INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING USER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND USER MANAGEMENT METHOD IN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20200137243A1
• Filed: 10/14/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2018
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: OKADA, MIKIYA, SAWANO, TAKASHI
• Application Number:
  US16/601,039
• Publication Number:
  US 20200137243A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/45 Structures or tools for the administration of authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00421 using drop-down menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00432 using tabs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0048 Indicating an illegal or impossible operation or selection to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00514 for individual users
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4413 involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

A multifunction machine according to the present invention has a quick login mode for implementing simple authentication. Moreover, a user can set a password as necessary. In such a quick login mode, user information can be registered and edited as necessary. Note that the user information to which the password is attached can be edited under a condition which is entry of the password or an administrator password. On the other hand, the user information to which no password is attached can be edited without condition. This greatly contributes to proper management of the registered user information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus including a display device that displays, based on registered user information, an operator corresponding to each user and receiving authentication operation by the user, comprising:

a delete command receiving device that receives a delete command for deleting the user information corresponding to an optional operator; and

a deletion device that deletes the user information under a condition that is entry of a user password or a predetermined administrator password in a case where the user password is attached to the user information according to the delete command and deletes the user information without condition in a case where no user password is attached to the user information.

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

attachment of the user password to the user information is optional.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display control device that controls a display form of each operator according to a frequency of use of the information processing apparatus by each user.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a communication device that performs communication with each user-side user device; and

a notification device that sends predetermined notification information to the user device for any user via the communication device when the frequency of use by the user falls below a predetermined first frequency.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

a frequency changing device that takes the frequency of use by the user of the user device as not falling below the first frequency when response information for the notification information is received from the user device as a destination of the notification information via the notification device.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

a deletion device that deletes the user information on any user when the frequency of use by the user falls below a second frequency lower than the first frequency.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the frequency of use by each user includes a length of a period in which a state in which the information processing apparatus is not used by the user is continued.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the user information is optionally registrable.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the information processing apparatus is a multifunction machine.

4. An information processing apparatus including a display device that displays, based on registered user information, an operator corresponding to each user and receiving authentication operation by the user, comprising:

a display control device that controls a display form of each operator according to a frequency of use of the information processing apparatus by each user.

11. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a user management program in an information processing apparatus including a display device that displays, based on registered user information, an operator corresponding to each user and receiving authentication operation by the user, wherein

the user management program causes a computer of the information processing apparatus to execute

receiving a delete command for deleting the user information corresponding to an optional operator, and

deleting the user information under a condition which is entry of a user password or a predetermined administrator password in a case where the user password is attached to the user information according to the delete command and deleting the user information without condition in a case where no user password is attached to the user information.

12. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a user management program in an information processing apparatus including a display device that displays, based on registered user information, an operator corresponding to each user and receiving authentication operation by the user, wherein

the user management program causes a computer of the information processing apparatus to execute

controlling a display form of each operator according to a frequency of use of the information processing apparatus by each user.

13. A user management method in an information processing apparatus including a display device that displays, based on registered user information, an operator corresponding to each user and receiving authentication operation by the user, comprising:

receiving a delete command for deleting the user information corresponding to an optional operator; and

deleting the user information under a condition which is entry of a user password or a predetermined administrator password in a case where the user password is attached to the user information according to the delete command and deleting the user information without condition in a case where no user password is attached to the user information.

14. A user management method in an information processing apparatus including a display device that displays, based on registered user information, an operator corresponding to each user and receiving authentication operation by the user, comprising:

controlling a display form of each operator according to a frequency of use of the information processing apparatus by each user.