Evaluating as to whether or not a wireless terminal is authorized

An evaluation method comprising:

• acquiring information about a wireless terminal when the wireless terminal is wirelessly connected to a wireless communication apparatus;
• storing the information about an authorized terminal acquired in association with an individual identifier of the authorized wireless terminal;
• and
• evaluating as to whether or not the wireless terminal wirelessly connected to the wireless communication apparatus is an authorized wireless terminal based on a degree of matching between acquired information about the wireless terminal to be evaluated and the stored information, wherein
• the information includes fixed information other than the individual identifier and other information than the fixed information,
• the other information is communication destination information, a connection time when the wireless terminal is wirelessly connected to the wireless communication apparatus, received radio wave strength, or an arrival direction of radio waves from the wireless terminal that is wirelessly connected to the wireless communication apparatus, and
• the evaluation is made based on the fixed information until the number of data pieces of the other information, which is associated with the same individual identifier as an individual identifier of the wireless terminal to be evaluated and is stored, reaches a predetermined number, and after the number of the data pieces of the stored other information reaches the predetermined number, the evaluation is made based on the fixed information and the other information.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program, the program executed by a computer causing the computer to execute:

• an information acquisition step of acquiring information about a wireless terminal when the wireless terminal is wirelessly connected to a wireless communication apparatus;
• an storing step of storing, in a storage unit, the information about an authorized terminal acquired in the information acquisition step in association with an individual identifier of the authorized wireless terminal;
• and
• an evaluating step of evaluating as to whether or not the wireless terminal wirelessly connected to the wireless communication apparatus is an authorized wireless terminal based on a degree of matching between information about the wireless terminal to be evaluated acquired in the information acquisition step and the information stored in the storage unit, wherein
• the information includes fixed information other than the individual identifier and other information than the fixed information,
• the other information is communication destination information, a connection time when the wireless terminal is wirelessly connected to the wireless communication apparatus, received radio wave strength, or an arrival direction of radio waves from the wireless terminal that is wirelessly connected to the wireless communication apparatus, and
• in the evaluating step, the evaluation is made based on the fixed information until the number of data pieces of the other information, which is associated with the same individual identifier as an individual identifier of the wireless terminal to be evaluated and is stored, reaches a predetermined number, and after the number of the data pieces of the stored other information reaches the predetermined number, the evaluation is made based on the fixed information and the other information.

A wireless communication apparatus comprising:

• at least one memory storing program instructions;
• and
• at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
• acquire information about a wireless terminal when the wireless terminal is wirelessly connected to the wireless communication apparatus;
• store the acquired information about an authorized terminal in association with an individual identifier of the authorized wireless terminal;
• and
• evaluate as to whether or not the wireless terminal wirelessly connected to the wireless communication apparatus is an authorized wireless terminal based on a degree of matching between the acquired information about the wireless terminal to be evaluated and the stored information, wherein
• the information includes at least fixed information other than the individual identifier and a connection time per day of a week when the wireless terminal is wirelessly connected to the wireless communication apparatus.

A wireless communication apparatus comprising:

• at least one memory storing program instructions;
• and
• at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
• acquire information about a wireless terminal when the wireless terminal is wirelessly connected to the wireless communication apparatus;
• store the acquired information about an authorized terminal in association with an individual identifier of the authorized wireless terminal;
• and
• evaluate as to whether or not the wireless terminal wirelessly connected to the wireless communication apparatus is an authorized wireless terminal based on a degree of matching between the acquired information about the wireless terminal to be evaluated and the stored information, wherein
• the information includes at least fixed information other than the individual identifier and received radio wave strength and,
• the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to make the evaluation by comparing a predetermined reference value calculated from a distribution of the received radio wave strength stored in association with the same individual identifier as the individual identifier of the wireless terminal to be evaluated with the received radio wave strength of the wireless terminal to be evaluated.