Patent ID: 7809945

Claim:
An examination apparatus communicating with a communication device via a network, the examination apparatus comprising: a first authentication part configured to conduct a first authentication process for communicating with the communication device using first authentication information; a first communication part configured to establish a communication with the communication device when the first authentication process is successful; a second authentication part configured to conduct a second authentication process for communicating with the communication device using second authentication information when the first authentication process is not successful; a second communication part configured to establish the communication with the communication device when the second authentication process is successful; a receiving part configured to receive third authentication information including identification information for identifying the communication device from the communication device when the communication between the examination apparatus and the communication device is established by the second communication part; an acquisition part configured to acquire fourth authentication information from a location other than the communication device with reference to the identification information included in the third authentication information; a processor configured to examine validity of the communication device based on the third authentication information and the fourth authentication information; and a request reception part configured to receive first and second communication requests from the communication device, wherein the first authentication part conducts the first authentication process when the first communication request is received from the communication device, the second authentication part conducts the second authentication process when the first authentication process is not successful and the second communication request is received from the communication device, the request reception part includes a first request reception part configured to receive the first communication request, and a second request reception part configured to receive the second communication request, and the first request reception part is associated with a first URL through which the first communication request is received, the second request reception part is associated with a second URL through which the second communication request is received, and the first URL and the second URL are different.