Short range radio communication system and short range radio communication terminal

• US 9,532,163 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2013
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Ito, Masaya, Ukai, Hiroki
• Primary Examiner(s): PEREZ, ANGELICA
• Application Number:
  US14/416,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20150208194A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,286 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/411, 455/569.2, 455/575.9, 455/345, 340/5.8, 726/2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/062 Pre-authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• 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

When a predetermined cooperative application is activated, communication in a predetermined protocol used in the predetermined cooperative application is connected rapidly. A mobile communication terminal separates authentication information required for authenticating an application registered in a vehicle apparatus from a series of processing for connecting a profile to acquire from a vehicle apparatus. That is, the mobile communication terminal authenticates the application registered in the vehicle apparatus before a user performs an operation of start of the predetermined cooperative application. After the user performs the operation of start of the predetermined cooperative application by the vehicle apparatus, the authentication can be omitted, and the predetermined profile used in the predetermined cooperative application can be performed rapidly.

Claims

1. A short range radio communication system comprising:

a first short range radio communication terminal;

a second short range radio communication terminal that is mounted to a vehicle; and

a vehicle-side low-power radio communication unit that is mounted to the vehicle and performs low-power radio communication,

wherein;

the first short range radio communication terminal and the second short range radio communication terminal start a predetermined cooperative application and perform communication with each other in a predetermined protocol, providing a service in cooperation,

the second short range radio communication terminal includes;

an authentication information storage unit that stores universally unique identifier UUID required for the first short range radio communication terminal to authenticate an application registered in the second short range radio communication terminal; and

a cooperative application information storage unit that stores cooperative application information that identifies a cooperative application,

the first short range radio communication terminal includes;

an authentication information acquisition unit that acquires the UUID stored in the authentication information storage unit;

a controller that receives the UUID from the authentication information acquisition unit before the second short range radio communication terminal is supplied with power, and performs authentication to identify the application registered in the second short range radio communication terminal by referring to the UUID that has been received;

a cooperative application information acquisition unit that acquires the cooperative application information from the cooperative application information storage unit;

a determination unit that determines whether a user tries to enter the vehicle; and

a terminal-side low-power radio communication unit that performs the low-power radio communication,

wherein;

the vehicle-side low-power radio communication unit and the terminal-side low-power radio communication unit wirelessly communicate with each other without supplying electric power to the second short range radio communication terminal,

the determination unit determines that the user tries to enter the vehicle in a case where the determination unit detects that the terminal-side low-power radio communication unit performs the low-power radio communication with the vehicle-side low-power radio communication unit,

the controller performs the authentication when the determination unit determines that the user tries to enter the vehicle, and

the controller starts in advance the cooperative application identified by the cooperative application information acquired by the cooperative application information acquisition unit after performing the authentication and before the cooperative application is started through the second short range radio communication terminal by the user.

2. The short range radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the first short range radio communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal that is carried by the user, and

the second short range radio communication terminal is a vehicle apparatus mounted to the vehicle.

3. The short range radio communication system according to claim 2, wherein

the vehicle side low-power radio communication unit is located in a vicinity of a door knob of the vehicle.

4. The short range radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the controller starts the predetermined cooperative application when the predetermined cooperative application does not start in the first short range radio communication terminal after the predetermined cooperative application starts in the second short range radio communication terminal.

5. The short range radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the controller sets a connection destination of the predetermined protocol to the predetermined cooperative application and performs the communication in the predetermined protocol.

6. The short range radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein

the controller sets a connection destination of a session of the predetermined protocol to the predetermined cooperative application and performs the communication in the predetermined protocol.

7. The short range radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein:

the authentication information storage unit stores the authentication information when the second short range radio communication terminal turns off; and

the authentication information stored in the authentication information storage unit of the second short range radio communication terminal is read out and transmitted to the authentication information acquisition unit associated with the first short range radio communication terminal before the second short range radio communication terminal is supplied with power.

8. The short range radio communication system according to claim 1, wherein:

the UUID corresponds to information showing an application stored in the second short range radio communication terminal, wherein the application includes a cooperative application and an apparatus application,

the cooperative application information identifies a particular cooperative application which was executed immediately before an ACC switch of the vehicle was turned off at a previous time, and

the second short range radio communication terminal is supplied with power when the ACC switch turns on.

