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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2010
Applicant:
Sachiko Yoshimura, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Sachiko Yoshimura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/44 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/4406 (2013.01); H04N 1/4433 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an application management unit that detects a restricted function of which use by a given user is inhibited from among functions within an application. The image forming apparatus further includes a function monitoring unit that registers the restricted function detected by the application management unit, and inhibits the user from executing the restricted function.