JP2020013610A - Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve the convenience of an information processing system while ensuring security.SOLUTION: A user terminal 200 used by a proxy requesting user, a plurality of output devices 100M and 100N outputting job data obtained from the user terminal 200, and a print information management device 300 executing proxy printing of the job data using any one of the plurality of output devices 100M and 100N are connected to a network 400. The print information management device 300 stores dynamic proxy users, so as to be updated, which can proxy output of job data by using any of the printers; and if location information of the proxy requesting user and location information of the dynamic proxy user match location information of the output device, can perform proxy output by the dynamic proxy user by using the output device having the matched location information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an information management system, an information management device, an information management program, and an information management method.

  The user stores print data in the user terminal, the printing device requests the user terminal to transmit a print job list, the printing device selects a required print job from the transmitted print job list, and sends the print job list to the user terminal. A so-called serverless pull print system that requests transmission of print data and executes print processing of the transmitted print data has been conventionally known.

  Further, as a utilization technique of the serverless pull print system, a so-called “user that has accumulated print data in a user terminal (proxy request user), which enables another user (proxy user) to execute print processing, that is, a so-called“ pull print system ”. Conventionally, proxy printing is also known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  When the proxy printing is enabled by the proxy user, even if the proxy requesting user cannot output the print data for some reason, the proxy user can output the required print data, so that the convenience of the printing apparatus can be improved. Also, when performing proxy printing, print data is output after authenticating that the person who performs the printing process is a person designated as the proxy user by the proxy requesting user in advance, so print data by an unauthorized user can be used. Output can be prevented and security can be ensured.

  However, in the related art, when performing proxy printing in a serverless pull print system, it is necessary to designate a proxy user every time a proxy request user registers a print job for proxy printing. For this reason, in the related art, it is troublesome to designate a proxy user when performing proxy printing, and there is room for improvement in this point.

  On the other hand, if the proxy requesting user fixes the proxy user, the inconvenience of specifying the proxy user every time is resolved, but on the other hand, the fixed proxy user can always execute the print job, so that security is reduced. In some cases, this is not preferred.

  Note that such a problem is not limited to the print information management system, but similarly exists in other information management systems that output job data accumulated by a user from an output device such as a projector or a monitor.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem of the related art, and has as its object to improve the convenience of an output device while ensuring security.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, one embodiment of the present invention relates to an information management system, a user terminal used by a proxy requesting user who requests another person to output job data, and job data acquired from the user terminal. And a position information of a person designated by the proxy requesting user as a dynamic proxy user who determines whether or not to perform proxy printing depending on whether the position information matches the position information of the proxy requesting user. An information management device that stores the job information and the proxy output of the job data by the dynamic proxy user using the output device when the location information of the proxy requesting user and the location information of the dynamic proxy user match. , Is provided.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the convenience of the output device while ensuring security.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a print processing system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the multifunction peripheral according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a user terminal and a print information management device according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the multifunction peripheral according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a user terminal according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the print information management device according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a proxy management table according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user terminal management table according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a position information management table according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a job table according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a position information management table according to the embodiment after updating. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an operation flow of the print information management system when performing proxy printing at the head office. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an operation flow of the print information management system when performing proxy printing at a branch office. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating another example of the operation flow of the print information management system when performing proxy printing at the head office. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating another example of the job table according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating another example of the user terminal management table according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating another example of the position information management table according to the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an information management system, an information management device, an information management program, and an information management method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following, a print information management system, a print information management apparatus, a print information management program, and a print information management method will be described. However, the gist of the present invention is not limited to this. As long as the proxy user performs proxy output from the output device, the present invention can be similarly applied to other information management systems, information management devices, information management programs, and information management methods.

  Other information management systems include those that output job data accumulated by a user to a projection device such as a projector, those that output the job data to a display device such as a monitor, and those that output the job data to a sound output device such as audio. .

  The information management system, the information management device, the information management program, and the information management method according to the present embodiment specify the proxy user according to the position information of the proxy request user, and the proxy user specified by the proxy request user. , So that the required output can be obtained.

