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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kensuke Yasuma, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus comprises an obtainment unit configured to obtain authentication information from each of a first other communication apparatus and a second other communication apparatus; an authentication unit configured to, based on the authentication information obtained by the obtainment unit, perform authentication processing; and a provision unit configured to provide, based on a result of the authentication processing, information of a third other communication apparatus associated with the first other communication apparatus to a fourth other communication apparatus associated with the second other communication apparatus.