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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2010
Yong-sik Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Yong-chan Kwon, Anyang-si, KR;
Jung-ha Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus to manage an account is provided. The account managing apparatus includes an account management unit which manages a user account of at least one user who uses an image forming apparatus, a storage unit which stores guest information related to the user account, a guest account generating unit which generates a guest account dependent on the user account based on stored guest information and the user account when a request to generate an account to use the image forming apparatus is received from a guest, and a control unit which controls the image forming apparatus according to a generated account policy.