Establishing a collaborative domain among communication terminals responsive to authentication
First Claim
1. A communication system comprising:
- first and second communication terminals, wherein the first communication terminal carries out an authentication process for the second communication terminal by communicating with the second communication terminal through a base station transceiver to receive personal information from the second communication terminal that is defined within the second communication terminal, and by authenticating the second communication terminal in response to the received personal information and in response to determining that the second communication terminal is within a defined geographic range of the first communication terminal when the first communication terminal can sense the presence of the second communication terminal through an attempted establishment of a direct point-to-point communication interface between the first and second communication terminals, andwherein the first communication terminal enables communication of at least one of user and program information, which is unrelated to authentication, to the second communication terminal in response to the authentication by the first communication terminal.
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Abstract
A method of establishing a collaborative domain among a plurality of communication terminals can include having a communication terminal authenticate one or more other communication terminals based on personal information, which can be stored on a removable memory card in the other terminals, and/or based on the geographic location of the other terminals. A first communication terminal can determine the geographic location of a second communication terminal and can authenticate the second communication terminal in response to both the determined geographic location and personal information defined in the second communication terminal. In response to the authentication by the first communication terminal, communication of user and/or program information, which is unrelated to authentication, is allowed between at least the first and second communication terminals.
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17 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising:
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first and second communication terminals, wherein the first communication terminal carries out an authentication process for the second communication terminal by communicating with the second communication terminal through a base station transceiver to receive personal information from the second communication terminal that is defined within the second communication terminal, and by authenticating the second communication terminal in response to the received personal information and in response to determining that the second communication terminal is within a defined geographic range of the first communication terminal when the first communication terminal can sense the presence of the second communication terminal through an attempted establishment of a direct point-to-point communication interface between the first and second communication terminals, and wherein the first communication terminal enables communication of at least one of user and program information, which is unrelated to authentication, to the second communication terminal in response to the authentication by the first communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication system comprising:
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a first communication terminal comprising a removable memory card containing personal information, wherein the first communication terminal reads the personal information from the removable memory card and communicates the personal information to the second communication terminal through a base station transceiver; a second communication terminal comprising a removable memory card containing personal information, wherein the second communication terminal authenticates the first communication terminal in response to the personal information received from the first communication terminal through the base station transceiver and, in response to determining that the first communication terminal is within a defined geographic range of the second communication terminal when the second communication terminal can sense the presence of the first communication terminal through an attempted establishment of a direct point-to-point communication interface between the first and second communication terminals, the second communication terminal reads the personal information from its removable memory card and communicates the personal information to the first communication terminal through the base station transceiver, wherein the first communication terminal authenticates the second communication terminal in response to the personal information received from the second communication terminal through the base station transceiver and in response to determining that the second communication terminal is within a defined geographic range of the first communication terminal when the first communication terminal can sense the presence of the second communication terminal through an attempted establishment of a direct point-to-point communication interface between the first and second communication terminals, and the first and second communication terminals enable communication of at least one of user and program information, which is unrelated to authentication, between the first and second communication terminals in response to the authentication by the first and second communication terminals. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A communication system comprising:
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first and second communication terminals, wherein the first communication terminal determines the geographic location of the second communication terminal and authenticates the second communication terminal in response to both the determined geographic location and personal information that is defined in the second communication terminal and is received by the first communication terminal from the second communication terminal, and wherein the first communication terminal enables communication of at least one of user and program information, which is unrelated to authentication, to the second communication terminal in response to the authentication by the first communication terminal.
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