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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2012
Ryoji Matsumura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoji Matsumura, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus with a single function or plural functions includes a user information receiving unit that receives user information about a user; a request unit that requests use permission information from a server; a receiving unit that receives the use permission information transmitted from the server; a memory that stores the received use permission information; a use permission determining unit that performs a first determination process and a second determination process; and an operation controller that, when the use of the function is permitted in the first determination process, performs control such that operations other than a predetermined operation are available before the second determination process is performed and, when it is determined that the function permitted to be used in the first determination process is also permitted to be used in the second determination process, performs control to permit the user to use all operations of the function.