INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD

• US 20140223009A1
• Filed: 01/27/2014
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: OHKUMA, Hideharu
• Granted Patent: US 9,282,091 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0815 providing single-sign-on or federations

Abstract

An information processing system includes a common service providing unit configured to manage a user with organization identification information, user identification information, and unique identification information, and to provide a common service; and an application service providing unit configured to manage a user with user identification information, and to provide an application service by using the common service. The application service providing unit includes a receiving unit configured to request the common service providing unit to perform authentication on user identification information and organization identification information received from an external device, and receive, from the common service providing unit, the unique identification information associated with the user identification information and the organization identification information received from the external device, and a requesting unit configured to identify a user with the unique identification information and request the common service providing unit to provide the common service.

Claims

1. An information processing system including one or more information processing devices, the information processing system comprising:

a common service providing unit configured to manage a user with organization identification information, user identification information, and unique identification information, and to provide a common service; and

an application service providing unit configured to manage a user with user identification information, and to provide an application service by using the common service provided by the common service providing unit, wherein

the application service providing unit includes

a receiving unit configured to request the common service providing unit to perform authentication on user identification information and organization identification information received from an external device, and receive, from the common service providing unit, the unique identification information associated with the user identification information and the organization identification information received from the external device, and

a requesting unit configured to identify a user with the unique identification information, and request the common service providing unit to provide the common service.

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

the requesting unit identifies the user with the unique identification information and requests the common service providing unit to provide information, and stores the information acquired by the request in association with the unique identification information.

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

when there is the information that is stored in association with the unique identification information when the requesting unit identifies the user with the unique identification information and requests the common service providing unit to provide the information, the requesting unit uses the information that is stored in association with the unique identification information without requesting the common service providing unit to provide the information.

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

the requesting unit identifies the user with the unique identification information, and causes the common service providing unit to

acquire at least authority information of the user associated with the unique identification information and application service information expressing the application service that can be used by the user,

generate a screen according to the authority information and the application service information that have been acquired, and

display the screen on the external device.

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

the application service providing unit further includes

a connection unit configured to make the request, which has been made by the requesting unit by identifying the user with the unique identification information, to the common service providing unit.

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

when the requesting unit identifies the user with the unique identification information and requests the common service providing unit to provide information, the connection unit converts the information acquired by the request into a data structure that can be handled at the requesting unit.

7. An information processing device comprising:

a common service providing unit configured to manage a user with organization identification information, user identification information, and unique identification information, and to provide a common service; and

an application service providing unit configured to manage a user with user identification information, and to provide an application service by using the common service provided by the common service providing unit, wherein

the application service providing unit includes

a receiving unit configured to request the common service providing unit to perform authentication on user identification information and organization identification information received from an external device, and receive, from the common service providing unit, the unique identification information associated with the user identification information and the organization identification information received from the external device, and

a requesting unit configured to identify a user with the unique identification information and request the common service providing unit to provide the common service.

8. An authentication method executed by an information processing system including one or more information processing devices, wherein the information processing system includes

a common service providing unit configured to manage a user with organization identification information, user identification information, and unique identification information, and to provide a common service, and

an application service providing unit configured to manage a user with user identification information, and to provide an application service by using the common service provided by the common service providing unit, the authentication method comprising:

requesting, by the application service providing unit, the common service providing unit to perform authentication on user identification information and organization identification information received from an external device;

receiving, by the application service providing unit from the common service providing unit, the unique identification information associated with the user identification information and the organization identification information received from the external device; and

requesting, by the application service providing unit, the common service providing unit to provide the common service by identifying a user with the unique identification information.