  For this reason, the proxy requesting user, as a proxy user who performs proxy printing of print data stored in the user terminal used by the proxy requesting user, performs proxy printing depending on whether the position information matches the position information of the proxy requesting user. Set a dynamic proxy user who decides whether or not to allow. In addition, the proxy requesting user can also fixedly set the proxy requesting user or a static proxy user who can always perform proxy printing regardless of the position information of the proxy user, in addition to the dynamic proxy user.

  Then, the print information management apparatus according to the present embodiment receives the authentication request from the printing apparatus, and when the authentication of the user who made the authentication request is successful, whether the user who made the authentication request is a static proxy user It specifies whether the user is a dynamic proxy user, and causes the most suitable proxy user to perform the proxy printing of the print data in relation to the position information of the proxy requesting user. This allows the proxy request user to obtain necessary print data while ensuring security.

<System configuration>
Next, a system configuration of the print information management system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the print information management system according to the present embodiment includes an image processing apparatus 100M installed at a location M, an image processing apparatus 100N installed at a location N, and a user terminal used by a proxy requesting user. A print information management apparatus 200 that specifies a proxy user who performs proxy printing in response to an authentication request from the image processing apparatuses 100M and 100N is connected via a network 400 such as an in-house network.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the print information management apparatus 300 is depicted as an external server separate from the image processing apparatuses 100M and 100N, but both or one of the image processing apparatuses 100M and 100N may include the print information management apparatus 300. Function can be incorporated.

  Further, in the example of FIG. 1, one image processing apparatus 100M and 100N are installed at each of the two locations of the head office and the branch office, but the installation locations of the image processing apparatuses are not limited to two locations. In addition, the number of installed image processing apparatuses in each place is not limited to one. That is, in the print information management system according to the embodiment, one or more image processing apparatuses can be installed at two or more locations.

  As the image processing apparatuses 100M and 100N, a printer, a copier, a facsimile, and a multifunction machine having at least two or more of these functions can be used. In the present embodiment, a case where a multifunction peripheral is provided as the image processing apparatuses 100M and 100N will be described as an example. Therefore, in the following description, the image processing apparatuses 100M and 100N are referred to as multifunction peripherals 100M and 100N. It is assumed that the multifunction peripherals 100M and 100N and a user who uses the multifunction peripherals belong to one group such as a department.

  The user terminal 200 is an information processing device used by a user to create a document or an image. As the user terminal 200, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, or the like can be used. The user terminal 200 according to the present embodiment stores print data created by a user in a job queue.

<Hardware configuration>
Next, a hardware configuration of the print information management system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The multifunction peripherals 100M and 100N are realized by a computer having a hardware configuration as shown in FIG. As is apparent from FIG. 2, the multifunction peripherals 100M and 100N according to the present embodiment include a controller 501, an operation panel 502, an external I / F 503, a communication I / F 504, a printer 505, and a scanner 506.

  The controller 501 includes a CPU 511, a RAM 512, a ROM 513, an NVRAM 514, and an HDD 515. The ROM 513 stores various programs and data. The RAM 512 temporarily stores programs and data. The NVRAM 514 stores, for example, setting information and the like. The HDD 515 stores various programs and data.

  The CPU 511 reads out programs, data, setting information, and the like from the ROM 513, the NVRAM 514, the HDD 515, and the like onto the RAM 512, and executes the processing to realize control and functions of the MFPs 100M and 100N as a whole.

  The operation panel 502 includes an input unit that receives an input from a user, and a display unit that performs display. The external I / F 503 is an interface with an external device. The external device includes a recording medium 503a and the like. Thus, the multifunction peripherals 100M and 100N can read and / or write on the recording medium 103a via the external I / F 503. The recording medium 503a includes an IC card, a flexible disk, a CD, a DVD, an SD memory card, a USB memory, and the like.

  The communication I / F 504 is an interface that connects the MFPs 100M and 100N to the network 400. Thus, the multifunction peripherals 100M and 100N can perform data communication via the communication I / F 504. The printer 505 is a printing device for printing print data on paper. The scanner 506 is a reading device for reading image data from a document.

  The user terminal 200 and the print information management apparatus 300 in FIG. 1 are realized by a computer having a hardware configuration as shown in FIG. As apparent from FIG. 3, the user terminal 200 and the print information management device 300 according to the present embodiment include an input device 601, a display device 602, an external I / F 603, a RAM 604, a ROM 605, a CPU 606, a communication I / F 607, and an HDD 608. And are interconnected by a bus B. Note that the input device 601 and the display device 602 may be connected and used when necessary.

