Patent ID: 9058559
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A first apparatus comprising: a connecting unit configured to connect a second apparatus via a network, the second apparatus storing first user data; a storage unit configured to store second user data; a receiving unit configured to receive recording medium identification data to be used for a user authentication process; a control unit configured to control execution of the user authentication process by either using the second apparatus or not using the second apparatus, the user authentication process being a user authentication process that uses the received recording medium identification data; and a use restriction data acquiring unit configured to acquire use restriction data of an authenticated user authenticated by the user authentication process using the recording medium identification data, based on the first user data or the second user data, the use restriction data of the authenticated user, which has been authenticated by the user authentication process using the recording medium identification data, indicating at least one function of functions which the authenticated user is or is not allowed to use, the at least one function including at least one of a facsimile function, a scanner function, a copying function, and a printing function, and the use restriction data indicating settings and conditions for using an external device, which is different from and external to the first apparatus and the second apparatus.