Patent ID: 11861246
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. An image forming method performed by an image forming device including a memory that stores target user information of a target user associated with a target device connected to the image forming device via an external network, the target user information including a target authority of the target user, a controller, and a communication unit in communication with the external network, the image forming method comprising:
receiving, by the communication unit, an execution instruction of a job from the target device via the external network;
determining, by the controller, whether the execution instruction is associated with the target user based on the target device;
executing, by the controller, the job according to the execution instructions;
storing, by the memory, a second user information of a second user associated with a second device connected to the image forming device via the external network, the second user information including a second authority of the second user, the second authority different from the target authority;
determining, by the controller, whether the execution instruction is associated with the second user based on the second device;
not execute, by the controller, the job after determining that the execution instruction is associated with the second user;
determining, by the controller, whether the job is within the second authority; and
determining, by the controller, whether the job is within the target authority after determining that the job is not within the second authority;
wherein the controller only executes the after determining that the job is within the target authority.