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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
Takanori Masui, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Masui, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a user authentication unit that authenticates a user in a condition where an authentication medium used for authenticating the user is inserted, the authentication medium storing personal identification information of the user, a private key, and a software program for using the private key and including a processor for running the software program, to thereby establish a verified state in which the user is allowed to use the apparatus, a data processor that performs data processing including private key processing, a processing completion detector that detects completion of the private key processing performed by the data processor, and a verification state changing unit that changes, the verified state of the user having been established as a result of authenticating the user to a user unverified state based on detection of the completion of the private key processing in the processing completion detector.