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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kensuke Hirata, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0807 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that communicates with an external apparatus includes receiving local login information regarding a local login to the image forming apparatus, determining, if a request for a URL for authorization without web access authentication is received, whether an internal communication address is used, requesting, if it is determined that the internal communication address is used, authorization request for the external apparatus, and managing an authorization token acquired by requesting the authorization request and the local login information by associating the authorization token with the local login information.