Patent ID: 8756670
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a display for displaying an authentication screen; and a processor configured to perform authentication processing in response to a user's input instruction requesting access via said authentication screen, said authentication processing including at least one of a first authentication scheme and a second authentication scheme, wherein user input for the second authentication scheme is shorter than user input for said first authentication scheme, and wherein each of the first authentication scheme and the second authentication scheme separately provides the same type of access, said processor executing said first authentication scheme to provide access if successful authentication of the user has not occurred within a predetermined period of time, and executing said second authentication scheme to provide access, without requiring said first authentication scheme, when a user input instruction is entered within a predetermined time period after a previous user input instruction successfully provided access in accordance with said first authentication scheme, wherein said processor is further configured to cause the display to display registered key data as the user input for said second authentication scheme that is shorter than the user input for said first authentication scheme, upon successful authentication of the user by said first authentication scheme, and wherein said processor is capable of receiving an instruction from the user disabling the registered key data for use in a subsequent authentication processing, during said display of the registered key data.