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JP2006140966A
JP2006140966A JP2004331097A JP2004331097A JP2006140966A JP 2006140966 A JP2006140966 A JP 2006140966A JP 2004331097 A JP2004331097 A JP 2004331097A JP 2004331097 A JP2004331097 A JP 2004331097A JP 2006140966 A JP2006140966 A JP 2006140966A
JP2004331097A
Manami Kubota
Kenichi Suisu
真奈美 久保田
敏信 吉田
智 小栗
健一 水須
2004-11-15 Application filed by Kyocera Mita Corp, 京セラミタ株式会社 filed Critical Kyocera Mita Corp
2004-11-15 Priority to JP2004331097A priority Critical patent/JP2006140966A/en
2006-06-01 Publication of JP2006140966A publication Critical patent/JP2006140966A/en
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce cost in processing data using a time authentication service.
A control unit 103 determines whether authentication permission information acquired by a permission information acquisition unit 102 is stored in an authentication permission information storage unit 171 of an HDD 170. When the authentication permission information is stored in the authentication permission information storage unit 171 by the control unit, a restriction is set so that the authentication information acquisition unit 101 acquires the time authentication information. As a result, the cost of using the time authentication service when storing data in the multi-function device 1 or printing the data is reduced.
The present invention relates to a time authentication management system that manages acquisition of time authentication information from a time authentication organization and an image forming apparatus including the time authentication management system.
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a time authentication service that electronically proves the creation date and time of an electronic document is known in order to prevent falsification of the electronic document. This time authentication service is accessed from a user's personal computer via a network to a time authentication organization that provides the time authentication service (so-called time certificate authority, etc.) and receives time authentication information, etc. The authentication of the time of creation etc. is received. As a printing system using this time authentication service, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a time certificate authority is requested to issue a time stamp at the time of printing, and the time stamp issued based on this request is printed. Printing systems that print with data have been proposed.
JP 2003-323512 A
Since the time authentication service provided by the time authentication organization is charged, it would be expensive to print time stamps for all print data by receiving the time authentication service. In the invention described in No. 1, no measures are taken to reduce the cost of the time authentication service when printing the print data.
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a time authentication management system and an image forming apparatus capable of reducing the cost when processing data using a time authentication service. It is the purpose.
The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention includes time authentication information acquisition means for acquiring time authentication information from a time authentication authority that authenticates time via a network,
Authentication permission information storage means for storing one or more pieces of authentication permission information in which acquisition of the time authentication information by the time authentication information acquisition means is permitted;
Authentication permission information acquisition means for acquiring the authentication permission information based on an external input;
A control unit that causes the time authentication information acquisition unit to acquire the time authentication information when the authentication permission information acquired by the authentication permission information acquisition unit is stored in the authentication permission information storage unit; It is an authentication management system.
In this configuration, when the authentication permission information acquired by the authentication permission information acquisition unit is stored in the authentication permission information storage unit, the control unit causes the time authentication information acquisition unit to acquire the time authentication information. Only when the authentication information acquisition unit acquires the same authentication permission information as the authentication permission information stored in the authentication permission information storage unit, a restriction is provided so that the time authentication information is acquired from the time authentication organization.
The invention according to claim 2 is the time authentication management system according to claim 1, wherein the data input receiving means receives data input;
Data storage means for storing data received by the data input receiving means;
An instruction receiving means for receiving an instruction related to the processing of the data;
When the instruction to store the data in the data storage unit is received by the instruction receiving unit, the control unit causes the time authentication information acquisition unit to acquire the time authentication information, and the acquired time authentication information is In addition to data, the data is stored in the data storage means.
In this configuration, only when the authentication permission information acquired by the authentication permission information acquisition unit is stored in the authentication permission information storage unit, the control unit causes the time authentication information acquisition unit to acquire the time authentication information, and The acquired time authentication information is added to the data received by the data input reception unit and stored in the data storage unit, thereby limiting the acquisition of the time authentication information at the time of data storage.
The invention according to claim 3 is the time authentication management system according to claim 2, wherein a confirmation message indicating that the data to which the time authentication information is added is stored in the data storage means is displayed. It further comprises a confirmation message output means for outputting,
The control unit causes the confirmation message output unit to output a confirmation message when the data to which the time authentication information is added is stored in the data storage unit.
