Information processing apparatus and authentication control method
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of authentication units; and
a setting unit configured to selectively set a first authentication mode and a second authentication mode, the first authentication mode determining a person to be authenticated to be an authenticated person when authentication by any one of the plurality of authentication units succeeds, and the second authentication mode determining the person to be authenticated to be an authenticated person when the authentications by two or more of the plurality of authentication units succeed.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a plurality of authentication units, and a setting unit configured to selectively set a first authentication mode and a second authentication mode, the first authentication mode determining a person to be authenticated to be an authenticated person when authentication by any one of the plurality of authentication units succeeds, and the second authentication mode determining the person to be authenticated to be an authenticated person when the authentications by two or more of the plurality of authentication units succeed.
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of authentication units; and a setting unit configured to selectively set a first authentication mode and a second authentication mode, the first authentication mode determining a person to be authenticated to be an authenticated person when authentication by any one of the plurality of authentication units succeeds, and the second authentication mode determining the person to be authenticated to be an authenticated person when the authentications by two or more of the plurality of authentication units succeed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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an inputting unit; a wireless communication unit configured to execute wireless communication; and a setting unit configured to selectively set a first authentication mode and a second authentication mode, the first authentication mode determining a person to be authenticated to be an authenticated person when authentication by first authentication unit or second authentication unit succeeds, the first authentication unit approving authentication when the information processing apparatus is linked to an external electronic apparatus by the wireless communication unit, the second authentication unit approving authentication when a correct password is input by the inputting unit, and the second authentication mode determining the person to be authenticated to be an authenticated person when authentication by the first authentication unit and the second authentication unit succeeds. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. An authentication control method of an information processing apparatus including a plurality of authentication unit, comprising:
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setting a first authentication mode in which a person to be authenticated is determined to be an authenticated person when authentication by any one of said plurality of authentication units succeeds; and setting a second authentication mode in which, when the first authentication mode is not set up, the person to be authenticated is determined to be an authenticated person when the authentications by two or more of the plurality of authentication unit succeed. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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