Confidential information storing method, information processing terminal, and computer-readable recording medium

• US 10,291,611 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2016
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Toyoshima, Koji, Shinzaki, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Avery, Jeremiah L
• Application Number:
  US15/340,443
• Publication Number:
  US 20170142102A1
• Time in Patent Office: 924 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/1408 by using cryptography for digital transmission H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2212/1052 Security improvement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231

Abstract

A confidential information storing method performed by a computer is disclosed. Multiple sets of biometric information are acquired from a biometric information reader. The multiple sets of the acquired biometric information and specific information for specifying the biometric information to be used to generate a pass phrase are stored in a biometric information storage part. The pass phrase generated based on the biometric information and the specific information are acquired. Confidential information is encrypted by using the acquired pass phrase. The encrypted confidential information is stored.

Claims

1. A confidential information storing method performed by a computer, comprising:

acquiring multiple sets of biometric information from a biometric information reader;

storing the multiple sets of the acquired biometric information and specific information for specifying the biometric information to be used to generate a pass phrase in a biometric information storage part;

acquiring the pass phrase generated based on the biometric information and the specific information;

encrypting confidential information by using the acquired pass phrase; and

storing the encrypted confidential information.

2. The confidential information storing method according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring the biometric information from the biometric information reader;

acquiring the confidential information from the confidential information storage part;

collating the acquired biometric information with each of the multiple sets of the biometric information stored in the confidential information storage part;

acquiring the pass phrase generated by using the biometric information specified by the specific information among sets of the collated biometric information; and

conducting a process for decrypting the confidential information by using the acquired pass phrase.

3. The confidential information storing method according to claim 1, wherein the specific information corresponds to a user identifier for identifying a user associated with the biometric information, in which one of respective registration IDs is applied to the multiple sets of the acquired biometric information, the method further comprising:

acquiring the user identifier with the pass phrase;

encrypting the confidential information by using the pass phrase; and

storing the encrypted confidential information in the confidential information storage part by associating with a card identifier for identifying an IC card, from which the confidential information is acquired, and the acquired user identifier.

4. The confidential information storing method according to claim 3, further comprising:

acquiring the card identifier for identifying the IC card;

acquiring the confidential information and the user identifier from the confidential information storage part by using the card identifier;

acquiring the biometric information from the biometric information reader;

conducting a collation with the multiple sets of the biometric information stored in the biometric information storage part by using the acquired user identifier and the acquired biometric information;

acquiring the pass phrase generated by using the biometric information specified by the specific information from among sets of the collated biometric information; and

decrypting the confidential information by using the acquired pass phrase.

5. The confidential information storing method according to claim 1, wherein

the biometric information used to generate the pass phrase is stored in the biometric information storage part by associating with the specific information;

each of the multiple sets of the acquired biometric information is stored in the biometric information storage part with a biometric type for specifying a body part pertinent to the multiple sets of the acquired biometric information; and

the pass phrase is generated by compressing the biometric information specified by the specific information in the biometric information storage part.

6. The confidential information storing method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving information read from a surface of the IC card by the card reader; and

generating the card identifier for identifying the IC card by using the read information.

7. The confidential information storing method according to claim 4, further comprising:

replacing the confidential information stored in the confidential information storage part with changed confidential information when the acquired biometric information is collated and when the confidential information is collated.

8. The confidential information storing method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving multiple sets of first biometric information of a person;

deleting second biometric information associated with the user identifier of the person from the biometric information storage part; and

storing the multiple sets of the received first biometric information by being associated with the user identifier in the biometric information storage part.

9. The confidential information storing method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving multiple sets of first biometric information of a person;

adding the multiple sets of the received first biometric information by associating with the user identifier of the person in the biometric information storage part, in which second biometric information has been associated with a same user identifier and stored.

10. An information processing terminal, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to acquire multiple sets of biometric information from a biometric information reader;

store the multiple sets of the acquired biometric information and specific information for specifying the biometric information used to generate a pass phrase;

acquire the pass phrase generated based on the biometric information and the specific information;

encrypt confidential information by using the acquired pass phrase; and

store the encrypted confidential information in a confidential information storage part.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a confidential information storing program that causes a computer to perform a process comprising:

acquiring multiple sets of biometric information from a biometric information reader;

storing the multiple sets of the acquired biometric information and specific information for specifying the biometric information used to generate a pass phrase;

acquiring the pass phrase generated based on the biometric information and the specific information;

encrypting confidential information by using the acquired pass phrase; and

storing the encrypted confidential information in a confidential information storage part.