Automatic authentication method and system in print process
US7313699B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 16, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/608
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This invention provides an automatic authentication method and system in a print process, which can obviate the need for user's input operations of the user ID and password and can improve security since authentication is automatically done based on print information embedded in a file or information from an application program without any user's input.In a print process that requires user authentication, a printer driver extracts information related to an application and/or a document for the print process as attribute information, and user authentication is made by comparing the attribute information with information stored in a user registration information database of a server. If user authentication has succeeded, the printer driver controls a printer to print, and the server manages and stores accounting information and the like for respective departments in a department management information database.
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