JP5963690B2 - Connection management system, connection management method, portable terminal and server - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a connection management system for wireless communication connection to an access point.

Conventionally, when a terminal connects to a wireless LAN access point, an SSID (Service Set Identifier) and an encryption key that are identifiers of the access point are designated.
For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a method for setting wireless communication using a profile acquired from an administrator-side PC.

JP 2005-051625 A

  However, when a mobile terminal can use a plurality of access points, it is difficult to specify an access point that can be connected and efficiently acquire a corresponding profile.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a connection management system, a connection management method, a portable terminal, and a server that can efficiently connect to an access point.

  (1) An access point of a communication network, a mobile terminal that is wirelessly connected to the access point using predetermined authentication data, and a server that stores the authentication data in association with a terminal ID of the mobile terminal. The access point has an ultrasonic transmitter, the transmitter transmits an ultrasonic wave including a device ID for identifying the transmitter, and the mobile terminal transmits an ultrasonic wave transmitted from the transmitter. In response to receiving the sound wave, the device ID included in the ultrasonic wave and the terminal ID of the own terminal are transmitted to the server, the server is associated with the terminal ID, and the device ID The connection management system which transmits the said authentication data of the access point which has the transmitter identified by this to the said portable terminal.

  (2) The connection management system according to (1), wherein the mobile terminal automatically connects to the access point using the authentication data received from the server.

  (3) The portable terminal stores a list of the device IDs, and when the device ID included in the received ultrasonic wave is included in the list, transmits the device ID to the server (1) or ( The connection management system according to 2).

  (4) The mobile terminal includes a registration unit that registers the transmitter device ID and authentication data of the authenticated access point in the server in association with the terminal ID. The connection management system described in Crab.

  (5) The wireless communication connection to the access point is a communication standard compliant with IEEE 802.11, and the authentication data is an identifier and an encryption key of the access point. The connection management system described.

  (6) In response to the fact that the access point of the communication network transmits an ultrasonic wave including a device ID for identifying the transmitter by the transmitter, and the mobile terminal receives the ultrasonic wave transmitted from the transmitter, The device ID included in the ultrasonic wave and the terminal ID of the terminal itself are transmitted to a server, and the server is associated with the terminal ID and has an transmitter identified by the device ID. A connection management method for transmitting authentication data required for wireless communication connection to the portable terminal.

  (7) In response to receiving an ultrasonic wave transmitted from a transmitter included in an access point of a communication network, an ultrasonic analysis unit that extracts a device ID for identifying the transmitter included in the ultrasonic wave; The device ID and the terminal ID of its own terminal are transmitted to the server, and authentication necessary for wireless communication connection from the server to the access point associated with the terminal ID and having the transmitter identified by the device ID A mobile terminal comprising: an inquiry unit that receives data.

  (8) A storage unit that stores the authentication data in association with a terminal ID of a mobile terminal that is wirelessly connected to the access point of the communication network using predetermined authentication data, and an ultrasonic transmitter that the access point has When receiving the device ID included in the ultrasonic wave and the terminal ID of the mobile terminal in response to the mobile terminal receiving the ultrasonic wave including the device ID for identifying the transmitter, the terminal ID And an extraction unit that extracts the authentication data of an access point having a transmitter identified by the device ID and transmits the authentication data to the portable terminal.

  According to the present invention, the mobile terminal can efficiently connect to the access point.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the connection management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process of the connection management system which concerns on embodiment.

Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The connection management system 1 according to the present embodiment is a system that acquires information for the mobile terminal 20 to connect to a wireless LAN access point 10.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a connection management system 1 according to the present embodiment.
The connection management system 1 includes a communication network access point 10, a user portable terminal 20, and a management server 30.

The access point 10 includes an ultrasonic transmitter 11 and a speaker 12.
The transmitter 11 generates ultrasonic data on which predetermined information including a transmitter ID for identifying a device is superimposed. The speaker 12 outputs the data generated by the transmitter 11 as an ultrasonic wave.

  The portable terminal 20 includes a microphone 21 that receives ultrasonic waves output from the speaker 12, a communication unit 22 that performs wireless data communication, a storage unit 23, a display unit 24, and an input unit 25 that receives user operation input. And a control unit 26.

  The communication unit 22 establishes a wireless communication connection with the access point 10 using Wi-Fi, which is a communication standard compliant with IEEE 802.11. At this time, the communication unit 22 performs authentication processing at the access point 10 by notifying the SSID and the encryption key as authentication data.

