CN1700227A - Consumer authentication system, consumer authentication method and service provide equipment - Google Patents
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The objective is to appropriately operate a system by more surely authenticating the user of a service providing apparatus. This user authentication system 1 for permitting only a predetermined user to use an image forming apparatus 3 is provided with: a touch panel type display part 21; and a control part 15 for performing an authentication operation. A display part 21 is installed in an image forming apparatus 3 to make it possible to input a mail account. A control part 15 permits the user who has inputted the mail account to use the image forming apparatus 3 when the mail account inputted by the display part is matched with a plurality of preliminarily registered mail accounts.
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The present invention relates to a kind of customer certification system, especially relate to and be used for only allowing the specific user to use the customer certification system of service providing device.
The invention still further relates to a kind of user authen method of implementing by the employed service providing device of such customer certification system.
In addition, the invention still further relates to the employed service providing device of a kind of customer certification system.
Background technology
In recent years, in using the service providing device of image processing system etc., introduced in a large number and only allow the specific user to use the customer certification system of service providing device.By system operator the user who has passed through authentication and accepted necessarily to serve is charged, thereby suitably manage such system.
Existing such system is the system that image processing system is connected and is provided with card reading device with management server on image processing system, and this management server has been registered the relevant identification information of formal user affiliated function in advance.Card reading device is the device that is used to read the identifying informations such as division code of magnetic recording on card.Usually, card can be distributed to user under the department of having registered in advance.
In this system, the user has read after the own card of being held by card reading device, whether image processing system is consistent with the information of registration in advance to the information that management server queries reads from card, under the two consistent situation, allows the user to use image processing system.
But, in this system, because leave behind the user under the situation of card, just can not authenticate, thereby can't use image processing system, so, just develop replacement and shown card, but by for example the division code and the password of this user affiliated function carry out authentication technology (for example, with reference to patent documentation 1) to the image processing system input.
But, in the disclosed system of patent documentation 1, under the situation of using card, usually as long as disagree with in person, other people just can't use, but using under the situation of division code, will exist because to external leakage or stolen and use right by not proper other people carry out the high-risk of improper use.
Patent documentation 1: the spy opens the 2003-259045 communique
Summary of the invention
Technical matters to be solved by this invention is, authenticates more reliably by the user to service providing device, to realize the reasonable utilization of system.
In addition, technical matters to be solved of the present invention also is, in the customer certification system that can suppress improper use service providing device, need not limit operable service providing device especially, thereby has improved versatility, the convenience of system.
According to a first aspect of the invention, the customer certification system that the present invention relates to is to be used for only allowing the specific user to use the system of service providing device, and it comprises: input media and authenticate device.Input media is arranged on the service providing device, is the device that can import the user attaching information that belongs to the user.Authenticate device is that the user who has allowed to import user attaching information uses service providing device under by any the consistent situation in the user attaching information of input media input and a plurality of user attaching informations of registering in advance.
In this system,, can be formal user just only with this authentification of user use the user of service providing device to import under the situation of the user attaching information consistent by hope with the user profile of registration in advance, allow it to use service providing device.
Because the such identifying information of division code and password is common by a plurality of users of affiliated function, so its characteristics are that it is not easy change.At this problem, if the such user attaching information of mailbox account and password, because very high belongingness is arranged with respect to the user, each user can take the circumstances into consideration to change at any time, even so just in case situation such as reveal, usurp, also can deal with, like this, can prevent other people improper use more effectively by simple change.
In addition, in the present invention, so-called user attaching information is meant the information that belongs to individual subscriber, for example, mailbox account, Internet Service Provider's account, the enterprising employed account when being engaged in transaction (shopping online, online auction, ticket booking, Web bank etc.) that does business of network, and comprise the account information of the account beyond service member subscription information etc., that the user will use of the webserver and the combination of password.
In addition, so-called service providing device is meant the equipment that regulation service can be provided to the user, for example, provides the image processing system of print service etc.
According to a second aspect of the invention, in above-mentioned customer certification system, user attaching information comprises the mailbox account who belongs to the user.
Specifically, in this system, authenticate by utilizing the mailbox account that belongingness is very high with respect to the user, thus the reasonable utilization of the system of realization.
