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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masahito Hirai, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A management apparatus for managing one or a plurality of devices connected to a network, comprises a management unit configured to manage information of each device; an instruction unit configured to cause a server having a function of managing a key to implement multicast using IPsec to register information of the management apparatus and the information of a device caused to belong to a multicast group out of the devices managed by the management unit, and issue key information to be used in the multicast group; and a communication unit configured to perform multicast communication using the IPsec with the device belonging to the multicast group using the key information issued by the server.