SHORT RANGE RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND SHORT RANGE RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20150208194A1
• Filed: 06/20/2013
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Ito, Masaya, Ukai, Hiroki
• Granted Patent: US 9,532,163 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/062 Pre-authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• 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

When a predetermined cooperative application is activated, communication in a predetermined protocol used in the predetermined cooperative application is connected rapidly. A mobile communication terminal separates authentication information required for authenticating an application registered in a vehicle apparatus from a series of processing for connecting a profile to acquire from a vehicle apparatus. That is, the mobile communication terminal authenticates the application registered in the vehicle apparatus before a user performs an operation of start of the predetermined cooperative application. After the user performs the operation of start of the predetermined cooperative application by the vehicle apparatus, the authentication can be omitted, and the predetermined profile used in the predetermined cooperative application can be performed rapidly.

Claims

1. A short range radio communication system in which a first short range radio communication terminal and a second short range radio communication terminal start a predetermined cooperative application and perform communication in a predetermined protocol to provide a service in cooperation, the short range radio communication system comprising:

an authentication information storage unit disposed to the second short range radio communication terminal and storing authentication information required for the first short range radio communication terminal to authenticate an application registered in the second short range radio communication terminal;

an authentication information acquisition unit disposed to the first short range radio communication terminal and acquiring the authentication information stored in the authentication information storage unit;

a controller disposed to the first short range radio communication terminal, identifying a universally unique identifier as the authentication information acquired by the authentication information acquisition unit before the predetermined cooperative application starts in the second short range radio communication terminal, and performing authentication to identify the application registered in the second short range radio communication terminal by referring the universally unique identifier;

a cooperative application information storage unit disposed to the second short range radio communication terminal and storing cooperative application information that enables to identify a cooperative application; and

a cooperative application information acquisition unit disposed to the first short range radio communication terminal and acquiring the cooperative application information stored in the cooperative application information storage unit, wherein

the controller starts the cooperative application identified by the cooperative application information acquired by the cooperative application information acquisition unit after performing the authentication.

2. The short range radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the first short range radio communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal that is carried by a user,

the second short range radio communication terminal is a vehicle apparatus mounted to a vehicle,

the short range radio communication system comprises a determination unit that is disposed to the vehicle and determines whether the user tries to get on the vehicle, and

the controller performs the authentication when the determination unit determines that the user tries to get on the vehicle.

4. The short range radio communication system according to claim 2, comprising

a vehicle side low-power radio communication unit disposed to the vehicle and performing a low-power radio communication, and

a terminal side low-power radio communication unit disposed to the mobile communication terminal and performing the low-power radio communication, wherein

the determination unit determines that the low-power radio communication starts between the vehicle side low-power radio communication unit and the terminal side low-power radio communication unit to determine that the user tries to get on the vehicle.

5. The short range radio communication system according to claim 4, wherein

the vehicle side low-power radio communication unit is disposed to a vicinity of a door knob of the vehicle.

6. The short range radio communication system according to claim 4, wherein

the controller starts the predetermined cooperative application when the predetermined cooperative application does not start in the first short range radio communication terminal after the predetermined cooperative application starts in the second short range radio communication terminal.

7. The short range radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the controller sets a connection destination of the predetermined protocol to the predetermined cooperative application and performs the communication in the predetermined protocol.

8. The short range radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the controller sets a connection destination of a session of the predetermined protocol to the predetermined cooperative application and performs the communication in the predetermined protocol.

3. A short range radio communication system in which a first short range radio communication terminal and a second short range radio communication terminal start a predetermined cooperative application and perform communication in a predetermined protocol to provide a service in cooperation, the short range radio communication system comprising:

an authentication information storage unit disposed to the second short range radio communication terminal and storing authentication information required for the first short range radio communication terminal to authenticate an application registered in the second short range radio communication terminal;

an authentication information acquisition unit disposed to the first short range radio communication terminal and acquiring the authentication information stored in the authentication information storage unit; and

a controller disposed to the first short range radio communication terminal, identifying a universally unique identifier as the authentication information acquired by the authentication information acquisition unit before the predetermined cooperative application starts in the second short range radio communication terminal, and performing authentication to identify the application registered in the second short range radio communication terminal by referring the universally unique identifier, wherein

the first short range radio communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal that is carried by a user,

the second short range radio communication terminal is a vehicle apparatus mounted to a vehicle,

the short range radio communication system comprises a determination unit that is disposed to the vehicle and determines whether the user tries to get on the vehicle, and

the controller performs the authentication when the determination unit determines that the user tries to get on the vehicle.

11. The short range radio communication system according to claim 3, comprising

a vehicle side low-power radio communication unit disposed to the vehicle and performing a low-power radio communication, and

a terminal side low-power radio communication unit disposed to the mobile communication terminal and performing the low-power radio communication, wherein

the determination unit determines that the low-power radio communication starts between the vehicle side low-power radio communication unit and the terminal side low-power radio communication unit to determine that the user tries to get on the vehicle.

12. The short range radio communication system according to claim 3, wherein

the controller starts the predetermined cooperative application when the predetermined cooperative application does not start in the first short range radio communication terminal after the predetermined cooperative application starts in the second short range radio communication terminal.

13. The short range radio communication system according to claim 3, wherein

the controller sets a connection destination of the predetermined protocol to the predetermined cooperative application and performs the communication in the predetermined protocol.

14. The short range radio communication system according to claim 3, wherein

the controller sets a connection destination of a session of the predetermined protocol to the predetermined cooperative application and performs the communication in the predetermined protocol.

9. A short range radio communication terminal that starts a predetermined cooperative application and connects a predetermined protocol to an other short range radio communication terminal to provide a service in cooperation, the short range radio communication terminal comprising:

an authentication information acquisition unit acquiring authentication information stored in the other short range radio communication terminal and required for authenticating an application registered in the other short range radio communication terminal;

a controller identifying a universally unique identifier as the authentication information acquired by the authentication information acquisition unit before the predetermined cooperative application starts in the other short range radio communication terminal, and performing authentication to identify the application registered in the other short range radio communication terminal by referring the universally unique identifier; and

a cooperative application information acquisition unit acquiring cooperative application information stored in the other short range radio communication terminal, wherein

the controller starts the cooperative application identified by the cooperative application information acquired by the cooperative application information acquisition unit after performing the authentication.

10. A short range radio communication terminal that starts a predetermined cooperative application and connects a predetermined protocol to an other short range radio communication terminal to provide a service in cooperation, the short range radio communication terminal comprising:

an authentication information acquisition unit acquiring authentication information stored in the other short range radio communication terminal and required for authenticating an application registered in the other short range radio communication terminal; and

a controller identifying a universally unique identifier as the authentication information acquired by the authentication information acquisition unit before the predetermined cooperative application starts in the other short range radio communication terminal, and performing authentication to identify the application registered in the other short range radio communication terminal by referring the universally unique identifier, wherein

the short range radio communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal that is carried by a user,

the other short range radio communication terminal is a vehicle apparatus mounted to a vehicle, and

the controller performs the authentication when a determination unit determines that the user tries to get on the vehicle.