In this configuration, when the data to which the time authentication information is added is stored in the data storage unit, the control unit causes the confirmation message output unit to output a confirmation message, thereby allowing the operator to set the time in the stored data. It is made to recognize that authentication information has been added.
The invention according to claim 4 is the time authentication management system according to claim 1, wherein the data storage means stores data,
Data output means for outputting data stored in the data storage means;
The control unit causes the time authentication information acquisition unit to acquire the time authentication information when the instruction reception unit receives an instruction to output data stored in the data storage unit, and the acquired time authentication Information is added to the data and output to the data output means.
In this configuration, an instruction to output data stored in the data storage unit is received by the instruction reception unit, and the authentication permission information acquired by the authentication permission information acquisition unit is stored in the authentication permission information storage unit. Only when the control means causes the time authentication information acquisition means to acquire the time authentication information, adds the acquired time authentication information to the data and outputs it to the data output means, so that the time authentication information at the time of data output There are restrictions on the acquisition of
The invention according to claim 5 is the time authentication management system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the authentication permission information acquisition unit uses the data of the data as the authentication permission information. The control means uses the time authentication information to the time authentication information acquisition means depending on whether the data format received by the authentication permission information acquisition means is stored in the authentication permission information storage means. It is determined whether or not to acquire.
In this configuration, when the data receiving unit receives data from the outside, the authentication permission information obtaining unit uses the data format of the received data as the authentication permission information, and the control unit performs time authentication according to this data format. By determining whether or not the time acquisition information is acquired by the information acquisition means, it is determined whether or not to transmit a reception confirmation message to the source of the data according to the data format of the received data. I try to control it.
The invention described in claim 6 is the time authentication management system according to claim 1, wherein the data receiving means receives data from the outside,
A reception confirmation message transmitting means for transmitting a reception confirmation message to the originator of the data received by the data receiving means;
The authentication permission information acquisition unit uses the data format of the data received by the data reception unit as the authentication permission information, and the control unit receives the data format received by the authentication permission information acquisition unit, When stored in the authentication permission information storage means, the time authentication information acquisition means acquires the time authentication information, and the reception confirmation message transmission means transmits a reception confirmation message with the time authentication information added thereto. is there.
In this configuration, the control unit selects whether or not to transmit a reception confirmation message with the time authentication information added to the transmission source of the data according to the data format of the data received by the data reception unit. In accordance with the data format, it is possible to select whether or not to transmit a reception confirmation message with time authentication information added.
The invention according to claim 7 is the time authentication management system according to claim 6, wherein an input of an instruction for causing the reception confirmation message transmitting means to transmit the reception confirmation message to which the time authentication information is added is provided. A transmission instruction receiving means for receiving from the operator;
When the transmission instruction reception instruction to which the time authentication information is added is received by the transmission instruction reception means, the control means, regardless of the data format received by the authentication permission information acquisition means, The authentication information acquisition means acquires the time authentication information, and causes the reception confirmation message transmission means to transmit a reception confirmation message to which the time authentication information is added.
According to this configuration, when the control unit receives an instruction to transmit the reception confirmation message to which the time authentication information is added by the transmission instruction receiving unit, the time authentication is performed regardless of the data format of the received data. By allowing the reception confirmation message transmitting means to transmit the reception confirmation message with the information added thereto, the operator can arbitrarily select whether or not to transmit the reception confirmation message with the time authentication information added to the source of the data. It has become.
The invention according to claim 8 is the time authentication management system according to claim 6 or claim 7, wherein the authentication permission information acquisition means replaces the data format as the authentication permission information, Information indicating the source of the data received by the data receiving means is used.
In this configuration, it is possible to select whether or not to return a reception confirmation message to which time authentication information is added according to the transmission source of the data received by the data receiving means.
The invention according to claim 9 is the time authentication management system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the time authentication information acquisition means is configured to provide the time authentication information for each authentication permission information. Further comprising an authentication number counting means for counting the number of times acquired,
The control means permits the time authentication information acquisition means to acquire the time authentication information a predetermined number of times based on the number of authentications counted by the authentication number counting means.
In this configuration, the control unit permits the time authentication information acquisition unit to acquire the time authentication information for each authentication permission information by a predetermined number of times based on the authentication number counted by the authentication number counting unit. For each piece of authentication permission information, the acquisition of time authentication information is limited in terms of the number of times.
