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US 10,708,959 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for controlling the use of authentication information in wireless communication for access point
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshinori Kawaura
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus receives specifying information of an access point from a communication apparatus and performs connection processing to connect with the access point based on the specifying information. The communication apparatus is connected to the access point based on successful connection with the access point in the connection processing.
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A communication method of an information processing apparatus, the communication method comprising:
- performing wireless communication with a communication apparatus;
- receiving from the communication apparatus, via the wireless communication, identifying information of an access point which is external to the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus;
- acquiring, through user input to the information processing apparatus, authentication information to be used in an authentication process for connecting to the access point;
- after acquiring the authentication information, performing connection processing for connecting the information processing apparatus to the access point using the identifying information that is received from the communication apparatus and the authentication information that is acquired through the user input;
- determining whether or not the connection processing is successful;
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- based on it being determined that the connection processing using the identifying information that is received from the communication apparatus and the authentication information that is acquired through the user input to the information processing apparatus is successful, transmitting to the communication apparatus, via the wireless communication, the acquired authentication information, wherein the acquired authentication information is usable by the communication apparatus to connect to the access point.
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A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing an information processing apparatus to execute a communication method, the communication method comprising:
- performing wireless communication with a communication apparatus;
- receiving from the communication apparatus, via the wireless communication, identifying information of an access point which is external to the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus;
- acquiring, through user input to the information processing apparatus, authentication information to be used in an authentication process for connecting to the access point;
- after acquiring the authentication information, performing connection processing for connecting the information processing apparatus to the access point using the identifying information that is received from the communication apparatus and the authentication information that is acquired through the user input;
- determining whether or not the connection processing is successful;
- and based on it being determined that the connection processing using the identifying information that is received from the communication apparatus and the authentication information that is acquired through the user input to the information processing apparatus is successful, transmitting to the communication apparatus, via the wireless communication, the acquired authentication information, wherein the acquired authentication information is usable by the communication apparatus to connect to the access point.
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An information processing apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more memories storing a program which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the information processing apparatus to perform the following operations:
- performing wireless communication with a communication apparatus;
- receiving from the communication apparatus, via the wireless communication, identifying information of an access point which is external to the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus;
- acquiring, through user input to the information processing apparatus, authentication information to be used in an authentication process for connecting to the access point;
- after acquiring the authentication information, performing connection processing for connecting the information processing apparatus to the access point using the identifying information that is received from the communication apparatus and the authentication information that is acquired through the user input;
- determining whether or not the connection processing is successful;
- and based on it being determined that the connection processing using the identifying information that is received from the communication apparatus and the authentication information that is acquired through the user input to the information processing apparatus is successful, transmitting to the communication apparatus, via the wireless communication, the acquired authentication information, wherein the acquired authentication information is usable by the communication apparatus to connect to the access point.
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A communication method executed by at least one first processor of an information processing apparatus and at least one second processor of a communication apparatus, the communication method comprising:
- performing wireless communication between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus;
- receiving, by the at least one first processor, from the communication apparatus, via a the wireless communication, identifying information of an access point which is external to the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus;
- acquiring, by the at least one first processor, through user input to the information processing apparatus, authentication information to be used in an authentication process for connecting to the access point;
- after acquiring the authentication information, performing, by the at least one first processor, connection processing for connecting the information processing apparatus to the access point using the identifying information that is received from the communication apparatus and the authentication information that is acquired through the user input;
- determining, by the at least one first processor, whether or not the connection processing is successful;
- and based on it being determined that the connection processing using the identifying information that is received from the communication apparatus and the authentication information that is acquired through the user input to the information processing apparatus is successful, transmitting, by the at least one first processor, to the communication apparatus, via the wireless communication, the acquired authentication information, wherein the acquired authentication information is usable by the communication apparatus to connect to the access point;
- receiving, by the at least one second processor, the acquired authentication information transmitted by the at least one first processor;
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- connecting, by the at least one second processor, the communication apparatus to the access point associated with the identifying information, using the acquired authentication information received from the information processing apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.