Abstract: A power supply control device has a charging/discharging unit and a control unit that controls the charging/discharging unit. The charging/discharging unit performs a discharging operation for supplying power to a load based on power from a power storage unit, a regeneration operation for supplying power to a power supply unit based on power from the power storage unit, and a charging operation for supplying power to the power storage unit based on power from the power supply unit. The control unit determines the degree of degradation of the power storage unit, based on the value of a voltage of the power storage unit and the value of a current flowing through the power storage unit during at least one of the regeneration operation and the charging operation performed after the regeneration operation.

Abstract: A processing server determines apparatus state information indicating a state of a communication apparatus, determines a target connection server from among a plurality of connection servers by using the apparatus state information and a plurality of server state information, outputs, to the communication apparatus, connection information for connection with the target connection server, acquires update information indicating an update of the state of the communication apparatus without receiving an instruction from the communication apparatus, in response to acquiring the update information after establishment of always-on connection between the communication apparatus and the target connection server, determines updated apparatus state information by using the update information, and in a case where a particular condition is satisfied, determines an updated target connection server from among the plurality of connection servers, and outputs, to the communication apparatus, updated connection information for

Abstract: An image forming apparatus configured to communicate with a terminal having an authentication function transmits, to the terminal, verification data for performing user authentication for the image forming apparatus, receives, from the terminal, signature data obtained by encrypting the verification data using a secret key corresponding to authentication in the authentication function of the terminal, based on execution of the authentication, and performs verification of the received signature data using the verification data and a public key corresponding to the secret key, wherein, in a case where the verification has succeeded, a function that is premised on the user authentication is provided.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs a first authentication in which, from user information including a plurality of attributes for each user, a first attribute value of a user to be authenticated is, as a first factor, compared to an input value from a user, performs a second authentication in which a second attribute value of a user for which the first authentication was successful is, as a second factor, compared to an input value from a user, and allows use corresponding to privileges of an authenticated user to a user for which the second authentication was successful. When the second authentication is performed, the apparatus displays a user interface screen corresponding to information indicating a type of the second attribute value, included in the second attribute value, on the user interface, and accepts input corresponding to information indicating the type.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a user interface. The apparatus displays a software keyboard for inputting a password, using the user interface; in a case where a password strength meter indicating a strength of a password is set to be displayed using the user interface, calculates a strength of a password input from the software keyboard; and displays the software keyboard and the password strength meter indicating the strength of the input password, and in a case where a password strength meter indicating a strength of a password is set not to be displayed using the user interface, displays the software keyboard. In the case where a password strength meter indicating a strength of a password is set not to be displayed using the user interface, the password strength meter is not displayed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a function including at least a print function includes a first authentication unit configured to perform authentication processing on local access to the image forming apparatus, a second authentication unit configured to perform authentication processing on remote access to the image forming apparatus, and a reception unit configured to receive separately a setting to activate multi-factor authentication processing including a plurality of authentication factors in the authentication of the local access and a setting to activate multi-factor authentication processing including a plurality of authentication factors in the authentication of the remote access.

Abstract: A server system for an always-on connection includes: a plurality of always-on connection processing parts; and a controller. Each of the always-on connection processing parts includes a plurality of always-on connection execution parts, and the controller is configured to execute: a receiving process to receive a first request for the always-on connection from a terminal device; a determining process to determine a target always-on connection processing part, among the always-on connection processing parts according to the first request, the target always-on connection processing part being one always-on connection processing part to establish the always-on connection with the terminal device; and a sending process to send to the terminal device a destination data indicating a destination of the second request for the always-on connection after determining the target always-on connection processing part, the destination data also indicating the target always-on connection processing part.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to authenticate a user in first authentication processing and second authentication processing and permit the user who is authenticated to use at least one of a plurality of functions includes a control unit configured to, at a time of authentication of the user in the first authentication processing, perform control to prompt the user to select an authentication method to be used in the first authentication processing.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus performs operations comprising performing facial authentication of a second user in a state in which a first user is logged in, performing authentication of a user using a second scheme that is different from facial authentication if the facial authentication is successful, and switching a logged-in user from the first user to the second user if the authentication using the second scheme is successful and the authenticated user is the second user.

