Data communication apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor

• US 10,609,253 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2018
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Morita, Hiroyasu
• Primary Examiner(s): Callahan, Paul E
• Application Number:
  US16/115,680
• Publication Number:
  US 20190028609A1
• Time in Patent Office: 580 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/30 Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/46 by designing passwords or checking the strength of passwords
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4406 Restricting access, e.g. according to user identity mechanisms actuated y cards, PIN or the like in apparatus for dispensing G07F7/08

Abstract

A data communication apparatus that is capable of improving operability when inputting authentication information. An authentication unit accepts authentication information inputted when a user logs in to the data communication apparatus and authenticates the user based on the accepted authentication information. A designation unit designates a file transmission destination that is inputted by the authenticated user. A transmission unit transmits a file to the transmission destination inputted. A registration unit registers the transmission destination of the file. A control unit prohibits registration of the authentication information at the time of registration of the transmission destination of the file when the accepted authentication information is used for file transmission, and permits registration of the authentication information at the time of registration of the transmission destination of the file when the inputted authentication information is not used for file transmission.

Claims

1. A data communication apparatus comprising:

one or more memories that store a set of instructions; and

one or more processors that execute the instructions causing the data communication apparatus to;

receive a transmission destination for a file transmission;

set authentication information required for the file transmission using the received transmission destination;

perform a confirmation related to a registration of the received transmission destination and the set authentication information; and

register, according to a result of the confirmation, the received transmission destination without the set authentication information,

wherein the instructions further cause the data communication apparatus to receive a user input of authentication information in a case where the registered transmission destination having been registered without the set authentication information is read, and

wherein the read transmission destination and the input authentication information are set for the file transmission.

2. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a scanner for scanning an original image,

wherein, in the file transmission, a file corresponding to the original image scanned by the scanner is transmitted to the transmission destination.

3. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission destination includes at least one of address information, host name information and folder information.

4. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the set authentication information is used for authentication in a file server corresponding to the transmission destination.

5. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the set authentication information is a password.

6. A method of controlling a data communication apparatus comprising:

receiving a transmission destination for a file transmission;

setting authentication information required for the file transmission using the received transmission destination;

performing a confirmation related to a registration of the received transmission destination and the set authentication information; and

registering, according to a result of the confirmation, the received transmission destination without the set authentication information,

causing the data communication apparatus to receive a user input of authentication information in a case where the registered transmission destination having been registered without the set authentication information is read,

wherein the read transmission destination and the input authentication information are set for the file transmission.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the data communication apparatus comprises a scanner for scanning an original image, and

wherein, in the file transmission, a file corresponding to the original image scanned by the scanner is transmitted to the transmission destination.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the transmission destination includes at least one of address information, host name information and folder information.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the set authentication information is used for authentication in a file server corresponding to the transmission destination.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein the set authentication information is a password.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method of controlling a data communication apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a transmission destination for a file transmission;

setting authentication information required for the file transmission using the received transmission destination;

performing a confirmation related to a registration of the received transmission destination and the set authentication information; and

registering, according to a result of the confirmation, the received transmission destination without the set authentication information,

causing the data communication apparatus to receive a user input of authentication information in a case where the registered transmission destination having been registered without the set authentication information is read,

wherein the read transmission destination and the input authentication information are set for the file transmission.

12. A data communication apparatus comprising:

one or more memories that store a set of instructions; and

one or more processors that execute the instructions causing the data communication apparatus to;

receive a transmission destination for a file transmission;

set authentication information required for the file transmission using the received transmission destination;

perform a confirmation related to a registration of the received transmission destination and the set authentication information; and

register, according to a result of the confirmation, the received transmission destination without the set authentication information,

wherein, in a case where the result of the confirmation indicates that the authentication information is registered, the received transmission destination and the set authentication information are registered in the data communication apparatus.

13. A data communication apparatus comprising:

one or more memories that store a set of instructions; and

one or more processors that execute the instructions causing the data communication apparatus to;

receive a transmission destination for a file transmission;

set authentication information required for the file transmission using the received transmission destination;

perform a confirmation related to a registration of the received transmission destination and the set authentication information; and

register, according to a result of the confirmation, the received transmission destination without the set authentication information,

wherein, in a case where the result of the confirmation indicates that the authentication information is not registered, the received transmission destination is registered without the set authentication information.

14. A data communication apparatus comprising:

one or more memories that store a set of instructions; and

one or more processors that execute the instructions causing the data communication apparatus to;

receive a transmission destination for a file transmission;

set authentication information required for the file transmission using the received transmission destination;

perform a confirmation related to a registration of the received transmission destination and the set authentication information; and

register, according to a result of the confirmation, the received transmission destination without the set authentication information,

wherein, in a case where authentication information input for a login to the data communication apparatus is set for the file transmission, the confirmation is not performed and the received transmission destination is registered without the set authentication information.

15. The data communication apparatus according to claim 14, wherein, in a case where the registered transmission destination having been registered without the set authentication information is read and a setting for performing the file transmission using the authentication information input for the login is enabled, the read transmission destination and the authentication information input for the login are set for the file transmission.

16. A method of controlling a data communication apparatus comprising:

receiving a transmission destination for a file transmission;

setting authentication information required for the file transmission using the received transmission destination;

performing a confirmation related to a registration of the received transmission destination and the set authentication information; and

registering, according to a result of the confirmation, the received transmission destination without the set authentication information,

wherein, in a case where the result of the confirmation indicates that the authentication information is registered, the received transmission destination and the set authentication information are registered in the data communication apparatus.

17. A method of controlling a data communication apparatus comprising:

receiving a transmission destination for a file transmission;

setting authentication information required for the file transmission using the received transmission destination;

performing a confirmation related to a registration of the received transmission destination and the set authentication information; and

registering, according to a result of the confirmation, the received transmission destination without the set authentication information,

wherein, in a case where the result of the confirmation indicates that the authentication information is not registered, the received transmission destination is registered without the set authentication information.

18. A method of controlling a data communication apparatus comprising:

receiving a transmission destination for a file transmission;

setting authentication information required for the file transmission using the received transmission destination;

performing a confirmation related to a registration of the received transmission destination and the set authentication information; and

registering, according to a result of the confirmation, the received transmission destination without the set authentication information,

wherein, in a case where authentication information input for a login to the data communication apparatus is set for the file transmission, the confirmation is not performed and the received transmission destination is registered without the set authentication information.