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US 11,100,198 · App. 15/655,900 · Granted Aug 24, 2021

Authentication device, terminal device, image forming system, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Masaru Fujii (Kanagawa, JP)

Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

G06F21/121 G06F3/123 G06F3/1203 G06F3/1222 G06F3/1238 G06F3/1284 G06F3/1285 G06F21/12 G06F21/34 H04N1/4413 H04N1/4433 G06F2221/0773 H04N2201/0094

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Patent No.: US 11,100,198
App. No.: 15/655,900
Granted: Aug 24, 2021
Kind: B2

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Abstract

An authentication device includes an input unit that inputs specific information of an application to be installed and specific information of an image forming device which is an installation destination, and a controller that collates the specific information of the application and the specific information of the image forming device with a database to output an authentication result indicating that authentication has been performed or has not been performed.

Claims (62)

1. An authentication device comprising:

a hardware processor, configured to:

receive specific information of an application to be installed and specific information of an image forming device which is an installation destination from a terminal device or from the image forming device;

collate the specific information of the application and the specific information of the image forming device with a database to output an authentication result indicating that authentication has been performed or has not been performed;

in response to any one of the specific information of the application and the specific information of the image forming device being absent in the database,

transmit the authentication result indicating that authentication is required to install and setup the application on the image forming device to the terminal device, wherein the terminal device prompts a user to input license authentication information of the application after receiving the authentication result indicating that authentication is required from the authentication device,

receive the license authentication information of the application from the terminal device,

perform authentication by using the license authentication information,

associate the specific information of the application, the specific information of the image forming device, and the license authentication information with each other,

register the associated specific information of the image forming device, and the associated license authentication information in the database as a completion of the authentication,

in response to the completion of the authentication, transmit the authentication result indicating that authentication has been performed to the terminal device, wherein the terminal device deletes the license authentication information after receiving the authentication result that authentication has been performed, and

allow the terminal device to transmit the application to the image forming device for installation and setup of the application; and

in response that the specific information of the application and the specification information of the image forming device have both been registered in the database,

transmit the authentication result indicating that authentication has been performed to the terminal device, and

allow the terminal device to transmit the application to the image forming device for installation and setup.

2. The authentication device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the specific information of the application to be installed is a unique commodity code or a unique product key of the application,

wherein the specific information of the image forming device is a model code or a machine serial key of the image forming device, and

wherein the license authentication information is a license key of the application and has a fixed relationship with the specific information of the application.

3. The authentication device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hardware processor receives specific information of another image forming device as another installation destination along with the specific information of the image forming device from the terminal device,

wherein the hardware processor performs the license authentication information with respect to the image forming device and the another image forming device at the same time, and

wherein the hardware processor allows the terminal device to transmit the application to the image forming device and the another image forming device for installation and setup of the application in response to the authentication result indicating that authentication has been performed to the terminal device.

4. The authentication device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the image forming device and the another image forming device are selected at the same time by the terminal device.

5. A terminal device comprising:

a transmitter that transmits specific information of an application to be installed and specific information of an image forming device which is an installation destination to an authentication device; and

a hardware processor, configured to:

in response to any one of the specific information of the application and the specific information of the image forming device being absent in a database and in response that an authentication result indicating that authentication is required to install and setup the application on the image forming device is received from the authentication device,

prompt a user to input license authentication information of the application,

transmit the license authentication information of the application from the transmitter to the authentication device,

receive an authentication result indicating that authentication has been performed from the authentication device after the authentication has been performed and completed, and delete the authentication information after receiving the authentication result indicating that authentication has been performed from the authentication device, and

transmit the application to the image forming device through the transmitter for installation and setup; and

in response that an authentication result authentication result indicating that authentication has been performed from the authentication device,

transmit the application to the image forming device through the transmitter for installation and setup.

6. An image forming system comprising:

an image forming device that transmits specific information of an application to be installed and specific information of an image forming device which is an installation destination; and

an authentication device that comprises a hardware processor configured to:

receive the specific information of the application and the specific information of the image forming device;

collate the received information with a database to output an authentication result indicating that authentication has been performed or has not been performed to the image forming device;