Patent ID: 8208157
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An authentication apparatus for authorizing access from terminal equipment to a specified network comprising: a printing unit for printing an application form for applying for said access authorization, which application form is printed with an identification image showing first information including identification information of said terminal equipment and identification information of said authentication apparatus; a registering unit for registering said first information to a management part; a scanning unit for scanning said application form to which an image of second information is added, the second information identifying a user of said terminal equipment; a recognizing unit for recognizing said first and second information from image data obtained by scanning; and an authorizing unit for authorizing the terminal equipment that corresponds to said first information recognized by said recognizing unit to have access to said network when the first information recognized by said recognizing unit is judged to be registered in the management part and a user authentication based on the second information is approved, wherein the authorizing unit executes the user authentication by inquiring a database external to the management part and searching the database for the second information that was scanned from the application form.