Information processing system, information processing method, and non-transitory computer program product

• US 10,162,958 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2017
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Inoue, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Zaidi, Syed A
• Application Number:
  US15/447,352
• Publication Number:
  US 20170270290A1
• Time in Patent Office: 663 Days
• Field of Search: 726 19
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/45 Structures or tools for the administration of authentication

Abstract

An information processing system includes an apparatus that carries out a function; an application program configured to provide a service using the function is installed; and one or more processors configured to receive a request to carry out the function transmitted from the application program, determine a type of an authentication token included in the request, determine, in response to receiving the request, determine a type of the apparatus, whether the authentication token is valid based on the determined type of the authentication token and the determined type of the apparatus, and cause the apparatus to carry out the function corresponding to the request if the authentication token is determined as being valid.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

an apparatus configured to carry out a function;

an application program configured to provide a service using the function; and

one or more processors configured to;

receive a request, transmitted from the application program, to carry out the function,

determine a type of an authentication token included in the request, in response to receiving the request,

determine a type of the apparatus,

determine whether the authentication token is valid based on the determined type of the authentication token and the determined type of the apparatus, and

cause the apparatus to carry out the function corresponding to the request if the authentication token is determined as being valid.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the one or more processors are further configured to

in response to receiving the request, determine the type of the authentication token included in the request by determining whether the authentication token is an authentication token used by the application program under development to use the function or an authentication token used by the application program that has become a product to use the function.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein

the one or more processors are further configured to

determine the type of the authentication token based on information included in the authentication token.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the one or more processors are further configured to

determine the type of the apparatus by determining whether the apparatus is an apparatus that provides the function to the application program under development or an apparatus that provides the function to the application program that has become a product.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein

the one or more processors are further configured to

determine the type of the apparatus based on information concerning the apparatus.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the one or more processors are further configured to

determine whether the authentication token is valid based on predetermined information that associates combinations of the type of the authentication token and the type of the apparatus with respective determination results as to whether the authentication token is valid.

7. An information processing method that an information processing system executes, the information processing system including an apparatus configured to carry out a function and an application program configured to provide a service using the function, the information processing method comprising:

receiving a request, transmitted from the application program, to carry out the function;

determining a type of an authentication token included in the request;

determining a type of the apparatus;

determining whether the authentication token is valid based on the type of the authentication token and the type of the apparatus; and

causing the apparatus to carry out the function corresponding to the request if the authentication token is determined as being valid.

8. The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising:

in response to receiving the request, determining the type of the authentication token included in the request by determining whether the authentication token is an authentication token used by the application program under development to use the function or an authentication token used by the application program that has become a product to use the function.

9. The information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising:

determining the type of the authentication token based on information included in the authentication token.

10. The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising:

determining the type of the apparatus by determining whether the apparatus is an apparatus that provides the function to the application program under development or an apparatus that provides the function to the application program that has become a product.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

determining the type of the apparatus based on information concerning the apparatus.

12. The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising:

determining whether the authentication token is valid based on predetermined information that associates combinations of the type of the authentication token and the type of the apparatus with respective determination results as to whether the authentication token is valid.

13. A non-transitory computer program product to be executed on a computer to perform a method used in an information processing system that includes an apparatus configured to carry out a function and an application program configured to provide a service using the function, the method comprising:

receiving a request, transmitted from the application program, to carry out the function;

determining a type of an authentication token included in the request;

determining a type of the apparatus;

determining whether the authentication token is valid based on the type of the authentication token and the type of the apparatus; and

causing the apparatus to carry out the function corresponding to the request if the authentication token is determined as being valid.

14. The non-transitory computer program product according to claim 13, the method further comprising:

in response to receiving the request, determining the type of the authentication token included in the request by determining whether the authentication token is an authentication token used by the application program under development to use the function or an authentication token used by the application program that has become a product to use the function.

15. The non-transitory computer program product according to claim 14, the method further comprising:

determining the type of the authentication token based on information included in the authentication token.

16. The non-transitory computer program product according to claim 13, the method further comprising:

determining the type of the apparatus by determining whether the apparatus is an apparatus that provides the function to the application program under development or an apparatus that provides the function to the application program that has become a product.

17. The non-transitory computer program product according to claim 16, the method further comprising:

determining the type of the apparatus based on information concerning the apparatus.

18. The non-transitory computer program product according to claim 13, the method further comprising:

determining whether the authentication token is valid based on predetermined information that associates combinations of the type of the authentication token and the type of the apparatus with respective determination results as to whether the authentication token is valid.