A METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SECURE RECOGNIZATION FOR PERVASIVE FACE-TO-FACE SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• US 20150312406A1
• Filed: 05/08/2012
• Published: 10/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: YAN, Zheng
• Granted Patent: US 9,509,835 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3833 Hand-held transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A method of secure recognization for pervasive face-to-face social communications may comprise: initiating a procedure for generating a recognization protocol; exchanging information for the recognization protocol with one or more apparatuses, wherein the information indicates wearable devices used in executing the recognization protocol and users carrying the wearable devices; and generating the recognization protocol by negotiating with the one or more apparatuses a kind of code word which is presented by the wearable devices during executing the recognization protocol.

Claims

1-44. -44. (canceled)

45. A method, comprising:

initiating a procedure for generating a recognization protocol;

exchanging information for the recognization protocol with one or more apparatuses, wherein the information indicates wearable devices used in executing the recognization protocol and users carrying the wearable devices; and

generating the recognization protocol by negotiating with the one or more apparatuses a kind of code word which is presented by the wearable devices during executing the recognization protocol.

46. The method according to claim 45, wherein the procedure for generating the recognization protocol is initiated at a first apparatus by the following:

sending a request for a meeting to a second apparatus, wherein the one or more apparatuses comprise the second apparatus; and

receiving an acknowledgment from the second apparatus.

47. The method according to claim 46, wherein said exchanging the information for the recognization protocol comprises:

providing a first pair of parameters to the second apparatus, wherein the first pair of parameters comprises an identifier of a wearable device carried by a user of the first apparatus and an anonymous identifier of the user of the first apparatus; and

getting from the second apparatus a response with a second pair of parameters, wherein the second pair of parameters comprises an identifier of a wearable device carried by a user of the second apparatus and an anonymous identifier of the user of the second apparatus.

48. The method according to claim 46, wherein the kind of code word comprises one or more argots, and said negotiating with the one or more apparatuses comprises:

sending an original argot and its order designed at the first apparatus to the second apparatus;

receiving a response with a confirmed argot from the second apparatus, wherein the confirmed argot comprises the original argot, a revised argot or a reply argot;

sending an original presentation style of the confirmed argot designed at the first apparatus to the second apparatus; and

receiving a response with a confirmed presentation style from the second apparatus, wherein the confirmed presentation style comprises the original presentation style or a revised presentation style.

49. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory comprising computer program code,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

initiate a procedure for generating a recognization protocol;

exchange information for the recognization protocol with one or more other apparatuses, wherein the information indicates wearable devices used in executing the recognization protocol and users carrying the wearable devices; and

generate the recognization protocol by negotiating with the one or more other apparatuses a kind of code word which is presented by the wearable devices during executing the recognization protocol.

50. The apparatus according to claim 49, wherein the apparatus comprises a first apparatus, and the procedure for generate the recognization protocol is initiated at the first apparatus by the following:

send a request for a meeting to a second apparatus, wherein the one or more other apparatuses comprise the second apparatus; and

receive an acknowledgment from the second apparatus.

51. The apparatus according to claim 50, wherein said exchange the information for the recognization protocol comprises:

provide a first pair of parameters to the second apparatus, wherein the first pair of parameters comprises an identifier of a wearable device carried by a user of the first apparatus and an anonymous identifier of the user of the first apparatus; and

get from the second apparatus a response with a second pair of parameters, wherein the second pair of parameters comprises an identifier of a wearable device carried by a user of the second apparatus and an anonymous identifier of the user of the second apparatus.

52. The apparatus according to claim 50, wherein the kind of code word comprises one or more argots, and said negotiate with the one or more other apparatuses comprises:

send an original argot and its order designed at the first apparatus to the second apparatus;

receive a response with a confirmed argot from the second apparatus, wherein the confirmed argot comprises the original argot, a revised argot or a reply argot;

send an original presentation style of the confirmed argot designed at the first apparatus to the second apparatus; and

receive a response with a confirmed presentation style from the second apparatus, wherein the confirmed presentation style comprises the original presentation style or a revised presentation style.

53. The apparatus according to claim 49, wherein the apparatus comprises a first apparatus and the one or more other apparatuses comprise multiple second apparatuses, and wherein the procedure for generating the recognization protocol is initiated at the first apparatus by the following:

multicast a request for a meeting to a group of apparatuses;

receive respective acknowledgments from the multiple second apparatuses among the group of apparatuses; and

multicast respective anonymous identifiers of users of the first apparatus and the multiple second apparatuses to the multiple second apparatuses.

