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US 12,225,016 · App. 17/334,824 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

Inventor: Yasushi Amano (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04L63/105H04L63/0861
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Patent No.
US 12,225,016
App. No.
17/334,824
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to: execute an authentication process of authenticating a user by a first authentication process, which is any one of plural authentication processes having different security levels; and execute, in a case where execution of a job is instructed by the authenticated user authenticated by the first authentication process, and a security level of the first authentication process is lower than a security level of the job, another authentication process of authenticating the authenticated user by a second authentication process having a security level higher than the security level of the first authentication process among the plural authentication processes as an additional authentication process.

Claims (39)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

execute an authentication process of authenticating a user by a first authentication process, which is any one of a plurality of authentication processes having different security levels;

determine a security level of a job based on data on which the job is to be executed;

determine a security level of the first authentication process by which the user is authenticated is lower than the security level of the job;

set the security level of the job to be higher than the security level of the first authentication process by determining that a job tracking is required for the data on which the job is executed, wherein the job satisfies a predetermined security condition in which at least a part of data of the job is to be transmitted to an external network; and

execute, in a case where execution of the job is instructed by the authenticated user authenticated by the first authentication process, and the security level of the first authentication process is lower than the security level of the job, another authentication process of authenticating the authenticated user by a second authentication process having a security level higher than the security level of the first authentication process among the plurality of authentication processes as an additional authentication process.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

execute no additional authentication process in a case where the security level of the first authentication process is equal to or higher than the security level of the job.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

execute, in a case where the security level of the first authentication process is lower than the security level of the job, an authentication process having a security level equal to or higher than the security level of the job as the additional authentication process.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the additional authentication process is a biometric authentication.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit, in a case where a job designated by a user terminal is acquired, an instruction for execution of the acquired job is given, and execution of the additional authentication process is predicted, information related to the additional authentication process to the user terminal.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the security condition is that at least a part of data of the job includes confidential information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the additional authentication process is a biometric authentication.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

execute, in a case where the security level of the first authentication process is lower than the security level of the job, an authentication process having a security level equal to or higher than the security level of the job as the additional authentication process.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 ,

wherein the security condition is that at least a part of data of the job includes confidential information.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 ,

wherein the additional authentication process is a biometric authentication.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit, in a case where a job designated by a user terminal is acquired, an instruction for execution of the acquired job is given, and execution of the additional authentication process is predicted, information related to the additional authentication process to the user terminal.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the additional authentication process is a biometric authentication.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the execution of the job to the data includes at least one of an e-mail transmitting process of the data, a facsimile transmitting process of the data, a network transmitting process of the data, a printing process of the data, and a scanning process of the data.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit, in a case where a job designated by a user terminal is acquired, an instruction for execution of the acquired job is given, and execution of the additional authentication process is predicted, information related to the additional authentication process to the user terminal.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a processor to perform an authentication process, the process comprising:

executing an authentication process of authenticating a user by a first authentication process, which is any one of a plurality of authentication processes having different security levels;

determining a security level of a job based on data on which the job is to be executed;

determining a security level of the first authentication process by which the user is authenticated is lower than the security level of the job;

setting the security level of the job to be higher than the security level of the first authentication process by determining that a job tracking is required for the data on which the job is executed, wherein the job satisfies a predetermined security condition in which at least a part of data of the job is to be transmitted to an external network; and

executing, in a case where execution of the job is instructed by the authenticated user authenticated by the first authentication process, and the security level of the first authentication process is lower than the security level of the job, another authentication process of authenticating the authenticated user by a second authentication process having a security level higher than the security level of the first authentication process among the plurality of authentication processes as an additional authentication process.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2021
From: AMANO, YASUSHI
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056435/0925 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-166249 · Sep 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220103567A1 · Mar 31, 2022
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