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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2004
Shoji Imaizumi, Shinshiro, JP;
Hiroshi Iwamoto, Toyohashi, JP;
Masaaki Saka, Toyokawa, JP;
Eiichi Yoshida, Toyokawa, JP;
Hideki Hino, Toyokawa, JP;
Shoji Imaizumi, Shinshiro, JP;
Hiroshi Iwamoto, Toyohashi, JP;
Masaaki Saka, Toyokawa, JP;
Eiichi Yoshida, Toyokawa, JP;
Hideki Hino, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data management system includes an authentication server and a data management apparatus (or an MFP). The authentication server includes a storage part for storing affiliation information specifying at least one group that each user belongs to, an authentication part for transferring and receiving data to and from the data management apparatus to perform user authentication, and a group identification part for identifying one or more groups that an authenticated user belongs to based on the affiliation information to send information about the one or more groups to the data management apparatus. An access permission part of the data management apparatus permits an authenticated user belonging to a plurality of groups to access a data file to which any of the plurality of groups has been granted access.