SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL OF DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for the role-based access control of a document processing device.

SOLUTION: The system and the method control access to the document processing device based on roles assigned to user groups. Each group of users has special functions for which the users are authorized to use the document processing device. The device compares a user name and a password with correlating information stored in an authentication server. The server transmits a list of functions for which the user is authorized to employ the device. The device then compares the requested function with the authorized functions to determine if the user is allowed to utilize the document processing device for the requested function. The document processing device then performs the authorized requested function.

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