Patent ID: 11870964
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. An information processing apparatus comprising circuitry configured to
receive first identification information of an integrated circuit card;
receive identification information of an application form from an image processing apparatus that creates application data based on the application form via a network, the identification information of the application form being included in electronic watermark data of image data read from the application form,
perform user authentication based on the received first identification information of the integrated circuit card and second identification information of the integrated circuit card, the second identification information of the integrated circuit card being previously associated with the identification information of the application form, and
transmit a result of the user authentication to the image processing apparatus to cause the image processing apparatus to stop creating the application data when the result of the user authentication indicates failed user authentication.