Certificate issuance server and certification system for certifying operating environment
First Claim
1. A certification system, comprising:
- information processing equipment that processes information;
a certificate issuing server that issues an electronic certificate to certify an operating environment of the information processing equipment; and
an information storage server that stores information in a storage memory section, wherein the information processing equipment transmits a certification request of the operating environment of the information processing equipment to the certificate issuing server, wherein the certificate issuing server issues the electronic certificate to certify the operating environment of the information processing equipment based on the certification request of the operating environment transmitted from the information processing equipment, wherein the information processing equipment receives the electronic certificate issued by the certificate issuing server, generates certified information based on the electronic certificate and processed information and identification information to identify the certified information, and transmits the certified information and the identification information to the information storage server, and wherein the information storage server receives the certified information and the identification information from the information processing equipment and stores the certified information and the identification information in the storage memory section; and
also receives the identification information, retrieves the certified information stored in the storage memory section, and outputs the certified information retrieved.
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Abstract
It is an object to provide a certification system designed for security patrol, for example, that certifies a patrolled time and a patrolled site in security patrol rounds. It is another object to certify the time when an image was taken and the site where the image was taken, for example, by attaching information about certified time and certified site to the image. The certification system includes a GPS satellite 10 that supplies location information on the earth, a weather satellite 20 that supplies weather information on the earth, information processing equipment 30 that is carried in security patrol rounds, a certificate issuing server 40 that certifies time information and location information, an information storage server 50 that stores certified time information and certified location information as well as an image with the certified time information and certified location information attached thereto, a verification unit 60 that verifies the time when the image was taken and the site where the image was taken, and a network 70 that interconnects the information processing equipment 30, the certificate issuing server 40, the information storage server 50, and the verification unit 60.
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24 Claims
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1. A certification system, comprising:
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information processing equipment that processes information;
a certificate issuing server that issues an electronic certificate to certify an operating environment of the information processing equipment; and
an information storage server that stores information in a storage memory section, wherein the information processing equipment transmits a certification request of the operating environment of the information processing equipment to the certificate issuing server, wherein the certificate issuing server issues the electronic certificate to certify the operating environment of the information processing equipment based on the certification request of the operating environment transmitted from the information processing equipment, wherein the information processing equipment receives the electronic certificate issued by the certificate issuing server, generates certified information based on the electronic certificate and processed information and identification information to identify the certified information, and transmits the certified information and the identification information to the information storage server, and wherein the information storage server receives the certified information and the identification information from the information processing equipment and stores the certified information and the identification information in the storage memory section; and
also receives the identification information, retrieves the certified information stored in the storage memory section, and outputs the certified information retrieved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 21)
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10. A certificate issuing server, which issues an electronic certificate to information processing equipment, comprising:
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a certification request receiving section that receives a certification request of an operating environment of the information processing equipment;
a certificate issuing section that issues an electronic certificate to certify the operating environment of the information processing equipment based on the certification request received by the certification request receiving section; and
a certificate transmitting section that transmits the electronic certificate issued by the certificate issuing section to the information processing equipment. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. Information processing equipment, which processes information, comprising:
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an information processing section that processes information and stores the information as processed information;
a certification requesting section that transmits a certification request of an operating environment of the information processing equipment to a certificate authority serer that issues an electronic certificate that certifies the operating environment of the information processing section; and
an information outputting section that receives the electronic certificate issued by the certificate issuing server in reply to the certification request transmitted by the certification request section, generates certified information based on the electronic certificate and the processed information as well as identification information to identify the certified information, and outputs the certified information and the identification information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 19, 20)
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14. An information storage server, comprising:
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an information receiving section that receives from information processing equipment certified information to certify an operating environment of the information processing equipment and identification information to identify the certified information;
a storage memory section that stores the certified information and the identification information received by the information receiving section; and
a certification outputting section that receives a query including the identification information, retrieves the certified information stored in the storage memory section, outputs the certified information retrieved, and thereby certifies the operating environment of the information processing equipment. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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18. A verification unit, comprising:
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a verification receiving section that receives certified information and identification information from an information storage server;
a verification memory section that stores the certified information and the identification information received by the verification receiving section; and
a verifying section that receives a query including the identification information, retrieves the certified information stored in the verification memory section, and verifies an operating environment of information processing equipment with reference to the certified information retrieved.
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22. A certification system, comprising:
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information processing equipment that processes information;
a certificate issuing server that issues an electronic certificate to certify an operating environment of the information processing equipment; and
an information storage server that stores information in a storage memory section, wherein the information processing equipment transmits a certification request of the operating environment of the information processing equipment to the certificate issuing server, wherein the certificate issuing server issues the electronic certificate to certify the operating environment of the information processing equipment based on the certification request of the operating environment transmitted from the information processing equipment, wherein the information processing equipment receives the electronic certificate issued by the certificate issuing server, generates certified information based on the electronic certificate and processed information, and transmits the certified information to the information storage server, and wherein the information storage server receives the certified information from the information processing equipment and stores the certified information in the storage memory section; and
also receives identification information to identify the certified information, retrieves the certified information stored in the storage memory section based on the identification information received, and outputs the certified information retrieved.
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23. Information processing equipment, which processes information, comprising:
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an information processing section that processes information and stores the information as processed information;
a certification requesting section that transmits a certification request of an operating environment of the information processing equipment to a certificate authority serer that issues an electronic certificate that certifies the operating environment of the information processing section; and
an information outputting section that receives the electronic certificate issued by the certificate issuing server in reply to the certification request transmitted by the certification requesting section, generates certified information based on the electronic certificate and the processed information, and outputs the certified information generated.
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24. An information storage server, comprising:
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an information receiving section that receives certified information to certify an operating environment of the information processing equipment from information processing equipment;
a storage memory section that stores the certified information received by the information receiving section; and
a certification outputting section that receives a query including identification information to identify the certified information, retrieves the certified information stored in the storage memory section, outputs the certified information retrieved, and thereby certifies the operating environment of the information processing equipment.
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