Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium

• US 10,068,081 B2
• Filed: 02/16/2016
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Yoshimura, Tomokazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia Cervetti, David
• Application Number:
  US15/044,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20170004299A1
• Time in Patent Office: 931 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/33 using certificates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/45 Structures or tools for the administration of authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263

Abstract

An information processing system includes a terminal apparatus including an instruction information creation unit and a first transmission unit, and an information processing apparatus including an execution unit, a reception unit, and a controller. The instruction information creation unit accepts one or more settings relating to processing and creates instruction information denoting the one or more settings. The first transmission unit transmits the instruction information to the information processing apparatus. The execution unit performs the processing related to the one or more settings denoted by the instruction information. The reception unit receives the instruction information and certificate information. The certificate information is information that certifies content of a first prohibition check process in which whether the execution unit supports the one or more settings is determined. The controller performs control so that the processing is performed depending on validity of the certificate information.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

a terminal apparatus; and

an information processing apparatus,

the terminal apparatus including

a processor programmed to

accept one or more settings relating to processing and create instruction information denoting the one or more settings, and

transmit the instruction information to the information processing apparatus, and

the information processing apparatus including

a processor programmed to

perform the processing related to the one or more settings denoted by the instruction information,

receive the instruction information and certificate information, the certificate information including a certification of content of a first prohibition check process determining whether the information processing apparatus supports the one or more settings, and

perform control so that the processing is performed depending on validity of the certificate information.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the first prohibition check process is performed in response to acceptance of each of the one or more settings.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the first prohibition check process is performed on the instruction information created based on the one or more settings that have been confirmed.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processor of the information processing apparatus is further programmed to

perform a second prohibition check process in a case where the certificate information is invalid or the certificate information is not received, the second prohibition check process being a process determining whether the information processing apparatus supports the one or more settings in accordance with a second prohibition condition, the second prohibition condition being a condition that denotes processing uniquely prohibited in the information processing apparatus, and

the processor of the information processing apparatus permits the information processing apparatus to perform or prohibits the information processing apparatus from performing the processing related to the one or more settings in accordance with a determination result of the second prohibition check process.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein in a case where the second prohibition condition matches a first prohibition condition used in the first prohibition check process, it is determined in the second prohibition check process that the certificate information is valid.

6. The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein the terminal apparatus outputs warning information depending on validity of the second prohibition condition.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processor of the terminal apparatus is further programmed to

perform the first prohibition check process in accordance with a first prohibition condition,

create the certificate information, and

the transmit the instruction information and the certificate information to the information processing apparatus.

8. The information processing system according to claim 7, wherein the processor of the information processing apparatus is further programmed to

transmit information prompting updating of the first prohibition condition to the terminal apparatus in a case where the certificate information is invalid.

9. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising

an external apparatus different from the terminal apparatus and the information processing apparatus, wherein

the external apparatus performs the first prohibition check process and creates the certificate information.

10. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the information processing apparatus supports part of the processing related to the one or more settings, the processor of the information processing apparatus permits the information processing apparatus to perform the part of the processing.

11. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first processor; and

a second processor,

wherein the first processor is programmed to

accept one or more settings relating to processing and create instruction information denoting the one or more settings, and

output the instruction information to the second processor, and

the second processor is programmed to

perform the processing related to the one or more settings denoted by the instruction information,

obtain the instruction information and certificate information, the certificate information including a certification of content of a first prohibition check process determining whether the information processing apparatus supports the one or more settings, and

perform control so that the processing is performed depending on validity of the certificate information.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the second processor is further programmed to

perform a second prohibition check process in a case where the certificate information is invalid or the certificate information is not obtained, the second prohibition check process being a process determining whether the information processing apparatus supports the one or more settings in accordance with a second prohibition condition, and wherein

the second processor permits the information processing apparatus to perform or prohibits the information processing apparatus from performing the processing related to the one or more settings in accordance with a determination result of the second prohibition check process.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the first processor is further programmed to

perform the first prohibition check process in accordance with a first prohibition condition, and

the certificate information is determined to be valid in a case where the first prohibition condition matches the second prohibition condition.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for information processing, the process comprising:

accepting one or more settings related to processing and creating instruction information denoting the one or more settings;

performing control to transmit the instruction information to an information processing apparatus that performs the processing related to the one or more settings denoted by the instruction information;

obtaining certificate information including a certification of content of a prohibition check process determining whether the information processing apparatus supports the one or more settings; and

performing control so that the processing is performed by the information processing apparatus depending on validity of the certificate information.