Electronic apparatus, image forming apparatus, method for controlling electronic apparatus, and system for managing image forming apparatus
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1. An electronic apparatus capable of using a component recording a digital certificate, comprising:
- an obtaining part obtaining the digital certificate recorded in the component;
an authenticating part authenticating the component by using the digital certificate; and
a controlling part controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus based on an authentication result by the authenticating part.
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Abstract
In an electronic apparatus capable of using a component recording a digital certificate, the digital certificate recorded in the component is obtained, the component is authenticated by using the digital certificate. An operation of the electronic apparatus is controlled based on an authentication result by the authenticating part.
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1. An electronic apparatus capable of using a component recording a digital certificate, comprising:
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an obtaining part obtaining the digital certificate recorded in the component;
an authenticating part authenticating the component by using the digital certificate; and
a controlling part controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus based on an authentication result by the authenticating part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus using a component recording a digital certificate, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) obtaining the digital certificate being recorded in the component; and
(b) authenticating the component by using the digital certificate, wherein an operation of the electronic apparatus is controlled based on an authentication result in the step (a). - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to control an electronic apparatus using a component recording a digital certificate, said program comprising the codes for:
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(a) obtaining the digital certificate being recorded in the component; and
(b) authenticating the component by using the digital certificate, wherein an operation of the electronic apparatus is controlled based on an authentication result by the code (a). - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A program for causing a computer to control an electronic apparatus using a component recording a digital certificate, said program comprising the codes for:
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(a) obtaining the digital certificate being recorded in the component; and
(b) authenticating the component by using the digital certificate, wherein an operation of the electronic apparatus is controlled based on an authentication result by the code (a).
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26. An image forming apparatus managing system, comprising:
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an image forming apparatus, comprising;
an obtaining part obtaining a digital certificate recorded in a component;
an authenticating part authenticating the component by using the digital certificate;
a controlling part controlling an operation of the image forming apparatus based on an authentication result by the authenticating part;
a communicating part communicating with the component being used in the image forming apparatus, wherein the communicating part sends and receives information necessary to rewrite in information which the component records or is recorded by the component, through an encrypted communication path in which contents are encrypted by using the digital certificate and sends and receives the contents being encrypted;
a controlling part controlling an operation of the image forming apparatus in accordance with control information received from the component through the encrypted communication path;
a toner supplying member as the component;
an image forming part forming an image onto a sheet by using a toner supplied from the toner supplying member; and
a second communicating part communicating with a managing apparatus being externally arranged, wherein the controlling part includes a part obtaining information showing a toner residual quantity as from the toner supplying member as the control information, and ordering another toner supplying member for a replacement to the managing apparatus by the second communicating part, and a managing apparatus for managing the image forming apparatus, wherein the managing apparatus includes a receiving part receiving an order of the toner supplying member for a replaceable from the image forming apparatus.
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- 27. A component capable of recording a digital certificate, comprising a record area recording the digital certificate, which validity can be confirmed by using a certificate key being recorded in an electronic apparatus using the component.
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