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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Yoshio Matsuoka, Ome, JP;
Mayumi Maeda, Ome, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshio Matsuoka, Ome, JP;
Mayumi Maeda, Ome, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04K 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, a first authentication unit which performs a first authentication process to authenticate a user when the main body is powered on, a second authentication unit which performs a second authentication process to authenticate the user after the user is authenticated in the first authentication process, and an authentication skip control unit which skips the first authentication process until a given time period elapses since the user is last authenticated in the second authentication process.