Device and method for controlling communication

• US 5,832,210 A
• Filed: 07/19/1995
• Issued: 11/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Tsuji, Yoshikazu, Akiyama, Ryota
• Primary Examiner(s): Tu, Trinh L.
• Application Number:
  US08/504,079
• Time in Patent Office: 1,203 Days
• Field of Search: 371/67.1, 371/68.2, 371/69.1, 371/5.1, 371/5.3, 371/5.5, 371/30, 371/32, 371/33, 371/20.1, 395/182.16, 395/183.19, 395/183.16, 395/184.01, 395/185.01, 395/186, 395/187.01, 395/188.01, 395/491, 395/188, 364/265, 364/265.1, 364/266.4, 364/944.5, 364/943.9, 380/2, 380/3, 380/21, 380/23, 380/24, 380/25, 380/36, 380/37, 380/42, 380/43, 380/44, 340/825.31, 340/825.34
• US Class Current: 713/168
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/30 for supporting lawful interception, monitoring or retaining of communications or communication related information circuit switched telephony call monitoring H04M3/2281

Abstract

A transmission unit transmits the identical transmitting information including a communication number information. A communication number counting unit increments the communication number information every time the identical transmitting information is transmitted, sets the communication number information which is greater than the incremented last communication number information to an initial communication number information when a renewed transmitting information is transmitted, and increments the initial communication number every time the renewed transmitting information is transmitted. An information discrimination unit discriminates whether or not a receiving transmission information conforms with a registration transmitting information. A communication number information comparison unit compares a receiving communication number information with a registration communication number information. A control unit adds a predetermined value to the receiving communication number information when the receiving transmission information conforms with the registration transmitting information and the received communication number information is greater than the registration communication number information.

Claims

1. A device for controlling communication, comprising:

a transmission device having transmission means for transmitting identical information with a communication number indicating a transmission number thereof a plurality of times repeatedly, and communication number counting means for incrementing the communication number every time the identical information is transmitted, and setting a communication number which is greater than the last incremented communication number as an initial communication number at the time of transmission of renewed information; and

a receiving device having connected with the transmission device through transmission lines, said receiving device capable of receiving the information out of a plurality of pieces of the identical information repeatedly transmitted from the transmission device, said receiving device having information determination means for determining whether or not information received from the transmission device conforms with registration information which was registered previously, communication number comparison means for determining whether or not the communication number attached to the received information is greater than a registered communication number which was registered previously, and control means for adding a predetermined value to the registered communication number when the received information is determined by the information determination means as conforming with the registered information and the communication number attached to the received information is determined by the communication number comparison means to be greater than the registered communication number, such that the added-to registered communication number becomes greater than said last incremented communication number and less than said initial communication number.

2. A device for controlling communication according to claim 1, wherein the information being transmitted comprises destination information indicating transmitting identification information and receiving identification information, control information for controlling the receiving device and a certifier indicating a propriety of the transmission device.

3. A device for controlling communication according to claim 2, wherein the transmission device further includes a unidirectional function means for generating the certifier by inputting the destination information, the control information, the communication number information and a certifying key into a unidirectional function.

4. A device for controlling communication according to claim 3, wherein the receiving device comprises:

storage means for storing the same certifying key as the certifying key which is inputted into the unidirectional function means within the transmission device regarding the transmitting identification information as an address;

unidirectional function means for generating a certifier by inputting the destination information, the control information and the communication number received from the transmission device, and the certifying key stored in said storage means into the unidirectional function means; and

certifier discrimination means for discriminating whether or not the certifier received from the transmission device conforms with the certifier obtained in said unidirectional function means of the receiving device,

wherein said control means adds the predetermined value to the received communication number to produce a communication number and stores the produced communication number in said storage means when the certifier generated in said unidirectional function means within the transmission device conforms with the certifier generated in said unidirectional function means within the receiving device.

