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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Tonegawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multi-function peripheral (MFP) includes a function of performing a setting to attach an electronic signature to a file including data acquired by executing scanning of a document, attaching, based on the setting, at least one of a plurality of electronic signatures to the file including the data acquired by executing scanning of the document in response to a request received from a smartphone, the electronic signatures including a user signature corresponding to an authenticated user and a device signature corresponding to the MFP, and transmitting the file to which the electronic signature is attached to a communication terminal or the like.