Method of controlling user information and information processing apparatus

• US 10,404,785 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2015
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Matsuda, Toru
• Primary Examiner(s): Owyang, Michelle N
• Application Number:
  US14/665,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20150195355A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,625 Days
• Field of Search: 707600-899
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90335 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0096 Simultaneous or quasi-simultaneous functioning of a plurality of operations H04N1/32545 takes precedence; multiprogramming arrangements of computers G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0097 Storage of instructions or parameters, e.g. customised instructions or different parameters for different user IDs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32598 Bus based systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/34 for coin-freed systems ; Pay systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4413 involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4433 to an apparatus, part of an apparatus or an apparatus function
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

A method of controlling user information for an information processing apparatus includes the steps of a process of an application program requesting user information controlling unit to obtain an item of said user information, and said user information controlling unit providing the obtained item of said user information to said process. The user information controlling unit obtains the user information requested by the process of an application program and provides the user information to the process. Accordingly, the user information can be shared by the application programs and centrally controlled.

Claims

1. A user information deleting method for a multifunctional apparatus including at least a scanner or a fax, the user information deleting method comprising:

receiving, by a web service of the multifunctional apparatus, a first request for user information from an external apparatus that is different from the multifunctional apparatus;

reading, by processing circuitry of the multifunctional apparatus, in response to receiving the first request, the user information from a database of user information in the multifunctional apparatus;

providing, by the processing circuitry of the multifunctional apparatus, in response to the first request sent from the external apparatus, the user information to the external apparatus,

receiving, by the web service included in the multifunctional apparatus, a second request from the external apparatus in response to a user operation on an operation display of the external apparatus, the second request including a delete request to delete the user information,

deleting, by the processing circuitry of the multifunctional apparatus, the user information included in the database of user information in the multifunctional apparatus, based on receipt of the delete request by the web service included in the multifunctional apparatus, and

deleting, by the processing circuitry of the multifunctional apparatus, the user information included in the database of user information in the multifunctional apparatus, based on receiving another user operation for deleting the user information via an operation panel of the multifunctional apparatus.

2. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a multifunctional apparatus including at least a scanner or a fax, cause the multifunctional apparatus to perform a user information deleting method, the user information deleting method comprising:

receiving, by a web service of the multifunctional apparatus, first request for user information from an external apparatus which is different from the multifunctional apparatus;

reading, in response to receiving the first request, the user information from a memory of the multifunctional apparatus;

providing, in response to the first request sent from the external apparatus, the user information to the external apparatus, receiving, by the web service included in the multifunctional apparatus, a second request from the external apparatus in response to a user operation on an operation display of the external apparatus, the second request including a delete request to delete the user information,

deleting the user information included in a database of user information in the multifunctional apparatus, based on receipt of the delete request by the web service included in the multifunctional apparatus, and

deleting the user information included in the database of user information in the multifunctional apparatus, based on receiving another user operation for deleting the user information via an operation panel of the multifunctional apparatus.

3. A multifunctional apparatus including at least a scanner or a fax, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

receive a first request for user information including at least destination information from an external apparatus which is different from the multifunctional apparatus,

read, in response to receiving the first request, the user information from a memory of the multifunctional apparatus, and

provide, in response to the first request sent from the external apparatus, the user information to the external apparatus,

receive, by a web service included in the multifunctional apparatus, a second request from the external apparatus in response to a user operation on an operation display of the external apparatus, the second request including a delete request to delete the user information,

delete the user information included in a database of user information in the multifunctional apparatus, based on receipt of the delete request by the web service included in the multifunctional apparatus, and

delete the user information included in the database of user information in the multifunctional apparatus, based on receiving another user operation for deleting the user information via an operation panel of the multifunctional apparatus.