Patent ID: 8194265
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A method of authenticating at least one piece of content provided to an image forming apparatus in which at least one consumable is disposed, the method comprising: determining whether the at least one consumable includes authentication information of the at least one piece of content; displaying the at least one piece of content on a user interface according to a license policy corresponding to the authentication information; selecting at least one piece of content from the at least one piece of content displayed on the user interface; determining whether the selected content satisfies the license policy based on at least one of an application level of the selected content and a content provider of the selected content; if the selected content satisfies the license policy, authenticating the selected content so that the authenticated content can be executed in the image forming apparatus; and executing the authenticated content, wherein, when the license policy allows content developed by a specific content provider to be used, the authenticating of the selected content includes authenticating the selected content if the content provider of the selected content is the specific content provider established according to the license policy.