Abstract: A server may receive user information from a terminal device in a case where predetermined communication is executed with the terminal device, wherein the predetermined communication is related to supply of a device to the user, the device is transported to a predetermined place; store authentication information in a memory; notify the authentication information to the user; in a case where the authentication information is inputted to the device after the device has been transported to the predetermined place, receive the authentication information from the device; and shift a state of the server from a first state to a second state, wherein the first state is a state where the specific service is used is not provided to the user, and the second state is a state where the specific service is provided to the user.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to authenticate a user in first authentication processing and second authentication processing and permit the user who is authenticated to use at least one of a plurality of functions includes a control unit configured to, at a time of authentication of the user in the first authentication processing, perform control to prompt the user to select an authentication method to be used in the first authentication processing.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a function including at least a print function includes a first authentication unit configured to perform authentication processing on local access to the image forming apparatus, a second authentication unit configured to perform authentication processing on remote access to the image forming apparatus, and a reception unit configured to receive separately a setting to activate multi-factor authentication processing including a plurality of authentication factors in the authentication of the local access and a setting to activate multi-factor authentication processing including a plurality of authentication factors in the authentication of the remote access.

Abstract: This easily peelable absorption film is provided with an absorption film that contains a thermoplastic resin and an absorbing agent, and an easy-peel layer that is layered directly on one surface of the absorption film, wherein: the absorbing agent content is 20 mass % or more with reference to the mass of the entire absorption film; and when the easy-peel layer of the easily peelable absorption film is heat-sealed to another resin and the easily peelable absorption film is peeled from the other resin, the easy-peel layer agglomerates and peels away.

Abstract: A packaging bag 100 having a heat-sealed part at an end and thereby formed into a bag shape, wherein the heat-sealed part 110 has an oxygen absorption layer 10, a water-vapor absorption layer 20, and a barrier layer 30, and wherein the oxygen absorption layer 10 contains an oxygen-deficient cerium oxide 11.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus performs operations comprising performing facial authentication of a second user in a state in which a first user is logged in, performing authentication of a user using a second scheme that is different from facial authentication if the facial authentication is successful, and switching a logged-in user from the first user to the second user if the authentication using the second scheme is successful and the authenticated user is the second user.

Abstract: This easily peelable absorption film is provided with an absorption film that contains a thermoplastic resin and an absorbing agent, and an easy-peel layer that is layered directly on one surface of the absorption film, wherein: the absorbing agent content is 20 mass % or more with reference to the mass of the entire absorption film; and when the easy-peel layer of the easily peelable absorption film is heat-sealed to another resin and the easily peelable absorption film is peeled from the other resin, the easy-peel layer agglomerates and peels away.

Abstract: A printing apparatus determines a user who is logging into the printing apparatus as a job owner in a case where the printing apparatus receives print data through wireless communication in an access point mode.

Abstract: An oxygen absorptive film 10a of the present invention is an oxygen absorptive film provided with an oxygen absorption layer 2 and a skin layer 4 laminated on at least one surface of the oxygen absorption layer, wherein the oxygen absorption layer contains polyolefin and cerium oxide having oxygen deficiency, and wherein the skin layer contains an acyclic olefin-based polymer and a cyclic olefin-based polymer.

Abstract: A packaging bag 100 having a heat-sealed part at an end and thereby formed into a bag shape, wherein the heat-sealed part 110 has an oxygen absorption layer 10, a water-vapor absorption layer 20, and a barrier layer 30, and wherein the oxygen absorption layer 10 contains an oxygen-deficient cerium oxide 11.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided in which, in a setting of making user names case-insensitive, if a plurality of user names determined to be identical to a user name that is requested to log in is registered in an authentication database, log-in using the user name is not accepted.