INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION

• US 20130005302A1
• Filed: 06/26/2012
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Ozaki, Yoshitaka
• Granted Patent: US 9,253,190 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/062 for key distribution, e.g. centrally by trusted party cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving a central third party H04L9/0819
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A registration unit associates identification information of a portable terminal device with identification information of a vehicle, which is to be registered and equipped with a communication device. The registration unit registers the identification information. A grant unit grants an authentication key to the portable terminal device having the registered identification information. A permission unit permits the portable terminal device with the authentication key to operate in cooperation with the communication device, which is equipped to a vehicle to be registered, and the communication device equipped to a vehicle other than the vehicle to be registered. The permission unit does not to permit the portable terminal device without the authentication key to operate in cooperation with the communication device equipped to any vehicle.

Claims

1. An information management system configured to manage identification information of a portable terminal device, the portable terminal device being configured to establish a communication with a vehicular communication device equipped to a vehicle thereby to operate in cooperation with the vehicular communication device, the information management system comprising:

an identification information registration unit configured

to associate the identification information of the portable terminal device with identification information of a vehicle, which is to be registered and equipped with the vehicular communication device, and

to register the identification information of the portable terminal device;

an authentication key grant unit configured to grant an authentication key to the portable terminal device having the identification information registered by the identification information registration unit; and

a cooperative operation permission unit configured

to permit the portable terminal device with the authentication key to operate in cooperation with the vehicular communication device equipped to a vehicle to be registered,

to permit the portable terminal device with the authentication key to operate in cooperation with the vehicular communication device equipped to a vehicle other than the vehicle to be registered, and

not to permit the portable terminal device without the authentication key to operate in cooperation with the vehicular communication device equipped to any vehicle.

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

the identification information registration unit is further configured

to associate the identification information of the portable terminal device with both the identification information of the vehicle to be registered and identification information of an owner of the portable terminal device and

to register the identification information of the portable terminal device, and

the portable terminal device is further configured

to communicate with an external server in response to an instruction from the vehicular communication device and

to receive a service, which is specific to the owner of the portable terminal device, from the server.

3. The information management system according to claim 1, wherein the identification information registration unit is further configured to register identification information of each a plurality of portable terminal devices with respect to identification information of one vehicle to be registered.

4. The information management system according to claim 1, wherein the authentication key grant unit is further configured to grant the authentication key to the portable terminal device in response to a request of grant of the authentication key from the portable terminal device.

5. A method for managing identification information of a portable terminal device, which is configured to establish communication with a vehicular communication device equipped to a vehicle thereby to operate in cooperation with the vehicular communication device, the method comprising:

associating the identification information of the portable terminal device with identification information of a vehicle, which is to be registered and equipped with the vehicular communication device, and registering the identification information of the portable terminal device;

granting an authentication key to the portable terminal device having the identification information, which is registered;

permitting the portable terminal device with the authentication key to operate in cooperation with the vehicular communication device equipped to a vehicle to be registered and permitting the portable terminal device with the authentication key to operate in cooperation with the vehicular communication device equipped to a vehicle other than the vehicle to be registered; and

not permitting the portable terminal device without the authentication key to operate in cooperation with the vehicular communication device equipped to any vehicle.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein

the associating further includes associating identification information of the portable terminal device with both the identification information of the vehicle to be registered and identification information of an owner of the portable terminal device and registering the identification information of the portable terminal device,

the method further comprising:

causing the portable terminal device

to communicate with an external server in response to an instruction from the vehicular communication device and

to receive a service, which is specific to the owner of the portable terminal device, from the server.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the registering further includes registering identification information of each a plurality of portable terminal devices with respect to identification information of one vehicle to be registered.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the granting further includes granting the authentication key to the portable terminal device in response to a request of grant of the authentication key from the portable terminal device.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executed by a computer, the instructions including the method according to claim 5.