Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer readable medium using authentication processing
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Application No.: US15469915Application Date: 2017-03-27
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Publication No.: US10387089B2Publication Date: 2019-08-20
- Inventor: Guowei Yang , Mitsuru Konji
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2016-069280 20160330
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; G06F21/62 ; H04N1/00 ; H04N1/44 ; G06F21/44 ; G06F21/60

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus comprises: a communication unit which performs short-range wireless communication with an external apparatus configured to provide a predetermined function; a first determination unit which determines, based on information obtained from the external apparatus by the communication unit, whether to perform authentication processing in order to utilize the predetermined function of the external apparatus; and an authentication unit which performs the authentication processing if the first determination unit determines to perform the authentication processing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170286028A1 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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