AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCT

• US 20130254127A1
• Filed: 03/12/2013
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: LEE, Hsin-Yi, LU, Chi-An, WANG, Meih-Suan
• Application Number:
  US13/796,224
• Publication Number:
  US 20130254127A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/317
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products

Abstract

An authentication method and an authentication system of an electronic product are provided. The authentication method includes following steps: an electronic device is connected to a first authentication module via a network; the electronic device outputs first authentication information of the electronic product to the first authentication module; the first authentication module verifies the first authentication information and generates second authentication information corresponding to the electronic product; the first authentication module is connected to a second authentication module via the network; the first authentication module outputs the second authentication information to the second authentication module; and the second authentication module verifies the second authentication information. The present disclosure provides a multi-authentication method and an authentication system of the electronic product to activate corresponding services from service providers.

Claims

1. An authentication method of an electronic product, comprising following steps:

an electronic device connected to a first authentication module via a network;

outputting first authentication information of the electronic product to the first authentication module by the electronic device;

verifying the first authentication information and generating second authentication information corresponding to the electronic product by the first authentication module;

outputting the second authentication information to a second authentication module by the first authentication module; and

verifying the second authentication information by the second authentication module.

2. The authentication method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic product includes the electronic device.

3. The authentication method according to claim 1, wherein the first authentication information is a product number or a universally unique identifier (UUID) of the electronic product.

4. The authentication method according to claim 1, wherein the authentication method further includes:

verifying and providing one or more downloadable data relating to the electronic product to the electronic device by the second authentication module when the second authentication module verifies the second authentication information is correct.

5. The authentication method according to claim 4, wherein the downloadable data includes application software.

6. The authentication method according to claim 4, wherein the authentication method further includes:

verifying third authentication information of the downloadable data by the second authentication module before the second authentication module provides the downloadable data relating to the electronic product to the electronic device.

7. The authentication method according to claim 4, wherein the authentication method further includes:

connecting the second authentication module to a second database which stores the downloadable data via the network before the second authentication module provides the downloadable data relating to the electronic product to the electronic device.

8. The authentication method according to claim 7, wherein the second database is a service unit.

9. The authentication method according to claim 1, wherein the authentication method further includes:

gaining a permission of a mutually beneficial platform via the electronic device when the second authentication module verifies the second authentication information is correct.

10. An authentication system of an electronic product, comprising:

a first authentication module verifying first authentication information of the electronic product and generating second authentication information corresponding to the electronic product; and

a second authentication module connected to the first authentication module and verifying the second authentication information from the first authentication module.