9. A short range radio communication system comprising:

a mobile communication terminal that is carried by a user and corresponds to a first short range radio communication terminal;

a vehicle apparatus that is mounted to a vehicle and corresponds to a second short range radio communication terminal; and

a vehicle-side low-power radio communication unit that is mounted to the vehicle and performs low-power radio communication;

wherein;

the mobile communication terminal and the vehicle apparatus start a predetermined cooperative application and perform communication with each other in a predetermined protocol, providing a service in cooperation,

the vehicle apparatus includes;

an authentication information storage unit that stores universally unique identifier UUID required for the mobile communication terminal to authenticate an application registered in the vehicle apparatus,

the mobile communication terminal includes;

an authentication information acquisition unit that acquires the UUID stored in the authentication information storage unit;

a controller that receives the UUID from the authentication information acquisition unit before the vehicle apparatus is supplied with power, and performs authentication to identify the application registered in the vehicle apparatus by referring to the UUID that has been received;

a determination unit that determines whether the user tries to enter the vehicle; and

a terminal-side low-power radio communication unit that performs the low-power radio communication,

wherein;

the vehicle-side low-power radio communication unit and the terminal-side low-power radio communication unit wirelessly communicate with each other without supplying electric power to the vehicle apparatus,

the determination unit determines that the user tries to enter the vehicle in a case where the determination unit detects that the terminal-side low-power radio communication unit performs the low-power radio communication with the vehicle-side low-power radio communication unit, and

the controller performs the authentication when the determination unit determines that the user tries to enter the vehicle.

10. The short range radio communication system according to claim 9, wherein

the controller starts the predetermined cooperative application when the predetermined cooperative application does not start in the mobile communication terminal after the predetermined cooperative application starts in the vehicle apparatus.

11. The short range radio communication system according to claim 9, wherein

the controller sets a connection destination of the predetermined protocol to the predetermined cooperative application and performs the communication in the predetermined protocol.

12. The short range radio communication system according to claim 9, wherein

the controller sets a connection destination of a session of the predetermined protocol to the predetermined cooperative application and performs the communication in the predetermined protocol.

13. A short range radio communication terminal that starts a predetermined cooperative application and connects a predetermined protocol to an other short range radio communication terminal to provide a service in cooperation, the short range radio communication terminal comprising:

an authentication information acquisition unit that acquires universally unique identifier UUID which is stored in the other short range radio communication terminal and which is required for authentication of an application registered in the other short range radio communication terminal;

a controller that receives the UUID from the authentication information acquisition unit before the other short range radio communication terminal is supplied with power, and performs the authentication to identify the application registered in the other short range radio communication terminal by referring to the UUID that has been received;

a cooperative application information acquisition unit that acquires cooperative application information from the other short range radio communication terminal;

a determination unit that determines whether a user tries to enter a vehicle; and

a terminal-side low-power radio communication unit that performs low-power radio communication,

wherein;

the terminal-side low-power radio communication unit performs radio communication with an other low-power radio communication unit in the other short range radio communication terminal without supplying electric power to the other short range radio communication terminal,

the determination unit determines that the user tries to enter the vehicle in a case where the determination unit detects that the terminal-side low-power radio communication unit performs the low-power radio communication with the other low-power radio communication unit,

the controller performs the authentication when the determination unit determines that the user tries to enter the vehicle, and

the controller starts in advance the cooperative application identified by the cooperative application information acquired by the cooperative application information acquisition unit after performing the authentication and before the cooperative application is started through the other short range radio communication terminal by the user.

14. A short range radio communication terminal that starts a predetermined cooperative application and connects a predetermined protocol to an other short range radio communication terminal to provide a service in cooperation, the short range radio communication terminal comprising:

an authentication information acquisition unit that acquires universally unique identifier UUID which is stored in the other short range radio communication terminal and which is required for authentication of an application registered in the other short range radio communication terminal;

a controller that receives the UUID from the authentication information acquisition unit before the other short range radio communication terminal is supplied with power, and performs the authentication to identify the application registered in the other short range radio communication terminal by referring to the UUID;

a determination unit that determines whether a user tries to enter a vehicle; and

a terminal-side low-power radio communication unit that performs low-power radio communication,

wherein;

the short range radio communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal that is carried by a user,

the other short range radio communication terminal is a vehicle apparatus mounted to the vehicle,

the terminal-side low-power radio communication unit performs radio communication with an other low-power radio communication unit in the other short range radio communication terminal without supplying electric power to the other short range radio communication terminal,

the determination unit determines that the user tries to enter the vehicle in a case where the determination unit detects that the terminal-side low-power radio communication unit performs the low-power radio communication with the other low-power radio communication unit, and

the controller performs the authentication when the determination unit determines that the user tries to enter the vehicle.