54. The apparatus according to claim 53, wherein said exchange the information for the recognization protocol comprises:

multicast a first pair of parameters to the multiple second apparatuses, wherein the first pair of parameters comprises an identifier of a wearable device carried by the user of the first apparatus and an anonymous identifier of the user of the first apparatus; and

obtain respective second pairs of parameters from the multiple second apparatuses through multicast, wherein the second pair of parameters comprises an identifier of a wearable device carried by the user of the second apparatus and an anonymous identifier of the user of the second apparatus.

55. The apparatus according to claim 53, wherein the kind of code word comprises one or more argots, and said negotiate with the one or more other apparatuses comprises:

multicast an argot and its order designed at the first apparatus to the multiple second apparatuses along with a first security parameter;

receive respective confirmations of the argot from the multiple second apparatuses along with the first security parameter;

multicast a presentation style of the argot designed at the first apparatus to the multiple second apparatuses along with a second security parameter; and

receive respective confirmations of the presentation style from the multiple second apparatuses along with the first security parameter and the second security parameter.

56. The apparatus according to claim 49, wherein the one or more other apparatuses comprise a first apparatus and the apparatus comprises a second apparatus, and wherein the procedure for generate the recognization protocol is initiated at the second apparatus by the following:

receive a request for a meeting from the first apparatus; and

send an acknowledgment to the first apparatus.

57. The apparatus according to claim 56, wherein said exchange the information for the recognization protocol comprises:

obtain a first pair of parameters from the first apparatus, wherein the first pair of parameters comprises an identifier of a wearable device carried by a user of the first apparatus and an anonymous identifier of the user of the first apparatus; and

send a response with a second pair of parameters to the first apparatus, wherein the second pair of parameters comprises an identifier of a wearable device carried by a user of the second apparatus and an anonymous identifier of the user of the second apparatus.

58. The apparatus according to claim 56, wherein the kind of code word comprises one or more argots, and said negotiate with the one or more other apparatuses comprises:

receive an original argot and its order from the first apparatus;

send a response with a confirmed argot to the first apparatus, wherein the confirmed argot comprises the original argot, a revised argot or a reply argot;

receive an original presentation style of the confirmed argot from the first apparatus; and

send a response with a confirmed presentation style to the first apparatus, wherein the confirmed presentation style comprises the original presentation style or a revised presentation style.

59. The apparatus according to claim 49, wherein the one or more other apparatuses comprises a first apparatuses and at least one third apparatus, and the apparatus comprises a second apparatus, and wherein the procedure for generate the recognization protocol is initiated at the second apparatus by the following:

receive a request for a meeting from the first apparatus through multicast;

send an acknowledgment to the first apparatus; and

obtain respective anonymous identifiers of users of the first apparatus and the at least one third apparatus through multicast.

60. The apparatus according to claim 59, wherein said exchange the information for the recognization protocol comprises:

obtain a first pair of parameters from the first apparatus through multicast, wherein the first pair of parameters comprises an identifier of a wearable device carried by the user of the first apparatus and an anonymous identifier of the user of the first apparatus;

provide a second pair of parameters as a response through multicast, wherein the second pair of parameters comprises an identifier of a wearable device carried by the user of the second apparatus and an anonymous identifier of the user of the second apparatus; and

obtain a third pair of parameters from a respective of the at least one third apparatus through multicast, wherein the third pair of parameters comprises an identifier of a wearable device carried by the user of the third apparatus and an anonymous identifier of the user of the third apparatus.

61. The apparatus according to claim 59, wherein the kind of code word comprises one or more argots, and said negotiate with the one or more other apparatuses comprises:

obtain an argot and its order from the first apparatus along with a first security parameter through multicast;

confirm the argot by sending back the first security parameter to the first apparatus;

obtain a presentation style of the argot from the first apparatus along with a second security parameter through multicast; and

confirm the presentation style by sending back the first security parameter and the second security parameter to the first apparatus.

62. The apparatus according to claim 49, wherein said generating the recognization protocol comprises:

demonstrate the recognization protocol designed with the kind of code word; and

confirm the designed recognization protocol.

63. The apparatus according to claim 49 apparatuses within a predetermined range, and wherein the kind of code word is presented based at least in part on the recognization protocol during the execution of the recognization protocol.

64. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:

code for initiating a procedure for generating a recognization protocol;

code for exchanging information for the recognization protocol with one or more apparatuses, wherein the information indicates wearable devices used in executing the recognization protocol and users carrying the wearable devices; and

code for generating the recognization protocol by negotiating with the one or more apparatuses a kind of code word which is presented by the wearable devices during executing the recognization protocol.