Patent ID: 9621534
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A service processing apparatus comprising: a server configured (i) to determine an authentication scheme used for a received message from a client, (ii) to generate an authentication result indicating that first authentication data does not exist in the received message, in a case where it is determined that the authentication scheme used for the received message is not a predetermined authentication scheme, and (iii) to generate an authentication result indicating whether first authentication data does or does not exist in the received message, based on whether or not predetermined data exists in the received message, in a case where it is determined that the authentication scheme used for the received message is the predetermined authentication scheme; and a service processing unit configured to decide whether or not to execute a process for a service for the received message based on whether or not second authentication data exists in the received message and on the authentication result generated by the server.