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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Takeuchi, Saitama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling an information processing apparatus includes receiving a predetermined operation, and based on that a wireless local area network (LAN) router to which the information processing apparatus is connected at a time of the reception of the predetermined operation corresponds to an enterprise method which is an authentication method using an authentication server conforming to IEEE 802.1X protocol, displaying information related to the enterprise method, receiving setting information for connecting to the wireless LAN router corresponding to the enterprise method, and transmitting the setting information to a communication apparatus. If the wireless LAN router is connected at the time of the reception of the predetermined operation corresponds to a personal method which is an authentication method not using the authentication server, transmitting, to the communication apparatus, connection information for connecting to the wireless LAN router corresponding to the personal method.