Patent ID: 9483630
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a processor, and a memory having instructions stored therein, which, when the instructions are executed by the processor, cause the processor to: (a) manage a login application at least having both a login screen display function and a user authentication function; (b) determine whether or not a plug-in module added to the information processing apparatus has the login screen display function and to determine whether or not the plug-in module has the user authentication function; (c) enable the login screen display function of the plug-in module if it is determined that that the plug-in module has the login screen display function, and enable the login screen display function of the login application otherwise; and (d) enable the user authentication function of the plug-in module if it is determined that the plug-in module has the user authentication function, and enable the user authentication function of the login application otherwise.