Data processing system

• US 20040064550A1
• Filed: 06/25/2003
• Published: 04/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Sakata, Tsuyoshi, Kobayakawa, Yuichi, Ito, Hayashi, Matsuura, Shun
• Application Number:
  US10/451,810
• Publication Number:
  US 20040064550A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0856 by backing up or archiving configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

In order to receive network connection service, a user needs to configure communication information by himself/herself to a terminal, which the user himself/herself uses, whose procedure has been complicated. On the other hand, it is difficult to ensure the security of the terminal device if the connection from a connection service company by remote processing is permitted without limits. A network connection service company such as an Internet service provider communicates communication information, which is allocated to each terminal device, to an exclusive server of a communication configuration and administration company, and the exclusive server is designed to configure the communication information of each terminal device by the remote processing.

Claims

1. A terminal device, comprising:

a terminal information transmitting section that transmits terminal information having a terminal identifier that identifies the terminal device;

an obtaining order accepting section that accepts communication information obtaining command to obtain communication information to communicate with a first server;

a communication information obtaining section that executes the communication information obtaining command accepted by said obtaining command accepting section to obtain the communication information from a second server; and

a communication information storing section that stores the communication information obtained by said communication information obtaining section.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an error processing section that outputs or stores information showing that it is impossible to obtain the communication information in the case where the communication information obtaining command accepted by said obtaining order accepting section is information showing that is impossible to obtain the communication information.

3. The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein

said communication information obtaining command contains communication destination information to communicate and connect to the second server,

said communication information obtaining section includes first processing means that obtains said communication destination information and does not perform writing, and second processing means that accesses to the second server based on said communication destination information to obtain the communication information, and

said first processing means and said second processing means are separated.

4. A data processing system having a terminal device, a first server, and a second server, wherein

said terminal device comprises a terminal information transmitting section that transmits terminal information to said first server, an obtaining command accepting section that accepts a communication information obtaining command to obtain the communication information to communicate with said first server, from said second server, a communication information obtaining section that executes the communication information obtaining command accepted by said obtaining command accepting section to obtain the communication information from said second server, and a communication information storage section that stores the communication information obtained by said communication information obtaining section,

said first server comprises a first terminal information receiving section that receives terminal information from said terminal device, a first terminal information transmitting section that transmits at least part of the terminal information received by said first terminal information receiving section to said second server, a first communication information obtaining command storage section that stores the communication information obtaining command, a first communication information obtaining command transmission section that transmits the communication information obtaining command stored in said first communication information obtaining command storage section to the terminal device, a first communication information generating section that generates the communication information based on at least part of the terminal information received by said first terminal information receiving section, and a first communication information transmitting section that transmits the communication information generated by said first communication information generating section to the second server, and

said second server comprises a second communication information receiving section that receives the communication information transmitted from said first communication information transmitting section, a second communication information storage section that stores the communication information received by said second communication information receiving section, and a second communication information transmitting section that transmits the communication information stored in said second communication information storage section to said terminal device.

5. A first server that comprises the data processing system according to claim 4.

6. A second server that comprises the data processing system according to claim 4.

7. A data processing system having a terminal device, a first server, and a second server, wherein

said terminal device comprises a terminal information transmitting section that transmits terminal information to said first server, an obtaining command accepting section that accepts a communication information obtaining command to obtain the communication information that is information to communicate with said first server, from said second server, a primary communication information obtaining section that obtains primary communication information for generating secondary communication information to communicate with the first server, from said first server, a primary communication information transmitting section that transmits the primary communication information obtained by said primary communication information obtaining section to the second server, a secondary communication information obtaining section that executes said communication information obtaining order to obtain secondary communication information from said second server, and a communication information storage section that stores the secondary communication information obtained by said secondary communication information obtaining section,

