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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2007
Takahiko Uno, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiko Uno, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a hard disk drive (HDD) that stores therein user information, an operating unit that performs an operation of setting of user authentication, a user information registering unit that registers user information for a user who are permitted to use a function, and a system control unit that controls registration of the user information to the user information registering unit. An authentication server reads out the user information from the HDD and authenticates use permission of functions in the information processing apparatus. The system control unit controls registerability of the user information to the user information registering unit for each function with use permission determined by the information processing apparatus.