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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2010
Hirohisa Miyamoto, Kobe, JP;
Hirohisa Miyamoto, Kobe, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an user authentication partfor executing authentication of a user, a function enabling partfor enabling at least one function available for the first user based on authority of the first user set in advance when authentication of the first user executed by the user authentication partresults in success, and a function extending partfor extending at least one function available for the first user to enable when authentication of the second user executed by the user authentication partresults in success with at least one function available for the first user being enabled. Therefore, with a user who is not authorized to use certain function of the image forming apparatus is logging in, function extension is executed for allowing the user to use the certain function temporary.