  The input device 601 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and is used by a user to input operation signals. The display device 602 includes a display and the like, and displays processing results by the user terminals 200A and 200B and the print information management device 300.

  The communication I / F 607 is an interface that connects the user terminal 200 and the print information management device 300 to the network 400. By including the communication I / F 607, the user terminals 200A and 200B and the print information management apparatus 300 can perform data communication with the multifunction peripherals 100M and 100N connected to the network 400.

  The HDD 608 is a nonvolatile storage device that stores programs and data. The stored programs and data are, for example, an OS that is basic software for controlling the user terminal 200 or the print information management apparatus 300, and application software that provides various functions on the OS.

  The external I / F 603 is an interface with an external device. The external device includes a recording medium 603a and the like. By providing the external I / F 603, the user terminal 200 and the print information management device 300 can read data from the recording medium 603a and / or write data to the recording medium 603a. The recording medium 603a includes a flexible disk, CD, DVD, SD memory card, USB memory, and the like.

  The ROM 605 is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory (storage device) that can retain programs and data even when the power is turned off. The ROM 605 stores programs and data such as BIOS, OS settings, and network settings executed when the user terminal 200 and the print information management apparatus 300 are started. The RAM 604 is a volatile semiconductor memory that temporarily stores programs and data.

  The CPU 606 is an arithmetic device that realizes control and functions of the user terminal 200 or the print information management device 300 by reading out programs and data from a storage device such as the ROM 605 and the HDD 608 onto the RAM 604 and executing processing.

<Functional configuration>
Next, a functional configuration of the print information management system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The multifunction peripherals 100M and 100N according to the present embodiment are realized by, for example, the functional blocks illustrated in FIG. That is, the MFPs 100M and 100N according to the present embodiment implement the operation unit 101, the authentication unit 102, the job information acquisition unit 103, and the printing unit 104 by executing a program. The operations of the operation unit 101, the authentication unit 102, the job information acquisition unit 103, and the printing unit 104 that constitute the multifunction peripherals 100M and 100N will be described later in detail with reference to flowcharts.

  The user terminal 200 according to the present embodiment is realized by, for example, the functional blocks illustrated in FIG. That is, the user terminal 200 according to the present embodiment realizes the operation unit 201, the position information management unit 202, the job storage unit 203, and the job queue 204 by executing the program. The operations of the operation unit 201, the position information management unit 202, the job storage unit 203, and the job queue 204 included in the user terminal 200 will be described later in detail with reference to flowcharts.

  The print information management device 300 according to the present embodiment is realized by, for example, the functional blocks illustrated in FIG. That is, the print information management apparatus 300 according to the present embodiment implements an authentication management unit 301, a proxy management unit 302, a user terminal management unit 303, and a position information management unit 304 by executing a program. The operations of the authentication management unit 301, the proxy management unit 302, the user terminal management unit 303, and the position information management unit 304 included in the print information management device 300 will be described later in detail with reference to flowcharts.

<User settings>
Next, a user setting method in the print information management system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, the manager A registered at the head office is the proxy requesting user, and the setting of the proxy user performing the proxy printing at the head office and the setting of the proxy user performing the proxy printing at the branch office where the manager A is traveling are described. I assume.

  First, a method of setting a proxy user when performing proxy printing at the head office will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The proxy management table 701 in FIG. 7 is stored in the proxy management unit 302 of the print information management device 300. The user terminal management table 702 of FIG. 8 is stored in the user terminal management unit 303 of the print information management device 300. The position information management table 703 in FIG. 9 is stored in the position information management unit 304 of the print information management device 300. The job table 704 of FIG. 10 is stored in the job queue 204 of the user terminal 200.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the manager A and the manager G are registered in the proxy management table 701 as the proxy requesting users. The manager A designates the general affairs B who is registered at the location M as the static proxy user, Employee C, Employee D, and Employee E who also belong to the head office are designated as dynamic proxy users. On the other hand, the manager G only designates general affairs B who is enrolled at the head office as a static proxy user, but does not designate a dynamic proxy user.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in the user terminal management table 702, corresponding to the user names of the manager A, general affairs B, employee C, employee D, employee E, employee F, and manager G, these persons create documents. PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, PC5, PC6, and PC7, which are host names, are registered as user terminal identification information of the user terminals used for such purposes. Further, information for identifying the user terminal in the network, such as the IP address of the user terminal, may be registered.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the location information management table 703 includes “Head Office” as location information corresponding to the user names of the manager A, general affairs B, employee C, employee D, employee E, employee F, and manager G. It is registered. The location information management table 703 also includes a host name as a location information acquisition destination corresponding to the user names of the manager A, general affairs B, employee C, employee D, employee E, employee F, and manager G. PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, PC5, PC6, and PC7 are registered.

