US Patent Issued to Konica Minolta on Sept. 9 for "Authentication system, authentication method, and authentication program" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,572, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Konica Minolta Inc. (Tokyo).

"Authentication system, authentication method, and authentication program" was invented by Katsuhiko Akita (Amagasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An authentication system includes: an information processing apparatus; a hardware processor that is connected to the apparatus via a first network and determines propriety of connection to a second network; and a certificate issuing server that is connected to the hardware processor via the second network and issues a certificate including a valid period and permitting the apparatus to connect to the second net...