Patent ID: 9576110
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. An access control apparatus belonging to a first domain in a multi-domain environment, comprising: a request unit configured to receive a request for access control information corresponding to a user who gives an instruction via an operation unit of an image forming apparatus for using a function of the image forming apparatus belonging to the first domain, the access control information being used for controlling usage of one or more functions of the image forming apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the received request, whether domain information of the user who gave the instruction via the operation unit of the image forming apparatus belonging to the first domain indicates the first domain; and an issuance unit configured to issue, if the domain information of the user indicates the first domain, access control information corresponding to the user in response to the request received by the request unit of the access control apparatus belonging to the first domain, wherein, if the domain information of the user indicates a second domain that is different from the first domain, the issuance unit is further configured to issue, for the user, domain default access control information for the second domain as access control information in response to the request received by the request unit of the access control apparatus belonging to the first domain, wherein the domain default access control information is prepared in the first domain before the request unit receives the request for the access control information, and wherein, according to the domain default access control information issued for the user having the domain information indicating the second domain, the function of the image forming apparatus belonging to the first domain is used.