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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2008
Seijiro Hori, Tokyo, JP;
Yuuki Ohtaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Kawakubo, Chiba, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a user information managing part that manages registered user information, an authentication part that performs user authentication using the registered user information managed by the user information managing part, an external authentication part that controls an external computer to perform authentication on user information input via an input interface and acquires authenticated user information from the computer when the input user information is successfully authenticated by the computer, and a registration part that registers the authenticated user information acquired by the external authentication part in the user information managing part as the registered user information.