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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
May. 21, 2008
Rumiko Kakehi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshikatsu Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Rumiko Kakehi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshikatsu Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A management apparatus which includes: a receiving unit that receives first authorization information for a first document that is already issued and contains document identification information identifying at least one document for which it is possible to issue authorization information and an issuance request requesting that second authorization information for a second document be issued; a verifying unit that verifies authenticity of the first authorization information that is received by the receiving unit; a checking unit that, in a case where the authenticity of the first authorization information is verified, checks whether or not document identification information identifying the second document is included in the first authorization information; and an issuing unit that, in a case where the document identification information identifying the second document is included in the first authorization information, issues the second authorization information.