Device access based on centralized authentication
First Claim
1. A method for controlling access to a peripheral device by a user, wherein the peripheral device is accessible by the user based on access management information, and wherein the peripheral device is constructed to provide the user with a plurality of features and/or services including at least one of a printer service, a scanner service, a facsimile service and a copy service, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a computer, from a server, access management information which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device available to the user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device, or which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device not available to the user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device;
receiving, at the peripheral device, the access management information and a job from the computer;
determining, at the peripheral device, whether the user can use the feature and/or the service of the peripheral device necessary to perform the received job, based on the received access management information; and
performing, at the peripheral device, the received job in a case that it is determined that the user can use the feature and/or the service necessary to perform the received job.
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Abstract
Access control to a networked peripheral device by a walk-up user, wherein the networked peripheral device is accessible by both the walk-up user and a remote user, based on centralized access management information. Access control comprises receiving authenticated information for the walk-up user from the networked peripheral device at a centralized location, determining at the networked peripheral device a level of access to the networked peripheral device by the walk-up user based on received access management information for the walk-up user, and allowing the walk-up user to access the determined user-available features of the networked peripheral device based on the determined level of access.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for controlling access to a peripheral device by a user, wherein the peripheral device is accessible by the user based on access management information, and wherein the peripheral device is constructed to provide the user with a plurality of features and/or services including at least one of a printer service, a scanner service, a facsimile service and a copy service, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a computer, from a server, access management information which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device available to the user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device, or which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device not available to the user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device; receiving, at the peripheral device, the access management information and a job from the computer; determining, at the peripheral device, whether the user can use the feature and/or the service of the peripheral device necessary to perform the received job, based on the received access management information; and performing, at the peripheral device, the received job in a case that it is determined that the user can use the feature and/or the service necessary to perform the received job. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for controlling access to a peripheral device by a user, wherein the peripheral device is accessible by the user based on access management information, and wherein the peripheral device is constructed to provide the user with a plurality of features and/or services including at least one of a printer service, a scanner service, a facsimile service and a copy service, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a computer, from a server, access management information which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device available to the user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device; receiving, at the peripheral device, the access management information and a job from the computer; determining, at the peripheral device, whether the user can use the feature and/or the service of the peripheral device necessary to perform the received job, based on the received access management information; and performing, at the peripheral device, the received job in a case that it is determined that the user can use the feature and/or the service necessary to perform the received job. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A peripheral device which is accessible by a user based on access management information, and wherein the peripheral device is constructed to provide the user with a plurality of features and/or services including at least one of a printer service, a scanner service, a facsimile service and a copy service, comprising:
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a reception unit constructed to receive, from a computer, a job and access management information which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device available to a user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device, or which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device not available to the user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device, wherein the access management information is transmitted from a server to the computer before the access management information is transmitted from the computer to the peripheral device; and a controller constructed to determine, based on the received access management information, whether the user can use the feature and/or the service of the peripheral device necessary to perform the received job, and constructed to perform the received job in a case that it is determined that the user can use the feature and/or the service necessary to perform the received job. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A peripheral device which is accessible by a user based on access management information, and wherein the peripheral device is constructed to provide the user with a plurality of features and/or services including at least one of a printer service, a scanner service, a facsimile service and a copy service, comprising:
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a reception unit constructed to receive, from a computer, a job and access management information which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device available to the user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device, wherein the access management information is transmitted from a server to the computer before the access management information is transmitted from the computer to the peripheral device; and a controller constructed to determine, based on the received access management information, whether the user can use the feature and/or the service of the peripheral device necessary to perform the received job, and constructed to perform the received job in case that it is determined that the user can use the feature and/or the service necessary to perform the received job. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A server for use in controlling access to a peripheral device by a user, wherein the peripheral device is accessible by the user based on access management information, and wherein the peripheral device is constructed to provide the user with a plurality of features and/or services including at least one of a printer service, a scanner service, a facsimile service and a copy service, the server comprising:
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a reception unit constructed to receive, from a computer, authentication information corresponding to a user; an authentication unit constructed to authenticate the user using the received authentication information; and a transmission unit constructed to transmit, to the computer, access management information which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device available to the authenticated user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device, or which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device not available to the authenticated user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device, wherein the computer transmits the access management information and a job to the peripheral device, the peripheral device determines, based on the transmitted access management information, whether the user can use the feature and/or the service of the peripheral device necessary to perform the job, and the peripheral device performs the job in case that it is determined that the user can use the feature and/or the service necessary to perform the job. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A server for use in controlling access to a peripheral device by a user, wherein the peripheral device is accessible by the user based on access management information, and wherein the peripheral device is constructed to provide the user with a plurality of features and/or services including at least one of a printer service, a scanner service, a facsimile service and a copy service, the server comprising:
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a reception unit constructed to receive, from a computer, authentication information corresponding to a user; an authentication unit constructed to authenticate the user using the received authentication information; and a transmission unit constructed to transmit, to the computer, access management information which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device available to the authenticated user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device, wherein the computer transmits the access management information and a job to the peripheral device, the peripheral device determines, based on the transmitted access management information, whether the user can use the feature and/or the service of the peripheral device necessary to perform the job, and the peripheral device performs the job in case that it is determined that the user can use the feature and/or the service necessary to perform the job. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A computer for transmitting a job to a peripheral device, wherein the peripheral device is accessible by a user based on access management information, and wherein the peripheral device is constructed to provide the user with a plurality of features and/or services including at least one of a printer service, a scanner service, a facsimile service and a copy service, the computer comprising:
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a reception unit constructed to receive, from a server, access management information which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device available to a user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device, or which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device not available to the user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device; and a transmission unit constructed to transmit the received access management information and a job to the peripheral device, wherein the peripheral device determines whether the user can use the feature and/or the service of the peripheral device necessary to perform the job, based on the transmitted access management information, and the peripheral device performs the job in case that it is determined that the user can use the feature and/or the service necessary to perform the job. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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