Authentication apparatus, authentication method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

• US 10,289,571 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2016
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamaizumi, Wataru
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Kaushikkumar M
• Application Number:
  US15/243,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20170270059A1
• Time in Patent Office: 995 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/1458 by checking the subject access rights
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/445 by mutual authentication, e.g. between devices or programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2212/1052 Security improvement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/121 Timestamp cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements involving time stamps H04L9/3297
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3273 for mutual authentication network architectures or network communication protocols for achieving mutual authentication in a packet data network H04L63/0869
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/64 using geofenced areas

Abstract

An authentication apparatus includes a memory that stores information regarding a device and other device located in the vicinity of the device in association with each other; a receiving unit that, in a case where there is an authentication request from the device, receives information regarding other device located in the vicinity of the device at a time of the authentication request; and an authentication unit that authenticates the device based on the information regarding the other device stored in the memory and the information regarding the other device that is received by the receiving unit at the time of the authentication request.

Claims

1. An authentication apparatus comprising:

a memory that stores information regarding a device and an other device located in the vicinity of the device in association with each other; and

a processor programmed to;

in a case where there is an authentication request from the device, receive other device information at a time of the authentication request; and

authenticate the device based on the information regarding the other device stored in the memory and the other device information that is received at the time of the authentication request, wherein;

the information regarding the other device and the other device information include information regarding operation of the other device; and

the operation of the other device includes at least one of a remaining charge amount of a battery, an operation record, an access log of an operating system, a security log, and a sensor log of the other device.

2. The authentication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the processor is further programmed to not permit authentication in a case where the received other device information does not correspond to the information regarding the other device stored in the memory.

3. The authentication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the other device is a device which is portable and able to perform wireless communication.

4. The authentication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the information regarding the other device stored in the memory corresponds to the other device information when the authentication of the device is permitted.

5. The authentication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the information regarding the other device stored in the memory is information transmitted by the device at regular intervals after successful authentication.

6. The authentication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the processor is further programmed to not permit authentication in a case where the received other device information does not correspond to the information regarding the other device stored in the memory.

7. The authentication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the other device is a device which usually does not move and is able to perform wireless communication.

8. The authentication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the information regarding the other device stored in the memory corresponds to the other device information, where the other device is provided in an area registered in advance where using the device is permitted.

9. The authentication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the processor is further programmed to not permit authentication in a case where the received other device information does not correspond to the information regarding the other device stored in the memory.

10. The authentication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the processor is further programmed to store an expression used to determine a theft possibility for a plurality of lifestyle classes that are classified based on a usage history of a device; and

the device is authenticated based on (i) the information regarding the other device stored in the memory, (ii) the other device information that is received at the time of the authentication request, and (iii) an expression associated with a respective one of the plurality of lifestyle classes that is selected based on a usage history of the other device.

11. An authentication method comprising:

storing information regarding a device and an other device located in the vicinity of the device in association with each other in a memory;

receiving, in a case where there is an authentication request from the device, other device information at a time of the authentication request; and

authenticating the device based on the information regarding the other device stored in the memory and the other device information that is received at the time of the authentication request, wherein;

the information regarding the other device and the other device information include information regarding operation of the other device; and

the operation of the other device includes at least one of a remaining charge amount of a battery, an operation record, an access log of an operating system, a security log, and a sensor log of the other device.

12. The authentication method according to claim 11, further comprising:

storing an expression used to determine a theft possibility for a plurality of lifestyle classes that are classified based on a usage history of a device, wherein

the device is authenticated based on (i) the information regarding the other device stored in the memory, (ii) the other device information that is received at the time of the authentication request, and (iii) an expression associated with a respective one of the plurality of lifestyle classes that is selected based on a usage history of the other device.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to:

store, in a memory, information regarding a device and an other device located in the vicinity of the device in association with each other;

in a case where there is an authentication request from the device, receive other device information at a time of the authentication request; and

authenticate the device based on the information regarding the other device stored in the memory and the other device information that is received at the time of the authentication request, wherein;

the information regarding the other device and the other device information include information regarding operation of the other device; and

the operation of the other device includes at least one of a remaining charge amount of a battery, an operation record, an access log of an operating system, a security log, and a sensor log of the other device.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein:

the program further causes the computer to store an expression used to determine a theft possibility for a plurality of lifestyle classes that are classified based on a usage history of a device; and

the device is authenticated based on (i) the information regarding the other device stored in the memory, (ii) the other device information that is received at the time of the authentication request, and (iii) an expression associated with a respective one of the plurality of lifestyle classes that is selected based on a usage history of the other device.