Patent ID: 11947849
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A method for controlling a server with which a first printing apparatus and a second printing apparatus are communicable via a network, the method comprising:
receiving first information from the first printing apparatus that has received a user authentication request and receiving second information different from the first information from the second printing apparatus that has received a user authentication request; and
transmitting, to the first printing apparatus, one or a plurality of types of user authentication methods corresponding to the first information for logging in to the first printing apparatus, and transmitting, to the second printing apparatus, one or a plurality of types of user authentication methods corresponding to the second information for logging in to the second printing apparatus and including at least one type different from the one or plurality of types of user authentication methods corresponding to the first information,
wherein the server receives the first information in a case where a login screen is displayed on an operation unit of the first printing apparatus.