Patent ID: 9524387
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor which act as: a first authentication unit and a second authentication unit configured to respectively perform user authentication by a first authentication scheme and a second authentication scheme, and each manage user information registered for user authentication; an input unit configured to accept input of user information to be registered for user authentication by the first authentication scheme; a confirmation unit configured to, when the user information is input via the input unit, confirm whether or not user information for user authentication by the second authentication scheme is managed by the second authentication unit for a user indicated by the input user information; and a control unit configured to control the first authentication unit to register the user information input via the input unit under at least a condition that the confirmation unit confirms that the user information for user authentication by the second authentication scheme is not managed, and to register information specific to the first authentication scheme out of the user information input via the input, but not to register at least a part of user information which is inputted or prevented from input via the input unit, under at least a condition that the confirmation unit confirms that the user information for user authentication by the second authentication scheme is managed.