Patent ID: 11876936
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method comprising:
storing, in a memory, role data corresponding to each of a plurality of identified users associatively with one of a plurality of roles assigned to each user;
storing, in the memory, permission data corresponding to device permissions associated with each of the plurality of roles;
storing, in the memory, a unique set of permissions for each of the plurality of roles;
showing a login prompt on a user interface display;
receiving login information responsive to the login prompt from an associated user via the user interface;
determining a determined role of the user in accordance with received login information and the roll data as a device user, an administrator, an operations user or a super user;
showing selectable indicia corresponding to device controls associated with permissions associated with the determined role in the display, wherein the selectable indicia include
a selectable device user indicia that, when selected, enables user account management and associated multifunction peripheral operations,
selectable administrator indicia including the device user indicia and a device management indicia which, when selected, enables device management for the plurality of multifunction peripherals,
selectable operations indica including the device user indicia and customer management indicia which, when selected, enables management of customers associated with the plurality of multifunction peripherals, and
selectable super user indicia including the device user indicia, the device management indicia and the operations indicia;

receiving a selection of one or more of the displayed device controls from the user via the user interface; and
configuring or operating a multifunction peripheral in accordance with the selected device controls.