US 7,352,732 B2Granted

Service providing apparatus, service providing program and service providing method

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

InventorsYutaka Sata, Akihiko Sugikawa, Shingo Tanaka

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Abstract

A service providing apparatus has a first communication unit, a connection information generator, an existence detector, an existence confirmation request receiver, a connection information transmitter, an authentication unit, and a service providing unit. The second communication unit performs wireless communication with the service receiver located in a second wireless area narrower than a first wireless area. The existence confirmation request receiver receives the existence confirmation request signal transmitted by the service receiver through the second communication unit when the service receiver detects to be within a prescribed distance. The service providing unit connects with the service receiver authenticated by the authentication unit, and provides services to the service receiver through the first communication unit.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A service providing apparatus, comprising:

a first communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a service receiver located within a first wireless area;
a second communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with said service receiver located within a second wireless area narrower than said first wireless area;
a connection information generator which generates connection information necessary to the communication with said service receiver when the communication is performed through said first communication unit;
an existence detector which detects whether or not said service receiver locates within a prescribed distance;
an existence confirmation request receiver which receives an existence confirmation request signal transmitted by said service receiver, through said second communication unit when detected that said service receiver is located within the prescribed distance;
a connection information transmitter which transmits the connection information generated by said connection information generator to said service receiver through said second communication unit as a reply of said existence confirmation request signal;
an authentication unit configured to authenticate said service receiver which requested connection based on the transmitted connection information, through said first communication unit;
and
a service providing unit configured to connect with said service receiver authenticated by said authentication unit and provide the services to said service receiver through said first communication unit.

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A computer readable medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

performing a first wireless communication with a service receiver located within a first wireless area;
performing a second wireless communication with said service receiver located within a second wireless area narrower than said first wireless area;
generating connection information necessary to communication with said service receiver when performing said first wireless communication;
detecting whether or not said service receiver locates within a prescribed distance;
receiving an existence confirmation request signal transmitted from said service receiver through said second wireless communication when it is detected that said service receiver locates within the prescribed distance;
transmitting the connection information to said service receiver through said second wireless communication as a reply of said existence confirmation request signal;
authenticating said service receiver which has requested connection based on the transmitted connection information, through said first wireless communication;
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providing services to the authenticated service receiver through said first wireless communication.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/776,275Filed 12 Feb 2004
Priority: JP 2003-03866817 Feb 2003
Published: US 2004/0218574 A14 Nov 2004
Granted: 1 Apr 2008
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04W 12/06
Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity: authentication
H04L 67/04
Protocols: specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
H04L 67/51
Network services: discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
H04W 4/80
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services using short range communication, e.g. near-field…