US008474020B2
(12)
United
States
Patent
(10)
Patent
No.:
US
8,474,020
B2
Hamachi
(45)
Date
of
Patent:
Jun.
25,
2013
(54)
USER
AUTHENTICATION
METHOD,
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Eoulson
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MANAGEMENT
APPARATUS
FOREIGN
PATENT
DOCUMENTS
. . .
-
JP
7-307982
A
11/1995
(75)
Inventor:
Toshlfuml
Hamachl,
Kawasaki
(JP)
JP
2000496588
A
70000
(73)
Assignee:
Canon
Kabushiki
Kaisha,
Tokyo
(JP)
(Continued)
(
*
)
Notice:
Subject
to
any
disclaimer,
the
term
of
this
OTHER
PUBLICATIONS
patent
is
extended
or adjusted
under
35
U.S.C.
154(b)
by
358
days.
Japanese
Of?ce
Action
dated
Nov.
19,
2012
issued
in
corresponding
(21)
Appt
No‘:
12/812,748
Japanese
Patent
Application
No.
2008-95432.
(22)
PCT
Filed:
Mar.
23,
2009
(Continued)
(86)
1)
PCT/JP2009/056405
Primary
Examiner
*
Farid
Homayounmehr
(2) (4)
Date’,
Jul
13
2010
Assistant
Examiner
*
Lisa
LeWis
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_
a
(74)
Attorney,
Agent,
orFirm
*
Fitzpatrick,
Cella,
Harper&
(87)
PCT
Pub.
No..
WO2009/123074
Scimo
PCT
Pub.
Date:
Oct.
8,
2009
57
ABSTRACT
(65)
Prior
Publication
Data
( )
Us
2010/0299730
Al
N
25
2010
A
Wireless
communication
apparatus
transmits
a
user
identi
OV'
’
?er
to
an
account
management
apparatus
through
a
commu
(30)
Foreign
Application
Priority
Data
nication
apparatus.
The
account
management
apparatus
gen
erates
code
generation
information,
and
generates
code
Apr.
1,
2008
(JP)
...............................
..
2008-095432
infoiniation
using
authentication
infonnation
that
Corie
(51)
Int_
CL
sponds
to
the
user
identi?er
and
the
code
generation
informa
G06F
21/00
(200601)
tion.
The
account
management
apparatus
transmits
the
code
in
ormat1on
an
t
e
co
e
enerat1on1n
ormat1on
tot
e
com
(52)
U.S.Cl.
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co
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in
orma
ion,
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ransmi
s
e
co
e
enera
1on1
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(58)
Field
of
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USPC
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tion
to
the
Wireless
communication
apparatus.
The
Wireless
See
histor;
communication
apparatus
generates
code
information using
'
the
code
generation
information
and
the
authentication
infor
(56)
References
Cited
mation,
and
When
Wireless
netWork
parameters
are
set,
noti
U.S.
PATENT
DOCUMENTS
5,596,641
A
1/1997
Ohashi
et
al.
7,010,688
B1
3/2006
Kawasaki
8,194,589
B2
6/2012
Wynn
et
a1.
2002/0046092
A1*
4/2002
Ostroff
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705/14
PC
F801
USER
OPERATlON
SEARCH
‘FOR
NEI'WOHKS
NFBDZ
,
JOIN
NETWORK
"F803
ID
NOTIFTCATION
MESSAGE
"4:504
PlN
CODE
GENERATlON
lNFORMATION
MESSAGE
GENEHATE
F'lN
CODE
F812
SET
Fl
couE
F813
PROTOCOL
START
REQUEST
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PROTOCOL
START
MESSAGE
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PROTOCOL
MESSAGE
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4—)
1
(F819
AP
?es
the
account
management
apparatus
of
success
of
authen
tication.
The
account
management
apparatus
performs
a
process
to
permit
the
Wireless
communication
apparatus
to
connect
to
a
communication
network.
6
Claims, 12
Drawing
Sheets
SRV
F805
1D
AUTH
ENTlCATlON
REQUEST
MESSAGE
GENERATE
RANDOM
VALUE
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CODE
INFORMATION
MESSAGE
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SUCCESS
NOTIFlCATION
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