Authentication control system and authentication control method
First Claim
1. An authentication control apparatus for determining an authenticating method of a room entering person who is trying to enter an area where one or more structural elements are present by employing a storage medium into which attribute information of said room entering person has been stored, comprising:
- a structural element information acquiring unit for acquiring a security level via a network, which has been set to each of the structural elements which are presently located within said area;
an attribute information acquiring unit for acquiring the attribute information of said room entering person from said storage medium;
a security level determining unit for determining a present security level of said area by employing the security levels of said respective structural elements acquired by said structural element information acquiring unit;
a trust level determining unit for determining a present trust level of said room entering person by employing the attribute information of said room entering person acquired by said attribute information acquiring unit; and
an authenticating method determining unit for determining an authenticating method of said room entering person in a manner that at least one authenticating method is selected from a plurality of authenticating methods by employing said determined present security level of the area and said determined present trust level of said room entering person.
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Abstract
A method for authenticating a room entering person who tries to enter an area where one or more structural elements are present is determined by employing a hardware token storing attribute information of the person. A security level of each of the structural elements presently located within the area is acquired via network. The attribute information of the person is acquired from the hardware token. A present security level of the area is determined by employing the security levels of the structural elements. A present trust level of the person is determined by employing the attribute information of the person. An authenticating method of the person is determined in a manner that at least one authenticating method is selected from plural authenticating methods by employing the determined present security level of the area and the determined present trust level of the person.
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13 Claims
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1. An authentication control apparatus for determining an authenticating method of a room entering person who is trying to enter an area where one or more structural elements are present by employing a storage medium into which attribute information of said room entering person has been stored, comprising:
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a structural element information acquiring unit for acquiring a security level via a network, which has been set to each of the structural elements which are presently located within said area;
an attribute information acquiring unit for acquiring the attribute information of said room entering person from said storage medium;
a security level determining unit for determining a present security level of said area by employing the security levels of said respective structural elements acquired by said structural element information acquiring unit;
a trust level determining unit for determining a present trust level of said room entering person by employing the attribute information of said room entering person acquired by said attribute information acquiring unit; and
an authenticating method determining unit for determining an authenticating method of said room entering person in a manner that at least one authenticating method is selected from a plurality of authenticating methods by employing said determined present security level of the area and said determined present trust level of said room entering person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An authentication control method for determining an authenticating method of a room entering person who is trying to enter an area where either one or more structural elements are present by employing a storage medium into which attribute information of said room entering person has been stored, comprising:
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a structural element information acquiring step for acquiring a security level via a network, which has been set to each of the structural elements which are presently located within said area;
an attribute information acquiring step for acquiring the attribute information of said room entering person from said storage medium;
a security level determining step for determining a present security level of said area by employing the security levels of said respective structural elements acquired in said structural element information acquiring step;
a trust level determining step for determining a present trust level of said room entering person by employing the attribute information of said room entering person acquired in said attribute information acquiring step; and
an authenticating method determining step for determining an authenticating method of said room entering person in a manner that at least one authenticating method is selected from a plurality of authenticating methods by employing both said determined present security level of the area and said determined present trust level of said room entering person.
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12. A computer readable storage medium for storing thereinto a program which is used to execute, in a computer, an authentication control method for determining an authenticating method of a room entering person who is trying to enter an area where one or more structural elements are present by employing a hardware token into which attribute information of said room entering person has been stored, wherein:
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said authentication control method is comprised of;
a structural element information acquiring step for acquiring a security level via a network, which has been set to each of the structural elements which are presently located within said area, an attribute information acquiring step for acquiring the attribute information of said room entering person from said hardware token, a security level determining step for determining a present security level of said area by employing the security levels of said respective structural elements acquired in said structural element information acquiring step, a trust level determining step for determining a present trust level of said room entering person by employing the attribute information of said room entering person acquired in said attribute information acquiring step, and an authenticating method determining step for determining an authenticating method of said room entering person in such a manner that at least one authenticating method is selected from a plurality of authenticating methods by employing both said determined present security level of the area and said determined present trust level of said room entering person.
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13. A program stored in a computer readable storage medium to determine an authenticating method of a room entering person who is trying to enter an area where one or more structural elements are present by employing a hardware token into which attribute information of said room entering person has been stored, comprising:
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a structural element information acquiring step for acquiring a security level via a network, which has been set to each of the structural elements which are presently located within said area;
an attribute information acquiring step for acquiring the attribute information of said room entering person from said hardware token;
a security level determining step for determining a present security level of said area by employing the security levels of said respective structural elements acquired in said structural element information acquiring step;
a trust level determining step for determining a present trust level of said room entering person by employing the attribute information of said room entering person acquired in said attribute information acquiring step; and
an authenticating method determining step for determining an authenticating method of said room entering person in a manner that at least one authenticating method is selected from a plurality of authenticating methods by employing both said determined present security level of the area and said determined present trust level of said room entering person.
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