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US 2019/0098175 A1Published application
Management apparatus, image forming apparatus management system for managing usage of the image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsATSUSHI SAKAGAMI, Naoto Sakurai, Daiya Miyasaka, Koji Sasaki, Tomoko Nishizawa
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Abstract
A management apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus for managing usage of the image forming apparatus is disclosed. The management apparatus includes a user data storage part for storing user identification data and use restriction data corresponding to the user identification data, and a use restriction data acquiring part for acquiring the use restriction data corresponding to the user identification data.
Claims1
A first apparatus comprising:
- a connecting unit configured to connect a second apparatus via a network, the second apparatus storing first user data;
- a storage unit configured to store second user data;
- a receiving unit configured to receive identification data for user authentication;
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- a control unit configured to control executed user authentication process by either using the second apparatus or not using the second apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.