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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Ntt Electronics Corporation, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Etsushi Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhito Takei, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Nishizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
NTT ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A processing equipment includes a processing unit having a plurality of functions. A retaining unit retains a device identifier capable of identifying the processing equipment. An interface unit receives a function authentication key which is a code for setting a specific function among the plurality of functions to be enabled or disabled. A control unit sets the specific function to be enabled or disabled according to the function authentication key when a device identifier included in the received function authentication key coincides with the device identifier retained in the retaining unit.