  FIG. 9 shows that each of the manager A, general affairs B, employee C, employee D, employee E, employee F, and manager G has host names of PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, PC5, PC6, and PC7, which are their own machines. This indicates that the location information “headquarters” has been acquired from the user terminal 200.

  That is, when each of the general manager A, general affairs B, employee C, employee D, employee E, employee F, and general manager G log in to their own devices, the operation unit 201 of the user terminal 200 that has received the login transmits the information to the location information management unit 202. A position information acquisition instruction is transmitted. Upon receiving this position information acquisition instruction, the position information management unit 202 determines the position of each user terminal 200 from the GPS mounted on the user terminal 200, the IP address assigned to the user terminal 200, the locale function of the user terminal 200, and the like. The information is acquired, and the position information of each managed user terminal 200 is updated. As a result, in the example of FIG. 9, “Head Office” is registered as the position information of the manager A, general affairs B, employee C, employee D, employee E, employee F, and manager G.

  Note that the location information acquisition source is not limited to the user terminal 200 as long as the location information of the user and the own device can be specified. For example, the multifunction peripherals 100M and 100N can also be registered as a location information acquisition source.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the job table 704 stores a print job whose job ID is represented by 001 and a print job whose job ID is represented by 002. In association with the job ID 001, a registration destination “file: // path / a / 001” of the print job, a user name “manager A”, and location information “head office” are registered. In correspondence with the job ID 002, a registration destination “file: // path / a / 002” of the print job, a user name “manager A”, and position information “head office” are registered.

  In this case, general affairs B is designated as a static proxy user of the manager A who is the proxy request user, and employees C, D, and E are specified as dynamic proxy users of the manager A. Since the location information of B, Employee C, Employee D, and Employee E are all at the head office, General Affairs B, Employee C, Employee D, and Employee E have been registered by the general manager A using the multifunction peripheral 100M installed at the head office. The print data corresponding to the job ID 001 and the job ID 002 can be printed by proxy.

  Therefore, even when the manager A who is the proxy requesting user cannot directly print the print data corresponding to the job ID 001 and the job ID 002 using the multifunction peripheral 100M, the manager A can surely obtain the necessary print output.

  However, if the proxy management table 701, the user terminal management table 702, the position information management table 703, and the job queue 731 remain set as shown in FIGS. Cannot perform the proxy printing of the print data corresponding to the job ID 001 and the job ID 002 using the direct multifunction peripheral 100N installed in the branch office, and a required print output may not be obtained.

  Therefore, the print information processing system according to the present embodiment shows a position information management table stored in the position information management unit 304 of the print information management device 300 when the manager A who is the proxy request user travels to the branch office. By updating the location information management table 722 shown in FIG. 11, proxy printing of print data corresponding to the job ID 001 and the job ID 002 can be performed using the direct multifunction peripheral 100N installed in the branch office.

  That is, the position information of the manager A who is the proxy requesting user is changed to “branch office”. The position information of the employee C is also changed to “branch office”. Further, the acquisition destination of the position information of the employee C is changed to the multifunction peripheral 100N. The proxy management table 701, the user terminal management table 702, and the job table 704 remain as shown in FIGS. 7, 8, and 10. The employee C is a person who travels to a branch office with the manager A.

  By doing so, the position information of the manager A who is the proxy requesting user, the position information of the employee C who is the dynamic proxy user, and the position information of the multifunction peripheral 100N can be matched. By using 100N, proxy printing of print data corresponding to job ID 001 and job ID 002 can be performed.

