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| 20090027722 | Image forming apparatus - In an image forming apparatus to which a user can login, a management unit that manages login information of a user, a storage unit that stores print data of a print job received from an external device, and a control unit are provided. When a print job is introduced from the external device while the control unit recognizes a state of a user being logged in the login management unit, the control unit temporarily stores the print data of the print job received from the external device in the storage unit and then when the control unit detects a logout with the termination of the login state in the login management unit, starts printing of the print job that is received from the external device and stored in the storage unit. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100001066 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL HAVING FUNCTION OF SETTING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION READING METHOD - In order to provide an authentication system and a terminal capable of saving user's trouble and allowing quick and accurate determination as to whether the user is a registered user or not, a data processing device capable of data communication with a plurality of image forming apparatuses decides an IC card standard used by an IC card reader connected to each image forming apparatus, and transmits a signal notifying the standard to the image forming apparatus having a corresponding identification ID. Based on the IC card standard decided by the data processing device, the image forming apparatus sets the IC card standard used by the IC card reader and determines whether or not the user is a registered user. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100332823 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PERIPHERAL, AUTHENTICATION SERVER AND SYSTEM - In a multi-functional peripheral capable of performing user authentication processing in cooperation with an authentication server and processing in cooperation with an external application, a user is able to easily access a screen of a previously used function immediately after logging in without necessity of switching a screen of the function of the multi-functional peripheral itself and a screen of the external application function. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110004789 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes an input portion for inputting image information, an information storage portion for storing the input image information, a transmission portion for transmitting the image information, and a control portion for processing input, storage and transmission of image information in parallel. The control portion, in the case where an input error occurs in the middle of performing input of image information, causes a transmission portion to transmit an instruction to delete information that has been transmitted to a transmission destination, and to start a retransmission after combining the image information before the input error occurs with the image information input after the input error occurred to form one file. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110029888 | CONTROL SERVER AND DISPLAY SCREEN CONTROL SYSTEM OF MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PERIPHERAL - An initial screen is displayed on the display portion of a multi-functional peripheral based on a usage history of a user to secure convenience of the user and the user is prevented from unconsciously using a charged application. An authentication server stores usage history information of function of a multi-functional peripheral capable of executing a function of an external application for each user, stores usage fee information of the external application, extracts a predetermined function out of functions used by a user based on information of the user who logs in the multi-functional peripheral, transmits control information for displaying a screen of the function to the multi-functional peripheral in the case where the predetermined function is free, and transmits the control information for displaying a predetermined alternative screen in stead of the screen of the function to the multi-functional peripheral in the case where the predetermined function is charged. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110093921 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PERIPHERAL AND MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PERIPHERAL CONTROL SYSTEM - This invention provides a multi-functional peripheral and a multi-functional peripheral control system that manage a total number of output sheets of a user strictly and accurately even when an authentication server of a multi-functional peripheral is not able to perform authentication due to network failure or the like and authentication and output limitation are performed in the multi-functional peripheral. When the number of outputtable sheets registered in a user information management table is not 0, the multi-functional peripheral executes a copy job. When the number of copy outputtable sheets becomes 0, or when copy output of all pages is completed, the number of output sheets is deducted from the number of copy outputtable sheets registered in the user information management table, and thereby the user information management table is updated. Then, when connection to the authentication server is restored, the authentication server updates a user information management DB. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110099626 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PERIPHERAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PERIPHERAL - A multi-functional peripheral control system is composed of an authentication server having a user information management database for storing authentication information corresponding to each user, and that performs user authentication processing with reference to the user information management database, and one or more multi-functional peripherals managed by the authentication server, in which the multi-functional peripheral has a user information management table for storing authentication information corresponding to a user, when being possible to connect to the authentication server, transmits user information to the authentication server to perform authentication processing, and when being impossible to connect to the authentication server, performs alternate authentication with reference to the user information management table, and the multi-functional peripheral includes a user deletion portion for deleting user information that authentication is not permitted by the authentication server from the user information management table. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110134456 | MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER, MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER CONTROL SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A multifunction printer includes a display section, a web browser section for operating in accordance with software for a web browser, and a second web server section for operating in accordance with software for a web server. The web browser section causes the display section to display an operation window indicated by image data received from a first web server section, and notifies the second web server section of a control instruction to control the multifunction printer, which instruction is entered into the operation window. The multifunction printer further includes a device control section for controlling the multifunction printer in accordance with the control instruction of which the web browser section notifies the second web server section. This allows controlling the multifunction printer via the operation window received from an information processing apparatus even when a firewall is constructed between the information processing apparatus and the multifunction printer, and also allows easily customizing the operation window. | 06-09-2011 |
