US 11,792,183 B2
Authentication system, user information extraction apparatus, and user information migration method
Kazuhiro Sogawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Sekin Ou, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Kazuhiro Sogawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Sekin Ou, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/305,738.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-126553 (JP), filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0029977 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/083 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0407 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An authentication system comprising:
a user information extraction apparatus; and
an information processing system including at least one information processing apparatus connected to the user information extraction apparatus through a communication network, the user information extraction apparatus including circuitry configured to:
acquire user information for authenticating a user who uses a device; and
transmit the acquired user information to the information processing system, and
the information processing system including circuitry configured to:
store in one or more memories common user information in a third format for authenticating a common user who uses the device and another device different from the device;
receive the user information from the user information extraction apparatus; and
add the received user information to the common user information stored in the one or more memories,
wherein the user information includes one of first user information in a first format for authenticating use of a first device, the first user information acquired from the first device, and second user information in a second format for authenticating use of a second device, the second device being different from the first device, the second user information acquired from a user information management apparatus,
when the user information includes the first user information, the circuitry of the user information extraction apparatus is further configured to:
receive device information from the first device;
determine device type of the first device based on the received device information; and
convert the first user information from the first format into the third format of the common user information based on the device type, and
when the user information includes the second user information, the circuitry of the user information extraction apparatus is further configured to:
receive device information from the user information management apparatus:
determine device type of the user information management apparatus based on the received device information; and
convert the second user information from the second format into the third format of the common user information based on the device type.