INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AUTHENTICATION SERVER DEVICE, AND VERIFICATION SERVER DEVICE

• US 20170195326A1
• Filed: 03/20/2017
• Published: 07/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc
• Original Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc
• Inventors: HIRAMA, Hiroyuki, NAKAGAWA, Satoru
• Granted Patent: US 10,505,911 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0492 by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field communication or limited proximity of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• 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: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• 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

There is provided an information processing method of an information processing device, including acquiring tag-unique information unique to an IC tag from the IC tag through near field communication, acquiring device-unique information unique to the information processing device, transmitting the acquired tag-unique information and the acquired device-unique information to an outside, and receiving, from the outside, an authentication result of the acquired tag-unique information and a verification result of right information for using the IC tag, which are obtained based on the transmitted tag-unique information and device-unique information.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a processor configured to

acquire tag-unique information from an IC tag through a near field communication, wherein the tag-unique information is unique to the IC tag;

acquire device-unique information unique to the information processing device;

transmit the acquired tag-unique information and the acquired device-unique information to an outside device;

receive restriction information for using a digital content when the tag-unique information is acquired from the IC tag through the near field communication; and

output the digital content in accordance with the restriction information.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the restriction information comprises an authentication result of the acquired tag-unique information and a verification result of right information for using the IC tag, which are obtained based on the transmitted tag-unique information and device-unique information.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a request to delete the right information granted to the information processing device after acquiring the tag-unique information unique to the IC tag from the IC tag through the near field communication.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to execute a process based on the restriction information and the verification result of the right information for using the IC tag.

5. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the acquired tag-unique information and the acquired device-unique information are transmitted to a first server and a second server, respectively,

wherein the authentication result of the acquired tag-unique information is received from the first server and the verification result of the right information for using the IC tag is received from the second server, and

wherein the first server is different from the second server.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the device-unique information includes information of a time at which the information processing device and the IC tag were brought into proximity.

7. An information processing device comprising:

a near field communication instruction unit configured to acquire tag-unique information from an IC tag through near field communication, wherein the tag-unique information is unique to the IC tag;

a device-unique information acquisition instruction unit configured to acquire device-unique information unique to the information processing device;

a transmission unit configured to transmit the acquired tag-unique information and the acquired device-unique information to an outside device; and

a reception unit configured to receive restriction information for using a digital content when the tag-unique information is acquired from the IC tag through the near field communication; and

an information output unit configured to output the digital content in accordance with the restriction information,

wherein the near field communication instruction unit, the device-unique information acquisition instruction unit, the transmission unit, the reception unit, and the information output unit are each implemented via at least one processor.

8. The information processing device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a process execution unit configured to execute a process based on a verification result and an authentication result of the acquired tag-unique information received from the outside device,

wherein the process execution unit is implemented via at least one processor.

9. An information processing method, the method being executed via at least one processor, and comprising:

acquiring tag-unique information from an IC tag through a near field communication, wherein the tag-unique information is unique to the IC tag;

acquiring device-unique information unique to the information processing device;

transmitting the acquired tag-unique information and the acquired device-unique information to an outside device;

receiving restriction information for using a digital content when the tag-unique information is acquired from the IC tag through the near field communication; and

outputting the digital content in accordance with the restriction information.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

acquiring tag-unique information from an IC tag through a near field communication, wherein the tag-unique information is unique to the IC tag;

acquiring device-unique information unique to the information processing device;

transmitting the acquired tag-unique information and the acquired device-unique information to an outside device;

receiving restriction information for using a digital content when the tag-unique information is acquired from the IC tag through the near field communication; and

outputting the digital content in accordance with the restriction information.

11. An authentication device comprising:

a processor configured to

receive tag-unique information unique to an IC tag, and device-unique information unique to an information processing device, from the information processing device via near field communication,

execute an authentication process, regarding the IC tag, based on the received tag-unique information and the received device-unique information, and

transmit, to the information processing device, restriction information for using a digital content when the tag-unique information is acquired from the IC tag through the near field communication, for enabling execution of a process related to the tag-unique information based on the authentication result and the verification result.