US 12,218,935 B2
Communication apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium
Fumihide Goto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/480,694.
Application 18/480,694 is a continuation of application No. 16/384,204, filed on Apr. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,838,116.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-084476 (JP), filed on Apr. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0031362 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC H04L 63/0869 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication apparatus to:
determine, based on a first user input, whether the communication apparatus operates as a configurator in a setting processing of a parameter required for establishing a connection;
obtain a public key associated with another apparatus;
display, in a case where the public key is obtained and the communication apparatus operates as the configurator, information to accept a second user input indicating whether or not to execute the setting processing a with the other apparatus;
in a case where the second user input indicating that the setting processing with the other apparatus is to be executed has been accepted, transmit, to the other apparatus, a request regarding authentication processing in the setting processing, wherein the request includes information regarding the public key, and
in a case where the second user input indicating that the setting processing with the other apparatus is not to be executed has been accepted, not transmit, to the other apparatus, the request regarding authentication processing in the setting processing; and
execute the setting processing with the other apparatus in a case where a response to the request is received from the other apparatus.