According to a third aspect of the invention we, in above-mentioned customer certification system, service providing device can be connected communicatedly with the mail server of having registered a plurality of mailbox accounts in advance.And, authenticate device on being set at service providing device in, whether any among the mailbox account who registers in the mail server inquiry mailbox account by the input media input and mail server consistent.
In this system, between service providing device and the mail server, the inquiry that authenticates by communication protocols such as SMTP, POP, IMAP and the notice of authentication result, and the identical authentification of user of acts of authentication step when carrying out with receiving and dispatching mail usually.And mail server authenticates because of original mailbox account by each user, so the system of information that is used to authenticate and employing mailbox account's second aspect present invention matches very much.
In addition, here, because adopted mail server, so just there is no need as such as database server, other information to service related with user attaching information, that might use by service providing device etc. are all registered, and only registered user's attaching information is just passable.Therefore, can directly using existing mail server simultaneously, also reduced the administrative burden of server etc.
According to a forth aspect of the invention, in above-mentioned customer certification system, service providing device also comprise by show be distributed to each the user's and record the information recording carrier of user's identifying information, can read the information read device of identifying information.Wherein, input media can't show under the situation of information recording carrier to information read device the user, can import user attaching information.
In this system, under the common situation, show information recording carrier separately and it is read to information read device by the user, thereby authenticate, do not carry the user under the situation of information recording carrier, by to input media input user attaching information, thereby when above-mentioned this situation occurring, also can use service providing device.
In addition, the information recording carrier card of identifying information of user affiliated function that comprised magnetic recording for example.Identifying information comprises for example division code.In addition, the situation that what is called can't be shown information recording carrier comprises: for example because the user does not carry card as information recording carrier, and can't insert the situation of blocking as in the card reader of information read device etc.
According to a fifth aspect of the invention, in above-mentioned customer certification system, information recording carrier is the department's card that records the identifying information of user affiliated function.In addition, information read device is can the insertion section badge, and the card reader that the identifying information that is recorded on department's card of insertion can be read out.And input media under the situation of insertion section badge, can not imported user attaching information in card reader.
According to a sixth aspect of the invention, the service providing device that the present invention relates to comprises input media and authenticate device.Input media can be imported the user attaching information that belongs to the user.Authenticate device, by in a plurality of user attaching informations of the user attaching information of input media input and registration in advance any when consistent, the user that user attaching information is imported in permission uses this service providing device.
According to a seventh aspect of the invention, user authen method involved in the present invention is to be used for only allowing the specific user to use the customer certification system of service providing device, by the method that service providing device is implemented, comprises importing and accepts step and authenticating step.Step is accepted in input, is in service providing device, can accept to belong to the step of user's user attaching information.Authenticating step, any in a plurality of user attaching informations of the user attaching information of importing in the input step and registration in advance allows the user who imports user attaching information to use service providing device when consistent.
When having carried out this program,, will allow its use service providing device with this user as formal user if the user attaching information that hope uses the user of service providing device to import is consistent with the user profile of registration in advance.
Very high and each user can take the circumstances into consideration easily to change user attaching information belongingness with respect to the user.Therefore, even user attaching information is revealed, situation such as stolen, also can prevent other people improper use by Change Password at any time.
According to an eighth aspect of the invention, customer certification system involved in the present invention comprises: service providing device, first Verification Department and second Verification Department.Service providing device also comprises the input media that can import user attaching information when the regulation service is provided to the user.First Verification Department and service providing device can communicate to connect, when keeping a plurality of user attaching informations, to any consistent authentication the whether in the user attaching information of input and a plurality of user attaching informations.Second Verification Department can communicate to connect with first Verification Department, and the Verification Department of the user institute that keeps to use service providing device a plurality of user attaching informations of registering in advance, in service providing device, maintain under the situation of address of second Verification Department, during based on the authentication success of first authenticate device, whether consistent check any the authentication in a plurality of user attaching informations of the user attaching information of input media input and registration in advance, the user that user attaching information is imported in permission when authentication success uses service providing device.
In the related system of second aspect present invention, for example, in image processing system as service providing device, operable a plurality of users' mailbox account and password have been registered in advance, thereby wait and any mailbox account grade of registration in advance consistent authentication whether to the mailbox account of image processing system input by checking the user, if can authenticate then allow this user to use image processing system.
