US 12,034,899 B2
Image forming apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium
Xiaofeng Han, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Xiaofeng Han, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/650,268.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-020846 (JP), filed on Feb. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0263976 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 1/44 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01)
CPC H04N 1/4433 (2013.01) [G06F 21/45 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
circuitry; and
a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to execute:
acquiring first setting information on an authentication method via a network;
acquiring second setting information on the authentication method set in the electronic apparatus;
determining an available authentication method for use for login, based on both of the first setting information and the second setting information, the available authentication method being a method enabled in both of the first setting information and the second setting information;
enabling the available authentication method;
displaying, on the electronic apparatus, a login screen corresponding to the available authentication method; and
detecting authentication information from an authentication device corresponding to the available authentication method.