<Operation flow of print information processing system at head office>
Hereinafter, the operation flow of the print information management system at the head office will be described with reference to FIG.

  When performing the proxy printing, the proxy management unit 302, the user terminal management unit 303, and the position information management unit 304 of the print information management apparatus 300 store the proxy management table 701 shown in FIG. 7 and the user terminal management table shown in FIG. 702 and the position information management table 703 shown in FIG. 9 are respectively stored. It is also assumed that the job queue 204 of the user terminal 200 stores the job table 704 shown in FIG.

  In this state, when the manager A, who is the proxy requesting user, logs in to the user terminal 200 and instructs a printing process (step S1), the user terminal 200 acquires its own location information (step S2), and acquires the acquired location information. The information is transmitted to the position information management unit 304 of the print information management device 300 (Step S3). In response, the position information management unit 304 updates the position information of the user terminal 200 (Step S4). As is clear from FIG. 9, the position information of the user terminal 200 is set to “head office”.

  After acquiring the position information of the user terminal 200, the operation unit 201 of the user terminal 200 adds the position information acquired by the position information management unit 202 to the print data created by the manager A, (Step S5).

  In this state, users working at the head office (including general affairs B as a static proxy user, employees C, D, and E as dynamic proxy users, and other users) are installed at the head office. When the user inputs a user name and a password and logs in to the operation unit 101 of the multifunction peripheral 100M (step S6), the operation unit 101 of the multifunction peripheral 100M transmits an authentication instruction to the authentication unit 102 of the multifunction peripheral 100M, and the authentication unit 102 The authentication information is transmitted to the authentication management unit 301 of the print information management apparatus 300, and authentication of the logged-in user is requested (step S7).

  If the authentication is successful in step S7, the process proceeds to step S8 to determine whether the user who has logged in to the operation unit 101 of the multifunction peripheral 100M is a static proxy user. In this determination, the authentication management unit 301 of the print information management apparatus 300 transmits the user name of the successfully authenticated user to the proxy management unit 302, and the proxy management unit 302 transmits the user name based on the proxy management table 701 in FIG. The determination is made by determining whether the user with the given user name is general affairs B, employee C, employee D, employee E, or another user.

  If it is determined in step S8 that the person who has logged in to the operation unit 101 of the multifunction peripheral 100M is a static proxy user (general affairs B) (Yes), the process proceeds to step S9 and designates general affairs B as a static proxy user. The user terminal identification information of the proxy requesting user is specified. To specify the user terminal identification information, the authentication management unit 301 of the print information management apparatus 300 transmits the user name of the proxy requesting user who designates the general affairs B as a static proxy user to the user terminal management unit 303, and performs user terminal management. The unit 303 specifies the information based on the user terminal management table 702 shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 7, since the manager A and the manager G designate the general affairs B as the static proxy user, the user terminal identification information PC1 of the manager A and the user terminal identification information PC7 of the manager G are specified.

  After specifying the user terminal identification information of the proxy requesting user, the general affairs B selects either the user terminal identification information PC1 of the manager A or the user terminal identification information PC7 of the manager G (step S10). In the present embodiment, it is assumed that general affairs B has selected the user terminal identification information PC1 of the manager A. In this case, the user terminal management unit 303 transmits the user terminal identification information PC1 of the manager A and the user name of the manager A to the authentication unit 102 of the MFP 100M (step S11). In response, the authentication unit 102 of the multifunction peripheral 100M instructs the job information acquisition unit 103 of the multifunction peripheral 100M to acquire print data (step S12).

  The job information acquisition unit 103 instructed to acquire the print data accesses the job queue 204 of the user terminal 200 and requests the user terminal 200 to transmit a job list (step S13). In response, the job queue 204 of the user terminal 200 returns a job list including the job ID to the job information acquisition unit 103 of the multifunction peripheral 100M (Step S14).

  The job information acquisition unit 103 that has received the job list including the job ID displays the job list of the manager A on the operation unit 101 of the multifunction peripheral 100M (step S15). The general affairs B can select a required print job while viewing the job list displayed on the operation unit 101.

