INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20170004299A1
• Filed: 02/16/2016
• Published: 01/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: YOSHIMURA, Tomokazu
• Granted Patent: US 10,068,081 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/33 using certificates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/45 Structures or tools for the administration of authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263

Abstract

An information processing system includes a terminal apparatus including an instruction information creation unit and a first transmission unit, and an information processing apparatus including an execution unit, a reception unit, and a controller. The instruction information creation unit accepts one or more settings relating to processing and creates instruction information denoting the one or more settings. The first transmission unit transmits the instruction information to the information processing apparatus. The execution unit performs the processing related to the one or more settings denoted by the instruction information. The reception unit receives the instruction information and certificate information. The certificate information is information that certifies content of a first prohibition check process in which whether the execution unit supports the one or more settings is determined. The controller performs control so that the processing is performed depending on validity of the certificate information.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

a terminal apparatus; and

an information processing apparatus,

the terminal apparatus including

an instruction information creation unit that accepts one or more settings relating to processing and creates instruction information denoting the one or more settings, and

a first transmission unit that transmits the instruction information to the information processing apparatus, and

the information processing apparatus including

an execution unit that performs the processing related to the one or more settings denoted by the instruction information,

a reception unit that receives the instruction information and certificate information, the certificate information being information that certifies content of a first prohibition check process in which whether the execution unit supports the one or more settings is determined, and

a controller that performs control so that the processing is performed depending on validity of the certificate information.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the first prohibition check process is performed in response to acceptance of each of the one or more settings.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the first prohibition check process is performed on the instruction information created based on the one or more settings that have been confirmed.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus further includes

a second prohibition checking unit that performs a second prohibition check process in a case where the certificate information is invalid or the certificate information is not received by the reception unit, the second prohibition check process being a process in which whether the execution unit supports the one or more settings is determined in accordance with a second prohibition condition, the second prohibition condition being a condition that denotes processing uniquely prohibited in the information processing apparatus, and wherein

the controller permits the execution unit to perform or prohibits the execution unit from performing the processing related to the one or more settings in accordance with a determination result obtained by the second prohibition checking unit.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein in a case where the second prohibition condition matches a first prohibition condition used in the first prohibition check process, it is determined in the second prohibition check process that the certificate information is valid.

6. The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein the terminal apparatus outputs warning information depending on validity of the second prohibition condition.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal apparatus further includes

a first prohibition checking unit that performs the first prohibition check process in accordance with a first prohibition condition, and

a certificate information creation unit that creates the certificate information, and wherein

the first transmission unit transmits the instruction information and the certificate information to the information processing apparatus.

8. The information processing system according to claim 7, wherein the information processing apparatus further includes

a second transmission unit that transmits information prompting updating of the first prohibition condition to the terminal apparatus in a case where the certificate information is invalid.

9. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising

an external apparatus different from the terminal apparatus and the information processing apparatus, wherein

the external apparatus performs the first prohibition check process and creates the certificate information.

10. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the execution unit supports part of the processing related to the one or more settings, the controller permits the execution unit to perform the part of the processing.

11. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a user interface unit; and

a processing unit,

the user interface unit including

a creation unit that accepts one or more settings relating to processing and creates instruction information denoting the one or more settings, and

an output unit that outputs the instruction information to the processing unit, and

the processing unit including

an execution unit that performs the processing related to the one or more settings denoted by the instruction information,

an obtaining unit that obtains the instruction information and certificate information, the certificate information being information that certifies content of a first prohibition check process in which whether the execution unit supports the one or more settings is determined, and

a controller that performs control so that the processing is performed depending on validity of the certificate information.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processing unit further includes

a second prohibition checking unit that performs a second prohibition check process in a case where the certificate information is invalid or the certificate information is not obtained by the obtaining unit, the second prohibition check process being a process in which whether the execution unit supports the one or more settings is determined in accordance with a second prohibition condition, and wherein

the controller permits the execution unit to perform or prohibits the execution unit from performing the processing related to the one or more settings in accordance with a determination result obtained by the second prohibition checking unit.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the user interface unit further includes

a first prohibition checking unit that performs the first prohibition checking process in accordance with a first prohibition condition, and wherein

the certificate information is determined to be valid in a case where the first prohibition condition matches the second prohibition condition.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for information processing, the process comprising:

accepting one or more settings related to processing and creating instruction information denoting the one or more settings;

performing control to transmit the instruction information to an information processing apparatus that performs the processing related to the one or more settings denoted by the instruction information;

obtaining certificate information that certifies content of a prohibition check process in which whether the information processing apparatus supports the one or more settings is determined; and

performing control so that the processing is performed by the information processing apparatus depending on validity of the certificate information.