5. A device for controlling communication according to claim 4,

wherein the transmission device further transmits the information repeatedly when the certifier generated in said unidirectional function means within the transmission device does not conform with the certifier generated in said unidirectional function means within the receiving device, and

wherein the receiving device receives the information and processes the information repeatedly until the certifiers are conformed with one another.

6. A device for controlling communication according to claim 2, wherein the receiving device comprises command analysis means for analyzing the control information when the destination information conforms with destination information which was registered previously.

7. A device for controlling communication according to claim 1, wherein said communication number counting means decrements the communication number every time the identical information is transmitted, and sets a communication number which is less than the last decremented communication number as an initial communication number at the time of transmission of renewed information,

wherein said communication number comparison means determines whether or not the communication number attached to the received information is less than the registered communication number, and

said control means subtracts the predetermined value from the received communication number when the received information is determined by the information determination means as conforming with the registration information and the communication number attached to the received information is determined by the communication number comparison means to be less than the registered communication number, so that the subtracted-from registered communication number becomes less than said last decremented communication number and greater than said initial communication number.

8. A device for controlling communication according to claim 1, wherein said communication number counting means sets the communication number in which one (1) was added to the last communication number a plurality of times as the initial communication number at the time of transmission of the renewed information.

9. A device for controlling communication according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined value to be added to the received communication number is the same value as the number of transmissions of the identical information.

10. A transmission device connected with a receiving device through transmission lines allowing the receiving device to receive information once out of plurality of transmissions from the transmission device, comprising:

storage means for storing destination information indicating transmitting identification information and receiving identification information, control information for controlling the receiving device and a communication number indicating a transmission number;

unidirectional function means for generating a certifier by inputting each information stored in said storage means and a certifying key into a unidirectional function;

combining means for generating information by combining the certifier with the destination information and control information and attaching a communication number stored in said storage means and for transmitting generated information with the communication number a plurality of times repeatedly; and

communication number counting means for incrementing the communication number attached information which is generated by said combining means every time the identical information is transmitted, and setting a communication number which is greater than the last incremented communication number as an initial communication number and greater than the registered communication number which is held by the receiving device at the time of transmission of renewed information.

11. A receiving device connected with a transmission device having transmission means for transmitting identical information with a communication number indicating a transmission number a plurality of times repeatedly, and communication number counting means for incrementing the communication number every time the identical information is transmitted, and setting a communication number which is greater than the last incremented communication number as an initial communication number at the time of transmission of renewed information, by means of transmission lines allowing the receiving device to receive the information once out of the plurality of times of transmissions from the transmission device, the receiving device comprising:

information determination means for determining whether or not information received from the transmission device conforms with registered information which was registered previously;

communication number information comparison means for determining whether or not the received communication number attached to the received information is greater than a registered communication number which was registered previously; and

control means for adding a predetermined value to the registered communication number, when the received information is determined by the information determination means as conforming with the registered information and the communication number attached to the received information is determined by the communication number comparison means as greater than the registered communication number, so that the added-to registered communication number becomes greater than said last incremented communication number and less than said initial communication number.

12. A method for controlling communication, comprising:

a transmission step having an information transmitting step for repeatedly transmitting identical information with a communication number indicating a transmission number thereof a plurality of times, and a communication number counting step for incrementing the communication number every time the identical information is transmitted and setting a communication number which is greater than the last incremented communication number as an initial communication number at the time of transmission of renewed information; and

a receiving step for receiving the information out of a plurality of pieces of the identical information repeatedly transmitted in the transmission step, said receiving step comprising an information determination step for determining whether or not information received from a transmission device conforms with registration information which was registered previously;

a communication number comparison step for determining whether or not the communication number attached to the received information is greater than a registered communication number which was registered previously; and

a control step for adding a predetermined value to the registered communication number when the received information is determined in the information determination step as conforming with the registrated information and the communication number attached to the received information is determined in the communication number comparison step to be greater than the registered communication number, such that the added-to registered communication number becomes greater than said last incremented communication number and less than said initial communication number.

13. A method for controlling communication according to claim 12, wherein the information being transmitted comprises destination information indicating transmitting identification information and receiving identification information, control information for controlling the receiving step and a certifier indicating a propriety of the transmission step.

