PAIRING MANAGEMENT METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS

• US 20170231022A1
• Filed: 04/26/2017
• Published: 08/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: YASAKI, Koichi, SAKAMOTO, Takuya, ITO, Hidenobu, NIMURA, Kazuaki, NAKAMURA, Yosuke, KANI, Junya
• Granted Patent: US 10,362,613 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1434 Barcodes with supplemental or add-on codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/061 for key exchange, e.g. in peer-to-peer networks cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key agreement H04L9/0838
• 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 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• 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
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/08 between user and terminal device

Abstract

A pairing management method includes detecting, by a computer, a peripheral device configured to perform short-range wireless communication with the computer; transmitting, by the computer, to a server storing pairing information generated by a pairing process of a management terminal and the peripheral device, an acquisition request for the pairing information of the detected peripheral device; and performing data communication, by the computer, with the detected peripheral device, based on the pairing information, when the pairing information associated with the transmitted acquisition request is received from the server.

Claims

1. A pairing management method comprising:

detecting, by a computer, a peripheral device configured to perform short-range wireless communication with the computer;

transmitting, by the computer, to a server storing pairing information generated by a pairing process of a management terminal and the peripheral device, an acquisition request for the pairing information of the detected peripheral device; and

performing data communication, by the computer, with the detected peripheral device, based on the pairing information, when the pairing information associated with the transmitted acquisition request is received from the server.

2. The pairing management method according to claim 1, wherein

the pairing information generated by the pairing process includes an address of the management terminal and an encryption key generated by the pairing process.

3. The pairing management method according to claim 1, comprising:

transmitting, by the computer, authentication information of the computer or of a user of the computer, when an authentication request is received from the server; and

receiving, by the computer, the pairing information associated with the acquisition request, when the computer or the user of the computer is authenticated based on the transmitted authentication information.

4. The pairing management method according to claim 1, comprising

acquiring, by the computer, identification information uniquely identifying the detected peripheral device, the identification information being acquired by reading a code when a read instruction is received for the code printed on a seal affixed to the detected peripheral device, wherein

the transmitting includes transmitting to the server, the acquisition request for the pairing information of the peripheral device identified by the acquired identification information.

5. The pairing management method according to claim 1, wherein

the detecting includes detecting the peripheral device, when an application is started up at the computer,

the pairing management method further comprising:

displaying, by the computer, an icon representing that use of the detected peripheral device is possible, the icon being displayed when state information indicating that the detected peripheral device is being used is received from the server in response to the transmitted acquisition request; and

retransmitting the acquisition request to the server, by the computer, when detecting an access request from the application to the detected peripheral device.

6. The pairing management method according to claim 2, comprising

transmitting, by the computer, a key update request to the server, the key update request being transmitted when the encryption key of the detected peripheral device is updated during the data communication with the detected peripheral device, the key update request including the encryption key after updating.

7. The pairing management method according to claim 1, comprising

determining, by the computer, whether the pairing information associated with the detected peripheral device is stored in a storage unit storing therein the pairing information received from the server, the determining being performed when the peripheral device configured to perform short-range wireless communication with the computer is detected, wherein

the transmitting of the acquisition request includes transmitting to the server, the acquisition request for the pairing information of the detected peripheral device, when the pairing information associated with the detected peripheral device is not stored in the storage unit.

8. The pairing management method according to claim 7, wherein

the performing the data communication with the detected peripheral device includes performing the data communication based on the pairing information associated with the detected peripheral device stored in the storage unit, when the pairing information associated with the detected peripheral device is stored in the storage unit.

9. A non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium storing therein a pairing management program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:

detecting a peripheral device configured to perform short-range wireless communication with the computer;

transmitting to a server storing pairing information generated by a pairing process of a management terminal and the peripheral device, an acquisition request for the pairing information of the detected peripheral device; and

performing data communication with the detected peripheral device, based on the pairing information, when the pairing information associated with the transmitted acquisition request is received from the server.

10. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to;

detect a peripheral device configured to perform short-range wireless communication with the terminal;

transmit to a server storing pairing information generated by a pairing process of a management terminal and the peripheral device, an acquisition request for the pairing information of the detected peripheral device; and

perform data communication with the detected peripheral device, based on the pairing information, when the pairing information associated with the transmitted acquisition request is received from the server.