Information processing system and processing method thereof

• US 8,392,974 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2010
• Issued: 03/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ikeda, Motoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Armouche, Hadi
• Assistant Examiner(s): BRUNNER, JARON KENNETH
• Application Number:
  US12/709,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20100235904A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,110 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 726/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing

Abstract

When a plurality of information processing apparatuses that have an authentication function cooperate to execute a job, user authentication information is transmitted from a cooperative information source processing apparatus to a destination cooperative information processing apparatus that execute the cooperative job. A user account is created at the destination cooperative information processing apparatus based on the transmitted authentication information. When the cooperative information source processing apparatus notifies execution of a cooperative job to the destination cooperative information processing apparatus, authentication information that is authenticated at the cooperative information source processing apparatus is transmitted to the destination cooperative information processing apparatus. The destination cooperative information processing apparatus creates a user account based on the authentication information, and executes the cooperative job using the created user account.

Claims

1. An information processing system that executes a cooperative job that is executed by cooperation between a plurality of information processing apparatuses that have an authentication function, comprising:

a source cooperative information processing apparatus comprising;

an authentication unit configured to perform authentication of a user using authentication information; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit, in a case where authentication of a user is performed by the authentication unit using the authentication information for executing a cooperative job, the authentication information used for the authentication to a destination cooperative information processing apparatus, and

the destination cooperative information processing apparatus comprising;

a creation unit configured to create account information based on authentication information transmitted by the transmission unit; and

a management unit configured to perform management of the cooperative job using account information created by the creation unit,

wherein the cooperative job includes that the destination cooperative information processing apparatus transmits image data transmitted from the source cooperative information processing apparatus using a facsimile transmitting function

wherein the management unit manages a history of the cooperative job,

wherein the destination cooperative information processing apparatus further comprises a deletion unit that deletes account information created by the creation unit, and

wherein in a case in which a history of the cooperative job that is managed by said management means is erased, the deletion unit deletes account information relating to the history of the cooperative job.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the destination cooperative information processing apparatus further comprises:

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the destination cooperative information processing apparatus has a user account with the same authentication information as authentication information transmitted by the transmission unit, and

wherein when the determination unit determines that a user account with the same authentication information does not exist, the creation unit newly creates a user account as the account information based on the authentication information that is transmitted.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the source cooperative information source processing apparatus and the destination cooperative information processing apparatus comprise an authorization management unit that manages an authorization relating to use of its own apparatus with respect to account information;

when transmitting the authentication information with the transmission unit, the source cooperative information processing apparatus transmits authorization information showing an authorization of the authentication information that is managed with the authorization management unit to the destination cooperative information processing apparatus; and

the destination cooperative information processing apparatus manages an authorization relating to use of its own apparatus with respect to account information that is created by the creation unit in accordance with the authorization information transmitted by the source cooperative information processing apparatus, by means of the authorization management unit.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein when the cooperative job is completed, the destination cooperative information processing apparatus edits an authorization with respect to account information created by the creation unit, by means of the authorization management unit.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the destination cooperative information processing apparatus further comprises a unit configured to authenticate the source cooperative information source processing apparatus; and

when authentication is established by the means that authenticates, the creation unit creates account information based on the authentication information.

6. A processing method of an information processing system that executes a cooperative job that is executed by cooperation between a plurality of information processing apparatuses that have an authentication function, the method comprising:

using a source cooperative information processing apparatus to perform;

authenticating of a user using authentication information; and

in a case where authentication of the user is performed for executing a cooperative job, transmitting the authentication information used for the authentication to a destination cooperative information processing apparatus;

the method further comprising using the destination cooperative information processing apparatus to perform;

creating account information based on authentication information transmitted from the source cooperative information processing apparatus that is the cooperation origin; and

managing the cooperative job using the account information that is created,

wherein the cooperative job includes that the destination cooperative information processing apparatus transmits image data transmitted from the source cooperative information processing apparatus using a facsimile transmitting function

wherein managing the cooperative job includes managing a history of the cooperative job,

wherein the destination cooperative information processing apparatus is further used to perform deleting of the created account information, and

wherein in a case in which a history of the cooperative job that is managed is erased, account information relating to the history of the cooperative job is deleted.