US 7,454,613 B2
Information processing apparatus, session recovery method, recording medium for storing session recovery program
Atsuko Yagi, Kanagawa (Japan)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/914,137.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-294422 (JP), filed on Aug. 18, 2003; and application No. 2004-181383 (JP), filed on Jun. 18, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0066196 A1, Mar. 24, 2005
Int. Cl. G06F 9/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 713—167  [713/168; 713/182] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus for establishing a session with a server apparatus connected thereto via a network and communicating to the server apparatus based on the session, comprising:
an authentication information maintaining part configured to maintain authentication information supplied to establish the session;
a session invalidation detection part configured to detect that the session is invalidated; and
a session recovery part, when the session invalidation detection part detects that the session has been invalidated, configured to request the server apparatus to restart the invalidated session by using the authentication information in the authentication information maintaining part.