said first server comprises a first terminal information receiving section that receives terminal information from said terminal device, a first primary communication information generating section that generates the primary communication information based on at least part of the terminal information received by said first terminal information receiving section, a first primary communication information transmitting section that transmits the primary communication information generated by said first primary communication information generating section to said terminal device, a first communication information obtaining command storage section that stores the communication information obtaining command, and a first communication information obtaining command transmission section that transmits the communication information obtaining command stored in said first communication information obtaining command storage section to the terminal device, and

said second server comprises a second primary communication information receiving section that receives the primary communication information from said terminal device, a second secondary communication information generating section that generates secondary communication information based on the primary communication information received by said second primary communication information receiving section, a second determination section that determines transmission validity of the secondary communication information based on the primary communication information received by said second primary communication information receiving section, and a second secondary communication information transmitting section that transmits the secondary communication information to said terminal based on the determination of said second determination section.

8. A first server that comprises the data processing system according to claim 7.

9. A second server that comprises the data processing system according to claim 7.

10. A communication information configuration method, comprising the steps of:

transmitting terminal information having a terminal identifier that identifies a terminal device;

accepting a communication information obtaining command to obtain communication information to communicate with a first server;

executing said accepted communication information obtaining command to obtain the communication information from a second server; and

storing said obtained communication information.

11. A computer-readable recording medium, wherein

said medium records the steps of:

transmitting terminal information having a terminal identifier that identifies a terminal device;

accepting a communication information obtaining command to obtain communication information to communicate with a first server;

executing said accepted communication information obtaining command to obtain the communication information from a second server; and

storing said obtained communication information, in a computer-executable manner.

12. A communication information configuration method, comprising the steps of:

transmitting terminal information to said first server at a terminal device;

accepting a communication information obtaining command to obtain communication information to communicate with said first server, from said second server;

executing said accepted communication information obtaining command to obtain the communication information from said second server;

storing said obtained communication information;

receiving terminal information from said terminal device at the first server;

transmitting all or a part of the received terminal information to said second server;

storing said communication information obtaining command;

transmitting said stored communication information obtaining command to the terminal device;

generating the communication information based on at least part of the received terminal information;

transmitting said generated communication information to the second server;

receiving said transmitted communication information at the second server;

storing said received communication information; and

transmitting the stored communication information to said terminal device in response to a request of communication information from said terminal device.

13. A data processing method, comprising the steps of:

transmitting terminal information to a first server at a terminal device;

accepting a communication information obtaining command that is a command to obtain communication information to communicate with said first server, from a second server;

obtaining primary communication information for generating secondary communication information to communicate with the first server, from said first server;

transmitting the primary communication information obtained by said primary communication information obtaining section to the second server;

executing said communication information obtaining command to obtain the secondary communication information from said second server;

storing said secondary communication information;

receiving the terminal information from said terminal device at said first server;

generating the primary communication information based on at least a part of said received terminal information;

transmitting said generated primary communication information to said terminal device; and

transmitting the stored communication information obtaining command to the terminal device, wherein

said second server comprises the steps of receiving the primary communication information from said terminal device, generating secondary communication information based on said received primary communication information, determining transmission validity of the secondary communication information based on said received primary communication information, and transmitting the secondary communication information to said terminal based on said determination.

14. A terminal device, comprising:

an obtaining command accepting section that accepts communication information obtaining command to obtain communication information to communicate with a first server;

a communication information obtaining section that executes the communication information obtaining command accepted by said obtaining command accepting section to obtain the communication information from a second server; and

a communication information storage section that stores the communication information obtained by said communication information obtaining section.

15. The terminal device according to claim 14, further comprising:

an error processing section that outputs or stores information showing that it is impossible to obtain the communication information in the case where the communication information obtaining command accepted by said obtaining command accepting section is information showing that is impossible to obtain the communication information.

16. The terminal device according to any one of claims 14 and 15, wherein

said communication information obtaining command contains communication destination information to communicate and connect to the second server,

said communication information obtaining section includes first processing means that obtains said communication destination information and does not perform writing, and second processing means that accesses to the second server based on said communication destination information to obtain the communication information, and

said first processing means and said second processing means are separated.

