US 12,293,120 B2
Data processing device, image forming device, control method therefor, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for displaying information based on whether a user is permitted to use a function
Kanta Kumagai, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/936,336.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-160998 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100821 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1222 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1238 (2013.01); G06F 3/1292 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming device comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor in communication with the memory,
wherein the at least one processor of the image forming device is configured to perform:
receiving job information for executing a function of the image forming device from a terminal, the job information including user information;
before displaying authentication information on a display unit, based on the user information included in the received job information, determining whether a user corresponding to the user information is permitted to use a function specified by the job information;
based on a determination in the determining that the user is permitted to use the function, displaying the authentication information on the display unit, wherein a screen for prompting an input of the authentication information displayed on the terminal in a case where the user is permitted to use the function;
in a case where the authentication information inputted by the user on the terminal matches the displayed authentication information, displaying a setting screen of a function corresponding to the job information, wherein the setting screen is not displayed in a case where the authentication information inputted by the user on the terminal does not match the displayed authentication information;
in the case where the authentication information inputted by the user on the terminal matches the displayed authentication information, executing a job based on the job information; and
based on a determination in the determining that the user is not permitted to use the function, not displaying the authentication information on the display unit, and notifying the terminal of an error, wherein the screen for prompting the input of the authentication information is not being displayed on the terminal in a case where the user is not permitted to use the function.