  The storage unit 23 is a storage area for various programs and various data for causing the hardware group to function as the mobile terminal 20, and may be a ROM, a RAM, a flash memory, a hard disk (HDD), or the like. Specifically, the storage unit 23 stores a program that causes the control unit 26 to execute each function of the present embodiment.

  The display unit 24 displays a screen for accepting data input to the user or displays a processing result screen by the mobile terminal 20 according to display control by the control unit 26. The display unit 24 may be a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic EL display.

  The input unit 25 is an interface device that accepts an instruction input from the user to the mobile terminal 20. The input unit 25 includes, for example, operation keys and a touch panel.

The control part 26 is a part which controls the whole portable terminal 20, and implement | achieves the various functions in this embodiment by reading and running the various programs memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 23 suitably. The control unit 26 may be a CPU (Central Processing Unit).
The control unit 26 includes an ultrasonic analysis unit 261, an inquiry unit 262, a connection unit 263, and a terminal registration unit 264.

  When the ultrasonic wave is received by the microphone 21, the ultrasonic wave analysis unit 261 analyzes the ultrasonic wave and extracts the transmitter ID.

The inquiry unit 262 transmits the transmitter ID extracted by the ultrasonic analysis unit 261 to the management server 30 together with the terminal ID stored in the mobile terminal 20. At this time, the mobile terminal 20 communicates with the management server 30 using another connected access point or another communication protocol such as 3G or 4G.
The terminal ID is data for identifying the mobile terminal 20, and may be a contractor ID managed by a communication carrier or an ID unique to the mobile terminal 20.

The connection unit 263 receives the authentication data of the access point 10 managed by the management server 30 and performs an authentication process with the access point 10 using this authentication data to establish a wireless communication connection.
The connection unit 263 may automatically connect to the access point 10 in response to receiving the authentication data. In addition, the connection unit 263 may notify that the authentication data has been received by the display unit 24 or the like, and may receive a connection permission instruction input from the user.

  The terminal registration unit 264 transmits the device ID and authentication data of the transmitter 11 included in the authenticated access point 10 to the management server 30 in association with the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 20 to register. In addition, the terminal registration unit 264 receives input of authentication data from the user via the input unit 25, and transmits the authentication data in association with the terminal ID and the device ID to the management server 30 for registration.

  The management server 30 includes a storage unit 31 and a control unit 32 and manages authentication data of the access point 10 in association with the terminal ID and device ID of the mobile terminal 20.

  The storage unit 31 is a storage area for various programs and various data for causing the hardware group to function as the management server 30, and may be a ROM, a RAM, a flash memory, a hard disk (HDD), or the like. Specifically, the storage unit 31 stores a program that causes the control unit 32 to execute each function of the present embodiment, and stores a terminal ID, a device ID, and authentication data in association with each other.

The control part 32 is a part which controls the whole management server 30, and implement | achieves the various functions in this embodiment by reading and executing the various programs memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 31 suitably. The control unit 32 may be a CPU.
The control unit 32 includes an extraction unit 321 and a registration unit 322.

  The extraction unit 321 extracts authentication data corresponding to the terminal ID and device ID received from the mobile terminal 20 from the storage unit 31 and transmits the authentication data to the mobile terminal 20.

  The registration unit 322 stores the combination of the terminal ID, device ID, and authentication data received from the mobile terminal 20 in the storage unit 31.

FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing processing of the connection management system 1 according to the present embodiment.
In step S <b> 1, the transmitter 11 of the access point 10 outputs an ultrasonic wave including the transmitter ID of the own device via the speaker 12. The output of this ultrasonic wave may be always, intermittently, or at a predetermined timing.

  In step S2, the mobile terminal 20 of the user who has approached the access point (AP) 10 analyzes the received ultrasonic wave and acquires a transmitter ID.

  In step S <b> 3, the mobile terminal 20 transmits the transmitter ID acquired in step S <b> 2 and the terminal ID of its own terminal to the management server 30.

  In step S4, the management server 30 extracts the SSID and the encryption key as the authentication data for the access point 10 registered corresponding to the terminal ID and transmitter ID received in step S3.

  In step S5, the management server 30 returns the SSID and encryption key extracted in step S4 to the portable terminal 20 that is the transmission source of the terminal ID and transmitter ID in step S3.

