Network device and computer readable medium therefor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8874903
APP PUB NO 20100115268A1
SERIAL NO

12609067

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A network device, connectable with a service providing server and an authentication sever via a network, includes an acquisition information storage storing acquisition information for acquiring a certificate corresponding to each of services the service providing server provides, a certificate storage storing certificates acquired from the authentication server, a determining unit that, in response to acceptance of a request for utilizing a service, determines whether a certificate necessary for utilizing the requested service is stored in the certificate storage, and a controller that, when the necessary certificate is not stored, reads out acquisition information for the necessary certificate from the acquisition information storage, makes a certificate acquiring unit acquire the necessary certificate from the authentication server using the acquisition information, and stores the necessary certificate into the certificate storage. When the necessary certificate is stored, the controller makes the certificate acquiring unit acquire the necessary certificate from the certificate storage.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kudo, Yasuhiro Aichi, JP 61 249

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