Method of authenticating a user of a peripheral apparatus, a peripheral apparatus, and a system for authenticating a user of a peripheral apparatus
First Claim
1. A method of authenticating a user at a peripheral apparatus, comprising the peripheral apparatus:
- receiving a log-in request from a user;
sending a request to a social networking service to authenticate a social networking service account of the user;
receiving social networking service account information of the user from the social networking service;
determining based on the user'"'"'s social networking service account information whether the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus by connecting to an administrator'"'"'s social networking service account on the social networking service and determining whether or not the user'"'"'s social networking service account information is associated with a list on the social networking service; and
allowing, in a case that the determining determines that the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus, the user access to the peripheral apparatus.
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Abstract
A method of authenticating a user at a peripheral apparatus includes receiving a log-in request from a user, sending a request to a social networking service to authenticate the user'"'"'s social networking service account, receiving the user'"'"'s social networking service account information from the social networking service, determining based on the user'"'"'s social networking service account information whether the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus, and allowing, in a case that the determining determines that the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus, the user access to the peripheral apparatus.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of authenticating a user at a peripheral apparatus, comprising the peripheral apparatus:
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receiving a log-in request from a user; sending a request to a social networking service to authenticate a social networking service account of the user; receiving social networking service account information of the user from the social networking service; determining based on the user'"'"'s social networking service account information whether the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus by connecting to an administrator'"'"'s social networking service account on the social networking service and determining whether or not the user'"'"'s social networking service account information is associated with a list on the social networking service; and allowing, in a case that the determining determines that the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus, the user access to the peripheral apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a central processing unit of a peripheral apparatus, causes the peripheral apparatus to perform an authentication method comprising:
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receiving a log-in request from a user; sending a request to a social networking service to authenticate a social networking service account of the user; receiving social networking service account information of the user from the social networking service; determining based on the user'"'"'s social networking service account information whether the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus by connecting to an administrator'"'"'s social networking service account on the social networking service and determining whether or not the user'"'"'s social networking service account information is associated with a list on the social networking service; and allowing, in a case that the determining determines that the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus, the user access to the peripheral apparatus.
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20. A peripheral apparatus comprising:
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a central processing unit and a memory storing instructions for execution by the central processing unit, the central processing unit operable when executing the instructions to receive a log-in request from a user; send a request to a social networking service to authenticate a social networking service account of the user; receive social networking service account information of the user from the social networking service; determine based on the user'"'"'s social networking service account information whether the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus by connecting to an administrator'"'"'s social networking service account on the social networking service and determining whether or not the user'"'"'s social networking service account information is associated with a list on the social networking service; and allow, in a case that the peripheral apparatus determines that the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus, the user access to the peripheral apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A system for authenticating a user of a peripheral apparatus, the system comprising:
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a server executing a social networking service; and a peripheral apparatus configured to receive a first request that is a log-in request from the user and to send a second request to the social networking service to authenticate a social networking service account of the user, the social networking service configured to receive the second request and to send social networking service account information of the user to the peripheral apparatus, wherein the peripheral apparatus is configured to; receive the social networking service account information of the user from the social networking service, determine based on the user'"'"'s social networking service account information whether the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus by connecting to an administrator'"'"'s social networking service account on the social networking service and determining whether or not the user'"'"'s social networking service account information is associated with a list on the social networking service, and allow, in a case that the peripheral apparatus determines that the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus, the user access to the peripheral apparatus.
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23. A method of authenticating a user at a peripheral apparatus comprising:
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a mobile device determining a first piece of identification information and sending an access request to the peripheral apparatus via a social networking service, the access request comprising the determined first piece of identification information and a second piece of information identifying a social networking service account of the user; the peripheral apparatus receiving the access request via the social networking service and determining based on access request information of the access request whether the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus by connecting to an administrator'"'"'s social networking service account on the social networking service and determining whether or not the user'"'"'s social networking service account information is associated with a list on the social networking service; and in a case that the peripheral apparatus determines that the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus, the peripheral apparatus allowing the user access to the peripheral apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for authenticating a user at a peripheral apparatus, the system comprising:
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a mobile device configured to determine a first piece of identification information and to send an access request to the peripheral apparatus via a social networking service, the access request comprising the determined first piece of identification information and a second piece of information identifying a social service networking account of the user; the peripheral apparatus configured to receive the access request and to determine based on access request information of the access request whether the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus by connecting to an administrator'"'"'s social networking service account on the social networking service and determining whether or not the user'"'"'s social networking service account information is associated with a list on the social networking service, and wherein the peripheral apparatus is configured, in a case that the peripheral apparatus determines that the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus, to allow the user access to the peripheral apparatus.
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