But, in this system, must be in image processing system registration in advance wish the user's that uses mailbox account therefore, just define operable image processing system, thereby this system to lack versatility and convenience.
So, in the related system of eighth aspect present invention, in service providing device, maintain the address of second Verification Department, when using the user of service providing device to import this user's user attaching information, at first, can authenticate by first Verification Department by hope, under the situation of authentication success, then, authenticate, thereby the user of input user attaching information just can use service providing device by second Verification Department.
Therefore,, can use the user of service providing device here, needn't in service providing device, register, as long as registration is just passable in second Verification Department.Promptly, in this system, as long as the user has registered the user attaching information of oneself in second Verification Department, no matter whether in service providing device, registered the user attaching information of oneself, can in wider scope, use service providing device, improve system's versatility and convenience.
In addition, when carrying out the user by second Verification Department whether can use the final authentication of service providing device the time, in first Verification Department, as long as it is just passable to maintain user attaching information.Therefore, in this case, as first Verification Department can adopt such as by Internet Service Provider management, keep the mail server of not specific many user attaching information etc.
On the other hand, in this system, if do not keep the address of second Verification Department in the service providing device, can be in first Verification Department, can use the user of service providing device by registration, thereby can not authenticate, for example via second Verification Department, when carrying out in-house division managements such as company, the mail server in can a use company carries out authentification of user.
In addition, comprise, for example the charging mainframe of charging to the user who has used service providing device as second Verification Department.
According to a ninth aspect of the invention, in above-mentioned customer certification system, when being provided with a plurality of first Verification Departments, each first Verification Department also has intrinsic address respectively.In addition, the address of first Verification Department can also be imported the input media of service providing device.Service providing device sends user attaching information to first authentication that its address has been transfused to input media.
In this system, the user can specify first Verification Department that conveniently makes its authentication of using service providing device arbitrarily, therefore, has increased versatility, the convenience of system.
In addition, so-called address can comprise IP address etc., be illustrated in the position on the network.And, so-called first Verification Department that it is authenticated, specifically, for example comprise by the specified server of the use contract of service providing device etc., this server can be visited its user has carried out registration as the user that can use service providing device second Verification Department.
According to the tenth aspect of the invention, in above-mentioned customer certification system, service providing device maintains the address of second Verification System.In addition, first Verification Department is the mail server that Internet Service Provider that the user adds possesses.
In system of the present invention, when the mailbox account who uses the user is as user attaching information,, just can carry out and the same authentication of authentication during common receiving and dispatching mail if adopt the mailbox account as first Verification Department.But much more very such mail server has registered under user the situation as the mail server that the Internet Service Provider possesses in employing, because will all users be authenticated immediately, will have careless omission on toll administration.
So, in the related system of a tenth aspect of the present invention, even above-mentioned situation occurs, because not only will authenticate also and will carry out final authentication by first Verification Department by second Verification Department, thereby can prevent the careless omission of charging, realize more reasonably operation.
According to an eleventh aspect of the invention, in above-mentioned customer certification system, second Verification Department is the behaviour in service that management service provides equipment, and the charging mainframe that the user who has used service providing device is charged.
Specifically, in this system, in fact the charging mainframe that the user who has accepted service is charged brings into play the effect as second Verification Department, thereby carries out more expeditiously from authenticating to a series of like this action of charge.
According to a twelfth aspect of the invention, service providing device involved in the present invention comprises: input media, output signal generating device and communicator.Input media is used to import user attaching information.Output signal generating device is used to generate output signal, send the described user attaching information of importing to first Verification Department and second Verification Department, described first Verification Department is when keeping a plurality of described user attaching informations, to any consistent authentication the whether in the described user attaching information of input and a plurality of user attaching informations; Described second Verification Department is the Verification Department that keeps a plurality of described user attaching informations of registering in advance as the user institute that can accept the regulation service, maintain in described service providing device under the situation of address of described second Verification Department, when based on the authentication success of described first Verification Department, to any consistent authentication whether in the described user attaching information of input and the described a plurality of users' that register in advance the user attaching information, the user who has allowed to import described user attaching information when authentication success uses described service providing device.Communicator, in first Verification Department and second Verification Department transmission output signal, also can receive the output signal of the authentication result of sending from first and second Verification Department, this authentication result is the authentication result to the above-mentioned output signal that has sent out.