  When the general affairs B selects a required print job (step S16), the print data corresponding to the job ID selected by the general affairs B is transmitted from the operation unit 101 of the multifunction peripheral 100M to the job information acquisition unit 103 of the user terminal 200. An instruction is given (step S17). The job information acquisition unit 103 accesses the job queue 204 of the user terminal 200A, reads out the print data corresponding to the job ID (Step S18), and transmits the read out print data to the print unit 104 of the multifunction peripheral 100M. (Step S19).

  In response, the printing unit 104 executes a print process of the print data corresponding to the job ID (Step S20). Thereby, the general affairs B can obtain the output of the print data required by the manager A.

  If it is determined in step S8 that the user who has logged in to the operation unit 101 of the multifunction peripheral 100M is not a static proxy user (general affairs B) (No), the process proceeds to step S21 and the user who has logged in to the operation unit 101 of the multifunction peripheral 100M Determines whether the user is a dynamic proxy user.

  If it is determined that the user who has logged in to the operation unit 101 of the multifunction peripheral 100M is a dynamic proxy user (employee C, employee D, employee E) (Yes), the process proceeds to step S22. Then, position information corresponding to the user name of the dynamic proxy user who has logged in to the operation unit 101 of the multifunction peripheral 100M is acquired. To obtain the position information, the authentication management unit 301 of the print information management apparatus 300 transmits the user name of the dynamic proxy user to the position information management unit 304, and the position information management unit 304 stores the position information management table 703 shown in FIG. This is performed by specifying the user name of the dynamic proxy user based on the The acquired position information is returned to the authentication management unit 301.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S23 to acquire the position information corresponding to the acquired dynamic proxy user's user name and the user name of the proxy requesting user whose position information matches. The acquisition of the user name is performed by transmitting the position information of the dynamic proxy user from the authentication management unit 301 of the print information management apparatus 300 to the position information management unit 304, and the position information management unit 304 is configured based on the proxy management table 701 in FIG. This is performed by specifying the user name of the proxy requesting user whose position information matches the transmitted position information of the dynamic proxy user. In the present embodiment, since the employees C, D, and E are designated as the dynamic proxy users of the manager A, the user name of the manager A is specified. The acquired user name is returned to the authentication management unit 301.

  Next, the process shifts to step S24 to obtain the user terminal identification information PC1 corresponding to the obtained user name, and then shifts to step S11. The user terminal identification information PC1 is acquired by transmitting the acquired user name from the authentication management unit 301 of the print information management apparatus 300 to the user terminal management unit 303, and the user terminal management unit 303 executing the user terminal management table shown in FIG. This is performed by specifying the user terminal identification information corresponding to the transmitted user name based on 702.

  If it is determined in step S21 that the user who has logged in to the multifunction peripheral 100M is not a dynamic proxy user, the process ends.

  Since the print information processing system according to the embodiment performs processing in accordance with such steps, at the head office, employees C, D, and E can also obtain print output required by the manager A.

<Operation flow of print information processing system at branch office>
Hereinafter, an operation flow of the print information management system in the branch office will be described with reference to FIG. In this example, the proxy management unit 302, the user terminal management unit 303, and the position information management unit 304 of the print information management apparatus 300 have the proxy management table 701 shown in FIG. 7, the user terminal management table 702 shown in FIG. It is assumed that the position information management table 711 shown in FIG. 11 is stored. It is also assumed that the job queue 204 of the user terminal 200 stores the job table 704 shown in FIG.

  Steps S31 to S35 in FIG. 13 are the same as steps S1 to S5 in FIG. 12, and a description thereof will be omitted to avoid duplication.

  In step S36, when the user inputs a user name and a password to the operation unit 101 of the multifunction peripheral 100N installed in the branch office and logs in, the operation unit 101 of the multifunction peripheral 100N issues an authentication instruction to the authentication unit 102 of the multifunction peripheral 100N. Then, the authentication unit 102 transmits the authentication information to the authentication management unit 301 of the print information management device 300, and requests authentication of the person who has logged in (step S37).

  If the employee C logs in to the multifunction peripheral 100N in step S38 after successful authentication, the process proceeds to step S39 to determine whether or not the employee C is a dynamic proxy user. The print information management apparatus 300 determines whether the employee C is a dynamic proxy user based on the proxy management table 701 shown in FIG.

