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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Jae-in Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Dae-hyun Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04W 12/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1238 (2013.01); G06F 3/1222 (2013.01); G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); H04W 12/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for authenticating a near field communication (NFC) device, which receives information about an application being executed on an NFC device when the NFC device is tagged, determines an authentication method based on the received information, receives and authenticates a log in information corresponding to the determined authentication method from the NFC device, and allows the use of the image forming apparatus based on a result of authentication.