Method of authenticating a user of a peripheral apparatus, a peripheral apparatus, and a system for authenticating a user of a peripheral apparatus

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PATENT NO 9203825
APP PUB NO 20140230023A1
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14178374

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A method of authenticating a user at a peripheral apparatus includes receiving a log-in request from a user, sending a request to a social networking service to authenticate the user's social networking service account, receiving the user's social networking service account information from the social networking service, determining based on the user's social networking service account information whether the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus, and allowing, in a case that the determining determines that the user is authorised to access the peripheral apparatus, the user access to the peripheral apparatus.

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CANON EUROPA N V1185 XB AMSTELVEEN

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Parks, Benjamin John Reading, GB 6 59

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