Network service system using a temporary use identifier

• US 20050208940A1
• Filed: 11/04/2004
• Published: 09/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Takase, Masaaki, Takeyoshi, Haruyuki, Igarashi, Yoichiro
• Application Number:
  US10/980,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20050208940A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/435.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles

Abstract

A network service system comprises a temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device which provides a first service to a user and can transmit a request to update a temporary user identifier shared within a system, a temporary user identifier update request receiving side device, which is connected to the transmitting side device by a network, and can receive the update request from the transmitting side device, and provides a second service cooperating with the first service by using the updated temporary user identifier, and a user proxy device, which is connected to the transmitting side and the receiving side devices by the network, and with which the user receives the two services.

Claims

1. A network service system, where information of a user using a plurality of services is shared by the plurality of services, comprising:

a temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device, which provides a first service to the user, and which can transmit an update request of a temporary user identifier shared within the network service system as information of the user;

a temporary user identifier update request receiving side device, which is connected to said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device by a network and can receive the update request of the temporary user identifier that is transmitted from said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device, for providing a second service cooperating with the first service to the user by using the updated temporary user identifier in correspondence with the update request; and

a user proxy device, which is connected to said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device and said temporary user identifier update request receiving side device by the network, and with which the user receives the first and the second services.

2. The network service system according to claim 1, wherein

said user proxy device comprises

a service information managing unit for holding user identifiers corresponding to services respectively provided by said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device and said temporary user identifier update request receiving side device,

a temporary identifier generating unit for generating a temporary user identifier in correspondence with the user identifier, and

a communication processing unit for transmitting a message which includes a pair of the user identifier and the temporary user identifier to said two devices.

3. The network service system according to claim 1, wherein

said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device comprises

a communication processing unit for receiving a message, which is transmitted from said user proxy device and includes a pair of a user identifier corresponding to the first service and a temporary user identifier,

a session managing unit for managing a valid time period of the temporary user identifier, and

a temporary user identifier generating unit for generating a new temporary user identifier before the valid time period of the temporary user identifier expires, wherein

said communication processing unit transmits a temporary identifier update request including the new temporary user identifier to said temporary user identifier update request receiving side device.

4. The network service system according to claim 1, wherein

said temporary user identifier update request receiving side device comprises

a communication processing unit for receiving a message which is transmitted from said user proxy device and includes a pair of the user identifier corresponding to the second service and the temporary user identifier, and the temporary identifier update request transmitted from said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device, and

a session managing unit for setting a new temporary user identifier in correspondence with the temporary identifier update request received from said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device after setting the temporary user identifier received from said user proxy device.

5. The network service system according to claim 1, wherein:

said user proxy device generates the temporary user identifier by using a random number in correspondence with the user identifiers of the user for the respective services provided by said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device and said temporary user identifier update request receiving side device, and transmits an association registration request message which includes the generated temporary identifier and a valid time period of the temporary identifier to said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device and said temporary user identifier update request receiving side device;

said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device and said temporary user identifier update request receiving side device transmit an association reply message to said user proxy device side after setting the temporary identifier and the valid time period of the temporary identifier; and

said user proxy device sets the valid time period of the generated temporary identifier after receiving the association reply message transmitted from said two devices.

6. The network service system according to claim 5, wherein

said user proxy device generates the temporary user identifier by using a random number in correspondence with the user identifier.

7. The network service system according to claim 5, wherein

said user proxy device generates the temporary user identifier by using an irreversible operation in correspondence with the user identifier.

8. The network service system according to claim 1, wherein:

said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device generates a new temporary user identifier before a valid time period of the temporary user identifier shared within the network service system expires, and transmits a temporary identifier update request message which includes the generated new temporary identifier and its valid time period to said temporary user identifier update request receiving side device; and

said temporary user identifier update request receiving side device transmits an update reply message to said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device after setting the new temporary identifier and its valid time period.

9. The network service system according to claim 8, wherein

said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device generates the temporary user identifier by using a random number in correspondence with the user identifier.

10. The network service system according to claim 8, wherein

said temporary user identifier update request transmitting side device generates the temporary user identifier by using an irreversible operation in correspondence with the user identifier.

11. A network service system, where information of a user using a plurality of services is shared by the plurality of services, comprising:

a user proxy device, with which the user receives the plurality of services cooperatively executed, for generating a temporary user identifier corresponding to a user identifier in the plurality of services, and for transmitting the temporary user identifier to devices respectively providing the plurality of services; and

a plurality of temporary user identifier update request receiving side devices, which are connected to said user proxy device by a network, for respectively providing the plurality of services cooperatively executed to the user by using the temporary user identifier transmitted from said user proxy device.

12. The network service system according to claim 11, wherein

said user proxy device comprises

a session managing unit for managing a valid time period of the temporary user identifier,

a temporary identifier generating unit for generating a new temporary identifier before the valid time period of the temporary user identifier expires, and

a communication processing unit for transmitting a temporary identifier update request to said plurality of temporary user identifier update request receiving side devices by using the new temporary identifier.

13. A device with which a user receives a plurality of services cooperatively executed via a network, comprising:

a service information managing unit for holding a user identifier in a service received by the user;

a temporary identifier generating unit for generating a temporary user identifier in correspondence with the user identifier; and

a communication processing unit for transmitting a message which includes a pair of the user identifier and the temporary user identifier to respective devices providing the plurality of services.

14. A device for providing to a user a different service executed cooperatively with a service provided to the user by other device within a network service system, comprising:

a communication processing unit for receiving a message which is transmitted from a user side and includes a pair of a user identifier corresponding to the different service, and a temporary user identifier that corresponds to the user identifier and is shared by the other device;

a session managing unit for managing a valid time period of the temporary user identifier; and

a temporary identifier generating unit for generating a new temporary user identifier before the valid time period of the temporary user identifier expires, wherein

said communication processing unit transmits a temporary user identifier update request including a new temporary user identifier to the other device side.

15. A device for providing to a user a different service executed cooperatively with a service provided to the user by other device within a network service system, comprising:

a communication processing unit for receiving a message which is transmitted from a user side and includes a pair of a user identifier corresponding to the different service, and a temporary user identifier that corresponds to the user identifier and is shared by the other device, and a temporary identifier update request transmitted from the other device; and

a session managing unit for setting a new temporary user identifier in correspondence with the temporary identifier update request after setting a temporary user identifier in correspondence with the message.