IP Library Granted Patent US 11,108,923
Granted Patent B2
US 11,108,923 · App. 16/734,396 · Granted Aug 31, 2021

Information processing apparatus for enabling user access personal setting of another

Inventors: Tomoaki Hirano (Kanagawa, JP); Tomonori Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Tatsuo Mishima (Kanagawa, JP); Rie Muraishi (Kanagawa, JP); Manabu Hayashi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04N1/00347G06F21/40G06F21/608H04N1/0048H04N2201/001
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Patent No.
US 11,108,923
App. No.
16/734,396
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain, from a certain user identified from input authentication information for authenticating the certain user, a request to share personal setting information regarding a personal setting of another user and permit the certain user to share the other user's personal setting information in accordance with permission information indicating the other user's permission.

Claims (34)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to obtain, from a certain user identified from input authentication information for authenticating the certain user, a request to share personal setting information regarding a personal setting of another user,

receive permission information from the other user indicating permission of the other user to share the personal setting information regarding the personal setting of the other user with the certain user in response to obtaining the request,

receive the persona setting information in response to receiving the permission information, and

permit the certain user to share the personal setting information of the other user in accordance with the permission information indicating the other user's permission.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the certain user is two or more users or a group including two or more users.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor is configured to receive authentication information for authenticating the other user as the permission information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to, if the personal setting information includes a plurality of pieces of personal setting information as the personal setting of the other user, permit the certain user to share one of the plurality of pieces of personal setting information.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the processor is configured to

receive setting of an expiration date until which the sharing of the personal setting information is permitted, and

permit, if the expiration date has not come when the request to share the personal setting information is received from the certain user, the certain user to share the personal setting information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to

receive setting of an expiration date until which the sharing of the personal setting information is permitted, and

permit, if the expiration date has not come when the request to share the personal setting information is received from the certain user, the certain user to share the personal setting information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to receive authentication information for authenticating the other user as the permission information.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein at least two of password authentication, pattern authentication, and biometric authentication are performed when the other user is authenticated on a basis of the authentication information.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for processing information, the process comprising:

obtaining, from a certain user identified from input authentication information for authenticating the certain user, a request to share personal setting information regarding a personal setting of another user;

receiving permission information from the other user indicating permission of the other user to share the personal setting information regarding the personal setting of the other user with the certain user in response to obtaining the request;

receiving the personal setting information in response to receiving the permission information; and

permitting the certain user to share the personal setting information of the other user in accordance with the permission information indicating the other user's permission.

10. An information processing apparatus comprising:

processing means for obtaining, from a certain user identified from input authentication information for authenticating the certain user, a request to share personal setting information regarding a personal setting of another user, receiving permission information from the other user indicating permission of the other user to share the personal setting information regarding the personal setting of the other user with the certain user in response to obtaining the request, receiving the persona setting information in response to receiving the permission information, and permitting the certain user to share the personal setting information of the other user in accordance with the permission information indicating the other user's permission.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to receive a command from the other user to share to the certain user the personal setting information regarding the personal setting of the other user.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 ,

wherein the processor is configured to, in response to receiving the command, control displaying a list of the certain user and receiving selection of the certain user with whom the personal setting information regarding the personal setting of the other user is shared.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 20, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056295/0535 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2020
From: HIRANO, TOMOAKI; TANAKA, TOMONORI; MISHIMA, TATSUO; MURAISHI, RIE; HAYASHI, MANABU
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051430/0032 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-162201 · Sep 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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