Control device, wireless communication control method, and wireless communication control program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10470041-B2
Application number	US-201615389895-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2016
Priority date	Dec 25, 2015
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

A control device includes a control unit configured to transmit a login screen including an input section for an answer to a questionnaire to a mobile terminal that is not permitted to access a wireless access network, when a connection request is received from the mobile terminal, receive login information and an answer to the questionnaire input in the login screen, and issue an access permission to the mobile terminal for communication through the wireless access network when reception of the answer to the questionnaire and authentication of the mobile terminal based on the login information are complete.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to:
transmit a login screen including an input section for an answer to a questionnaire to a mobile terminal that is not permitted to access a wireless access network, when a connection request is received from the mobile terminal,
receive login information and an answer to the questionnaire input in the login screen,
start an authentication process using an external server based on the received login information,
issue a first access permission, with a restriction, for allowing the mobile terminal to perform communication to the external server through the wireless access network, under a condition that the received answer to the questionnaire is input, and
issue a second access permission for lifting the restriction on the communication of the mobile terminal, when authentication of the mobile terminal by the authentication process is complete,
wherein the processor is configured to
determine a first access destination in response to the received answer to the questionnaire, wherein contents in the first access destination are related to the received answer to the questionnaire, from a storage unit that stores an answer to the questionnaire and an access destination for information according to the answer to the questionnaire, and
transmit the first access destination to the mobile terminal after issuance of the second access permission, and
wherein the first access permission sets a restriction time for communication to the external server, and the processor is configured to permit communication of the mobile terminal to outside through the wireless access network for a period of the restriction time.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to stop a timer for the restriction time in the second access permission.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein,
in a process for the first access permission, the processor is configured to register authentication information of the mobile terminal in an authentication device of the wireless access network, wherein the authentication device permits communication of the mobile terminal according to Successful authentication, and the processor is configured to transmit, to the mobile terminal, an instruction for transmission of an authentication request.

4. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein,
when a timer for the restriction time is expired, the processor is configured to delete the authentication information that, is registered in the authentication device, and place the mobile terminal in an unauthenticated State.

5. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the processor is configured to transmit an email including a password to an email address, when the email address is included in the login information from the mobile terminal and transmit the instruction for transmission of an authentication request to the mobile terminal, and detect completion of the authentication when the password is included in the login information from the mobile terminal.

6. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to request a predetermined SNS (Social Networking Service) server, as the external server, for authentication of the mobile terminal, when a login request for a predetermined SNS is included in the login information from the mobile terminal, and detect completion of the authentication when a notification of completion of authentication of the mobile terminal is received from the predetermined SNS Sever.

7. A wireless communication control method to be performed by a control device, the method comprising:
transmitting a login screen including an input section for an answer to a questionnaire to a mobile terminal that is not permitted to access a wireless access network, when a connection request is received from the mobile terminal,
receiving login information and an answer to the questionnaire input in the login screen,
starting an authentication process using an external server based on the received login information,
issuing a first access permission, with a restriction, for allowing the mobile terminal to perform communication to the external server through the wireless access network, under a condition that the received answer to the questionnaire is input,
issuing a second access permission for lifting the restriction on the communication of the mobile terminal, when authentication of the mobile terminal by the authentication process is complete,
determining a first access destination in response to the received answer to the questionnaire, wherein contents in the first access destination are related to the received answer to the questionnaire, from a storage unit that stores an answer to the questionnaire and an access destination for information according to the answer to the questionnaire, and
transmitting the first access destination to the mobile terminal after issuance of the second access permission,
wherein the first access permission sets a restriction time for communication to the external server, and the method includes permitting communication of the mobile terminal to outside through the wireless access network for a period of the restriction time.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium recorded with a wireless communication control program that causes a control device to:
transmit a login screen including an input section for an answer to a questionnaire to a mobile terminal that is not permitted to access a wireless access network, when a connection request is received from the mobile terminal,
receive login information and an answer to the questionnaire input in the login screen,
start an authentication process using an external server based on the received login information,
issue a first access permission, with a restriction, for allowing the mobile terminal to perform communication to the external server through the wireless access network, under a condition that the received answer to the questionnaire is input,
issue a second access permission for lifting the restriction on the communication of the mobile terminal, when authentication of the mobile terminal by the authentication process is complete,
determine a first access destination in response to the received answer to the questionnaire, wherein contents in the first access destination are related to the received answer to the questionnaire, from a storage unit that stores an answer to the questionnaire and an access destination for information according to the answer to the questionnaire, and
transmit the first access destination to the mobile terminal after issuance of the second access permission, and
wherein the first access permission sets a restriction time for communication to the external server, and the wireless communication control program causes the control device to permit communication to the mobile terminal to outside through the wireless access network for a period of the restriction time.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Matsuno Hiroshi
• Okamura Takashi
• Matsuoka Shu
• Mayumi Hidehiko
• Tomiya Madoka
• Okajima Mitsuru
• Shimazaki Takahiro
• Kenjo Kaoru

Classifications

• H04L63/108 Primary

  when the policy decisions are valid for a limited amount of time · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04W12/08 Primary

  Access security · CPC title

• H04W12/084

  using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol · CPC title