INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20160105433A1
• Filed: 02/24/2014
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SAKO, Yoichiro, SAKODA, Kazuyuki, ONO, Kouichirou, TAKEHARA, Mitsuru, KUNIHIRO, Takushi, ISHIDA, Katsuhito, SUZUKI, Kento, AKAGI, Makoto
• Granted Patent: US 9,992,196 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/062 for key distribution, e.g. centrally by trusted party cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving a central third party H04L9/0819
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0869 for achieving mutual authentication cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for mutual authentication H04L9/3273
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices

Abstract

[Object] To propose an information processing device, wireless communication system, information processing method, and storage medium which can mutually authenticate communication partners simply and safely.

[Solution] The information processing device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first identification information for identifying another terminal; and a communication unit configured to transmit information for mutual authentication between an own terminal and the other terminal to the other terminal specified based on the first identification information through a network service.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire first identification information for identifying another terminal; and

a communication unit configured to transmit information for mutual authentication between an own terminal and the other terminal to the other terminal specified based on the first identification information through a network service.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein, when the first identification information is associated with second identification information for identifying the own terminal in the network service, the communication unit transmits the information for mutual authentication to the other terminal specified based on the first identification information through the network service.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the information for mutual authentication includes an encryption key associated with the second identification information.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3, comprising:

a key generation unit configured to generate the encryption key and a decryption key decrypting information encrypted with the encryption key.

5. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the information for mutual authentication includes a passphrase for mutual authentication.

6. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the first identification information includes a first user ID indicating a user of the other terminal.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6,

wherein the second identification information includes a second user ID indicating a user of the own terminal, and

wherein, when the first user ID is associated with the second user ID in the network service, the communication unit transmits the information for mutual authentication to the other terminal specified based on the first identification information through the network service.

8. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the first identification information includes a first device ID for uniquely specifying the other terminal.

9. The information processing device according to claim 8,

wherein the second identification information includes a second device ID for uniquely specifying the own terminal, and

wherein, when the first user ID is associated with the second user ID in the network service, the communication unit transmits the information for mutual authentication to the other terminal specified based on the first identification information through the network service.

10. A wireless communication system comprising:

a first information processing device; and

a second information processing device configured to wirelessly communicate with the first information processing device,

wherein the first information processing device includes

a first communication unit configured to transmit first identification information for specifying the first information processing device to the second information processing device, and

wherein the second information processing device includes

an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first identification information, and

a second communication unit configured to transmit information for mutual authentication between the second information processing device and the first information processing device to the first information processing device specified based on the first identification information through a network service.

11. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring first identification information for identifying another terminal; and

transmitting information for mutual authentication between an own terminal and the other terminal to the other terminal specified based on the first identification information through a network service.

12. A program causing a computer to execute:

acquiring first identification information for identifying another terminal; and

transmitting information for mutual authentication between an own terminal and the other terminal to the other terminal specified based on the first identification information through a network service.