US 12,069,476 B2
Communication apparatus, control method for communication apparatus, and storage medium storing program
Masakazu Tsuchihashi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,138.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-088229 (JP), filed on May 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386122 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/068 (2021.01) [G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus capable of performing wireless communication with an external apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire a communication setting including an authentication method parameter for the wireless communication; and
a conversion unit configured to convert, in a case where the authentication method parameter included in the communication setting acquired by the acquisition unit indicates that a first authentication method is usable and a second authentication method with a security strength higher than that of the first authentication method is not usable, the authentication method parameter into an authentication method parameter indicating that the first authentication method and the second authentication method are both usable.