Device access based on centralized authentication

US7487233B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · JP

Inventors

• Neil Y. Iwamoto · Mission Viejo, US
• Attaullah Seikh · Irvine, US
• Jeanette Paek · Cypress, US
• Martin Martinez · Tecate Mission Road, US
• Royce E. Slick · Mission Viejo, US
• Wei-Jhy Chern · Irvine, US
• Eliza Khosrova · Los Angeles, US
• Joseph Yang · Merced, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 3, 2009
• Expiry date: Sep 12, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2221/2149
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Access control to a networked peripheral device by a walk-up user, wherein the networked peripheral device is accessible by both the walk-up user and a remote user, based on centralized access management information. Access control comprises receiving authenticated information for the walk-up user from the networked peripheral device at a centralized location, determining at the networked peripheral device a level of access to the networked peripheral device by the walk-up user based on received access management information for the walk-up user, and allowing the walk-up user to access the determined user-available features of the networked peripheral device based on the determined level of access.