Apparatus and method for registering personal network
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung-Jin Park, Yang-Un Lee, Seok-Hoon Choi, Wuk Kim
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Abstract
A method for a Personal Network Entity (PNE) to individually join a desired Personal Network (PN) is provided. When the PNE transmits a PN connection request message to a PN gateway, the PN gateway inserts its information into the connection request message and forwards the connection request message to a Converged Personal Network Service (CPNS) server. The CPNS server, upon receipt of the connection request message through the PN gateway, generates and manages information about a PN related to the PN gateway. The information about the PN is provided to the PNE at execution of authentication with the PNE, such that the PNE can determine whether to join the PN.
Claims10
A method for registering a Personal Network (PN) at a Personal Network Entity (PNE) which is provided with a service from a server in a Wide Area Network (WAN) through a Personal Network (PN) gateway, the method comprising:
- transmitting a PN connection request message to the server through the PN gateway;
- receiving an authentication request message from the server;
- determining whether a PN list including the PN gateway is in the received authentication request message;
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- if the PN list is included, transmitting an authentication response message including information about a joining PN to the server through the PN gateway.
A Personal Network Entity (PNE) which is provided with a service from a server in a Wide Area Network (WAN) through a Personal Network (PN) gateway, the PNE comprising:
- a Near-field Communication (NFC) module for communicating with the PN gateway;
- a PN connection controller for transmitting a PN connection request message to the server through the PN gateway;
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- an authenticator for, upon receipt of an authentication request message from the server, receiving a response to an authentication query included in the received authentication request message and generating an authentication response message including the acquired response to the authentication query,
- wherein the PN connection controller determines whether a PN list including the PN gateway is included in the received authentication request message and if the PN list is included, inserts information about a joining PN into the authentication response message and transmits the authentication response message to the server through the PN gateway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.