Patent ID: 8836969
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus storing data to which a password has been set, comprising: a requiring unit configured to require an input of the set password to a user who has logged into the apparatus with first user information; a determining unit configured to determine whether a password input by the user matches the set password; a unit configured to display the data on a display unit in response to a determination that the password input by the user matches the set password; and a setting unit configured to automatically perform a setting so as not to require another input of the set password to the user to display the data again, in response to the determination that the password input by the user matches the set password, wherein after the setting is performed, the requiring unit is configured: not to require an input of the set password to a user to display the data in a case that the user logs into the apparatus with the first user information, and to require an input of the set password to a user to display the data in a case that the user logs in with second user information different from the first user information.