Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus, and storage medium

• US 10,019,600 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2016
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Dohi, Makoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehedi, Morshed
• Application Number:
  US15/081,501
• Publication Number:
  US 20160292438A1
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/629 to features or functions of an application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4433 to an apparatus, part of an apparatus or an apparatus function

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an update unit configured to update firmware of the information processing apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine whether use of a particular function that is provided by the information processing apparatus is restricted due to the firmware being updated by the update unit, and a display unit configured to provide a warning display if the determination unit determines that the use of the particular function is restricted.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a memory;

a processor coupled to the memory which updates firmware of the information processing apparatus;

the processor configured to determine whether a setting regarding a remote access service provided by the information processing apparatus has been enabled due to the firmware being updated, wherein the information processing apparatus inputs a configuration remotely by using the remote access service;

the processor configured to disable the enabled setting during the update of the firmware;

a display unit configured to provide a message indicating that the setting regarding the remote access service is disabled due to the firmware being updated and guidance information indicating how to enable the remote access service;

wherein a warning display includes displaying a message indicating that the use of the particular function is restricted and a button that is operable to start a navigation for releasing the use of the particular function from being restricted; and

the processor configured to receive setting of an access password with respect to the particular function after the navigation is started by the button being operated; and

the processor configured to register the received access password set with respect to the particular function, wherein a remote user interface is enabled if the access password has been registered.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the particular function is a function to provide a remote user interface to a data processing apparatus.

3. A control method for an information processing apparatus, the control method comprising:

updating firmware of the information processing apparatus;

determining whether a setting regarding a remote access service provided by the information processing apparatus has been enabled due to the firmware being updated, wherein the information processing apparatus inputs a configuration remotely by using the remote access service;

disabling the enabled setting during the update of the firmware; and

causing a display unit to provide a message indicating that the setting regarding the remote access service is disabled due to the firmware being updated and guidance information indicating how to enable the remote access service;

wherein a warning display includes displaying a message indicating that the use of the particular function is restricted and a button that is operable to start a navigation for releasing the use of the particular function from being restricted; and

the processor configured to receive setting of an access password with respect to the particular function after the navigation is started by the button being operated; and

the processor configured to register the received access password set with respect to the particular function, wherein a remote user interface is enabled if the access password has been registered.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that cause a computer to perform a control method for an information processing apparatus, the control method comprising:

updating firmware of the information processing apparatus;

determining whether a setting regarding a remote access service provided by the information processing apparatus has been enabled due to the firmware being updated, wherein the information processing apparatus inputs a configuration remotely by using the remote access service;

disabling the enabled setting during the update of the firmware; and

causing a display unit to provide a message indicating that the setting regarding the remote access service is disabled due to the firmware being updated and guidance information indicating how to enable the remote access service;

wherein a warning display includes displaying a message indicating that the use of the particular function is restricted and a button that is operable to start a navigation for releasing the use of the particular function from being restricted; and

the processor configured to receive setting of an access password with respect to the particular function after the navigation is started by the button being operated; and

the processor configured to register the received access password set with respect to the particular function, wherein a remote user interface is enabled if the access password has been registered.