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Method for providing print output security in a multinetwork environment
Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp
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Filing: 1997-04-16
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Granted: 2000-12-19
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Expires: 2017-04-16
Abstract
Abstract When an operation relating to print processing is to be instructed, a user information producing section produces an identification of a user and transmits the operation in a user name to which the identification is attached. A correctness inquiry judging section judges whether it is necessary to verify correctness of the identification, in accordance with a security policy stored in a support authentication level storing section. If necessary, a user verifying section is requested to verify the correctness. The user verifying section performs user verification corresponding to an authentication level. In a high level, reverification of the identification is performed by an authenticating section. In a middle level, user authentication based on an authentication scheme of the client environment is used. In a low level, the system believes the user name designated by the user. An operation controlling section judges whether the operation is allowed to the verified user.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiromi Ota
- 👤 Hayato Kinosita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 01:55
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G07F7/10; G07F7/1008; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/34; G06Q20/341; G06Q20/38; G06Q20/40; G06Q20/401; G06Q20/4014; G06Q20/40145; G07F7/0806; G07F7/0833; G07F7/084
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
A print processing multilevel security apparatus which processes print instructions in plural protocols, comprising: user information producing means for producing an identification which identifies a user as a sole user in an environment of a client; operation instructing means for issuing instructions of operations relating to print processing with said identification; authenticating means for performing a service of user authentication; support authentication level storing means for storing a security policy indicating whether it is necessary to verify correctness of the identification; correctness inquiry judging means for judging whether it is necessary to verify correctness of the identification, in accordance with the security policy, when receiving the operation output from said operation instructing means; user verifying means for verifying correctness of the user in response to an inquiry of correctness of the identification, when the security policy indicates that correctness is to be verified; and operation controlling means for restricting operations on a printer to an operation without restricting the user's access to the printer, wherein the operation that is allowed to the user is verified by said user verifying means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
A print processing multilevel security apparatus which processes print instructions in plural protocols, comprising: user information producing means for producing an identification which identifies a user as a sole user in an environment of a client; operation instructing means for issuing instructions of operations relating to print processing with said identification; authenticating means for performing a service of user authentication; support authentication level storing means for storing a security policy indicating whether it is necessary to verify correctness of the identification; correctness inquiry judging means for judging whether it is necessary to verify correctness of the identification, in accordance with the security policy, when receiving the operation output from said operation instructing means; user verifying means for verifying correctness of the user in response to an inquiry of correctness of the identification, when the security policy indicates that correctness is to be verified; and operation controlling means for restricting operations on a printer to an operation without restricting the user's access to the printer, wherein the operation that is allowed to the user is verified by said user verifying means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
82 words
A print processing multilevel security apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said user verifying means further comprises level verifying means for, when the security policy indicates that correctness of the identification is to be verified, performing high-level verification which uses a user authentication service in which the user can be verified as the sole user in any multinetwork environment, and low-level verification which uses a conventional print protocol and which cannot verify any user but can verify only a kind of protocol.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
81 words
A print processing multilevel security apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, for an environment of each client, said user information producing means produces a new identification from a result obtained by an authentication scheme used by the client, and, when the security policy indicates that correctness of the identification is to be verified, said level verifying means of said user verifying means performs middle-level verification for verifying that the new identification is correctly obtained by the authentication scheme of the client.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
Print processing multilevel security apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when a level is verified in verification of correctness of the identification in said user verifying means, said operation controlling means performs a control in which a low-level user cannot issue an operation on a print job of a high level user.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
A print processing multilevel security apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said operation controlling means further comprises judging means for, when the user is not authorized to use an object required for print processing indicated in a job, judging whether an alternative object is to be used or a print operation is to be stopped.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A print processing multilevel security apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said operation control means further comprises distinguishing means for distinguishing whether the user is authorized to perform predetermined operations on said printer.
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