In this equipment, when to input media input user attaching information, will generate output signal, be used for to the authentication of two Verification Department's requests based on this user attaching information, and the output signal that is generated is sent to two Verification Departments from Department of Communication Force, in each Verification Department, authenticate based on the user attaching information that sends.
According to a thirteenth aspect of the invention, user authen method involved in the present invention is to be used for allowing specific user to use the customer certification system of service providing device, by the method that service providing device is implemented, it comprises: step is accepted in input, output signal generates step and communication steps.Step is accepted in input, is the step of accepting the input of user attaching information.Output signal generates step, generate output signal, be used for sending the described user attaching information of importing to first Verification Department and second Verification Department, described first Verification Department is when keeping a plurality of described user attaching informations, to any consistent authentication the whether in the described user attaching information of input and a plurality of user attaching informations; Described second Verification Department is the Verification Department that keeps a plurality of described user attaching informations of registering in advance as the user that can accept the regulation service, maintain in described service providing device under the situation of address of described second Verification Department, when based on the authentication success of described first Verification Department, to any consistent authentication whether in the described user attaching information of input and the described a plurality of user attaching informations of registering in advance, the user who has allowed to import described user attaching information when authentication success uses described service providing device.Communication steps, in first Verification Department and second Verification Department transmission output signal, also can receive the step of the output signal of the authentication result of sending from first Verification Department and second Verification Department, this authentication result is the authentication result to the above-mentioned output signal that has sent out.
Therefore, in the customer certification system that adopts this equipment, also can obtain the system same effect related with first aspect present invention.
The invention has the beneficial effects as follows, according to the present invention, can use mailbox account's etc. user attaching information to authenticate, because such user attaching information, belongingness is very high with respect to each user, and the user can also take the circumstances into consideration easily to change, so even taken place to reveal or stolen situation, also can prevent other people improper use by Change Password at any time.
In addition,, can use the user of service providing device, needn't in service providing device, register, as long as registration is just passable in second Verification Department according to the present invention.Promptly, in this system, as long as the user has registered the user attaching information of oneself in second Verification Department, no matter whether in service providing device, registered the user attaching information of oneself, can in wider scope, use service providing device, improve the versatility and the convenience of system.
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Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the structure of the customer certification system that adopts of first embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 shows the synoptic diagram of the operation screen that shows on the display part of the image processing system of the system of first embodiment.
Fig. 3 shows the synoptic diagram of the operation screen that shows on the display part of the image processing system of the system of first embodiment.
Fig. 4 shows the synoptic diagram of the formation of the user authenticating program that moves in the system of first embodiment.
Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram of action that is used to illustrate the system of first embodiment.
Fig. 6 illustrates the pattern block diagram of the customer certification system that has adopted the second embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 shows the synoptic diagram of operation screen of image processing system of the system of second embodiment.
Fig. 8 shows the synoptic diagram of other operation screens of image processing system of the system of second embodiment.
Fig. 9 shows the synoptic diagram that sends to the charge request mail of charging mainframe from the image processing system of the system of second embodiment.
Figure 10 is the process flow diagram of action that is used to illustrate the customer certification system of second embodiment.
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First embodiment
The synoptic diagram of the customer certification system 1 that the first embodiment of the present invention that shows Fig. 1 adopts.
This customer certification system 1 is to be used for only allowing the specific user to use the system of image processing system (service providing device) 3, and it comprises: image processing system 3 and mail server 5.Image processing system 3 and mail server 5 link together by telecommunication circuit 7.
Here said specific user is endowed the affiliated member of department that can use image processing system 3 authorities, more particularly, be that Scan toE-mail (the being scanned up to Email) function of utilizing image processing system 3 (will be converted to forms such as PDF, JPEG, TIFF by the image information that the described image reading unit in back reads, and the function that transmits as Email) has been registered the user as the mailbox account in the source of transmission.
(image processing system)
Image processing system 3 is arranged in the tissues such as the company that is made of a plurality of departments, university.Image processing system 3 comprises: block reading part (information read device) 11, guidance panel 13, control part 15, storage part 17, reach Department of Communication Force 19.
