INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF OBTAINING MONITOR INFORMATION, AND SENSOR DEVICE

• US 20170303119A1
• Filed: 02/14/2017
• Published: 10/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Ogura, Takao, Morikawa, Ikuya
• Application Number:
  US15/431,943
• Publication Number:
  US 20170303119A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• 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: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/03 Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/33 using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/47 using near field communication [NFC] or radio frequency identification [RFID] modules

Abstract

An information processing system includes an information processing device including a processor, an electronic tag configured to store first identification information used for identifying a monitor target, and a sensor device configured to acquire first monitor information of the monitor target, wherein the processor is configured to transmit, to the sensor device and a server device, a first encryption key corresponding to the first identification information, and transmit, to the sensor device and a server device, second identification information used for identifying the first encryption key, and the sensor device is configured to acquire the first identification information from the electronic tag, encrypt the first monitor information using the first encryption key that corresponds to the first identification information, and transmit, to the server device, the encrypted first monitor information and the second identification information.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

an information processing device including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory;

an electronic tag configured to store first identification information used for identifying a monitor target; and

a sensor device configured to acquire first monitor information of the monitor target,

wherein

the processor is configured to;

transmit, to the sensor device and a server device, a first encryption key corresponding to the first identification information, and

transmit, to the sensor device and a server device, second identification information used for identifying the first encryption key, and

the sensor device is configured to;

acquire the first identification information from the electronic tag,

encrypt the first monitor information using the first encryption key that corresponds to the first identification information, and

transmit, to the server device, the encrypted first monitor information and the second identification information.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the server device is further configured to decrypt the first monitor information transmitted from the sensor device, based on the first encryption key transmitted from the information processing unit.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the sensor device is further configured to transmit the first identification information acquired from the electronic tag to the information processing device, and

the information processing device is further configured to generate, based on the first identification information transmitted from the sensor device, the first encryption key and the second identification information.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein the sensor device is further configured to:

when the first identification information is transmitted from the electronic tag more than two times, acquire, from the information processing device, a second encryption key and third identification information used for identifying the second encryption key, the a second encryption key corresponding to the first identification information and being different from the first encryption key,

acquire second monitor information of the monitor target, and

encrypt the second monitor information using the second encryption key.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein the sensor device is further configured to:

determine whether it is possible to be coupled to the information processing device via a communication line, and

transmit, when it is determined that it is possible to be coupled to the information processing device, the first identification information to the information processing device using the communication line.

6. The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein the sensor device is further configured to:

encrypt, when it is not determined that it is possible to be coupled to the information processing device, the second monitor information using the first encryption key, and

transmit, to the server device, the encrypted second monitor information and the second identification information.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device is further configured to transmit, before transmitting the first encryption key and the second identification information to the sensor device, the first encryption key and the second identification information to the server device.

8. A method of obtaining monitor information from a monitor target using an information processing system including an information processing device, an electronic tag storing first identification information used for identifying the monitor target, and a sensor device, the method comprising:

acquiring, by the sensor device, first monitor information of the monitor target;

transmitting, by the information processing device, to the sensor device and a server device, a first encryption key corresponding to the first identification information;

transmitting, by the information processing device, to the sensor device and a server device, second identification information used for identifying the first encryption key;

acquiring, by the sensor device, the first identification information from the electronic tag;

encrypting, by the sensor device, the first monitor information using the first encryption key that corresponds to the first identification information; and

transmitting, by the sensor device, to the server device, the encrypted first monitor information and the second identification information.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

decrypting, by the server device, the first monitor information transmitted from the sensor device, based on the first encryption key transmitted from the information processing unit.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

transmitting, by the sensor device, the first identification information acquired from the electronic tag to the information processing device; and

generating, by the information processing device, based on the first identification information transmitted from the sensor device, the first encryption key and the second identification information.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

when the first identification information is transmitted from the electronic tag more than two times, acquiring, by the sensor device, from the information processing device, a second encryption key and third identification information used for identifying the second encryption key, the a second encryption key corresponding to the first identification information and being different from the first encryption key;

acquiring, by the sensor device, second monitor information of the monitor target; and

encrypting, by the sensor device, the second monitor information using the second encryption key.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

determining, by the sensor device, whether it is possible to be coupled to the information processing device via a communication line, wherein,

when it is determined that it is possible to be coupled to the information processing device, the first identification information is transmitted to the information processing device using the communication line.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

when it is not determined that it is possible to be coupled to the information processing device, encrypting, by the sensor device, the second monitor information using the first encryption key; and

transmitting, by the sensor device, to the server device, the encrypted second monitor information and the second identification information.

14. The method according to claim 8, wherein

in the transmitting the first encryption key and in the transmitting second identification information, before transmitting the first encryption key and the second identification information to the sensor device, the first encryption key and the second identification information are transmitted to the server device.

15. A sensor device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

acquire first monitor information of a monitor target,

obtain, from an information processing device, a first encryption key corresponding to the first identification information,

obtain, from the information processing device, second identification information used for identifying the first encryption key,

acquire first identification information used for identifying the monitor target from an electronic tag,

encrypt the first monitor information using the first encryption key that corresponds to the first identification information, and

transmit, to a server device, the encrypted first monitor information and the second identification information.

16. The sensor device according to claim 15, wherein the server device is further configured to decrypt the first monitor information transmitted from the sensor device, based on the first encryption key transmitted from the information processing unit.

17. The sensor device according to claim 15, wherein

the processor is further configured to transmit the first identification information acquired from the electronic tag to the information processing device, and

the information processing device is further configured to generate, based on the first identification information transmitted from the sensor device, the first encryption key and the second identification information.

18. The sensor device according to claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the first identification information is transmitted from the electronic tag more than two times, acquire, from the information processing device, a second encryption key and third identification information used for identifying the second encryption key, the a second encryption key corresponding to the first identification information and being different from the first encryption key,

acquire second monitor information of the monitor target, and

encrypt the second monitor information using the second encryption key.

19. The sensor device according to claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether it is possible to be coupled to the information processing device via a communication line, and

transmit, when it is determined that it is possible to be coupled to the information processing device, the first identification information to the information processing device using the communication line.

20. The sensor device according to claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to:

encrypt, when it is not determined that it is possible to be coupled to the information processing device, the second monitor information using the first encryption key, and

transmit, to the server device, the encrypted second monitor information and the second identification information.