Information processing device, system, method, and medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017085572-A1
Application number	US-201614990638-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 7, 2016
Priority date	Sep 18, 2015
Publication date	Mar 23, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

An information processing device including: a connection setting retaining unit which retains a connection setting of a connection to an access point that relays communication to a network for each access point; an access permission retaining unit which retains a token for using a service provided by a server on the network; a determining unit which determines whether or not the connection setting is a connection setting having been set using a tool that enables the connection setting and a usage setting of the service to be set in a series of procedures; and a service using unit which uses the service using the token in a communication relayed by an access point related to a connection setting determined to be a connection setting having been set using the tool.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing device comprising:
a connection setting retaining unit to retain a connection setting of a connection to a relay point that relays communication to a network for each relay point; an access permission retaining unit to retain an access permission for using a prescribed service provided by a server on the network; a determining unit to determine whether or not the connection setting is a connection setting having been set using a tool that enables the connection setting and a usage setting of the prescribed service to be set in a series of procedures; and a service using unit to use the prescribed service using the access permission in a communication relayed by a relay point related to a connection setting determined to be a connection setting having been set using the tool.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the connection setting further includes a service usage setting indicating whether or not the prescribed service is to be used, and the determining unit determines whether or not the connection setting is a connection setting set using the tool by referring to the service usage setting.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 2 , further comprising
a service validating unit to validate the service usage setting in the connection setting when the connection setting is a connection setting set using the tool.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein
the service validating unit does not validate the service usage setting in the connection setting when the connection setting is not a connection setting set using the tool.

5 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the tool is software executed at a user terminal having acquired an access permission to use the prescribed service, and the information processing device further comprises a setting unit to communicate with the user terminal that executes the software and performing the connecting setting and a usage setting of the prescribed service.

6 . The information processing device according to claim 5 , wherein
when an access permission is already being retained by the access permission retaining unit upon performing a usage setting of the prescribed service, the setting unit overwrites the retained access permission with an access permission related to a new usage setting.

7 . The information processing device according to claim 5 , further comprising
an authentication request transmitting unit to transmit, to the server, an authentication request including authentication information notified from the user terminal executing the software to the information processing device, wherein the access permission retaining unit retains an access permission obtained from the server as a result of the authentication request.

8 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the service using unit transmits data transmitted from the information processing device to an account of the user for the prescribed service, using the access permission.

9 . The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein
the information processing device includes an imaging device, and the data is image data read by the imaging device.

10 . A system comprising an information processing device and a user terminal capable of communicating with each other, wherein
the information processing device includes: a connection setting retaining unit to retain a connection setting of a connection to a relay point that relays communication to a network for each relay point; an access permission retaining unit to retain an access permission for using a prescribed service provided by a server on the network; a determining unit to determine whether or not the connection setting is a connection setting having been set using a tool that enables the connection setting and a usage setting of the prescribed service to be set in a series of procedures; and a service using unit to use the prescribed service, using the access permission in a communication relayed by a relay point related to a connection setting determined to be a connection setting having been set using the tool, and a setting unit to communicate with the user terminal to perform the connection setting and a usage setting of the prescribed service, and the user terminal includes: an access permission acquiring unit to acquire an access permission for using a prescribed service provided by a server on the network; and a setting tool providing unit to communicate with the information processing device in a state, where the access permission has been acquired, and to provide a user with a tool that enables the connection setting and a usage setting for using the prescribed service in use of the access permission to be set in a series of procedures.

11 . An image data processing method operating a computer to execute:
retaining a connection setting of a connection to a relay point that relays communication to a network for each relay point; retaining an access permission for using a prescribed service provided by a server on the network; determining whether or not the connection setting is a connection setting having been set using a tool that enables the connection setting and a usage setting of the prescribed service to be set in a series of procedures; and using the prescribed service using the access permission in a communication relayed by a relay point related to a connection setting determined to be a connection setting having been set using the tool.

12 . An computer-readable non-transitory medium on which is recorded an image data processing program causing
a computer to function as: a connection setting retaining unit to retain a connection setting of a connection to a relay point that relays communication to a network for each relay point; an access permission retaining unit to retain an access permission for using a prescribed service provided by a server on the network; a determining unit to determine whether or not the connection setting is a connection setting having been set using a tool that enables the connection setting and a usage setting of the prescribed service to be set in a series of procedures; and a service using unit to use the prescribed service using the access permission in a communication relayed by a relay point related to a connection setting determined to be a connection setting having been set using the tool.

Assignees

• Pfu Ltd

Inventors

• Miyakawa Osamu
• Matsuo Hitoshi
• Hamano Shinsuke

Classifications

• H04L63/0807

  using tickets, e.g. Kerberos (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213) · CPC title

• H04L63/10

  for controlling access to devices or network resources · CPC title

• H04L63/08 Primary

  for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32) · CPC title

• H04L63/101 Primary

  Access control lists [ACL] · CPC title