In addition, can also show as shown in Figures 2 and 3 operation screen 31,33 on the display part.Operation screen 31 is the pictures that are used to urge user insertion section badge.Operation screen 31 comprises does not have card button 32, former thereby department's card can't be inserted card reading part 11 time because do not carry department's card etc. as the user, by pressing this nothings card button 32, can replace card to authenticate and carry out the described authentification of user in back.
When the authentication button 36 of push picture 33, carry out authenticating step 45, at first, in image processing system 3, judge whether to have registered mailbox account as the source of transmission based on Scan to E-mail function.Then, if register, these information will be sent to mail server 5, whether inquiry is the information of having registered in the mail server 5.Consequently, if the answer that obtains be really by the information of mail server 5 registration the time, then allow user's operative installations 3, simultaneously, on display part, this information is shown (for example, " can duplicate ").On the other hand, if the answer that obtains also can show this information (for example, " can't authenticate ") for not being the information registered and when not registered mailbox account as the source of transmission by Scan to E-mail function on display part.
In addition, storage part 17 in the division code of each department of storage, is also stored the user's who belongs to all departments the mailbox account and the password of each email address.And the user that also will allow operative installations 3 is registered in the storage part 17 with the transmission source of the image information of utilizing Scan to E-mail functionality scan.
Department of Communication Force 19, the signal that control part 15 is sent sends to mail server 5, and the signal that sends of receipt mail server 5.Department of Communication Force 19 comprises the network interface card that is connected with telecommunication circuit 7, and any server can be set at the query object (being meant mail server 5 here) of authentication.
In addition, image processing system 3, input and output portion as other also comprises: be used to read the image reading unit of the image information on the original copy, and carry out the image forming part that image forms based on image information that is read by image reading unit or the image information that transmits into from the outside.
(mail server)
(action of customer certification system)
Below, based on Fig. 5 the action of being carried out in customer certification system 1 is described.
When hope uses the user of image processing system 3 to insert department's card in the card reading part 11 (S1), block authentication (S2) according to the division code that is recorded on the card, and allow to use image processing system 3 (S3).
On the other hand, in the time card can't being inserted card reading part 11 (S1) because the user carries department card, by pressing the no card button 32 in the operation screen 31 that on the display part of image processing system 3, shows by the user, thus display-operation picture 33 (S4).Then, when to this operation screen 33 input mailbox account and passwords (S5), and when pressing authentication button 36 (S6), at first in image processing system 3, carry out acts of authentication.Here, whether the mailbox account who judges input is registered as transmission source (S7) by Scan to E-mail function, if register, then next whether register (S8) by the mailbox account and the password of step S5 input to mail server 5 inquiries.Then, when the answer of having been registered, authentication success (S9), then allow to use image processing system 3 (S10), and on display part, this information is shown.
On the other hand, when the answer that obtains from mail server 5 is that not have registration or the answer that obtains among step S7 be when by Scan to E-mail function the mailbox account not being registered as the transmission source, then be judged as authentification failure (S9), do not allow this user to use image processing system 3 (S11), and on display part, this information is shown.
When after having passed through these authentication operations, using image processing system 3, the output number will be kept in the storage part 17, when the supvr of system carries out division management, will demonstrate on the display part fixed department at the output number in this moment, so just can charge to this department as required.In addition, finish add up to or charge after, with the output number of this department of removing and recomputate.
Utilize above customer certification system 1, even in the time of can not blocking authentication because the user does not carry department's card, also can be by this user's of input mailbox account etc., and carry out authentification of user with mailbox account etc., thus permission can't provide the user of card to use image processing system 3.
And, here, authenticate by the very high mailbox account of belongingness with respect to the user because be, so, even under the situation that password is revealed, usurped etc., each user also can take the circumstances into consideration Change Password at any time, thereby prevents other people improper use.
In addition, in this system 1, can in image processing system 3, authenticate, thereby can further reliably prevent other people improper use by the Scan to E-mail function of image processing system 3.
In addition, in the middle of first embodiment,,, just can adopt other servers to replace mail server so long as can in image processing system, authenticate by mailbox account and the password by input as the query object of user attaching information.In addition, such server, the inside of the company, university and its hetero-organization that for example have a plurality of departments can be arranged on,, the management server that the outside of this tissue is managed by this tissue can also be arranged on by the management server that this tissue manages.
