Terminal pairing method and pairing terminal

• US 10,574,637 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2014
• Issued: 02/25/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ding, Zhiming, Lu, Su, Fang, Ping, Li, Xiaoxian, Chen, Ji
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaw, Peter C
• Application Number:
  US15/111,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20160344712A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,113 Days
• Field of Search: 713171
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• 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 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/14 using a plurality of keys or algorithms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/30 Public key, i.e. encryption algorithm being computationally infeasible to invert or user's encryption keys not requiring secrecy
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• 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 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A terminal pairing method and a pairing terminal includes acquiring, when a terminal detects a preset pairing trigger event, a pairing hidden value that is of the terminal and that is associated with the preset pairing trigger event; and implementing, by the terminal, pairing with the peer end by using the pairing hidden value of the terminal. Compared with some approaches, in the present disclosure, pairing can be accurately implemented without using an NFC interface, which reduces costs of terminal pairing.

Claims

1. A method for terminal pairing, the method comprising:

sensing, by a first terminal, whether a touch event occurs with a second terminal;

generating, by the first terminal, a first terminal pairing hidden value when the touch event occurs with the second terminal, the first terminal pairing hidden value including a first occurrence time of the touch event and a first motion direction value of the first terminal relating to the touch event;

acquiring, by the first terminal, a second terminal pairing hidden value of the second terminal, the second terminal pairing hidden value including a second occurrence time of the touch event and a second motion direction value of the second terminal relating to the touch event;

comparing, by the first terminal, the first and the second terminal pairing hidden values, wherein comparing the first and second terminal pairing hidden values comprises comparing the first motion direction value with the second motion direction value;

determining, by the first terminal, whether to pair with the second terminal based on the comparison;

initiating, by the first terminal, a pairing with the second terminal based on the determination; and

delaying sending, by the first terminal, a discovery request message to the second terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the first terminal, a discovery response message from the second terminal after a time interval.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating the pairing comprises:

acquiring, by the first terminal, a public key of the second terminal with the second terminal pairing hidden value;

generating, by the first terminal, a terminal shared key based on the public key and a private key; and

verifying the terminal shared key with the terminal shared key of the second terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating the pairing further comprises:

receiving, by the first terminal, a first message from the second terminal that includes a public key and a first value obtained by encrypting a second pairing hidden value using a preset key of the second terminal;

generating, by the first terminal, a terminal shared key based on a private key and the public key;

receiving, by the first terminal from the second terminal, a second message comprising a third secret value that includes a second value obtained by encrypting the preset key using a shared key of the second terminal;

decrypting, by the first terminal using the terminal shared key, the third secret value to obtain the preset key of the second terminal; and

decrypting, using the preset key, the second value of the second terminal to obtain the second terminal pairing hidden value.

5. A first terminal, comprising:

a sensor configured to sense whether a touch event occurs with a second terminal;

a processor coupled to the sensor and configured to;

generate a first terminal pairing hidden value when the touch event occurs with the second terminal, the first terminal pairing hidden value including a first motion direction value of the first terminal relating to the touch event;

acquire a second terminal pairing hidden value of the second terminal, the second terminal pairing hidden value including a second motion direction value of the second terminal relating to the touch event, the first and the second terminal pairing hidden values each associated with the touch event;

compare the first and the second terminal pairing hidden values, wherein comparing the first and second terminal pairing hidden values comprises comparing the first motion direction value with the second motion direction value;

determine, by the first terminal, whether to pair with the second terminal based on the comparison; and

initiate a pairing with the second terminal based on the determination; and

a transmitter configured to delay sending a discovery request message to the second terminal.

6. The first terminal of claim 5, further comprising a receiver configured to receive a discovery response message from the second terminal after a time R after the transmitter sends the discovery request message.

7. The first terminal of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire a public key of the second terminal based on the second terminal pairing hidden value;

generate a terminal shared key of the first terminal based on the public key and a terminal private key of the first terminal; and

verify the terminal shared key and the terminal shared key for pairing with the second terminal.

8. The first terminal of claim 5, further comprising a receiver configured to receive a first message from the second terminal, wherein the first message comprises a second terminal public key and a second secret value of the second terminal, the second secret value comprises a value obtained by encrypting the second terminal pairing hidden value using a second terminal preset key of the second terminal, and the processor is further configured to generate a terminal shared key of the first terminal using a terminal private key and the second terminal public key.

9. The first terminal of claim 8, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a second message from the second terminal, and the second message comprises a third secret value obtained by encrypting the second terminal preset key using a second terminal shared key.

10. The first terminal of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

decrypt the third secret value with the second terminal shared key to obtain the second terminal preset key; and

decrypt the second secret value with the second terminal preset key to obtain the second terminal pairing hidden value.