AUTHENTICATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THE SAME

• US 20130305331A1
• Filed: 11/02/2010
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seong Soo Kim
• Original Assignee: Seong Soo Kim
• Inventors: Kim, Seong Soo
• Application Number:
  US13/991,820
• Publication Number:
  US 20130305331A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/6
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/16 selectively restricting mobility data tracking

Abstract

The present invention relates to an authentication and management service system for providing location information wherein in providing location information on an individual through a mobile network by using a certificate for location information sharing, the certificate for location information sharing is issued previously to a wireless terminal (mobile phone) of a designated person (parent) of a location information sharing object (child), the location information of the location information sharing object is requested and received from a mobile communication system, and the certificate for location information sharing is selectively provided and managed to other designated person and organization.

Claims

1. An authentication and management service system for providing location information, the system comprising:

an authentication service system for issuing a certificate for location information sharing of a location information sharing object to a designated person of the location information sharing object and for checking the information of the certificate issued and managed in response to the request of the authentication of the certificate for location information sharing from a mobile communication system to authenticate the location information sharing of the mobile communication system;

the mobile communication system for providing a location information service in accordance with the authentication results of the authentication service system of the certificate for location information sharing received upon request of the location information sharing from a wireless terminal where the certificate for location information sharing is saved;

a first wireless terminal for requesting the issuance of the certificate for location information sharing of the location information sharing object to the authentication service system, and saving and managing the issued certificate, and registered in the authentication service system as the certificate issuance designated person to request the location information sharing in communication with the mobile communication system; and

a second wireless terminal as the location information sharing object.

2. The authentication and management service system according to claim 1, wherein the authentication service system further comprises means for sending the certificate for the location information sharing to which the location information received from the mobile communication system is attached to an aid organization (the police) if the certification sending is requested from the wireless terminal where the certificate for the location information sharing is saved to the authentication service system.

3. The authentication and management service system according to claim 2, wherein the authentication service system further comprises authentication information notifying means for determining whether the certificate for location information sharing of which authentication is requested from the mobile communication system is the certificate for location information sharing originally issued or copied or sent, and if it is determined that the certificate is the certificate for location information sharing copied or sent, for transmitting the authentication detail information to the first wireless terminal as the original issuer of the certificate for location information sharing.

4. The authentication and management service system according to claim 2, wherein the authentication service system further comprises means for attaching the location information provided from the mobile communication system and received from the wireless terminal together with the certificate sensing request to the certificate for location information sharing, if the certificate sending is requested from the wireless terminal where the certificate for location information sharing is saved, and for sending the location information attached to the certificate for location information sharing to set aid organization (the police).

5. The authentication and management service system according to claim 2, wherein the first wireless terminal and the second wireless terminal further comprise means for transmitting the location information as authentication information received from the mobile communication system upon the request of the location information sharing to a fourth wireless terminal of the aid organization (the police), and the mobile communication system checks the location information sharing request details and if location information sharing stop is not requested from the original issuer, determines that the location information received upon the location information sharing request from the fourth wireless terminal is effective authentication information, thereby providing the location information.

6. The authentication and management service system according to claim 1, wherein the authentication service system comprises:

a certificate management server comprising a certificate issuance and management unit for checking subscriber information through the mobile communication system in response to the request of the issuance for the certificate for location information sharing from the first wireless terminal as the designated person, issuing the certificate for location information sharing using the checked subscriber information, and managing the issued certificate for location information sharing, and a certificate authentication control unit for comparing the certificate for location information sharing of which authentication is requested from the mobile communication system with the issued certificate for location information sharing saved and managed in the database to provide the authentication check result to the mobile communication system; and

a database for saving and managing the issuance detail information of the certificate for location information sharing, the information of the issued certificate for location information sharing, authentication detail information and set membership information.