A tenth aspect of the present invention is an image forming apparatus including the time authentication management system according to any one of the first to ninth aspects.
According to this configuration, it is possible to provide an image forming apparatus that exhibits the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, when data processing is performed, the time authentication service is not always used, but an operator or the like having authentication permission information permitted to acquire time authentication information Therefore, it is possible to reduce the cost when processing data using the time authentication service.
In addition, if authentication permission information associated with an operator who really needs to acquire time authentication information is stored in the mission information storage means, an operator who really needs to acquire time authentication information or Since management that allows acquisition of time authentication information can be performed only for data and the like, it is possible to expand the range of management of whether or not to permit use of a time authentication service.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the data is stored, the operator having the authentication permission information permitted to acquire the time authentication information, instead of using the time authentication service at all times, Since a restriction is provided so that data to which authentication information is added can be stored in the data storage unit, cost can be reduced when data is stored by adding time authentication information.
According to the invention described in claim 3, the operator can surely recognize that the time authentication information is added to the stored data.
According to the fourth aspect of the invention, when the data is output, the instruction receiving unit receives an instruction to output the data stored in the data storage unit, instead of always using the time authentication service. In addition, since there is a restriction so that an operator having authentication permission information permitted to acquire time authentication information can output data to which time authentication information is added, data with time authentication information added is provided. Can be reduced in cost.
According to the invention described in claim 5, since it is possible to control whether or not the acquisition of the time authentication information is permitted according to the data format of the received data, it is possible to manage whether or not the use of the time authentication service is permitted. The width can be further expanded.
According to the invention described in claim 6, since it is possible to control whether or not to transmit the reception confirmation message according to the data format of the received data, the range of management of whether or not to permit the use of the time authentication service is increased. It can be further expanded.
According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the operator inputs an instruction to transmit the reception confirmation message to which the time authentication information is added, so that the reception confirmation message to which the time authentication information is added is received. It is possible to arbitrarily select whether or not to transmit.
According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to select whether or not to return a reception confirmation message to which the time authentication information is added, according to the transmission source of the data received by the data receiving means.
According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the acquisition of time authentication information is restricted in terms of the number of times for each authentication permission information by allowing the time authentication information to be acquired a predetermined number of times for each authentication permission information. Therefore, it is possible to further expand the range of management of whether or not to permit use of the time authentication service.
According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the effect produced by the time authentication management system according to any one of the first to ninth aspects can also be obtained as an image forming apparatus.
Hereinafter, a time authentication management system according to an embodiment of the present invention and an image forming apparatus to which the time authentication management system is applied will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a network configuration including an image forming apparatus to which a time authentication management system according to the present invention is applied and a computer connected to the image forming apparatus.
The multifunction machine 1 as an example of an image forming apparatus has functions such as a copy function, a facsimile function, a printer function, and a scanner unit function. The multi-function device 1 stores document data read by the scanner unit in an internal storage device of the multi-function device 1, a server computer SV2 connected to the multi-function device 1 via an intranet or the like, and storage units in each PC (personal computer) 31 to 34. And so on. The multifunction device 1 prints out data stored in the internal storage device of the multifunction device 1, prints out data sent from the server computer SV2 and the PCs 31 to 34, and the like.
A network including the multifunction machine 1, the server computer SV 2, and the PCs 31 to 34 is connected to the Internet via the router 4. As a result, the multi-function device 1 accesses the time certificate authority (time certificate authority) 5 via the Internet and receives provision of a time authentication service for electronically proving the creation date and time of the electronic document, and the like. An e-mail sent from a personal computer or the like can be received via the server computer SV2 or directly.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of the internal configuration of the multifunction machine 1. The multifunction device 1 includes a control unit 100 that controls the operation of each unit of the apparatus, an image reading unit (an example of a data input receiving unit) 110 that includes a scanner that reads a document image, and a document read by the image reading unit 110. An image memory 120 that temporarily stores data and the like, and a printing unit (a confirmation message output unit, a printing unit that prints document data read by the image reading unit 110, data stored in the data storage unit 172 of the HDD 170, and the like) Data output means) 130.
