| US 7,487,233 B2 | ||
| Device access based on centralized authentication | ||
| Neil Y. Iwamoto, Mission Viejo, Calif. (US); Attaullah Seikh, Irvine, Calif. (US); Jeanette Y. Paek, Cypress, Calif. (US); Martin Martinez, Huntington Beach, Calif. (US); Royce E. Slick, Mission Viejo, Calif. (US); Wei-Jhy Chern, Irvine, Calif. (US); Eliza Khosrova, Los Angeles, Calif. (US); and Joseph Yang, Cypress, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 05, 2001, as Appl. No. 10/17,438. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0105849 A1, Jun. 05, 2003 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—223 [709/229] | 27 Claims |
| 1. A method for controlling access to a peripheral device by a user, wherein the peripheral device is accessible by the user
based on access management information, and wherein the peripheral device is constructed to provide the user with a plurality
of features and/or services including at least one of a printer service, a scanner service, a facsimile service and a copy
service, the method comprising:
receiving, at a computer, from a server, access management information which specifies a feature and/or a service of the peripheral
device available to the user from among the plurality of features and/or services of the peripheral device, or which specifies
a feature and/or a service of the peripheral device not available to the user from among the plurality of features and/or
services of the peripheral device;
receiving, at the peripheral device, the access management information and a job from the computer;
determining, at the peripheral device, whether the user can use the feature and/or the service of the peripheral device necessary
to perform the received job, based on the received access management information; and
performing, at the peripheral device, the received job in a case that it is determined that the user can use the feature and/or
the service necessary to perform the received job.
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