17. A data processing system that consists of a terminal device, a first server, and a second server, wherein

said terminal device comprises an obtaining command accepting section that accepts a communication information obtaining command to obtain communication information to communicate with said first server, from said second server, a communication information obtaining section that executes the communication information obtaining command accepted by said obtaining command accepting section to obtain the communication information from said second server, and a communication information storage section that stores the communication information obtained by said communication information obtaining section,

said first server comprises a first communication information obtaining command storing section that stores the communication information obtaining command, a first communication information obtaining command transmission section that transmits the communication information obtaining command stored in said first communication information obtaining command storage section to the terminal device, a first communication information generating section that generates the communication information, and a first communication information transmitting section that transmits the communication information generated by said first communication information generating section to the second server, and

said second server comprises a second communication information receiving section that receives the communication information transmitted from said first communication information transmitting section, a second communication information accumulating section that stores the communication information received by said second communication information receiving section, and a second communication information transmitting section that transmits the communication information stores in said second communication information storing section to said terminal device.

18. A first server that comprises the data processing system according to claim 17.

19. A second server that comprises the data processing system according to claim 17.

20. A data processing system having a terminal device, a first server, and a second server, wherein

said terminal device comprises an obtaining command accepting section that accepts a communication information obtaining command to obtain communication information to communicate with said first server, from said second server, a primary communication information obtaining section that obtains primary communication information for generating secondary communication information to communicate with the first server, from said first server, a primary communication information transmitting section that transmits the primary communication information obtained by said primary communication information obtaining section to the second server, a secondary communication information obtaining section that executes said communication information obtaining command to obtain secondary communication information from said second server, and a communication information storage section that stores the secondary communication information obtained by said secondary communication information obtaining section,

said first server comprises a first primary communication information generating section that generates the primary communication information, a first primary communication information transmitting section that transmits the primary communication information generated by said first primary communication information generating section to said terminal device, a first communication information obtaining command storage section that stores the communication information obtaining command, and a first communication information obtaining command transmission section that transmits the communication information obtaining command stored in said first communication information obtaining command storage section to the terminal device, and

said second server comprises a second primary communication information receiving section that receives the primary communication information from said terminal device, a second secondary communication information generating section that generates secondary communication information based on the primary communication information received by said second primary communication information receiving section, a second determination section that determines transmission validity of the secondary communication information based on the primary communication information received by said second primary communication information receiving section, and a second secondary communication information transmitting section that transmits the secondary communication information to said terminal based on the determination of said second determination section.

21. A first server that comprises the data processing system according to claim 20.

22. A second server that comprises the data processing system according to claim 20.

23. A communication information configuration method, comprising the steps of:

accepting a communication information obtaining command to obtain communication information to communicate with a first server;

executing said accepted communication information obtaining command to obtain the communication information from a second server; and

storing said obtained communication information.

24. A computer-readable recording medium, wherein

said medium records the steps of:

accepting a communication information obtaining command to obtain communication information to communicate with a first server;

executing said accepted communication information obtaining command to obtain the communication information from a second server; and

storing said obtained communication information, in a computer-executable manner.

25. A communication information configuration method, comprising the steps of:

accepting a communication information obtaining command to obtain communication information to communicate with a first server, from said second server, at a terminal device;

executing said accepted communication information obtaining command to obtain the communication information from said second server;

storing said obtained communication information;

storing communication information obtaining command in the first server;

transmitting said stored communication information obtaining command to the terminal device;

generating the communication information;

transmitting said generated communication information to said second server;

receiving said transmitted communication information at the second server;

storing said received communication information; and

transmitting the stored communication information to said terminal device in response to a request of communication information from said terminal device.

