IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL SERVER, AND IMAGE-FORMING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An image-forming apparatus configured to be controlled based on access-control information and to perform a flow which includes performing a plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus based on flow setting information which designates an order of performance of the plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus, the image-forming apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire the access-control information based on a signature included in the flow setting information if the flow setting information includes the signature; and
a flow-performing unit configured to perform the flow based on the access-control information acquired by the acquisition unit.
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Abstract
An image-forming apparatus configured to be controlled based on access-control information and to perform a flow which includes performance a plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus based on flow setting information, where flow setting information designates an order of performance of the plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus. The image-forming apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire the access-control information based on a signature included in the flow setting information if the flow setting information includes the signature, and a flow-performing unit configured to perform the flow based on the access-control information acquired by the acquisition unit.
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18 Claims
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1. An image-forming apparatus configured to be controlled based on access-control information and to perform a flow which includes performing a plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus based on flow setting information which designates an order of performance of the plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus, the image-forming apparatus comprising:
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an acquisition unit configured to acquire the access-control information based on a signature included in the flow setting information if the flow setting information includes the signature; and
a flow-performing unit configured to perform the flow based on the access-control information acquired by the acquisition unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for an image-forming apparatus, which controls performance of a flow, based on access-control information, where the flow includes performing a plurality of functions of the image-forming apparatus based on flow setting information designating an order of performance of a plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
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acquiring the access-control information based on a signature included in the flow setting information if the flow setting information includes the signature; and
performing the flow based on acquired access-control information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A control server configured to generate access-control information for controlling performance of a function of an image-forming apparatus, the control server comprising:
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a generation unit configured to generate the access-control information based on a signature included in flow setting information in the case that a flow is performed based on the flow setting information, wherein the flow setting information designates an order of performance of a plurality of functions of the image-forming apparatus in the image-forming apparatus; and
a sending unit configured to send the access-control information to the image-forming apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method for a control server configured to generate access-control information for controlling performance of a function of an image-forming apparatus, the method comprising:
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generating the access-control information based on a signature included in flow setting information, where the flow setting information designates an order of performance of a plurality of functions of the image-forming apparatus; and
sending the access-control information generated by the generation unit to the image-forming apparatus.
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16. An image-forming system comprising:
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a control server configured to generate access-control information for controlling performance of a function of an image-forming apparatus; and
the image-forming apparatus, configured to be controlled based on access-control information and to perform a flow, where the flow includes performance of a plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus based on flow setting information designating an order of performance of the plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus, wherein the control server comprises;
a verification unit configured to verify whether a signature included in the flow setting information is authentic; and
a generation unit configured to generate the access-control information based on a signature included in the flow setting information if it is verified by the verification unit that the signature is authentic, and wherein the image-forming apparatus comprises;
a acquisition unit configured to acquire from the control server the access-control information generated by the generation unit; and
a flow-performing unit configured to perform the flow based on the access-control information acquired by the acquisition unit.
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17. An image-forming apparatus configured to be controlled based on access-control information and to perform a flow which includes performance of a plurality of functions of the image-forming apparatus based on flow setting information, where the flow setting information designates an order of performance of the plurality of functions of the image-forming apparatus, wherein the access-control information includes flow-identification information that identifies flow setting information, the image-forming apparatus comprising;
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a determination unit configured to determine whether flow setting information is identified by the flow-identification information; and
a flow-performing unit configured to perform the plurality of functions identified by the flow setting information if it is determined by the determination unit that the flow setting information is identified by the flow-identification information.
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18. A method for an image-forming apparatus, which controls performance of a flow based on access-control information, where the flow includes performing a plurality of functions of the image-forming apparatus, wherein the access-control information includes flow-identification information that identifies flow setting information, the method comprising:
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determining whether flow setting information is identified by the flow-identification information included in access-control information; and
performing the plurality of functions designated by the flow setting information if it is determined that the flow setting information is identified by the flow-identification information.
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Specification