In step S6, the portable terminal 20 performs an authentication process with the access point 10 using the SSID and encryption key received in step S5.
In addition, although the portable terminal 20 may start an authentication process automatically, you may start an authentication process according to the instruction | indication input from a user.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the connection management system 1 acquires the transmitter ID by analyzing the ultrasonic wave transmitted from the access point 10 in the mobile terminal 20, and correspondingly, the management server 30. Since the authentication data managed in the network can be received, connection to the access point 10 can be performed efficiently.

Further, since the connection management system 1 can automate the connection to the access point 10 in the portable terminal 20, it can be expected to save the user operation.
Furthermore, since the target access points for automatically acquiring authentication data can be limited, unnecessary processing load is reduced and user convenience is improved.

  In addition, the connection management system 1 has a function of registering the authentication data in the management server 30, so that the next and subsequent connections can be made more efficient for the newly connected access point 10.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. Further, the effects described in the present embodiment are merely a list of the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are not limited to those described in the present embodiment.

  The portable terminal 20 stores a list of transmitter IDs, and when the transmitter ID included in the ultrasonic wave received from the access point 10 is included in the list, the transmitter ID may be transmitted to the management server 30. . Thereby, since the portable terminal 20 can automatically acquire the authentication data only for the connection destination required by the user, the processing is made efficient.

The mobile terminal 20 is an information processing apparatus that can be connected to a network, and may be various information processing apparatuses (computers) such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, and a tablet terminal.
Each function described above is realized by software. When realized by software, a program constituting the software is installed in the information processing apparatus. These programs may be recorded on a removable medium such as a CD-ROM and distributed to the user, or may be distributed by being downloaded to the user's computer via a network.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Connection management system 10 Access point 11 Transmitter 20 Portable terminal 30 Management server

Claims (8)

A communication network access point;
A portable terminal that wirelessly connects to the access point using predetermined authentication data;
A server that stores the authentication data in association with the terminal ID of the mobile terminal,
The access point has an ultrasonic transmitter,
The transmitter transmits an ultrasonic wave including a device ID of the transmitter,
In response to receiving the ultrasonic wave transmitted from the transmitter, the portable terminal transmits the device ID included in the ultrasonic wave and the terminal ID of the own terminal to the server,
The server is a connection management system that transmits the authentication data of an access point, which is associated with the terminal ID and identified by the device ID, to which the ultrasonic wave is transmitted, to the portable terminal.   The connection management system according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal automatically connects to the access point using the authentication data received from the server.   The said portable terminal memorize | stores the list | wrist of the said apparatus ID, and when the apparatus ID contained in the said received ultrasonic wave is contained in the said list | wrist, the said apparatus ID is transmitted to the said server in Claim 1 or Claim 2 The connection management system described.   The said portable terminal is provided with the registration part which matches the apparatus ID and authentication data of the transmitter which an authenticated access point has with the said terminal ID, and registers with the said server. Connection management system.   The connection according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the wireless communication connection to the access point is a communication standard compliant with IEEE 802.11, and the authentication data is an identifier and an encryption key of the access point. Management system. The access point of the communication network transmits an ultrasonic wave including the device ID of the transmitter by the transmitter,
In response to receiving the ultrasonic wave transmitted from the transmitter, the mobile terminal transmits the device ID included in the ultrasonic wave and the terminal ID of the own terminal to the server,
A connection management method in which the server is associated with the terminal ID and transmits authentication data necessary for wireless communication connection to the access point from which the ultrasonic wave identified by the device ID is transmitted to the portable terminal. . In response to receiving the ultrasonic wave transmitted from the transmitter to the access point of a communication network having an ultrasonic analysis unit that extracts the device ID of the transmitter included in the ultrasound,
The device ID and the terminal ID of the terminal itself are transmitted to a server, and the wireless communication connection from the server to the access point that is associated with the terminal ID and that is identified by the device ID is transmitted. And a reference unit that receives authentication data necessary for the mobile terminal. A storage unit that stores the authentication data in association with the terminal ID of the mobile terminal that is wirelessly connected to the access point of the communication network using predetermined authentication data;
The device ID included in the ultrasonic wave and the terminal of the mobile terminal in response to the mobile terminal receiving the ultrasonic wave including the device ID of the transmitter from the ultrasonic wave transmitter of the access point An extraction unit that, upon receiving the ID, extracts the authentication data of the access point that is associated with the terminal ID and that is identified by the device ID and from which the ultrasonic wave has been transmitted, and transmits the authentication data to the portable terminal; Server to provide.

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