Information processor, authentication control method, and storage medium
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsYuuki Ohtaka, Satoru Nishio, Seijiro Hori
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Abstract
An information processor is disclosed that includes an authentication part configured to authenticate a user based on predetermined information; an information obtaining part configured to obtain first information to be used to authenticate the user from an external device; and an authentication control part configured to cause the authentication part to authenticate the user by inputting information based on the first information to the authentication part as the predetermined information. The information obtaining part is configured to obtain the first information using a program module whose correlation with the information obtaining part is recorded in a recording medium.
Claims11
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first receiving unit configured to receive first information stored in a recording medium;
- a second receiving unit configured to receive second information input by a user;
- and
- a first authentication unit configured to execute a user authentication process based on the first information and the second information.
A user authentication method in a network system in which an external device including a reading unit configured to read first information stored in a recording medium and an apparatus are connectable via a network and send or receive data to each other, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the apparatus, first information stored on the external device;
- receiving, at the apparatus, second information input by a user;
- and
- executing a user authentication process based on the first information and the second information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.