steps implemented by the second system including
receiving from the terminal apparatus the output data and pre-authentication information to be authenticated at the first system, and storing the output data and the pre-authentication information in association with each other in a storage unit;
providing the pre-authentication information stored in the storage unit to the first system in response to a request from the first system;
and
providing the output data stored in the storage unit to the first system in response to a request from the first system;
and
steps implemented by the first system including
storing the user information including the first authentication information in an authentication information storage unit;
performing authentication with respect to the pre-authentication information that is provided by the second system based on the user information including the first authentication information stored in the authentication information storage unit;
prompting a cooperation unit to specify the output data that is associated with the pre-authentication information that has been successfully authenticated by the first authentication unit as the output data to be output by the first system;
and
storing the specified output data in association with the first authentication information included in the user information used to authenticate the pre-authentication information that is associated with the specified output data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.