Electronic device authentication managing apparatus

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for authenticating an electronic device using a simplified authentication code. The electronic device authentication managing apparatus includes: a communication unit communicating with an electronic device authentication server apparatus and an electronic device; a control unit comprehensively controlling the electronic device authentication managing apparatus; an authentication code request signal encryption unit encrypting an authentication code request signal; an encrypted authentication code request signal transmission unit transmitting the encrypted authentication code request signal; an encrypted signed authentication code reception unit receiving an encrypted signed authentication code from the electronic device authentication server apparatus; an encrypted signed authentication code decryption unit decrypting the encrypted signed authentication code; and an authentication code storage request signal transmission unit transmitting an authentication code storage request signal to the electronic device, wherein the electronic device authentication managing apparatus is connected to the electronic device through a GPIO interface.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.