Patent ID: 8478991

Claim:
A management apparatus for providing a wireless parameter to a wireless communication apparatus based on a wireless parameter setting method, the management apparatus comprising: a detecting unit configured to detect a timing related to a wireless parameter setting processing by the method; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a certificate for authenticating whether the wireless communication apparatus is a valid terminal, from a certificate authority which issues the certificate, in response to the detected timing; a provision unit configured to provide the wireless parameter and the obtained certificate to the wireless communication apparatus in case that the wireless parameter is provided to the wireless communication apparatus based on the method; an activation unit configured to activate a timer for measuring a time period to delete the certificate, wherein the certificate is deleted when the timer period expires; a timer unit configured to measure a time period required for obtaining the certificate; and a selection unit configured to select a timing functioning as trigger for obtaining the certificate from among a plurality of timings related to the wireless parameter setting processing based on the wireless parameter setting method in accordance with the measured time period.