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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Wahei Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus for performing communication in a first mode of wirelessly communicating with a terminal apparatus via an external wireless base station or in a second mode without intervention of the external wireless base station, comprising communication means for executing a first authentication method used in communication in the first mode, and a second authentication method used in communication in the first mode and using an authentication server, and control means, wherein, in the first mode, if an authentication method in the first mode is the second authentication method, the control means controls the communication means to be able to use the first mode, and if an authentication method in the first mode is the first authentication method, the control means controls the communication means to be able to use both the first and the second modes.
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