WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD

• US 20150065050A1
• Filed: 08/29/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: KISHIMOTO, Ariyuki, ITO, Takayoshi, AKITA, Koji
• Granted Patent: US 9,241,238 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/75 Temporary identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/76 Group identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A wireless communication system has a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus has an information generator to generate first information associated with a mobile terminal, an encoder to encode the first information, and a first wireless communication module to transmit the encoded first information to the mobile terminal by close range wireless communication. The second communication apparatus has a second wireless communication module to receive the encoded first information transmitted by the mobile terminal and second information, a decoder to decode the encoded first information, a verification module to verify validity of the first information, and an information processing module to process the second information received by the second wireless communication module when the validity is confirmed by the verification module.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system comprising:

a first communication apparatus to perform wireless communication with a mobile terminal; and

a second communication apparatus to perform wireless communication with the mobile terminal,

wherein the first communication apparatus comprises;

an information generator to generate first information associated with the mobile terminal;

an encoder to encode the first information; and

a first wireless communication module to transmit the encoded first information to the mobile terminal by close range wireless communication, and

the second communication apparatus comprises;

a second wireless communication module to receive the encoded first information transmitted by the mobile terminal and second information generated by the mobile terminal, by wireless communication;

a decoder to decode the encoded first information received by the second wireless communication module;

a verification module to verify validity of the first information decoded by the decoder; and

an information processing module to process the second information received by the second wireless communication module when the validity is confirmed by the verification module.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first information has no relation with personal information of a user of the mobile terminal and includes identification information capable of identifying the mobile terminal.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the information generator generates the first information associated with a new mobile terminal when the first wireless communication module comes into a state capable of close range wireless communication with the new mobile terminal.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first information includes identification information capable of identifying a group of a plurality of mobile terminals.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the information processing module in the second communication apparatus processes the second information for the group when the first information includes identification information capable of identifying a group.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein, in addition to the identification information, the first information includes information related at least one of services and goods provided to a user of the mobile terminal.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the information related at least one of the services and goods is menu information arbitrary selectable by a user of the mobile terminal using the mobile terminal.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first communication module transmits the first information with a wireless signal in a millimeter wave range.

9. A wireless communication method comprises:

communicating wirelessly between a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus,

wherein the first communication apparatus generates first information associated with a mobile terminal;

encodes the first information; and

transmits the encoded first information to the mobile terminal by close range wireless communication, and

the second communication apparatus receives the encoded first information transmitted by the mobile terminal and second information generated by the mobile terminal, by wireless communication;

decodes the encoded and received first information;

verifies validity of the decoded first information; and

processes the received second information when the validity of the decoded first information is confirmed.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first information has no relation with personal information of a user of the mobile terminal and includes identification information capable of identifying the mobile terminal.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first information associated with a new mobile terminal is generated when the first communication apparatus comes into a state capable of close range wireless communication with the new mobile terminal.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the first information includes identification information capable of identifying a group of a plurality of mobile terminals.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second information is processed for the group when the first information includes identification information capable of identifying a group.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein, in addition to the identification information, the first information includes information related at least one of services and goods provided to a user of the mobile terminal.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the information related at least one of the services and goods is menu information arbitrary selectable by a user of the mobile terminal using the mobile terminal.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first communication apparatus transmits the first information with a wireless signal in a millimeter wave range.