Patent ID: 9426330
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a control part that controls the image forming apparatus; an auxiliary memory part that includes user authentication data; a network communication part; an operation panel; and a printing part; wherein the image forming apparatus can perform a first user authentication process and a second user authentication process; wherein the image forming apparatus, if an input of user authentication data is received via the operation panel, performs the first user authentication process which comprises matching the user authentication data input via the operation panel with the user authentication data included in the auxiliary memory part; wherein the control part includes a controller, an application platform, and an user authentication application; wherein the user authentication application is created by a user and includes a port for printing that is an opened port and is an interface for inputting the print request data; wherein the second user authentication process, if a print request data including user determination data and image data is received via the network communication part from an operation terminal, is performed by the user authentication application; wherein the second user authentication process comprises: wherein, when the notice data for use permission is received, the user authentication application extracts the image data from the print request data and outputs the extracted image data to the application platform, the application platform outputs the image data to the controller, and the controller outputs the image data to the printing part, and wherein, when the notice data for use non-permission is received, the user authentication application transmits the notice data for use non-permission to the operation terminal.