In addition, in said system, image processing system can be connected communicatedly with the supvr, in the time in mail server, can not authenticating, display-operation picture 33 is imported mailbox account etc. to urge the user once more, under the situation that still can't authenticate behind the input stipulated number, also can circulate a notice of this information to the supvr.
And in normal circumstances, system of the present invention can also be applicable to that using other to install replacement implements the service providing device that the structure of card authentication authenticates.
Second embodiment
Fig. 6 shows the synoptic diagram of the customer certification system 101 that adopts second embodiment of the invention.
This system 101 is used for allowing for the specific user it to use the system of image processing system 103, comprising: image processing system (service providing device) 103, mail server (first Verification Department) 105 and charging mainframe (second Verification Department) 107.These image processing systems 103, mail server 105, charging mainframe 107 link together by telecommunication circuit 109.
(image processing system)
Guidance panel 113 comprises: a plurality of operating keys, and display part (all not doing diagram).Operating key comprises 0 to 9 numerical key that is used to indicate the initiating key of printing and is used for importing to operation screen 131 described later etc.Display part is made of the LCD of touch panel formula, shows the operation screen be used to set print conditions, and Fig. 7 and operation screen 131,133 shown in Figure 8 etc.Operation screen 131 is pictures that input is used for the necessary information of authentification of user.Operation screen 131 has server address input field 137, account's input field 134, reaches password input field 135, simultaneously, also has the authentication button 136 that is used for to mail server 105 and charging mainframe 107 request authentication.When the user imports and press authentication button 136 in these input fields 137,134,135 after, will in control part 115, generate the output signal that is used to authenticate, and send to mail server 105 etc. as hereinafter described.Operation screen 133 is the shown pictures that (comprise that the user finishes the state after the printing) in printing standby, has the EO button 138 that is used for the advisory of EO is given charging mainframe 107.In addition, on this operation screen 133, except display operation conclusion button 138, can also show other buttons that are used to set print conditions.
The register information mail is to be used for inquiring about the mail whether these users have registered to charging mainframe 107, comprises mailbox account and password that the user inputs.The register information mail sends to charging mainframe 107 by mail server 105.In addition, the pay imformation mail is to be used to use the user of image processing system 103 to urge the mail of charging to charging mainframe 107, and is identical with the register information mail, sends to charging mainframe 107 by mail server 105.The charge request mail, regulation software (aftermentioned) by storage in the storage part 117, as shown in Figure 9, show paper mold, number of print pages and whether in the service content that the user accepted such as colour print concrete, the event column 141 that also has mail has been set the instruction that is used in charging mainframe 107 execution described later in the incident shown in the event column 141.
Storage part 117 comprises the storer that is connected with CPU, except the control program that stores input and output portion, and the software that also stores the user authenticating program that is used for authentification of user and be used to make, send the regulation of solicited message mail.In addition, store the IP address of mail server 105 and charging mainframe 107 in the storage part 117.In addition, the IP address of charging mainframe 107 also is the transmission destination-address of pay imformation mail 148.In addition, the IP address of charging mainframe 107 is imported for example resetting under the situations such as image processing system 103 by serving the responsible official.
Department of Communication Force 119 comprises the network interface card that is connected with telecommunication circuit 109 etc., sends the signal of the relevant authentication result that the output signal that is used to authenticate or receipt mail server 105 etc. send.
In addition, as other input and output portion, image processing system 103 also comprises: the image reading unit that is used to read the image information on the original copy; Based on the image information that reads by image reading unit, and carry out the image forming part that image forms according to the image information that sends from the outside.
(mail server)
(charging mainframe)
Charging mainframe 107 is the host computers that comprise that the behaviour in service of managing image formation device 103 and the administrative center that charges possess.Charging mainframe 107 comprises the storage part with database, maintains in this database as can use the user of image processing system 103 to register a plurality of users' the mailbox account and the password of (user's registration).
Charging mainframe 107 is when having received the affirmation registration mail that image processing system 103 sends, whether consistent, and its result is turned back to image processing system 103 as authentication result if checking a plurality of mailbox accounts that registered in the mailbox account that confirms the user that comprises in the registration mail and password and the database and in the password any.
