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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2014
Yukiko Kaida, Tokyo, JP;
Yukiko Kaida, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an aspect of the present invention, an image management apparatus includes: an authentication processing unit which authenticates access according to an authentication request; an information-displayed-on-apparatus receiving unit which receives displayed-on-apparatus information acquired based on information transmitted to and displayed on an image recipient apparatus in association with transmission of the authentication request; a ticket processing unit which generates ticket link information by generating ticket information for identification of the authentication and linking a user identifier of an authenticated user and a device identifier, which is acquired using the displayed-on-apparatus information received in association with the authentication, of the image recipient apparatus to the ticket information; and an image providing unit which, upon receiving an image request from the image recipient apparatus, acquires the device identifier of the image recipient apparatus and checks an authentication status of the user based on the ticket information linked to the device identifier.