COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20110007901A1
• Filed: 12/25/2009
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Matsushita, Yosuke, Sato, Takahiro, Ohtsubo, Shohji, Fuchigami, Ikuo, Nakae, Hironori, Ikeda, Yoichi, Mukai, Tsutomu, Tezuka, Tadanori, Oshima, Mitsuaki, Yamaoka, Masaru
• Granted Patent: US 8,627,075 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/270
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40013 Details regarding a bus controller
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/062 applying encryption of the keys cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution using key encryption key H04L9/0822
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1408 by monitoring network traffic monitoring network traffic per se H04L43/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00291 with receiver circuitry television receiver circuitry per se H04N5/44
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00342 with a radio frequency tag transmitter or receiver storage of additional information in an RFID tag attached to an image bearing paper sheet H04N1/32138
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00885 Power supply means, e.g. arrangements for the control of power supply to the apparatus or components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00891 Switching on or off, e.g. for saving power when not in use H04N1/00896 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00962 Input arrangements for operating instructions or parameters, e.g. updating internal software program loading in general G06F9/445; network-specific protocols involving the movement of software or configuration parameters H04L67/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 : using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4413 : involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 : Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 : Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0049 : By wire, cable or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 : By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/006 : Using near field communication, e.g. an inductive loop
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 : Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3214 : of a date
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3215 : of a time or duration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3216 : of a job size, e.g. a number of images, pages or copies, size of file, length of message
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3219 : of a job status, e.g. successful execution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 : of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3232 : of a page, copy or picture number
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3249 : data relating to a linked page or object, e.g. hyperlink
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 : Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 : Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 : Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 : Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 : Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 : Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 : Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A communication device (8802), which can simplify various setting processes, transmits, to a server (8803) via a network, external device information received from an external device (8801) by using proximity wireless communication. The communication device (8802) includes: an antenna (8808) for the proximity wireless communication with the external device (8801); a proximity wireless communication unit (8809) communicating with the external device (8801) via the antenna (8808) to receive the external device information from the external device (8801); an external device storage unit (8813) storing the external device information received by the proximity wireless communication unit (8809); a registration information generation unit (8812) generating registration information to be registered in a database in the server (8803) based on (a) the external device information stored in the external device storage unit (8813) and (b) communication device information including communication device identification information for identifying the communication device (8802); and a server communication unit (8830) transmitting registration information to the server (8803) via the network.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. A communication device that transmits external device information to a server via a network, the external device information being received from an external device by using proximity wireless communication, said communication device comprising:

an antenna unit for the proximity wireless communication with the external device;

a proximity wireless communication unit configured to (i) perform polling to the external device via said antenna unit, (ii) receive a response to the polling from the external device by using the proximity wireless communication, and (iii) communicate with the external device after receiving the response, so as to receive, from the external device, the external device information stored in the external device;

an external device storage unit configured to store the external device information received by said proximity wireless communication unit;

a registration information generation unit configured to generate registration information based on (a) external device identification information and (b) communication device information, the registration information being information to be registered in a database in the server, (a) the external device identification information including identification information for identifying the external device, being encrypted by first encryption that the server can decrypt, and being stored in said external device storage unit, and (b) the communication device information including communication device identification information for identifying said communication device;

an encryption unit configured to encrypt the registration information by second encryption that the server can decrypt, the registration information being generated by said registration information generation unit, and the second encryption being different from the first encryption;

an access control information generation unit configured to generate access control information for accessing the server, from (a) the registration information encrypted by said encryption unit using the second encryption and (b) access information including address information of the server; and

a server communication unit configured to register the registration information into a database in the server, by accessing the server via the network based on the access control information generated by said access control information generation unit.

13. The communication device according to claim 12,

wherein said registration information generation unit is configured to generate the registration information by adding the communication device information to the external device information, and

said access control information generation unit is configured to generate the access control information including a server address for accessing the server, based on the registration information generated by said registration information generation unit.

14. The communication device according to claim 13,

wherein the sever address is information specified by the external device information received from the external device by using the proximity wireless communication.

15. The communication device according to claim 13,

wherein the sever address is stored in said communication device and previously included in the communication device information.

16. The communication device according to claim 13, further comprising

a display unit,

wherein said server communication unit is configured to access the server based on the access control information, and

said display unit is configured to display a response message received from the server.

17. The communication device according to claim 12,

wherein said registration information generation unit is configured to generate the registration information such that the communication device information and the external device information in the registration information are registered in the database as parent information and child information, respectively.

18. The communication device according to claim 12,

wherein the communication device information includes user identification information that is previously stored in said communication device to identify a user of said communication device.

19. The communication device according to claim 12,

wherein the external device information includes information indicating a power level of a power source induced in the external device receiving radio waves from said antenna unit, and

said antenna unit is configured to set, based on the external device information, a strength of the radio waves provided to the external device.

20. The communication device according to claim 12,

wherein the external device information includes information indicating a power level of a power source induced in the external device receiving radio waves from said antenna unit, and

said proximity wireless communication unit is configured to set, based on the external device information, a modulation method for a communication path of the proximity wireless communication with the external device.

21. The communication device according to claim 12,

wherein the communication device identification information includes identification information for specifying said communication device, the identification information being different from communication address information of said communication device necessary for Internet Protocol (IP) communication with the server.

22. A system comprising an external device, a communication device, and a server,

wherein said external device includes:

a first antenna unit for proximity wireless communication with said communication device; and

a modulation and demodulation unit configured to communicate with said communication device via said first antenna unit to transmit external device information indicating information of said external device to said communication device,

wherein said communication device transmits the external device information to said server via a network, the external device information being received from said external device by using the proximity wireless communication, said communication device including;

a second antenna unit for the proximity wireless communication with said external device;

a proximity wireless communication unit configured to (i) perform polling to the external device via said antenna unit, (ii) receive a response toof the polling from the external device by using the proximity wireless communication, and (iii) communicate with the external device after receiving the response, so as to and (iv) receive, from the external device, the external device information stored in the external device;

an external device storage unit configured to store the external device information received by said proximity wireless communication unit;

a registration information generation unit configured to generate registration information based on (a) external device identification information and (b) communication device information, the registration information being information to be registered in a database in the server, (a) the external device identification information including identification information for identifying the external device, being encrypted by first encryption that the server can decrypt, and being stored in the external device storage unit, and (b) communication device information including communication device identification information for identifying said communication device;

an encryption unit configured to encrypt the registration information by second encryption that the server can decrypt, the registration information being generated by said registration information generation unit, and the second encryption being different from the first encryption;

an access control information generation unit configured to generate access control information for accessing the server, from (a) the registration information encrypted by said encryption unit using the second encryption and (b) access information including address information of the server; and

a server communication unit configured to register the registration information into a database in the server, by accessing the server via the network based on the access control information generated by said access control information generation unit, and

wherein said server includes;

a communication unit configured to receive the registration information from said communication device via the network; and

a database in which the registration information received from said communication unit is registered.