Patent ID: 8799995
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An image forming method comprising: selecting, via a user interface of an image forming apparatus, search attribute information designating user attribute information types, including a display user name type; transmitting, via the image forming apparatus, authentication information comprising a login user name to an authentication server to cause the authentication server to perform authentication; transmitting, by the image forming apparatus, the search attribute information to the authentication server in response to the authentication being successful; acquiring, by the image forming apparatus, user attribute information associated with the login user name corresponding to the user information types designated by the search attribute information from the authentication server; registering, by the image forming apparatus, as a display user name the user attribute information corresponding to the display user name type designated by the search attribute information; and storing, in the image forming apparatus, log information of a job in association with the display user name, wherein the log information of the job is not stored in association with the login user name, and wherein after the authentication, the login user name is not stored in the image forming apparatus.