RELAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREOF, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20150271739A1
• Filed: 03/12/2015
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Numakami, Yukio
• Granted Patent: US 10,158,418 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15528 Control of operation parameters of a relay station to exploit the physical medium
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15542 Selecting at relay station its transmit and receive resources selection of wireless resources by user or terminal H04W72/02; arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path by two-dimensional division of the resources H04L5/0003, or by allocating sub-channels H04L5/003
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/43 using shared identity modules, e.g. SIM sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A relay apparatus, capable of relaying communication between a communication apparatus and a server, communicates with the communication apparatus and the server through first wireless communication, and carries out control for determining whether or not to permit the communication apparatus to communicate with the server through the first wireless communication in response to a request received from the communication apparatus, that is based on a predetermined protocol. The relay apparatus sends the request to the server and receives data written in a predetermined format as a response to the request, and carries out the control based on the data.

Claims

1. A relay apparatus capable of relaying communication between a communication apparatus and a server, the relay apparatus comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with the communication apparatus and the server through first wireless communication; and

a control unit configured to carry out control for determining whether or not to permit the communication apparatus to communicate with the server through the first wireless communication in response to a request, from the communication apparatus and received by the communication unit, that is based on a predetermined protocol,

wherein the communication unit sends the request to the server and receives data written in a predetermined format as a response to the request, and the control unit carries out the control based on the data.

2. The relay apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit displays the data written in the predetermined format received by the communication unit in a display unit.

3. The relay apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit displays data for user authentication written in the predetermined format in the display unit.

4. The relay apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein after the communication unit has received a response indicating that the user authentication has succeeded, the control unit displays data for granting access authority written in the predetermined format in the display unit.

5. The relay apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein in the case where the control unit has detected an input operation from a user in response to the data for the user authentication displayed in the display unit, the communication unit sends information based on the input operation to the server and receives a response indicating whether or not the user authentication has succeeded.

6. The relay apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein in the case where the control unit has detected an input operation from a user in response to the data granting the access authority displayed in the display unit, the communication unit sends information based on the input operation to the server and receives a response indicating whether or not to grant the access authority.

7. The relay apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the communication unit further communicates with the communication apparatus through a second wireless communication whose transfer speed is slower than the first wireless communication.

8. The relay apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein before communicating through the first wireless communication, the communication unit uses the second wireless communication to set parameters required by the first wireless communication with the communication apparatus.

9. The relay apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the predetermined protocol is an OAuth protocol.

10. The relay apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the predetermined format is HTML.

11. A communication apparatus capable of communicating with the relay apparatus according to claim 1, the communication apparatus comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with the relay apparatus through first wireless communication; and

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not to grant access to a server via the relay apparatus through the first wireless communication,

wherein the determination unit carries out the determination based on a response indicating whether or not to grant the access received as a response to a request, based on a predetermined protocol, sent by the communication unit.

12. The communication apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the communication unit further communicates with the communication apparatus through a second wireless communication whose transfer speed is slower than the first wireless communication.

13. The communication apparatus according to claim 12,

wherein before communicating through the first wireless communication, the communication unit uses the second wireless communication to set parameters required by the first wireless communication with the communication apparatus.

14. The communication apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the communication unit communicates with the relay apparatus through the first wireless communication after being authorized by a user.

15. The communication apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the predetermined protocol is an OAuth protocol.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute a method of a communication apparatus capable of communicating with the relay apparatus according to claim 1, the method comprising steps of:

communicating with the relay apparatus through the first wireless communication; and

determining whether or not to grant access to a server via the relay apparatus through the first wireless communication,

wherein in the step of determining, the determination is carried out based on a response indicating whether or not to grant the access received as a response to a request, based on a predetermined protocol, sent in the step of communicating.

16. A control method for a relay apparatus capable of relaying communication between a communication apparatus and a server, the method comprising the steps of:

communicating with the communication apparatus and the server through first wireless communication; and

carrying out control for determining whether or not to permit the communication apparatus to communicate with the server through the first wireless communication in response to a request, from the communication apparatus and received in the step of communicating, that is based on a predetermined protocol,

wherein in the step of communicating, the request is sent to the server and data written in a predetermined format is received as a response to the request, and in the step of control, the control is carried out based on the data.

17. A control method for a communication apparatus capable of communicating with a relay apparatus that executes the control method according to claim 16, the control method for the communication apparatus comprising the steps of:

communicating with the relay apparatus through the first wireless communication; and

determining whether or not to grant access to a server via the relay apparatus through the first wireless communication,

wherein in the step of determining, the determination is carried out based on a response indicating whether or not to grant the access received as a response to a request, based on a predetermined protocol, sent in the step of communicating.

18. A system comprising a communication apparatus and a relay apparatus,

wherein the relay apparatus includes:

a first communication unit configured to communicate with the communication apparatus and a server through first wireless communication; and

a control unit configured to carry out control for determining whether or not to permit the communication apparatus to communicate with the server through the first wireless communication in response to a request, from the communication apparatus and received by the communication unit, that is based on a predetermined protocol,

the first communication unit sending the request to the server and receiving data written in a predetermined format as a response to the request, and the control unit carrying out the control based on the data; and

wherein the communication apparatus includes;

a second communication unit configured to communicate with the relay apparatus through the first wireless communication; and

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not to grant access to a server via the relay apparatus through the first wireless communication,

the determination unit carrying out the determination based on a response indicating whether or not to grant the access received as a response to a request, based on a predetermined protocol, sent by the second communication unit.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute a method of a relay apparatus, the method comprising steps of:

communicating with the communication apparatus and the server through first wireless communication; and

carrying out control for determining whether or not to permit the communication apparatus to communicate with the server through the first wireless communication in response to a request, from the communication apparatus and received in the step of communicating, that is based on a predetermined protocol,

wherein in the step of communicating, the request is sent to the server and data written in a predetermined format is received as a response to the request, and in the step of control, the control is carried out based on the data.