APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND INSTALLING APPLICATION FOR DEVICE IN APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

• US 20120311675A1
• Filed: 04/26/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHO, Jung-Min, HAM, Dong-Eup
• Application Number:
  US13/456,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20120311675A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1011 to devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/121 Restricting unauthorised execution of programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

An operating method of a device for installing an application for a device includes receiving an application installation request including an application and an authentication token from an application development apparatus, and installing the application based on the authentication token, which includes serial numbers of devices authorized for the application.

Claims

1. An operating method of a device for installing an application for a device, comprising:

receiving an application installation request including an application and an authentication token from an application development apparatus; and

installing the application based on the authentication token,

wherein the authentication token includes serial numbers of devices authorized for the application.

2. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the authentication token comprises at least one of an application identifier field for identifying the application, a device number field indicating the number of the devices authorized for the application, a device serial number field indicating the serial number list of the devices authorized for the application, a signature field of a development server, and a certificate chain field for signature verification.

3. The operating method of claim 1, wherein installing the application comprises:

determining whether a value generated based on a server public key and a signature of the authentication token match;

determining, when the value generated based on the server public key and the signature of the authentication token match, whether an application identifier of the authentication token and an application identifier of an application execution file constituting the application match;

determining, when the application identifier of the authentication token and the application identifier of the application execution file constituting the application match, whether a device serial number of the authentication token and a serial number of the device match; and

installing the application, when the device serial number of the authentication token and the serial number of the device match.

4. An operating method of an application development apparatus for installing an application for a device, comprising:

transmitting, to a development server, a serial number list of devices authorized for an application;

downloading, from the development server, an authentication token generated based on the device serial number list; and

transmitting, to a device, an application installation request including the downloaded authentication token and an application.

5. The operating method of claim 4, wherein the authentication token comprises at least one of an application identifier field for identifying the application, a device number field indicating the number of the devices authorized for the application, a device serial number field indicating the serial number list of the devices authorized for the application, a signature field of a development server, and a certificate chain field for signature verification.

6. The operating method of claim 4, further comprising:

logging in to the development server by transmitting an identifier and a password to the development server; and

transmitting, to the development server, a registration request comprising a profile of an application to generate and a system requirement.

7. The operating method of claim 6, further comprising:

downloading, from the development server, an application execution file including an application identifier generated by the development server and an application profile; and

generating the application based on the downloaded application execution file and authentication token.

8. The operating method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining whether devices authorized for the application are modified;

transmitting, when the devices authorized for the application are modified, the application identifier and a modified device serial number list to the development server; and

downloading from the development server a new authentication token generated based on the modified device serial number list.

9. An operating method of a development server for installing an application for a device, comprising:

receiving, from an application development apparatus, a serial number list of devices authorized for an application;

generating an authentication token based on the device serial number list; and

transmitting the generated authentication token to the application development apparatus.

10. The operating method of claim 9, wherein the authentication token comprises at least one of an application identifier field for identifying the application, a device number field indicating the number of the devices authorized for the application, a device serial number field indicating the serial number list of the devices authorized for the application, a signature field of a development server, and a certificate chain field for signature verification.

11. The operating method of claim 9, further comprising:

processing login of the application development apparatus by receiving an identifier and a password from the application development apparatus;

receiving, from the application development apparatus, a registration request comprising a profile of an application to generate and a system requirement;

generating a unique application identifier, and mapping and registering the generated application identifier with the application profile and the system requirement; and

generating and transmitting an application execution file including the application identifier and the application profile to the application development apparatus.

12. The operating method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving an application identifier and a modified device serial number list from the application development apparatus;

generating a new authentication token based on the modified device serial number list; and

transmitting the generated new authentication token to the application development apparatus.

13. A device for installing an application for a device, comprising:

a reception module for receiving, from an application development apparatus, an application installation request including an application and an authentication token; and

a device application manager for installing the application based on the authentication token,

wherein the authentication token includes serial numbers of devices authorized for the application.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the authentication token comprises at least one of an application identifier field for identifying the application, a device number field indicating the number of the devices authorized for the application, a device serial number field indicating the serial number list of the devices authorized for the application, a signature field of a development server, and a certificate chain field for signature verification.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the device application manager determines whether a value generated based on a server public key and a signature of the authentication token match, determines whether an application identifier of the authentication token and an application identifier of an application execution file constituting the application match when the value generated based on the server public key and the signature of the authentication token match, determines whether a device serial number of the authentication token and a serial number of the device match when the application identifier of the authentication token and the application identifier of the application execution file constituting the application match, and installs the application when the device serial number of the authentication token and the serial number of the device match.

16. An application development apparatus for installing an application for a device, comprising:

a transmission module for transmitting, to a development server, a serial number list of devices authorized for an application; and

a device application manager for downloading, from the development server, an authentication token generated based on the device serial number list,

wherein the transmission module transmits an application installation request including the downloaded authentication token and an application, to a device.

17. The application development apparatus of claim 16, wherein the authentication token comprises at least one of an application identifier field for identifying the application, a device number field indicating the number of the devices authorized for the application, a device serial number field indicating the serial number list of the devices authorized for the application, a signature field of a development server, and a certificate chain field for signature verification.

18. The application development apparatus of claim 16, wherein the transmission module logs in to the development server by transmitting an identifier and a password to the development server, and transmits a registration request comprising a profile of an application to generate and a system requirement, to the development server.

19. The application development apparatus of claim 18, wherein the device application manager downloads, from the development server, an application execution file including an application identifier generated by the development server and an application profile, and generates the application based on the downloaded application execution file and authentication token.

20. The application development apparatus of claim 16, wherein the device application manager determines whether devices authorized for the application are modified, and

when the devices authorized for the application are modified, the transmission module transmits the application identifier and a modified device serial number list to the development server,

wherein the device application manager downloads a new authentication token generated based on the modified device serial number list from the development server.

21. A development server for installing an application for a device, comprising:

a reception module for receiving from an application development apparatus a serial number list of devices authorized for an application;

a device application manager for generating an authentication token based on the device serial number list; and

a transmission module for transmitting the generated authentication token to the application development apparatus.

22. The development server of claim 21, wherein the authentication token comprises at least one of an application identifier field for identifying the application, a device number field indicating the number of the devices authorized for the application, a device serial number field indicating the serial number list of the devices authorized for the application, a signature field of a development server, and a certificate chain field for signature verification.

23. The development server of claim 21, wherein the reception module processes login of the application development apparatus by receiving an identifier and a password from the application development apparatus, and receives a registration request comprising a profile of an application to generate and a system requirement, from the application development apparatus,

the device application manager generates a unique application identifier, maps and registers the generated application identifier with the application profile and the system requirement, and generates an application execution file including the application identifier and the application profile, and

the transmission module transmits the generated application execution file to the application development apparatus.

24. The development server of claim 21, wherein the reception module receives an application identifier and a modified device serial number list from the application development apparatus,

the device application manager generates a new authentication token based on the modified device serial number list, and

the transmission module transmits the generated new authentication token to the application development apparatus.