Information delivery system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016294553-A1
Application number	US-201415036032-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 25, 2014
Priority date	Nov 18, 2013
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A user terminal includes a common key storage part which stores a common key to a terminal-side storage unit. A PKG takes as input the common key, encrypts information using the common key inputted, and transmits the information encrypted, as encrypted information to a server. The server includes an encrypted information storage part which stores the encrypted information received from the PKG, to a server-side storage unit. The server includes an information transmitting part which transmits, upon reception of an information delivery request from the user terminal, the encrypted information stored in the server-side storage unit, to the user terminal. The user terminal includes a decrypting part which decrypts the encrypted information received, using the common key stored in the terminal-side storage unit, thereby acquiring information.

First claim

1 . An information delivery system comprising: an information generating device to generate information; a server device connected to the information generating device; and a terminal device connected to the server device and to communicate with the information generating device via the server device,
the server device being provided with a common key generator to generate a common key, wherein the terminal device includes: a terminal-side storage; and a common key storing processor to store the common key generated by the common key generator, to the terminal-side storage, wherein the information generating device includes: an information encryptor to encrypt the information by a CPU using the common key generated by the common key generator, and to transmit the information encrypted, to the server device as encrypted information, and wherein the server device includes: a server-side storage; and an encrypted information storing processor to receive the encrypted information from the information encryptor of the information generating device, and to store the encrypted information received, to the server-side storage.

2 . The information delivery system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the terminal device includes a delivery request transmitter to transmit an information delivery request requesting delivery of the information, a user identifier, and a terminal identifier to the server device, wherein the server device includes an information transmitter to transmit, upon reception of the information delivery request, the user identifier, and the terminal identifier from the delivery request transmitter, the encrypted information stored in the server-side storage by the encrypted information storing processor, to the terminal device, and wherein the terminal device includes a decryptor to receive the encrypted information transmitted from the information transmitter of the server device, and to decrypt the encrypted information received, using the common key stored in the terminal-side storage, thereby acquiring the information.

3 . The information delivery system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the information generating device includes: a key generator to generate a public key and a secret key relating to the public key; and a key transmitter to transmit the public key generated by the key generator to the server device, wherein the server device includes a server-side transmitter to transmit the public key transmitted from the key transmitter of the key information generating device, to the terminal device, wherein the terminal device includes a common key encryptor to encrypt the common key stored in the terminal-side storage by the common key storing processor, using the public key transmitted from the server-side transmitter, and to transmit the common key encrypted, to the server device as the encrypted common key, wherein the server-side transmitter of the server device transmits the encrypted common key transmitted from the common key encryptor of the terminal device, to the information generating device, wherein the information generating device includes a common key acquirer to acquire the common key by decrypting the encrypted common key transmitted from the server-side transmitter, using the secret key generated by the key generator, and to output the common key acquired, to the information encryptor, and wherein the information encryptor of the information generating device encrypts the information using the common key acquired by the common key acquirer.

4 . The information delivery system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the server device includes: an authenticator to take as input a user identifier and a password of a user who uses the terminal device from the terminal device, and to authenticate the user using the user identifier and the password which are inputted; and a server-side transmitter to take as input the password from the authenticator, when the user is authenticated by the authenticator, and to transmit the password inputted, to the information generating device, wherein the information encryptor of the information generating device takes as input the password transmitted from the server-side transmitter, as the common key, encrypts the information using the common key inputted, and transmits the information encrypted, to the server device as encrypted information, and wherein the decryptor of the terminal device receives the encrypted information transmitted from the information encryptor of the server device, and decrypts the encrypted information received, using the password, thereby acquiring the information.

5 . A server device connected to an information generating device which generates information and to a terminal device which includes a terminal-side storage, the server device comprising:
a server-side storage; an encrypted information storing processor to receive encrypted information from the information generating device, and to store the encrypted information received, to the server-side storage, wherein the information generating device encrypts the information using common key, the information generating device transmitting the information encrypted, as the encrypted information; and an information transmitter to transmit, upon reception of an information delivery request requesting delivery of the information, a user identifier, and a terminal identifier from the terminal device, the encrypted information stored in the server-side storage by the encrypted information storing processor, to the terminal device which stores the common key in the terminal-side storage.

6 . An information generating device which generates information, the information generating device being connected to a server device and communicating with a terminal device connected to the server device, via the server device, the information generating device comprising:
a key generator to generate a public key and a secret key relating to the public key; a key transmitter to transmit the public key generated by the key generator, to the server device; a common key acquirer to receive an encrypted common key from the terminal device including a terminal-side storage which stores a common key, via the server device, and to decrypt the encrypted common key received, using the secret key generated by the key generator, thereby acquiring the common key, the terminal device receiving the public key transmitted from the key transmitter, via the server device, verifying the public key received, using a public key certificate, encrypting the common key using the public key verified, and transmitting the common key encrypted, as the encrypted common key; and an information encryptor to encrypt the information using the common key acquired by the common key acquirer, and to transmit the information encrypted, to the server device as encrypted information.

7 . A terminal device which is connected to a server device including a server-side storage, and communicates with an information generating device that generates information, via the server device, the terminal device comprising:
a terminal-side storage to store a common key; a common key encryptor to receive a public key, via the server device, from an information generating device which generates the public key and a secret key relating to the public key; to verify the public key received, using a public key certificate: to encrypt the common key stored in the terminal-side storage using the public key verified; and to transmit the common key encrypted, as an encrypted common key; a delivery request transmitter to transmit an information delivery request requesting delivery of the information, to the server device which receives encrypted information from the information

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Hattori Mitsuhiro
• Matsuda Nori
• Komiya Takashi
• Kowata Yasuhiro
• Hamada Tsuyoshi

Classifications

• H04L63/0823

  using certificates (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263) · CPC title

• H04L9/3263

  involving certificates, e.g. public key certificate [PKC] or attribute certificate [AC]; Public key infrastructure [PKI] arrangements (network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using certificates in a packet data network H04L63/0823) · CPC title

• H04L9/14

  using a plurality of keys or algorithms · CPC title

• H04L63/083

  using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226) · CPC title

• H04L9/302

  involving the integer factorization problem, e.g. RSA or quadratic sieve [QS] schemes · CPC title