US 8,949,615 B2Granted

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer readable medium

AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

InventorHiroshi Shida

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Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an accepting unit, a memory, an activating unit, and a controller. The accepting unit accepts first key information and second key information. The first key information includes performance information representing a performance and an identifier for identifying a device. The second key information includes the performance information and temporary use permission information. The memory stores the performance information in the first key information if the first key information is accepted and if the identifier is a predetermined identifier, and stores the temporary use permission information and the performance information in the second key information if the second key information is accepted. The activating unit activates the device with the performance represented by the performance information. The controller controls the activating unit to activate the device with the performance and then performs control to erase the performance information and the temporary use permission information.

Claims8

Dependent claims

An information processing apparatus comprising:

an acceptor that accepts first key information and second key information, the first key information including performance information representing a performance for which a first user and a second user agree to contract with respect to a device and an identifier for identifying the device;
the second key information including the performance information and temporary use permission information representing permission for temporary use of the device with the performance;
a memory that stores the performance information included in the first key information in response to:
(a) the first key information being accepted by the acceptor and (b) determining that the identifier included in the first key information is a predetermined identifier;
and that stores the temporary use permission information and the performance information included in the second key information in response to the second key information being accepted by the acceptor;
an activator that activates the device with the performance represented by the performance information in response to:
(c) determining that the first user has entered the first key information into the acceptor by determining that the performance information is stored in the memory, (d) determining that the temporary use permission information is not stored in the memory, and (e) determining that an instruction to activate the device is provided;
and
a controller that controls the activator to activate the device with the performance represented by the performance information and then performs control to erase the performance information and the temporary use permission information from the memory in response to:
(f) determining that the second user has entered the second key information into the acceptor by determining that the performance information and the temporary use permission information are stored in the memory, and (g) determining that an instruction to activate the device is provided,
wherein the device serves as an image processing outputter that performs predetermined processing on image information inputted to the device, and outputs the processed image information, and
wherein the performance information comprises information that controls the image processing outputter to perform the predetermined processing.

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An information processing method comprising:

accepting first key information and second key information, the first key information including performance information representing a performance for which a first user and a second user agree to contract with respect to a device and an identifier for identifying the device;
the second key information including the performance information and temporary use permission information representing permission for temporary use of the device with the performance;
storing the performance information included in the first key information in response to:
(a) the first key information being accepted and (b) determining that the identifier included in the first key information is a predetermined identifier;
and storing the temporary use permission information and the performance information included in the second key information in response to the second key information being accepted;
activating the device with the performance represented by the performance information in response to:
(c) determining that the first user has entered the first key information by determining that the performance information is stored, (d) determining that the temporary use permission information is not stored, and (e) determining that an instruction to activate the device is provided;
and
performing control to activate the device with the performance represented by the performance information and then performing control to erase the performance information and the temporary use permission information in response to:
(f) determining that the second user has entered the second key information by determining that the performance information and the temporary use permission information are stored, and (g) determining that an instruction to activate the device is provided,
wherein the device serves as an image processing outputter that performs predetermined processing on image information inputted to the device and outputs the processed image information, and
wherein the performance information comprises information that controls the image processing outputter to perform the predetermined processing.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

accepting first key information and second key information, the first key information including performance information representing a performance for which a first user and a second user agree to contract with respect to a device and an identifier for identifying the device;
the second key information including the performance information and temporary use permission information representing permission for temporary use of the device with the performance;
storing the performance information included in the first key information in response to:
(a) the first key information being accepted and (b) determining that the identifier included in the first key information is a predetermined identifier;
and storing the temporary use permission information and the performance information included in the second key information in response to the second key information being accepted;
activating the device with the performance represented by the performance information in response to:
(c) determining that the first user has entered the first key information by determining that the performance information is stored, (d) determining that the temporary use permission information is not stored, and (e) determining that an instruction to activate the device is provided;
and
performing control to activate the device with the performance represented by the performance information and then performing control to erase the performance information and the temporary use permission information in response to:
(f) determining that the second user has entered the second key information by determining that the performance information and the temporary use permission information are stored, and (g) determining that an instruction to activate the device is provided,
wherein the device serves as an image processing outputter that performs predetermined processing on image information inputted to the device and outputs the processed image information, and
wherein the performance information comprises information that controls the image processing outputter to perform the predetermined processing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/166,408Filed 22 Jun 2011
Priority: JP 2010-2484915 Nov 2010
Published: US 2012/0117387 A110 May 2012
Granted: 3 Feb 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06F 21/85
Protecting input, output or interconnection devices: interconnection devices, e.g. bus-connected or in-line devices
G06F 21/74
To assure secure computing or processing of information: operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode
G06F 2221/2101
Indexing scheme relating to G06F21/00 and subgroups addressing additional information or applications relating to security arrangements for…:…
G06F 2221/2105
Indexing scheme relating to G06F21/00 and subgroups addressing additional information or applications relating to security arrangements for…: dual…