In addition, charging mainframe 107 is then made the charge request book at this user and is sent when having received the charge request mail that image processing system 103 sends.The software that is used for solicited message mail that automatic reception image processing system 103 sends and the regulation of handling has been installed in the charging mainframe 107, and carried out the setting of regulation, when having received the solicited message mail, according to the instruction shown in the event column 141 of solicited message mail, calculate the expense that the user accepts to serve, and make the petition based on the number of calculating.
(action of customer certification system)
Below, contrast Figure 10 describes the action of customer certification system 101.
In addition, here, image processing system 103 is devices of having set the charge request pattern.
In image processing system 103 sides, when the user has carried out operation such as touch operation panel 113 grades (S101), will be on display part display-operation picture 131 (S102), the user imports (S103) such as mailbox accounts in this operation screen 131, when pressing authentication button 136 (S104), will require mail server 105 to authenticate (S105).Then, the authentication success in mail server 105 situation under (S106), then, send registration from image processing system 103 to charging mainframe 107 and confirm mail, and require to authenticate (S107).Authentication in charging mainframe 107 also the success situation under (S108), then allow the user to use image processing system 103 (S109).
When the user uses image processing system 103, meeting display-operation picture 133 on display panel, push conclusion button 138 (S110).Then, send pay imformation mail (S111), in charging mainframe 107, automatically printed sheet number etc. is added up to, and send the petition (S112) from image processing system 103.
On the other hand, in step S106, S108, if authentification failure does not then allow it to use image processing system 103 (S1l3).
By above customer certification system 101, wish to use the user of image processing system 103, needn't in image processing system 103, register, in charging mainframe 107, register just passable.That is,,, also can use by authentication even do not have the mailbox account of registration oneself and the image processing system 103 of password as long as in charging mainframe 107, registered user's mailbox account and password.
Therefore, when using the such image processing system of the duplicating machine for example be arranged on convenience store, this image processing system has the possibility of being used by not specific many users, even mailbox account of registered user etc. not in this duplicating machine, also can use, thereby improve versatility, the convenience of system.
In addition,, just can use the mailbox account who uses at ordinary times, needn't all remember other several account informations etc. as long as carried out user's registration of image processing system, very convenient.
In addition, in a second embodiment, charging mainframe can not installed under the situation of afore mentioned rules software the client who receives the pay imformation mail yet, receives the pay imformation mail by common mailbox client.
In addition, in a second embodiment, when not keeping the IP address of charging mainframe in the image processing system, also can only in the mail server that becomes first Verification Department, authenticate.For example, when in tissue such as company, university, carrying out division management, just can in mail server, register the personnel that can use, and authenticate and charge.
And, as first Verification Department, a plurality of computing machines that comprise above-mentioned mail server can be set also.
And mail server is not limit by first Verification Department, can be the computing machine of other kinds yet.
In addition, in system of the present invention, service providing device is not limited to image processing system, and the service equipment of other kinds also can.
The above is the preferred embodiments of the present invention only, is not limited to the present invention, and for a person skilled in the art, the present invention can have various changes and variation.Within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any modification of being done, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.
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1. a customer certification system is used for only allowing the specific user to use service providing device, and described customer certification system comprises:
Input media is arranged on the described service providing device, can import the user attaching information that belongs to described user; And
Authenticate device, under any the consistent situation in the user attaching information by the input of described input media and a plurality of described user attaching information of registering in advance, the user who has allowed to import described user attaching information uses described service providing device.
2. customer certification system according to claim 1, wherein,
Described user attaching information comprises the mailbox account who belongs to described user.
3. customer certification system according to claim 2, wherein,
Described service providing device can be connected communicatedly with the mail server of having registered a plurality of mailbox accounts in advance;
Described authenticate device, on being set at described service providing device in, whether any among the mailbox account who registers in the mailbox account of described mail server inquiry by described input media input and described mail server consistent.
4. customer certification system according to claim 1, described customer certification system also comprises:
Information read device is arranged on the described service providing device, by show be distributed to each the user's and record the information recording carrier of described user's identifying information, thereby can read described identifying information,
Wherein, described input media can't show under the situation of described information recording carrier to described information read device described user, can import described user attaching information.
