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Information providing device, method, program and recording medium, and user authentication device, method, program and recording medium

  • US 7,617,399 B2
  • Filed: 03/19/2004
  • Issued: 11/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An information providing device arranged in a multi-function peripheral system including multiple image formation applications and a platform, the platform including an OS and at least one control service to control execution of a requested processing according to a function call from one of the image formation applications, the information providing device comprising:

  • a provider association unit configured to associate a plurality of information providers, including first and second information providers the plurality of information providers providing respective user information items, the provider association unit comprising;

    a first unit causing the first information provider to receive a first user information item, stored in a first information management unit, in response to a user information receiving request;

    a second unit causing the second information provider to receive a second user information item, correlated with the first user information item and stored in a second information management unit, in response to a predetermined identification data; and

    a third unit configured to generate an authentication merge ticket including data indicating at least one of an authentication provider name, a term of validity of the ticket, an authentication domain name, and user attributes, the authentication merge ticket being a unified information item generated by combining the first user information item and the second user information item based on the predetermined identification data; and

    an interface configured to transmit the authentication merge ticket to a computer remote from the information providing device via a network.

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