10. The authentication and management service system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication system comprises:

a location information detection server for detecting the location of the second wireless terminal of which location information sharing is requested and producing the location information to be provided to the wireless terminal requesting the location information sharing, using the detected location;

a location information providing server for requesting the authentication service system to authenticate the certificate for location information sharing transmitted upon the request of the location information sharing from the wireless terminal and providing the location information produced from the location information detection server in accordance with the authentication result to the wireless terminal requesting the location information sharing; and

a database for saving and managing the mobile communication subscriber information, the location information request detail information, and the provided location information.

11. The authentication and management service system according to claim 6, wherein the information saved and managed in the database includes the issuance detail information of the certificate for location information sharing, the information of the certificate for location information sharing and the authentication detail information of the certificate for location information sharing, the issuance detail information of the certificate for location information sharing including the history information of the certificate issued until now, the information of the certificate for location information sharing including basic information of the certificate and additional information on the copy and transmission of the certificate, and the authentication detail information of the certificate for location information sharing including the detail information of which authentication is requested from the mobile communication system.

12. The authentication and management service system according to claim 11, wherein the base information includes inherent identification information, certificate issuer, validation period, issuer, and the information on the wireless terminal of the location information sharing object, and the additional information includes the certificate attribute information indicating whether copy is possible and validation period designation information.

13. The authentication and management service system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication system further comprises a GIS information database, and in producing the location information of the wireless terminal of which location information sharing is requested, further comprises location information providing means for converting the detected location information into GIS information to produce and provide the location information.

7. An authentication and management service system for providing location information, the system comprising:

a mobile communication system comprising a location information sharing authentication server for issuing a certificate for location information sharing of a location information sharing object to a designated person registered in the subscriber information of the location information sharing object and for checking the certificate information issued and managed for the certificate for location information sharing received upon request of the location information sharing to determine the location information sharing of the location information sharing object;

a first wireless terminal for requesting the issuance of the certificate for location information sharing of the location information sharing object to the mobile communication system, and saving and managing the issued certificate, and registered in the subscriber information in the mobile communication system as the certificate issuance designated person to request the location information sharing in communication with the mobile communication system; and

a second wireless terminal as the location information sharing object.

8. The authentication and management service system according to claim 7, wherein the location information sharing authentication server of the mobile communication system further comprises means for providing a management process of the certificate for location information sharing in which the certificate for location information sharing is copied and sent to a third wireless terminal of another person (guardian or contact person) designated from the first wireless terminal of the designated person to which the certificate for location information sharing is issued or sent to a fourth wireless terminal of an aid organization (the police).

9. The authentication and management service system according to claim 8, wherein the location information sharing authentication server of the mobile communication system further comprises location information notifying means for determining whether the certificate for location information sharing of which authentication is requested is the certificate for location information sharing originally issued or copied or sent, and if it is determined that the certificate for location information sharing is the certificate for location information sharing copied or sent, for transmitting the certificate location information sharing request detail information to the first wireless terminal as the original issuer of the certificate for location information sharing.

14. The authentication and management service system according to claim 8, wherein the location information request detail information saved and managed in the database of the mobile communication system includes a location information sharing requester and the information (telephone numbers or subscriber name) of the wireless terminal of which location information is shared.

15. A method for issuing and managing a certificate for location information sharing, the method comprising the steps of:

a certificate object information checking process wherein if the issuance of a certificate for location information sharing is requested from a wireless terminal, the issuance request information inputted from the wireless terminal is transmitted to a mobile communication system to request the subscriber checking;

a certificate issuance process wherein the subscription checking information on the subscriber information from the mobile communication system is received, and if the subscriber is a normal subscriber, the issuance of the certificate is determined to transmit the certificate for location information sharing to the wireless terminal requesting the issuance of the certificate for location information sharing; and

a certificate management process wherein the certificate for location information sharing is copied and sent to a third wireless terminal of a designated person (guardian or contact person) and transmitted to a fourth wireless terminal of an aid organization (the police) in accordance with the management information inputted upon the request of the wireless terminal where the certificate for location information sharing is saved, and the deletion of the copied and sent certificate and the set change of the validation period are conducted.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the certificate object information checking process comprises the steps of:

