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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2007
Koichi Sawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigenobu Ohga, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Kano, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Nagasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Sawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigenobu Ohga, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Kano, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Nagasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print-order receiving apparatus includes a first memory unit for storing an administrator password used to determine whether or not to allow access to administrative information, a second memory unit for storing an order-confirmation password used to determine whether or not to perform printing, a first data-reading unit for reading image data from a first portable recording medium, a password requesting unit for requesting input of the order-confirmation password during an operation of receiving a print-order regarding the read image data, a second data-reading unit for reading password data from a second portable recording medium when the order-confirmation password is requested, and a print-determination unit for checking whether the read password data and the order-confirmation password match and for determining whether or not to print the image data.