TERMINAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TERMINAL MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND TERMINAL DEVICE

• US 20110125875A1
• Filed: 11/19/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: MATSUI, Kazuki
• Application Number:
  US12/950,382
• Publication Number:
  US 20110125875A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0272 Virtual private networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

A terminal management server in a terminal management system, the server includes, a command check reception unit to communicate with a plurality of terminal devices, a command registration management unit to store a command in a command management table associated with identification information for a terminal device, a command check reception unit to receive identification information for one terminal device or a plurality of terminal devices and an acquisition request for a command, transmitted from one terminal device, a command registration unit to determine whether or not there is a command in the command management table, when an acquisition request for the identification information and the command is received, and a command transmission unit to transmit the command to a terminal device that is a transmission source of the acquisition request when it is determined that there is the command in the command management table.

Claims

1. A terminal management system comprising:

a terminal management server including;

a communication unit configured to communicate with a plurality of terminal devices,

a command registration unit configured to store a command in a command management table associated with identification information for a terminal device, the command being used to restrict a function of the terminal device or cancel a restriction on a function of the terminal device,

a command check reception unit configured to receive identification information for a terminal device and an acquisition request for a command, transmitted from the terminal device, and configured to determine whether there is a command stored in the command management table, the command being associated with the received identification information for the terminal device, and

a command transmission unit configured to transmit the command to a terminal device that is a transmission source of the acquisition request when it is determined that there is the command stored in the command management table, the command being associated with the identification information, and

a terminal device including;

a communication unit configured to receive a command transmitted from the terminal management server;

a connection unit configured to connect another terminal device,

a command check transmission unit configured to transmit identification information for the terminal device, identification information for the other terminal device connected to the connection unit, and an acquisition request for a command to the terminal management server, and

a command processing unit configured to transmit to the other terminal device connected to the connection unit a command for cancelling a restriction on the other terminal device when the command is received from the terminal management server.

2. The terminal management system according to claim 1, wherein

the terminal management server further includes,

a user management unit configured to store identification information for terminal devices and user identification information for users of the terminal devices in a user management table and associate the identification information for the terminal device with the identification information for the users;

and

an identical user determination unit configured to determine, based on the user identification information stored in the user management table, whether the users of the terminal devices that correspond to the received identification information for the plurality of terminal devices are the same user,

wherein

the command check reception unit determines whether there is the command when it is determined that the users of the plurality of terminal devices are the same user.

3. The terminal management system according to claim 2, wherein

the terminal device further includes,

a terminal lock control unit configured to restrict at least a function for communicating with the terminal management server or cancel a restriction on at least the function for communicating with the terminal management server, in accordance with a command from the terminal management serve;

a recovery function configured to recover the function for communicating with the terminal management server when a command for cancelling a restriction is received at the time the restriction is imposed on the function; and

a user information transmission unit configured to transmit user identification information to the terminal management server, and

the terminal management server includes

a user information reception unit configured to receive the user identification information transmitted from the terminal device; and

an authentication unit configured to perform user authentication on the basis of the received user identification information and transmit an authentication result to the terminal device,

wherein

the terminal lock control unit in the terminal device recovers another function, restricted, when an authentication result that a user is authenticated on the basis of the user authentication performed by the terminal management server is received.

4. The terminal management system according to claim 1, wherein

a function, a restriction on which is to be cancelled when the terminal device receives a command for cancelling the restriction, is determined in accordance with a communication method for communicating with the other terminal device connected.

5. The terminal management system according to claim 4, wherein

the communication methods are communication, which uses a wired connection, and near field communication.

6. A terminal management server comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with a plurality of terminal devices;

a command registration unit configured to store a command in a command management table associated with identification information for a terminal device, the command being used to restrict a functions of the terminal device or cancel a restriction on a functions of the terminal device;

a command check reception unit configured to receive identification information for a terminal device and an acquisition request for a command, transmitted from the terminal device, and configured to determine whether there is a command stored in the command management table, the command being associated with identification information for the terminal device, when an acquisition request for the identification information and the command is received; and

a command transmission unit configured to transmit the command to a terminal device that is a transmission source of the acquisition request when it is determined that there is the command stored in the command management table, the command being associated with the identification information.

7. A terminal device comprising:

a communication unit configured to receive a command from the outside;

a connection unit configured to connect another terminal device;

a command transmission unit configured to transmit identification information for the terminal device, identification information for the other terminal device connected to the connection unit, and an acquisition request for a command to the outside; and

a command processing unit configured to transmit to the other terminal device connected to the connection unit a command for cancelling a restriction on a function of the other terminal device when the command is received.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a terminal lock control unit configured to restrict at least a function for communicating with the outside or cancel a restriction on at least the function for communicating with the outside, in accordance with the received command;

a recovery function configured to recover a function for communicating with the outside when a command for cancelling a restriction is received at the time the restriction is imposed on the function; and

a user information transmission unit configured to transmit user identification information to the outside, and

wherein

another function, restricted, is recovered when a user is authenticated using the transmitted user identification information.

9. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein

a function, a restriction on which is to be cancelled when a command for cancelling the restriction is received, is determined in accordance with a communication method for communicating with the other terminal device connected.

10. The terminal device according to claim 9, wherein

the communication methods are communication, which uses a wired connection, and near field communication.

11. A computer readable storage medium which stores a program to make a computer, in which identification information for each communication device is stored, to execute a process comprising:

storing a command with associating the command with identification information for a terminal device, the command being used for restricting some of functions of the terminal device or cancelling a restriction on some of functions of the terminal device;

determining whether or not there is a command, stored with being associated with identification information for one terminal device or a plurality of terminal devices, when an acquisition request for the identification information and the command is received form one communication device; and

transmitting the command to the communication device that transmits the acquisition request, when there is the command stored with being associated with the identification information.

12. A computer readable storage medium which stores a program to make a computer to execute a process comprising:

restricting some of functions or cancelling a restriction on some of functions in accordance with a command acquired from the outside;

determining whether or not an external device is connected;

determining whether or not some of functions of the connected external device are restricted;

transmitting identification information for the self-device, identification information for the external device, and an acquisition request for a command to the outside when it is determined that some of functions of the external device are restricted; and

when a command used for cancelling a restriction on the external device is received from the outside, transmitting the acquired command to the external device.