5. customer certification system according to claim 4, wherein,
Described information recording carrier is department's card, records the identifying information of user affiliated function;
Described information read device is a card reader, can insert described department card, and the described identifying information that will be recorded on the described department card that is inserted reads out;
Described input media is used for can importing described user attaching information under the situation of described department card not being inserted described card reader.
6. service providing device, it comprises:
Input media can be imported the user attaching information that belongs to described user; And
Authenticate device is used under any consistent situation of the user attaching information by the input of described input media and a plurality of described user attaching informations of registering in advance, and the user who has allowed to import described user attaching information uses described service providing device.
7. a user authen method is the method for implementing by described service providing device in the customer certification system that is used for only allowing the specific user to use service providing device, comprising:
Step is accepted in input, can accept to belong to the input of described user's user attaching information; And
Authenticating step, when any in a plurality of described user attaching information of user attaching information that described input is accepted to import in the step and registration in advance was consistent, the user who has allowed to import described user attaching information used described service providing device.
8. customer certification system comprises:
Service providing device is used for providing the regulation service to the user, comprises the input media that can import user attaching information simultaneously;
First Verification Department can be connected communicatedly with described service providing device, when keeping a plurality of described user attaching informations, to any consistent authentication the whether in the described user attaching information of input and the described a plurality of user attaching informations; And
Second Verification Department, can be connected communicatedly with described first Verification Department, keep a plurality of described user attaching information of registering in advance as the user institute that can use described service providing device, in described service providing device, maintain under the situation of address of described second Verification Department, during based on the authentication success of described first Verification Department, to any consistent authentication the whether in the described user attaching information of described input media input and the described a plurality of users' that register in advance the user attaching information, the user who has allowed to import described user attaching information when authentication success uses described service providing device.
9. customer certification system according to claim 8, wherein,
Be provided with a plurality of described first Verification Departments, each first Verification Department has intrinsic address respectively simultaneously,
Can also import the address of described first Verification Department to the input media of described service providing device,
Described service providing device sends described user attaching information to described first Verification Department that the address is input to described input media.
10. customer certification system according to claim 8, wherein,
Described service providing device maintains the address of described second Verification Department;
Described first Verification Department is the mail server that the Internet Service Provider of described user's adding possesses.
11. customer certification system according to claim 8, wherein,
Described second Verification Department is a charging mainframe, is used to manage the behaviour in service of described service providing device, and the user who has used described service providing device is charged.
12. a service providing device comprises:
Input media can be imported user attaching information;
Output signal generating device, it generates output signal, be used for sending the described user attaching information of importing to first Verification Department and second Verification Department, described first Verification Department is when keeping a plurality of described user attaching informations, to any consistent authentication the whether in the described user attaching information of input and a plurality of user attaching informations; Described second Verification Department is the Verification Department that keeps a plurality of described user attaching informations of registering in advance as the user institute that can accept the regulation service, maintain in described service providing device under the situation of address of described second Verification Department, when based on the authentication success of described first Verification Department, to any consistent authentication whether in the described user attaching information of input and the described a plurality of users' that register in advance the user attaching information, the user who has allowed to import described user attaching information when authentication success uses described service providing device; And
Communicator, be used for when described first Verification Department and described second Verification Department send described output signal, also can receive output signal from authentication result described first Verification Department and described second Verification Department, that the described output signal that has sent out is authenticated.
13. a user authen method is to be used for allowing the specific user to use the customer certification system of service providing device, the method by service providing device is implemented comprises: step is accepted in input, accepts the input of user attaching information;
Output signal generates step, generate output signal, be used for sending the described user attaching information of importing to first Verification Department and second Verification Department, described first Verification Department is when keeping a plurality of described user attaching informations, to any consistent authentication the whether in the described user attaching information of input and a plurality of user attaching informations; Described second Verification Department is the Verification Department that keeps a plurality of described user attaching informations of registering in advance as the user institute that can accept the regulation service, maintain in described service providing device under the situation of address of described second Verification Department, when based on the authentication success of described first Verification Department, to any consistent authentication whether in the described user attaching information of input and the described a plurality of users' that register in advance the user attaching information, the user who has allowed to import described user attaching information when authentication success uses described service providing device; And
Communication steps, when described first Verification Department and described second Verification Department send described output signal, also can receive output signal from authentication result described first Verification Department and described second Verification Department, that the described output signal that has sent out is authenticated.
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