  If it is determined in step S39 that the user who has logged in to the multifunction peripheral 100N is a dynamic proxy user (Yes), the process proceeds to step S40 to determine whether the location information of the employee C matches the location information of the proxy requesting user. It is determined whether or not it is not. Whether the position information of the employee C matches the position information of the proxy requesting user is determined by the print information management apparatus 300 based on the position information management table 705 shown in FIG.

  If it is determined in step S40 that the position information of the employee C matches the position information of the proxy requesting user (Yes), the process proceeds to step S41 to specify the user terminal identification information of the manager A who is the proxy requesting user. In the case of this example, as is clear from FIG. 11, since the position information of the employee C and the position information of the manager A match at the "branch", the user terminal identification information PC1 of the manager A is specified.

  The position information of the employee C is transmitted to the position information management unit 304 of the print information management apparatus 300 when the employee C logs in to the multifunction device 100N. This can be performed by updating the stored location information of the employee C from “head office” to “branch office”. Also, when logging in to the user terminal PC3 at the branch office, the location information of the user terminal PC3 is transmitted to the location information management unit 304 of the print information management device 300, and the employee stored in the location information management unit 304 is sent. It can also be performed by updating the location information of C from “head office” to “branch office”.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S42, where the user terminal management unit 303 of the print information management apparatus 300 transmits the user terminal identification information PC1 of the manager A and the user name of the manager A to the authentication unit 102 of the multifunction peripheral 100N. In response, the authentication unit 102 of the multifunction peripheral 100N instructs the job information acquisition unit 103 of the multifunction peripheral 100N to acquire print data (step S43).

  The job information acquisition unit 103 instructed to acquire the print data accesses the job queue 204 of the PC 1 and requests transmission of a job list (step S44). In response, the job queue 204 of the user terminal 200A returns a job list including the job ID to the job information acquisition unit 103 of the multifunction peripheral 100N (Step S45).

  The job information acquisition unit 103 that has received the job list including the job ID transmits the job list of the manager A to the operation unit 101 of the multifunction peripheral 100N (step S46). A job list transmitted from the job information acquisition unit 103 is displayed on a display device provided in the operation unit 101. The employee C looks at the job list displayed on the display device and selects a required print job (step S47).

  Steps S48 to S51 in FIG. 13 are the same as steps S17 to S20 in FIG. 12 except that printing is performed using the multifunction peripheral 100N, and thus description thereof is omitted to avoid duplication. I do.

  If No is determined in step S38, step S39, or step S40, the process ends.

  Since the print information processing system according to the embodiment operates according to such steps, the employee C can obtain a print output required by the manager A at the branch office.

<Modification 1 of Embodiment>
In the example of FIG. 12, each of the general affairs B, which is a static proxy user, and the employees C, D, E, which are dynamic proxy users, uses the multifunction peripheral 100M installed at the head office and is a manager who is a proxy request user A can perform proxy printing of the print data stored in the user terminal 200. However, as shown in FIG. 14, with respect to the multifunction peripheral 100M installed at the head office, only the general affairs B who is a static proxy user is used. A configuration in which proxy printing can be performed can also be adopted. According to this configuration, the security of the print data stored in the user terminal 200 by the proxy requesting user can be enhanced.

<Modification 2 of Embodiment>
In the example of FIG. 10, the manager A who is the proxy requesting user performs the proxy printing of the print data (job IDs 001 and 002) stored in the user terminal 200 at the head office. However, as illustrated in FIG. 15, the manager is the proxy requesting user. If the manager A stores new print data (job ID 003) in the user terminal 200 at the branch office, the employee C can perform proxy printing only for the job ID 003 whose position information matches the position information of the employee C.

  The job registered at the head office before the business trip is not related to the business trip, and may be confidential information for the employee C. Therefore, only the job registered during the business trip can be printed by the accompanying employee C on behalf of the employee C. . Thereby, the security of the system can be enhanced.

<Modification 3 of Embodiment>
In the example of FIG. 1, the manager A who is the proxy request user has only one user terminal 200. However, as shown in the user terminal management table 706 of FIG. Even when the user terminal (PC1, PC8) is owned, proxy printing can be performed according to the procedure shown in FIGS.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 17, the position information management table 707 stores, in the position information management table 707, the position information of each of the plurality of user terminals (PC1 and PC8), the position information acquisition destination, and the position information acquisition date (update Date and time), the new location information of the update date and time is set as the location information of the proxy requesting user, and the user terminal to which the new location information of the update date and time is updated can be set as the acquisition destination of the print data.

