Image forming apparatus having circuitry for activating a platform program and a plurality of application programs

摘要

An image forming apparatus having a hardware resource including at least a scanner device or a printer device, a display device, and processing circuitry that activates a platform program and a plurality of application programs, the platform program being used from each of the plurality of applications, the plurality of application programs including at least a secure application program, the secure application program conducting a user authentication, receives an input of a user authentication information for the user authentication, conducts the user authentication using the received user authentication information, and displays, in response to satisfying the user authentication, a screen for using a function of the image forming apparatus on the display device.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a hardware resource including at least a scanner device or a printer device; a display device; and processing circuitry configured to activate a platform program and a plurality of application programs, the platform program being used from each of the plurality of application programs, the plurality of application programs including at least a secure application program, the secure application program conducting a user authentication, receive an input of a user authentication information for the user authentication, conduct the user authentication using the received user authentication information, and display, in response to satisfying the user authentication, a screen for using a function of the image forming apparatus on the display device.