- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having circuitry for providing a user authentication input screen and providing a function selection screen displaying authenticated functions
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Application No.: US15466570Application Date: 2017-03-22
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Publication No.: US09894247B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Kunihiro Akiyoshi
- Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2001-324111 20011022; JP2002-303169 20021017
- Main IPC: G06F1/00
- IPC: G06F1/00 ; G06F15/00 ; G06K15/00 ; H04N1/44 ; H04N1/00 ; G06F21/60

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes a user database in which user identification information for identifying an user of the image forming apparatus is registered, an operation panel for receiving a key operation input, a secure program used for determining whether a user service can be provided on the basis of the user identification information in the user database and another user identification information input by the user.
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