The multi-function device 1 includes a facsimile communication unit 140 that executes various functions necessary for facsimile communication and receives image data from an external facsimile apparatus through a public line, a transmission start key, a numeric keypad, and a shortened number key. An operation unit 20 that receives inputs from the operator such as various operation instructions (number of prints, etc.), authentication permission information (described later), and a display unit (LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays operation guidance to the operator, etc. Confirmation message output means, data output means) 26. The display unit 26 may be provided with a touch panel function to accept various operation instructions (including input of authentication permission information) from the operator.
Further, the multifunction machine 1 includes an HDD (hard disk) 170 including an authentication permission information storage unit (authentication permission information storage unit) 171 and a data storage unit (data storage unit) 172. The data storage unit 172 is a storage device that accumulates data read by the image reading unit 110. The authentication permission information storage unit 171 stores one or more pieces of authentication permission information for which acquisition of time authentication information by the authentication information acquisition unit 101 is permitted. The authentication permission information storage unit 171 stores, as the authentication permission information, one or more data formats in which acquisition of time authentication information is permitted when the data format of data handled by the multifunction device 1 is used.
The control unit 100 includes an authentication information acquisition unit 101, a permission information acquisition unit 102, a control unit 103, an instruction reception unit 104, and an authentication count unit 106.
The authentication information acquisition unit (time authentication information acquisition means) 101 acquires time authentication information from the time authentication station 5 via the Internet. This time authentication information is information that electronically proves the creation date and time of an electronic document, and is sometimes called a time stamp or the like.
The permission information acquisition unit (authentication permission information acquisition unit) 102 is input by the operator using the touch panel function of the operation unit 20 or the display unit 26 and sent from the operation unit 20 or the display unit 26. Is something to get. The authentication permission information includes, for example, ID information given to each operator of the multi-function device 1 and permits the authentication information acquisition unit 101 to acquire time authentication information from the time authentication station 5 for a certain operator. It is used to determine whether or not. The permission information acquisition unit 102 receives the data format (fax data format, e-mail format, etc.) handled by the multifunction device 1 as authentication permission information, and is received by the data transmission / reception unit 180, the facsimile communication unit 140, and the like. The data format of the data is determined, and the determined data format is acquired as authentication permission information.
The control unit (control unit) 103 controls operation of the entire multifunction device 1. Further, the control unit 103 determines, for example, whether the authentication permission information acquired by the permission information acquisition unit 102 is stored in the authentication permission information storage unit 171, and the authentication permission information is stored in the authentication permission information storage unit 171. If stored, the authentication information acquisition unit 101 performs control such as acquiring time authentication information from the time authentication station 5. Each control performed by the control unit 103 will be sequentially described in the description using a flowchart described later.
The instruction receiving unit (instruction receiving unit) 104 is an instruction regarding data processing (for example, read by the image reading unit 110) input from the operator by the touch panel function of the operation unit 20 or the display unit 26 or by the PCs 31 to 34. An instruction to save or print the received data, an instruction to print the data stored in the data storage unit 172 of the HDD 170, and the like.
The number-of-authentication-counting unit (authentication number-counting means) 106 indicates the number of times the authentication information acquisition unit 101 has acquired time authentication information for each authentication permission information (such as ID information or data format) acquired by the permission information acquisition unit 102. To count.
Further, the multi function device 1 includes an image processing unit 190 that performs image image data editing / processing (code / decoding processing, enlargement / reduction processing, compression / decompression processing) processing read by the image reading unit 110, a server computer SV2, A network I / F 28 used for exchanging various data with the PCs 31 to 34 is provided.
The data transmission / reception unit 180 requests time authentication information and transmits / receives time authentication information transmitted in response to the request to / from the time authentication station 5 via the Internet under the control of the control unit 103. Is to do. Further, the data transmission / reception unit 180 has a function of transmitting / receiving an electronic mail to / from an external personal computer or the like via the Internet. In FIG. 2, the router 4 is not shown.
Next, a first embodiment of time authentication management by the multifunction machine 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a first embodiment of time authentication management in the case where the read document data is stored in the multifunction device 1. When the original image is read by the image reading unit 110 (S1), and an instruction to store the read image data in the data storage unit 172 of the HDD 170 is input from the operator to the operation unit 20 or the like (in S2). YES), the control unit 103 causes the display unit 26 to display a message prompting the operator to input ID information (S3). If there is no data storage instruction from the operator after reading the document image (NO in S2), the process is terminated.
