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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Sosuke Kagaya, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus that communicates with an external apparatus stores a file obtained from a first external apparatus, and stores first information related to at least one of a creation date and time and an update date and time of the file, and based on a format of the obtained file, determines whether the file is a first file to which the first information can be attached or a second file to which the first information cannot be attached. Where the obtained file is the first file, it is stored into the storage unit and the first information of the first file is stored thereinto, and where the obtained file is the second file, second information related to a recording date and time when the second file has been recorded is obtained and the first information is rewritten into the second information when storing the second file.