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US 8,477,332 B2Granted
System and method for user management
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsToshiya Shozaki, Kenichi Takahashi, Kaitaku Ozawa
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Abstract
In user management for a device, when information on a user who wants to use a device is received, settings for the user to use the device based on the information are generated on the user. Then, the information on the user and the generated settings for the user are registered.
Claims18
A management apparatus for managing users who use a device, comprising:
- an input device configured to receive information on a user who wants to use the device;
- a creator device configured to automatically create various settings for the user to use the device, based on the received information;
- a register device configured to register, in association with the user, the received information on the user and the created settings;
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- a notifying device configured to send a notification of the registered settings to both the user and an administrator through a network, the registered settings associated with the notification comprising a first type of setting that does not require permission of the administrator of the device to be changed and a second type of setting that requires permission of the administrator of the device to be changed,
- wherein in the notification, buttons for receiving a request for change of the registered settings from the user are provided so as to correspond to the registered settings, respectively,
- wherein the user can input a content for change of each of the registered settings by depressing each of the buttons, and addresses of the request for change of the registered settings are allotted to the settings, respectively,
- wherein when the registered setting, the request for change of which has been received from the user, is the first type of setting, the address of the request for change of the registered setting is an address of a corresponding device, and
- wherein when the registered setting, the request for change of which has been received from the user, is the second type of setting, the address of the request for change of the registered setting is the address of the administrator of the device.
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A management method for managing users who use a device, comprising:
- receiving information on a user who wants to use the device;
- automatically creating, based on the received information, various settings for the user to use the device;
- registering, in association with the user, the received information on the user and the created settings;
- sending a notification of the registered settings to both the user and an administrator through a network, the registered settings associated with the notification comprising a first type of setting that does not require permission of the administrator of the device to be changed and a second type of setting that requires permission of the administrator of the device to be changed, in the notification, buttons for receiving a request for change of the registered settings from the user being provided so as to correspond to the registered settings, respectively,
- allowing the user to input a content for change of each of the registered settings by depressing each of the buttons, addresses of the request for change of the registered settings being allotted to the settings, respectively,
- when the registered setting, the request for change of which has been received from the user, is the first type of setting, setting the address of the request for change of the registered setting to an address of a corresponding device, and
- when the registered setting, the request for change of which has been received from the user, is the second type of setting, setting the address of the request for change of the registered setting to the address of the administrator of the device.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a computer-executable program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processes to execute a method for managing users who use a device comprising the steps of:
- receiving information on a user who wants to use the device;
- automatically creating, based on the received information, various settings for the user to use the device;
- registering, in association with the user, the received information on the user and the created settings;
- sending a notification of the registered settings to both the user and an administrator through a network, the registered settings associated with the notification comprising a first type of setting that does not require permission of the administrator of the device to be changed and a second type of setting that requires permission of the administrator of the device to be changed, in the notification, buttons for receiving a request for change of the registered settings from the user being provided so as to correspond to the registered settings, respectively,
- allowing the user to input a content for change of each of the registered settings by depressing each of the buttons, addresses of the request for change of the registered settings being allotted to the settings, respectively,
- when the registered setting, the request for change of which has been received from the user, is the first type of setting, setting the address of the request for change of the registered setting to an address of a corresponding device, and
- when the registered setting, the request for change of which has been received from the user, is the second type of setting, setting the address of the request for change of the registered setting to the address of the administrator of the device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.