Communication device and terminal device

• US 10,278,072 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2017
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Takeuchi, Shun, Asakura, Hirotaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Nealon, William
• Application Number:
  US15/712,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20180098217A1
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 455411
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/43 wireless channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/805 Lightweight hardware, e.g. radio-frequency identification [RFID] or sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3226 using a predetermined code, e.g. password, passphrase or PIN network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using passwords in a packet data network H04L63/083
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A communication device may supply connection information to a first wireless interface so as to store the connection information in an interface memory, establish a wireless connection via a second wireless interface with a terminal device by using the connection information after the connection information has been sent to the terminal device, execute a first authentication using first authentication information in a case where the first authentication information is received from the terminal device, send a first registration instruction to the terminal device by using the wireless connection via the second wireless interface in a case where the first authentication is successful, and execute a second authentication using the first authentication information in a case where the first authentication information which has been registered in the terminal device is received from the terminal device after the first registration instruction has been sent to the terminal device.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a first wireless interface comprising an interface memory;

a second wireless interface different from the first wireless interface, wherein a distance with which a wireless communication can be performed via the second wireless interface is longer than a distance with which a wireless communication can be performed via the first wireless interface;

a processor; and

a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the communication device to;

supply connection information to the first wireless interface so as to store the connection information in the interface memory, the connection information being for establishing a wireless connection via the second wireless interface, wherein the first wireless interface is configured to send the connection information in the interface memory to a terminal device by using a communication session in a case where the communication session with the terminal device is established;

establish the wireless connection via the second wireless interface with the terminal device by using the connection information after the connection information has been sent to the terminal device;

execute a first authentication using first authentication information in a case where the first authentication information is received from the terminal device by using the wireless connection via the second wireless interface due to the wireless connection via the second wireless interface being established and the first authentication information being inputted to the terminal device;

send a first registration instruction to the terminal device by using the wireless connection via the second wireless interface in a case where the first authentication using the first authentication information is successful, the first registration instruction being for registering the first authentication information in the terminal device as authentication information which is to be used by the communication device to execute an authentication;

execute a second authentication using the first authentication information in a case where the first authentication information which has been registered in the terminal device is received from the terminal device after the first registration instruction has been sent to the terminal device;

execute a third authentication using second authentication information different from the first authentication information in a case where the second authentication information is received from the terminal device by using the wireless connection via the second wireless interface due to the second authentication information being inputted to the terminal device after the first authentication using the first authentication information has failed;

send a second registration instruction to the terminal device by using the wireless connection via the second wireless interface in a case where the third authentication using the second authentication information is successful, the second registration instruction being for registering the second authentication information in the terminal device as authentication information which is to be used by the communication device to execute an authentication; and

execute a fourth authentication using the second authentication information in a case where the second authentication information which has been registered in the terminal device is received from the terminal device after the second registration instruction has been sent to the terminal device.

2. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the communication device to:

supply an activation instruction to the first wireless interface so as to store the activation instruction in the interface memory, the activation instruction being for activating a specific application program which has been installed in the terminal device,

wherein the first wireless interface is configured to send the connection information and the activation instruction in the interface memory to the terminal device by using the communication session, in the case where the communication session with the terminal device is established, and

the specific application program is for establishing the wireless connection via the second wireless interface with the communication device and for sending the first authentication information to the communication device by using the wireless connection.

3. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein

the second authentication using the first authentication information is executed in a case where the first authentication information which has been registered in the terminal device is received from the terminal device via the first wireless interface after the first registration instruction has been sent to the terminal device.

4. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein

the first wireless interface is for performing a communication according to NFC (abbreviation of Near Field Communication) standard.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for a terminal device,

wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor of the terminal device, cause the terminal device to:

determine whether first authentication information which is to be used by a communication device to execute an authentication is registered in the terminal device, in a case where a communication session with the communication device is established via a first wireless interface of the terminal device;

send the first authentication information to the communication device via the first wireless interface so as to cause the communication device to execute an authentication using the first authentication information, in a case where it is determined that the first authentication information is registered in the terminal device;

establish a wireless connection with the communication device via a second wireless interface of the terminal device, in a case where it is determined that the first authentication information is not registered in the terminal device, a distance with which a wireless communication can be performed via the second wireless interface being longer than a distance with which a wireless communication can be performed via the first wireless interface;

send second authentication information to the communication device by using the wireless connection via the second wireless interface so as to cause the communication device to execute an authentication using the second authentication information, in a case where the wireless connection via the second wireless interface is established and the second authentication information is inputted to the terminal device;

receive a registration instruction by using the wireless connection via the second wireless interface from the communication device in a case where the authentication using the second authentication information is successful; and

register the second authentication information as authentication information which is to be used by the communication device to execute an authentication, in a case where the registration instruction is received from the communication device.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as in claim 5, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the terminal device to:

cause a display unit of the terminal device to display an input screen for inputting the second authentication information before the wireless connection via the second wireless interface is established in the case where it is determined that the first authentication information is not registered.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for a communication device,

wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor of the communication device, cause the communication device to:

supply connection information to a first wireless interface and cause the first wireless interface to store the connection information in the interface memory, the connection information being for establishing a wireless connection via a second wireless interface, the first wireless interface comprising an interface memory, the second wireless interface different from the first wireless interface, wherein a distance with which a wireless communication can be performed via the second wireless interface is longer than a distance with which a wireless communication can be performed via the first wireless interface, wherein the first wireless interface is configured to send the connection information in the interface memory to a terminal device by using a communication session in a case where the communication session with the terminal device is established;

establish the wireless connection via the second wireless interface with the terminal device by using the connection information after the connection information has been sent to the terminal device;

execute a first authentication using first authentication information in a case where the first authentication information is received from the terminal device by using the wireless connection via the second wireless interface due to the wireless connection via the second wireless interface being established and the first authentication information being inputted to the terminal device;

send a first registration instruction to the terminal device by using the wireless connection via the second wireless interface in a case where the first authentication using the first authentication information is successful, the first registration instruction being for registering the first authentication information in the terminal device as authentication information which is to be used by the communication device to execute an authentication;

execute a second authentication using the first authentication information in a case where the first authentication information which has been registered in the terminal device is received from the terminal device after the first registration instruction has been sent to the terminal device;

execute a third authentication using second authentication information different from the first authentication information in a case where the second authentication information is received from the terminal device by using the wireless connection via the second wireless interface due to the second authentication information being inputted to the terminal device after the first authentication using the first authentication information has failed;

send a second registration instruction to the terminal device by using the wireless connection via the second wireless interface in a case where the third authentication using the second authentication information is successful, the second registration instruction being for registering the second authentication information in the terminal device as authentication information which is to be used by the communication device to execute an authentication; and

execute a fourth authentication using the second authentication information in a case where the second authentication information which has been registered in the terminal device is received from the terminal device after the second registration instruction has been sent to the terminal device.