determining whether the certificate issuance object is the same as the wireless terminal of the location information sharing object through the check of the issuance request information inputted from the wireless terminal;

if the certificate issuance object is different from the wireless terminal of the location information sharing object, checking set membership information to determine whether the certificate issuance object and the wireless terminal of the location information sharing object are registered as designated persons;

if registered as the designated persons, transmitting the issuance request information to the mobile communication system to request the subscriber checking; and

if not registered as the designated persons, rejecting the issuance of the certificate for location information sharing.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the certificate management process, if the certificate sending is requested from the wireless terminal where the certificate for location information sharing is saved, the location information provided from the mobile communication system, which is received from the wireless terminal together with the certificate sensing request, is attached to the certificate for location information sharing and sent to the aid organization (the police).

18. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the certificate issuance and management processes, the issuance detail information of the certificate for location information sharing, the information of the certificate for location information sharing and the authentication detail information of the certificate for location information sharing are saved, the issuance detail information of the certificate for location information sharing including the history information of the certificate issued until now, the information of the certificate for location information sharing including basic information of the certificate and additional information on the copy and transmission of the certificate, and the authentication detail information of the certificate for location information sharing including the detail information of which authentication is requested from the mobile communication system.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the base information includes inherent identification information, certificate issuer, validation period, an issuer, and the information on the wireless terminal of the location information sharing object, and the additional information includes the certificate attribute information indicating whether copy is possible and validation period designation information.

20. An authentication and management service method for providing location information, the method comprising the steps of:

an authentication request process conducted in a mobile communication system wherein a certificate for location information sharing is received and the received certificate for location information sharing is transmitted to an authentication service system to request the authentication of the certificate for location information sharing;

a certificate authentication process conducted in the authentication service system wherein the issuance information on the certificate for location information sharing of which authentication is requested from the mobile communication system is checked to determine whether the certificate for location information sharing is effective or not and the authentication information on the certificate for location information sharing is provided to the mobile communication system; and

a location information providing process conducted in the mobile communication system wherein if the authentication information for the certificate for location information sharing is received from the authentication service system, the location information of a second wireless terminal as a location information sharing object of the certificate is detected and the location information is produced from the detected location information to transmit the produced location information to the wireless terminal requesting the location information sharing.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the certificate authentication process further comprises the steps of:

a certificate attribute determination process wherein the issuance information of the certificate for location information sharing of which authentication is requested from the mobile communication system is checked to determine whether the certificate is the certificate for location information sharing originally issued or the certificate for location information sharing copied or sent; and

a location information sharing notifying process wherein if it is determined that the certificate is the certificate for location information sharing originally issued, the authentication information is provided to the mobile communication system, and if it is determined that the certificate is the certificate for location information sharing copied or sent, the authentication information is provided to the mobile communication system, while notifying the first wireless terminal as the original issuer of the location information sharing request from the wireless terminals as the designated person of the certificate for location information sharing copied or sent.

22. The method according to claim 20, wherein in the authentication request process, if the location information provided from the mobile communication system is received as the authentication information received upon the request of the location information sharing, the location information sharing request details are checked to determine whether the location information sharing stop is requested from the original issuer, and if not requested, the location information is effective and thus provided.

23. The method according to claim 20, wherein the certificate authentication process further comprises the step of saving the authentication details of the certificate for location information sharing.

24. The method according to claim 20, wherein the location information providing process conducted in the mobile communication system further comprises the step of saving the location information provided.

25. The method according to claim 20, wherein the location information providing process further comprises the steps of detecting the location information of the second wireless terminal of the location information sharing object if the authentication of the certificate for location information sharing is completed, detecting the location of the wireless terminal of the location information sharing object, and converting the detected location information into GIS information to produce and provide the location information.