100M, 100N MFP 200 User terminal 300 Print information management device (information management device)
400 Network 501 Controller 502 Operation panel 503 External I / F
504 Communication I / F
505 Printer 506 Scanner 511 CPU
512 RAM
513 ROM
514 NVRAM
515 HDD
601 Input device 602 Display device 603 External I / F
604 RAM
605 ROM
606 CPU
607 Communication I / F
608 HDD
701 Proxy management table 702 User terminal management table 703 Location information management table 704 Job queue 705 Location information management table 706 User terminal management table 707 Location information management table

JP 2013-159107 A

The present invention, information processing apparatus, an information processing method and information processing program.

In order to solve the above problem, one aspect of the present invention, the information processing apparatus, a position of the first user is a user, the first user to perform on behalf of the place of execution of jobs A position specifying unit that specifies a position of a second user that specifies a job; and a second user, when the specified position of the first user matches the position of the second user. characterized in that it has a permission control unit for permitting the execution by the first user of the job specified, and a execution control unit for controlling the execution of the job that has been allowed by.

Claims (10)

A user terminal used by a proxy request user who requests another person to substitute for job data output,
An output device that outputs job data acquired from the user terminal;
The proxy request user stores the position information of a person designated as a dynamic proxy user who determines whether or not proxy output is possible according to whether or not the position information matches the position information of the proxy request user. An information management device that permits proxy output of the job data by the dynamic proxy user using the output device when the location information of the user and the location information of the dynamic proxy user match;
An information management system comprising:   2. The information according to claim 1, wherein the information management device further stores a static proxy user designated by the proxy requesting user as a person who can perform the proxy output of the job data regardless of location information. Management system.   The information management system according to claim 1, wherein the information management device is connected to an outside or an inside of the user terminal and the output device.   4. The information management system according to claim 1, wherein the user terminal stores the job data in a job queue. 5.   The said user terminal acquires the positional information on its own device from any one of the GPS mounted in its own device, the IP address assigned to its own device, and the locale function which its own device has, The claim of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. The information management system according to claim 1.   The information management device may update the position information of the dynamic proxy user when logging in to a user terminal used by the dynamic proxy user or update the login information when logging in to the output device. The information management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein   When the position information of the proxy requesting user and the position information of the dynamic proxy user match, the proxy output by the static proxy user is permitted without permitting the proxy output of the job data by the dynamic proxy user. The information management system according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein: An information management device connected to a user terminal used by a proxy requesting user who requests another person to substitute for job data output and an output device that outputs job data acquired from the user terminal,
The proxy request user stores the position information of a person designated as a dynamic proxy user who determines whether or not proxy output is possible according to whether or not the position information matches the position information of the proxy request user. An information management apparatus, wherein when the position information of the user and the position information of the dynamic proxy user match, the proxy output of the job data by the dynamic proxy user using the output device is permitted. An information management program executed by an information management device connected to a user terminal used by a proxy requesting user who requests another person to substitute output of job data and an output device outputting job data obtained from the user terminal. ,
Storing the position information of a person designated as a dynamic proxy user who determines whether or not proxy output is possible according to whether or not the position information matches the position information of the proxy request user;
Determining whether or not the position information of the proxy request user and the position information of the dynamic proxy user match;
When determining that the position information of the proxy requesting user and the position information of the dynamic proxy user match, permitting the proxy output of the job data by the dynamic proxy user using the output device;
An information management program characterized by comprising: An information management method using a user terminal used by a proxy requesting user who requests another person for proxy of job data output and an information management device connected to an output device that outputs job data acquired from the user terminal. ,
The information management device, by the proxy request user, the position information of a person designated as a dynamic proxy user who determines whether or not proxy output is possible depending on whether or not the position information matches the position information of the proxy request user Remember,
Determine whether the position information of the proxy request user and the position information of the dynamic proxy user match,
When it is determined that the position information of the proxy requesting user and the position information of the dynamic proxy user match, the proxy output of the job data by the dynamic proxy user using the output device is permitted. Information management method to do.