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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2004
Takayasu Oe, Chiba, JP;
Takayasu Oe, Chiba, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and an address book process request processing method are disclosed to improve access security to an address book. The image forming apparatus include an information storage part, a request receipt part and a request processing part. The information storage part stores an address book on users. The request receipt part receives process requests for the address book together with user identification information from users. The request processing part authenticates the users based on the received user identification information and performs operations corresponding to the process requests on the address book in accordance with access authority permitted to the users. The address book includes address information for transmitting data to the users via a network and management information having user identification information of the users.