26. A data processing method, comprising the steps of:

accepting a communication information obtaining command to obtain communication information to communicate with said first server, from said second server at a terminal device;

obtaining primary communication information for generating secondary communication information to communicate with the first server, from said first server;

transmitting said primary communication information to the second server;

executing said communication information obtaining command to obtain the secondary communication information from said second server;

storing said obtained secondary communication information;

generating the first communication information in said first server;

transmitting said generated primary communication information to said terminal device; and

transmitting said stored communication information obtaining command to the terminal device, wherein

said second server comprises the steps of receiving the primary communication information from said terminal device, generating secondary communication information based on said received primary communication information, determining transmission validity of the secondary communication information based on said received primary communication information, and transmitting the secondary communication information to said terminal based on said determination.

27. A data processing system having a terminal device, a first server, and a second server, wherein

said terminal device comprises a terminal information transmitting section that transmits terminal information having a terminal identifier to identify a terminal to said second server, an obtaining command accepting section that accepts a communication information obtaining command to obtain communication information to communicate with said first server, from said second server, a communication information obtaining section that executes the communication information obtaining command accepted by said obtaining command accepting section to obtain the communication information from said second server, and a communication information storage section that stores the communication information obtained by said communication information obtaining section,

said first server comprises a first communication information obtaining command storage section that stores the communication information obtaining command, a first terminal information receiving section that receives at least part of the terminal information transmitted from said second server, and a first communication information obtaining command transmission section that transmits the communication information obtaining command stored in said first communication information obtaining command storage section to said terminal device in the case where said first terminal information receiving section receives at least part of the terminal information, and

said second server comprises a terminal check information storage section that stores at least one piece of terminal check information having the terminal identifier, a second terminal information receiving section that receives the terminal information transmitted from said terminal information transmitting section, a second terminal information determination section that determines whether the terminal identified by the terminal identifier that the terminal information is authorized terminal from the terminal information received by said second terminal information receiving section based on at least one piece of the terminal check information stored in said terminal check information storage section, a second terminal information transmitting section that transmits at least part of said terminal information to said first server in the case of determination by said second terminal information determination section as authorized, and a second communication information transmitting section that transmits the communication information to said terminal device in response to the request of the communication information from said terminal device.

28. A terminal device that comprises the data processing system according to claim 27.

29. A first server that comprises the data processing system according to claim 27.

30. A second server that comprises the data processing system according to claim 27.

31. A terminal device that transmits configuration information regarding the configuration of the terminal device itself, to a third server, said terminal device, comprising:

a configuration information storage section that stores configuration information;

a configuration information transmission order accepting section that accepts a configuration information transmission command to transmit the configuration information stored in the configuration information storage section to the third server, and

a configuration information transmitting section that executes the configuration information transmission command accepted by said configuration information transmission command accepting section, and transmits the configuration information to the third server.

32. The terminal device according to claim 31, wherein

said configuration information transmission command contains a communication destination information containing the communication destination address of the third server.

33. A second server that makes a terminal device transmit configuration information stored in the terminal device to a third server, said second server, comprising:

a configuration information transmission command obtaining section that obtains a configuration information transmission command, which is a command to transmit the configuration information stored in the terminal device from the terminal device to the third server; and

a configuration information transmission command transmitting section that transmits the configuration information transmission command obtained by the configuration information transmission command obtaining section to the terminal device.

39. The second server according to any one of claims 33, 34 and 37, comprising:

a third server communication destination specifying information obtaining section that obtains communication destination specifying information that is information to specify the communication destination address of the third server; and

a communication destination information obtaining section that obtains communication destination information containing the communication destination address of the third server based on the communication destination information obtained by said third server communication destination specifying information obtaining section, wherein

the configuration information transmission command contains the communication destination information containing the communication destination address of the third server, which has been obtained by the communication destination information obtaining section.

34. A terminal device that transmits configuration information, which is information regarding the configuration of the terminal device itself, to a third server, said terminal device, comprising:

a configuration information storage section that stores configuration information;

a configuration information transmission command accepting section that accepts a configuration information transmission command to transmit the configuration information stored in the configuration information storage section to the third server, from a second server; and

a configuration information transmitting section that executes the configuration information transmission command accepted by said configuration information transmission command accepting section, and transmits the configuration information to the third server, wherein

the configuration information transmission command is a command that the second server has obtained based on first configuration request information containing information regarding the transfer of a predetermined value.