When the ID information is input by the operator and the permission information acquisition unit 102 acquires the ID information, the control unit 103 matches the ID information with the ID information stored in the authentication permission information storage unit 171. That is, it is determined whether the ID information is permitted to acquire time authentication information (S4).
When the ID information input by the operator is permitted to acquire time authentication information (YES in S4), the control unit 103 obtains the number of times of time authentication information acquisition using the ID information so far. Is determined based on the count value of the authentication count unit 106 (S5). Here, when the number of times of time authentication information acquisition has not reached the predetermined number of times (NO in S5), the authentication information acquisition unit 101 transmits a time authentication information transmission request to the time authentication station 5. (S6).
Then, when the data transmitting / receiving unit 180 receives the time authentication information transmitted from the time authentication station 5 in response to the transmission request and the authentication information acquiring unit 101 acquires (S7), the control unit 103 receives the authentication information. The time authentication information acquired by the acquisition unit 101 is added to the data read in S1 (S8). When the number-of-time authentication unit 106 counts up the number of times of time authentication for the ID information (S9), the control unit 103 stores the data to which the time authentication information is added in the data storage unit 172 (S10). In order to allow the operator to recognize that the time authentication has been performed after the data is stored, the control unit 103 prints a confirmation message on the printing unit 130 indicating that the time authentication information has been performed when the data is stored. (S11). Instead of printing by the printing unit 130, a confirmation message displayed on the display unit 26 by the control unit 103 may be output as the confirmation message.
When the ID information input by the operator is not permitted to acquire time authentication information (NO in S4), and the number of times of acquisition of time authentication information has reached the predetermined number of times. If the time authentication information is present (YES in S5), the time authentication information is not acquired, and the control unit 103 stores the data without the time authentication information in the data storage unit 172.
Next, a second embodiment of time authentication management by the multifunction machine 1 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a second embodiment of time authentication management in the case where the read document data is stored in the multifunction device 1. The second embodiment is time authentication management when data stored in the data storage unit 172 of the HDD 170 is read and printed. Note that the same processes as those in FIG.
When an instruction to print data stored in the data storage unit 172 of the HDD 170 is input from the operator to the operation unit 20 or the like (YES in S21), the control unit 103 notifies the operator of ID information. A message prompting input is displayed on the display unit 26 (S3). When the ID information input by the operator is permitted to acquire the time authentication information (YES in S4), and the number of acquisition times of the time authentication information has not reached the predetermined number (S5) NO), the authentication information acquisition unit 101 acquires time authentication information from the time authentication station 5 (S6, S7), and the control unit 103 uses the time authentication information as data to be printed in step S21. It is added to the read data (S22). Then, after the authentication count unit 106 counts up the time authentication count for the ID information (S9), the control unit 103 causes the printing unit 130 to print the data with the time authentication information added (S23).
As in the first and second embodiments, the time authentication service is not always used when storing the data read by the image reading unit 110 or printing the data stored in the data storage unit 172. In addition, by providing a restriction so that an operator having authentication permission information that is permitted to acquire time authentication information can acquire time authentication information, cost reduction when processing data using the time authentication service is achieved. It is done.
Further, by storing only the ID information of the operator who really needs to acquire the time authentication information in the authentication permission information storage unit 171, only the operator who really needs to acquire the time authentication information is stored. Since management that allows acquisition of time authentication information is also possible, it is possible to expand the range of management of whether or not to permit use of a time authentication service.
Next, a third embodiment of time authentication management by the multifunction machine 1 will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a third embodiment of time authentication management in the multi function device 1 when a reception confirmation message is transmitted for received data. The third embodiment is time authentication management at the time of fax data reception. The permission information acquisition unit 102 determines the data format of data received by the data transmission / reception unit 180 and the facsimile communication unit 140 (data reception unit). This data format is used as authentication permission information. Note that description of the same processing as in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4 is omitted.
When the data transmission / reception unit 180 or the facsimile communication unit 140 receives data from the outside (YES in S31), the permission information acquisition unit 102 determines the data format of the received data (S32).
When the data format determined by the permission information acquisition unit 102 is a fax data format (fax in S32), the control unit 103 receives time authentication information when receiving fax data based on the count value indicated by the authentication count unit 106. The number of times of acquisition is checked (S33).
