Patent ID: 7631181
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus comprising programmable hardware operable as: communication means for executing a first communication phase for discovering a device using first communications, and for executing a second communication phase using second communications with the device discovered by executing the first communication phase; determination means for determining, in accordance with a first communication protocol used by the communication means, whether a communication is to be made in the first communication phase, and for determining, in accordance with a second communication protocol used by the communication means, whether the communication is to be made in the second communication phase; and application means for applying a first security policy to the communication means in the first communication phase using the first communication protocol, if the determination means determines that the communication is to be made in the first communication phase, and for applying a second security policy to the communication means in the second communication phase using the second communication protocol, if the determination means determines that the communication is to be made in the second communication phase, wherein said application means includes allowing means for allowing said communication means to execute the first communication in the first communication phase without a security protocol, if the security protocol is unable to be used, and prohibiting means for prohibiting said communication means from executing the second communication in the second communication phase without the security protocol, if the security protocol is unable to be used.