35. The terminal device according to claim 34, wherein

the first configuration request information is information that the third server has transmitted to the second server.

36. The terminal device according to claim 34, wherein

the first configuration request information is information that a fourth server has transmitted to the second server.

37. A terminal device that transmits configuration information regarding the configuration of the terminal device itself, to a third server, said terminal device, comprising:

a configuration information storage section that stores configuration information;

a configuration information transmission command accepting section that accepts a configuration information transmission command to transmit the configuration information stored in the configuration information storage section to the third server, from a second server; and

a configuration information transmitting section that executes the configuration information transmission command accepted by said configuration information transmission command accepting section, and transmits the configuration information to the third server, wherein

the configuration information transmission command accepting section has accepted the command from the second server based on value information containing information regarding the transfer of a predetermined value.

38. A terminal device that transmits configuration information regarding the configuration of the terminal device itself, to a third server, said terminal device, comprising:

a configuration information storage section that stores configuration information;

a configuration information transmission command accepting section that accepts a configuration information transmission command to transmit the configuration information stored in the configuration information storage section to the third server, from a second server; and

a configuration information transmitting section that executes the configuration information transmission command accepted by said configuration information transmission command accepting section, and transmits the configuration information to the third server, wherein

the configuration information transmission command accepting section has accepted the configuration information transmission command that the second server obtained based on second configuration request information, which is a request regarding the transmission of the configuration information, from the second server.

40. A terminal device that transmits configuration information regarding the configuration of the terminal device itself, to a third server, said terminal device, comprising:

a configuration information storage section that stores configuration information;

a configuration information transmission command accepting section that accepts a configuration information transmission command to transmit the configuration information stored in the configuration information storage section to the third server, from a second server; and

a configuration information transmitting section that executes the configuration information transmission command accepted by said configuration information transmission command accepting section, and transmits the configuration information to the third server, wherein

the configuration information transmission command has been obtained from the second server based on information regarding the approval that the terminal device itself transmits the configuration information to the third server.

41. A terminal device that transmits configuration information, which is information regarding the configuration of the terminal device itself, to a third server, said terminal device, comprising:

a configuration information storage section that stores configuration information;

a configuration information transmission command accepting section that accepts a configuration information transmission command to transmit the configuration information stored in the configuration information storage section to the third server, from a second server and

a configuration information transmitting section that executes the configuration information transmission command accepted by said configuration information transmission command accepting section, and transmits the configuration information to the third server, wherein

the configuration information transmission command accepting section has accepted the command from the second server based on information regarding the approval that the terminal device itself transmits the configuration information to the third server.

42. A terminal device, comprising:

a terminal information transmitting section that transmits terminal information having a terminal identifier that identifies the terminal device;

a predetermined command specifying information receiving section that receives a predetermined command specifying information to specify a predetermined command;

a predetermined command specifying information transmitting section that transmits the predetermined command specifying information received by the predetermined command specifying information receiving section to a second server;

a predetermined command executing information accepting section that accepts predetermined command executing information, which is information to execute a predetermined command, from the second server based on the predetermined command specifying information transmitted from the predetermined command specifying information transmitting section; and

a predetermined command executing section that executes the predetermined command based on the predetermined command executing information accepted by said predetermined command executing information accepting section, wherein

the predetermined command specifying information received by the predetermined command specifying information receiving section is associated with the predetermined command executing information in the second server based on request information that requests execution of the predetermined command to the terminal device identified by the terminal identifier.

43. The terminal device according to claim 42, wherein

the predetermined command is to transmit configuration information, which the terminal device itself stores to a predetermined server.

44. The terminal device according to claim 42, wherein

the predetermined command is to configure configuration information based on communication information to communicate with a predetermined server.