When the number of times of time authentication information acquisition at the time of fax data reception has reached a predetermined number (for example, 100 times per month) (YES in S33), the control unit 103 acquires time authentication information. Without receiving the time authentication information, a reception confirmation message (message indicating that the fax data has been received) is generated (S42), and the generated reception confirmation message is transmitted from the facsimile communication unit 140 to the transmission source of the fax data. Are sent by fax (S40). Thereafter, the control unit 103 causes the printing unit 130 to print the received fax data (S41). Note that either of the processes of S40 and S41 may be performed first.
When the number of times of time authentication information acquisition at the time of fax data reception has not reached the predetermined number (NO in S33), the authentication information acquisition unit 101 sends a time to the time authentication station 5 from the data transmission / reception unit 180. An authentication information transmission request is transmitted (S36). When the data transmission / reception unit 180 receives time authentication information transmitted from the time authentication station 5 in response to the transmission request and the authentication information acquisition unit 101 acquires (S37), the control unit 103 controls the authentication information acquisition unit. The time authentication information acquired by 101 is added to create a reception confirmation message (S38), and the authentication count unit 106 counts up the number of times of time authentication at the time of fax data reception (S39). Thereafter, the control unit 103 causes the facsimile communication unit 140 to transmit the data to which the time authentication information is added to the transmission source of the fax data (S40), and causes the printing unit 130 to print the received fax data (S41).
When the data format determined by the permission information acquisition unit 102 is an e-mail format (e-mail in S32), the control unit 103 transmits a reception confirmation message to the data source by the operation of the operation unit 20 or the like by the operator. Is determined (S43). When it is not set to transmit the reception confirmation message to the data transmission source (NO in S43), the control unit 103 does not acquire the time authentication information and does not add the time authentication information (electronic confirmation message). A message indicating that a mail has been received is created (S50), and the created reception confirmation message is transmitted from the data transmission / reception unit 180 to the sender of the received email by email (S49).
On the other hand, when the reception confirmation message is set to be transmitted to the data transmission source (YES in S44), the control unit determines whether the number of times of time authentication information acquisition at the time of e-mail reception has reached a predetermined number. 103 determines (S44). When the number of times of time authentication information acquisition at the time of e-mail reception has reached a predetermined number (YES in S44), the control unit 103 creates a reception confirmation message without adding time authentication information (S50), The created reception confirmation message is transmitted by e-mail from the data transmitting / receiving unit 180 to the sender of the received e-mail (S49).
When the number of times of time authentication information acquisition at the time of e-mail reception has not reached the predetermined number of times (NO in S44), the authentication information acquisition unit 101 communicates with the time authentication station 5 via the data transmission / reception unit 180. The time authentication information transmission request is transmitted (S45). When the data transmitting / receiving unit 180 receives time authentication information transmitted from the time authentication station 5 in response to the transmission request and the authentication information acquiring unit 101 acquires (S46), the control unit 103 controls the authentication information acquiring unit. The time authentication information acquired by 101 is added to create a reception confirmation message (S47), and the authentication count unit 106 counts up the number of times of time authentication at the time of e-mail reception (S48). Thereafter, the control unit 103 causes the data transmitting / receiving unit 180 to transmit the data to which the time authentication information is added to the sender of the electronic mail (S49).
By performing the processing in this way, the multi-function device 1 can control whether or not to transmit a reception confirmation message with time authentication information added according to the format of data received from the outside. Further, whether or not the operator sends a reception confirmation message with time authentication information to the data transmission source by setting the transmission of the reception confirmation message with time authentication information to the data transmission source. It can be selected arbitrarily by the operator.
In the third embodiment, the reception confirmation message is returned to the data transmission source. However, the reception confirmation message may be transmitted to another preset transmission destination. Further, at least a part of the received data may be added to the reception confirmation message and returned.
Further, in the data reception process of S31, fax or e-mail is targeted, but document data (for example, scan data) read by the image reading unit 110, network I / F (data receiving means) 28 is stored. It is also possible to determine whether or not to acquire the time authentication information based on the data format of the printout data received from the external PC via the data format.
In addition, a reception confirmation message is returned to all the fax data, but the reception confirmation message is based on information such as so-called F code attached to the received fax data and header information of the received e-mail. It is also possible to determine whether or not to send a receipt confirmation message to only a predetermined person.
