| US 7,589,857 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus and address information processing method | ||
| Takayasu Oe, Chiba (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 27, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/832,283. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-123427 (JP), filed on Apr. 28, 2003; application No. 2003-304983 (JP), filed on Aug. 28, 2003; and application No. 2004-122016 (JP), filed on Apr. 16, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0002057 A1, Jan. 06, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 358—1.16 [358/1.13; 358/1.15; 358/440; 715/739; 707/7; 707/8] | 22 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an information storage unit configured to store an address book of at least one user;
a request receipt unit configured to receive a process request for the address book and user identification information from
the at least one user;
a request processing unit configured to authenticate the at least one user based on the received user identification information
and perform an operation corresponding to the process request on the address book in accordance with access authority granted
to the at least one user, when the request receipt unit receives the process request and the user identification information
from the at least one user; and
a request control unit configured to queue the received process request, when the received process request corresponds to
an edit operation on the address book and is received during execution of an operation corresponding to another process request
on the address book, and to merge a plurality of process requests for multiple users when the plurality of process requests
are related to the edit operation on a same address information and are queued, wherein
the address book has both address information for transmitting data to the at least one user via a network and management
information having user identification information of the at least one user, and
the another process request corresponds to at least one of a view operation, a reference operation, an edit operation, and
a delete operation on information stored in the address book.
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