Registration of electronic device to server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9229742-B2
Application number	US-64880009-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2009
Priority date	Jan 15, 2009
Publication date	Jan 5, 2016
Grant date	Jan 5, 2016

Abstract

When a user management server apparatus transmits session information to a user terminal apparatus operated by a user, and receives the session information from an electronic device via a network, the user management server apparatus registers a correspondence relationship between the user who operates the user terminal apparatus and the electronic device. A temporary registration server apparatus receives the session information from the user terminal apparatus and transmits the session information and address information on the network of the user management server apparatus which should be a transmission destination of the session information to the electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device registration system comprising:
a user management server apparatus configured to:
transmit session information to a user terminal apparatus in response to receiving user identification information from the user terminal apparatus via a network, wherein the user identification information is input to a web page of the user management server apparatus from the user terminal apparatus;
in response to receiving electronic device identification information of an electronic device and the session information from the electronic device, move to a registration permission waiting state, wherein the electronic device monitors a state of the user management server apparatus after transmitting the electronic device identification information and the session information;
register the user identification information and the electronic device in response to reception of a registration permission notice from the user terminal apparatus in an event the user terminal apparatus detects the registration permission waiting state of the user management server apparatus, wherein the electronic device detects the registration of the user identification information and the electronic device and transmits a request for a communication identifier to the user management server apparatus;
transmit the communication identifier to the electronic device in response to receiving the request for the communication identifier; and
perform a test communication with the electronic device after transmission of the communication identifier; and

a registration server apparatus configured to:
which receive address information of the user management server apparatus, the user identification information and the electronic device identification information, along with the session information, from the user terminal apparatus;
register the user identification information, the session information and the electronic device identification information and transmit a registration completion notification to the user terminal apparatus in an event the electronic device identification information is not registered by the registration server apparatus; and
transmit the session information and the address information of the user management server apparatus to the electronic device in response to a reception of the electronic device identification information from the electronic device in an event a predetermined user operation is detected at the electronic device, wherein the user management server apparatus receives the electronic device identification information of the electronic device in response to reception of the session information and the address information by the electronic device from the registration server apparatus.

2. The electronic device registration system according to claim 1 , wherein the user management server apparatus registers the received user identification information and the electronic device when the received user identification information corresponds with user identification information managed by the user management server apparatus.

3. A user management server apparatus comprising:
one or more processors operable to:
transmit session information to a user terminal apparatus in response to receiving user identification information from the user terminal apparatus via a network, wherein the user identification information is input to a web page of the user management server apparatus from the user terminal apparatus;
in response to receiving electronic device identification information of an electronic device and the session information from the electronic device move to a registration permission waiting state, wherein the electronic device monitors a state of the user management server apparatus after transmitting the electronic device identification information and the session information;
register the user identification information and the electronic device in response to reception of a registration permission notice from the user terminal apparatus in an event the user terminal apparatus detects the registration permission waiting state of the user management server apparatus, wherein the electronic device detects the registration of the user identification information and the electronic device and transmits a request for a communication identifier to the user management server apparatus;
transmit the communication identifier to the electronic device in response to receiving the request for the communication identifier;
perform a test communication with the electronic device after transmission of the communication identifier; and
receive the electronic device identification information of the electronic device in response to reception of the session information and the address information by the electronic device from a registration server apparatus in an event a predetermined user operation is detected at the electronic device.

4. A registration server apparatus comprising:
one or more processors operable to:
receive address information of a user management server apparatus, user identification information and electronic device identification information of an electronic device, along with session information, from a user terminal apparatus, wherein the user identification information is input to a web page of the user management server apparatus from the user terminal apparatus;
register the user identification information, the session information and the electronic device identification information and transmit a registration completion notification to the user terminal apparatus in an event the electronic device identification information is not registered by the registration server apparatus; and
transmit the session information and the address information of the user management server apparatus to the electronic device in response to a reception of the electronic device identification information from the electronic device in an event a predetermined user operation is detected at the electronic device, wherein the user management server apparatus receives the electronic device identification information of the electronic device in response to reception of the session information and the address information by the electronic device from the registration server apparatus.

5. The registration server apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein a registration completion notice is transmitted to the user terminal apparatus in response to receiving the electronic device identification information and the session information from the user terminal apparatus.

6. An electronic device registration method, comprising:
in a user management server apparatus:
transmitting session information to a user terminal apparatus in response to receiving user identification information from the user terminal apparatus via a network, wherein the user identification information is input to a web page of the user management server apparatus from the user terminal apparatus;
in response to receiving electronic device identification information of an electronic device and the session information from the electronic device, moving to a registration permission waiting state, wherein the electronic device monitors a state of the user management server apparatus after transmitting the electronic device identification information and the session information;
registering the user identification information and the electronic device in response to reception of a registration permission notice from the user terminal apparatus in an event the user terminal apparatus detects the registration permission waiting state of the user management server apparatus, wherein the electronic device detects the registration of the user identification information and the electronic device and transmits a r

Assignees

• Fujita Takeshi
• Kawai Tsutomu
• Ogawa Keiichi
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Fujita Takeshi
• Kawai Tsutomu
• Ogawa Keiichi

Classifications

• H04L65/1073

  Registration or de-registration · CPC title

• G06F9/44505 Primary

  Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files · CPC title