The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the embodiment in which the time authentication management system according to the present invention is applied to the multifunction device 1 has been described. However, this is because the time authentication management system according to the present invention is applied to the multifunction device 1. It is not intended to limit the present invention, and the time authentication management system according to the present invention can be applied to another device.
The configurations and processes shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to the configurations and processes shown above.
1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration including an image forming apparatus to which a time authentication management system according to the present invention is applied and a computer connected to the image forming apparatus. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of an internal configuration of the multifunction machine illustrated in FIG. 1. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of time authentication management in the case where the scanned document data is stored in the multifunction peripheral illustrated in FIG. 1. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of time authentication management in the case where the scanned document data is stored in the multifunction peripheral illustrated in FIG. 1. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a third embodiment of time authentication management in the case where a reception confirmation message is transmitted for received data in the multi-function peripheral shown in FIG. 1.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Multifunction machine 5 Time certification authority 20 Operation part 26 Display part 28 Network I / F
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Control unit 101 Authentication information acquisition part 102 Permit information acquisition part 103 Control part 104 Instruction reception part 106 Authentication frequency count part 110 Image reading part 130 Printing part 140 Facsimile communication part 170 HDD
171 Authentication permission information storage unit 172 Data storage unit 180 Data transmission / reception unit
Time authentication information acquisition means for acquiring time authentication information via a network from a time authentication authority that authenticates time;
A control unit that causes the time authentication information acquisition unit to acquire the time authentication information when the authentication permission information acquired by the authentication permission information acquisition unit is stored in the authentication permission information storage unit; Authentication management system.
Data input accepting means for accepting data input;
When the instruction to store the data in the data storage unit is received by the instruction receiving unit, the control unit causes the time authentication information acquisition unit to acquire the time authentication information, and the acquired time authentication information is The time authentication management system according to claim 1, wherein the time authentication management system is added to data and stored in the data storage means.
A confirmation message output means for outputting a confirmation message indicating that the data to which the time authentication information is added is stored in the data storage means;
The time authentication management system according to claim 2, wherein the control unit causes the confirmation message output unit to output a confirmation message when the data to which the time authentication information is added is stored in the data storage unit.
The control unit causes the time authentication information acquisition unit to acquire the time authentication information when the instruction reception unit receives an instruction to output data stored in the data storage unit, and the acquired time authentication The time authentication management system according to claim 1, wherein information is added to the data and output to the data output unit.
The authentication permission information acquisition unit uses the data format of the data as the authentication permission information, and the control unit stores the data format received by the authentication permission information acquisition unit in the authentication permission information storage unit. The time authentication management system according to claim 2, wherein the time authentication information acquisition unit determines whether to acquire the time authentication information based on whether or not the time authentication information is acquired.
Data receiving means for receiving data from outside;
The authentication permission information acquisition unit uses the data format of the data received by the data reception unit as the authentication permission information, and the control unit receives the data format received by the authentication permission information acquisition unit, A method of causing the time authentication information acquisition means to acquire the time authentication information and causing the reception confirmation message transmission means to transmit a reception confirmation message with the time authentication information added when stored in the authentication permission information storage means. The time authentication management system according to 1.
A transmission instruction receiving means for receiving from the operator an input of an instruction to send the reception confirmation message to which the time authentication information is added to the reception confirmation message transmitting means;
When the transmission instruction reception instruction to which the time authentication information is added is received by the transmission instruction reception means, the control means, regardless of the data format received by the authentication permission information acquisition means, The time authentication management system according to claim 6, wherein the time authentication information is acquired by the authentication information acquisition unit, and the reception confirmation message to which the time authentication information is added is transmitted to the reception confirmation message transmission unit.
The time authentication management according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the authentication permission information acquisition unit uses information indicating a source of data received by the data reception unit as the authentication permission information instead of the data format. system.
For each of the authentication permission information, the time authentication information acquisition unit further includes an authentication number count unit that counts the number of times the time authentication information is acquired,
The control unit permits the time authentication information acquisition unit to acquire the time authentication information by a predetermined number of times based on the number of authentications counted by the authentication number counting unit. A time authentication management system according to any one of the above.
An image forming apparatus comprising the time authentication management system according to claim 1.
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