14. A method for controlling communication according to claim 13, wherein the transmission step further includes a unidirectional function step for generating the certifier by inputting the destination information, the control information, the communication number and a certifying key into a unidirectional function.

15. A step for controlling communication according to claim 14, wherein the receiving step comprises:

storage step for storing the same certifying key as the certifying key which is inputted into the unidirectional function of a transmission side regarding the transmitting identification information as an address;

unidirectional function step for generating a certifier by inputting the destination information, the control information and the communication number received from the transmission device, and the certifying key stored in said storage step into the unidirectional function; and

certifier discrimination step for discriminating whether or not the certifier received from the transmission device conforms with the certifier obtained in a receiving device,

wherein said control step adds the predetermined value to the received communication number to produce a communication number and stores the produced communication number when the certifier generated in the transmission side conforms with the certifier generated in receiving side.

16. A method for controlling communication according to claim 15, wherein the transmission step further transmits the information repeatedly when the certifier generated in the transmission device does not conform with the certifier generated in the receiving device, and

wherein the receiving device receives the information and processes the information repeatedly until the certifiers are conformed with each other.

17. A method for controlling communication according to claim 13, wherein the receiving step comprises a command analysis step for analyzing the control information when the destination information conforms with the destination information which was registered previously.

18. A method for controlling communication according to claim 12, wherein said communication number counting step decrements the communication number every time the identical information is transmitted, and sets a communication number which is less than the last decremented communication number as an initial communication number at the time of transmission of renewed information,

wherein said communication number comparison step determines whether or not the communication number attached to the received information is less than the registered communication number, and

wherein said control step subtracts the predetermined value from the received communication number when the received information is determined in the information determination step as conforming with the registration information and the communication number attached to the received information is determined in the communication number comparison step as less than the registered communication number, so that the subtracted-from registered communication number becomes less than said last decremented communication number and greater than said initial communication number.

19. A method for controlling communication according to claim 12, wherein said communication number counting step sets the communication number in which one (1) was added to the last communication number a plurality of times as the initial communication number at the time of transmission of the renewed information.

20. A method for controlling communication according to claim 12, wherein the predetermined value to be added to the received communication number is the same value as the number of transmissions of the identical information.

21. A transmission method including a transmission device connected with a receiving device through lines allowing the receiving device to receive information once out of plurality of times of transmissions from the transmission device, the method comprising:

a storage step for storing a destination information indicating transmitting identification information and receiving identification information, control information for controlling the receiving device and a communication number indicating a transmission number;

a unidirectional function step for generating a certifier by inputting each information stored in said storage step and a certifying key into a unidirectional function;

a combining step for generating information by combining the certifier with the destination information and control information and attaching a communication number stored in said storage step and for transmitting generated information with the communication number a plurality of times repeatedly; and

a communication number counting step for incrementing the communication number attached information which is generated in said combining step every time the identical information is transmitted, and setting the communication number which is greater than the last incremented communication number as an initial communication number and greater than the registered communication number which is held by the receiving device at the time of transmission of renewed information.

22. A receiving method including a receiving device connected with a transmission device for repeatedly transmitting identical information with a communication number indicating a transmission number a plurality of times, and incrementing the communication number every time the identical information is transmitted, and setting a communication number which is greater than the last incremented communication number as an initial communication number at the time of transmission of renewed information, by means of transmission lines allowing the receiving device to receive the information once out of the plurality of transmissions from the transmission device, the receiving method comprising;

an information determination step for determining whether or not information received from the transmission device conforms with registered information which was registered previously;

a communication number information comparison step for determining whether or not the received communication number attached to the received information is greater than a registered communication number which was registered previously; and

a control step for adding a predetermined value to the registered communication number, when the received information is determined in the information determination step as conforming with the registered information and the communication number attached to the received information is determined in the communication number comparison step as greater than the registered communication number, so that the added-to registered communication number becomes greater than said last incremented communication number and less than said initial communication number.