Device access based on centralized authentication

A computer which transmits a job to a peripheral device which provides a plurality of features and/or services, the plurality of services including at least one of a printer service, a scanner service, a facsimile service and a copy service, the computer comprising:

• a reception unit configured to receive, from a peripheral device, access management information which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device available to a user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device, or which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device not available to the user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device;
• and
• a transmission unit configured to transmit a job to the peripheral device after the access management information is received,
• wherein the access management information is used for determining whether the user can use the feature and/or a service of a peripheral device necessary to perform the job.

A control method in a peripheral device for controlling use of a plurality of features and/or services of a peripheral device by a user, the plurality of services including at least one of a printer service, a scanner service, a facsimile service and a copy service, the control method comprising:

• receiving, from a computer, authentication information corresponding to a user;
• authenticating the user using the received authentication information;
• and
• transmitting, to the computer, access management information which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device available to the authenticated user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device, or which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device not available to the authenticated user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device,
• wherein a job is transmitted from the computer to the peripheral device after the access management information is transmitted to the computer,
• wherein the access management information is used for determining whether the user can use a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device necessary to perform the job.

A control method in a computer which transmits a job to a peripheral device which provides a plurality of features and/or services, the plurality of services including at least one of a printer service, a scanner service, a facsimile service and a copy service, the method comprising:

• receiving, from the peripheral device, access management information which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device available to a user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device, or which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device not available to the user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device;
• and
• transmitting a job to the peripheral device after the access management information is received,
• wherein the access management information is used for determining whether the user can use a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device necessary to perform the job.