Method and apparatus for providing service using personal network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9241001-B2
Application number	US-90742710-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2010
Priority date	Oct 20, 2009
Publication date	Jan 19, 2016
Grant date	Jan 19, 2016

Abstract

A method and apparatus in which a device capable of near-field communication receives a service from an external network using a communication function of a device capable of accessing the external network. A personal network is formed with devices having different users, and subscriber information for each user is safely acquired and authenticated, making it possible to provide a service received from the external network to the devices included in the personal network more conveniently.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing by a Personal Network (PN) gateway a service of an external network to an entity constituting a personal network through the personal network, the method comprising:
receiving a PN connection request message from an entity connected through near-field communication;
determining whether the PN connection request message includes subscriber information, wherein the subscriber information is generated by another PN gateway connected with the entity;
if the subscriber information is included in the PN connection request message, sending a registration request message including the subscriber information to a server, the server on the external network provides a service to the entity via the personal network;
if subscriber information is not included in the PN connection request message, sending a PN connection rejection message to the entity;
receiving from the server a response message indicating that entity authentication/authorization based on the subscriber information has been completed; and
including the entity in the personal network and providing a service received from the server to the entity,
wherein the entity is not registered in the PN gateway before the entity transmits the PN connection request message to the PN gateway.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subscriber information is encrypted information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the entity acquires the subscriber information from a subscriber information storage device and the acquired subscriber information is different from subscriber information stored in the PN gateway.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a subscriber information request message from a specific entity; and
if the specific entity is an entity registered to a user of the PN gateway, encrypting the requested subscriber information and delivering the encrypted subscriber information to the specific entity.

5. A Personal Network (PN) gateway apparatus for providing a service of an external network to an entity constituting a personal network through the personal network, the apparatus comprising:
a near-field communication module;
a transceiver configured to perform communication with the external network; and
a PN controller configured to:
receive a PN connection request message from an entity connected through the near-field communication module,
determine whether the PN connection request message includes subscriber information, wherein the subscriber information is generated by another PN gateway connected with the entity,
control the transceiver to send, if the subscriber information is included in the PN connection request message, a registration request message including the subscriber information to a server, the server on the external network provides a service to the entity via the personal network, and
upon receiving from the server a response message indicating that entity authentication/authorization based on the subscriber information has been completed, include the entity in the personal network and provide a service received from the server to the entity,
wherein the entity is not registered in the PN gateway before the entity transmits the PN connection request message to the PN gateway.

6. The PN gateway apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the subscriber information is encrypted information.

7. The PN gateway apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the entity acquires the subscriber information from a subscriber information storage device and the acquired subscriber information is different from subscriber information stored in the PN gateway.

8. The PN gateway apparatus of claim 5 , wherein if a specific entity that sent a subscriber information request message is an entity registered to a user of the PN gateway, the PN controller encrypts the requested subscriber information and delivers the encrypted subscriber information to the specific entity.

9. A method for providing by a Personal Network (PN) gateway a service of an external network to an entity constituting a personal network through the personal network, the method comprising:
receiving a PN connection request message from an entity;
determining whether the PN connection request message includes an address of a subscriber information storage device, wherein the subscriber information is generated by another PN gateway connected with the entity;
if the address of the subscriber information storage device is included in the PN connection request message, sending a message for requesting subscriber information for the entity to the subscriber information storage device;
receiving the subscriber information from the subscriber information storage device;
sending a registration request message including the subscriber information to a server, the server on the external network provides a service to the entity via the personal network;
receiving from the server a response message indicating that entity authentication/authorization based on the subscriber information has been completed; and
including the entity in the personal network and providing a service received from the server to the entity,
wherein the entity is not registered in the PN gateway before the entity transmits the PN connection request message to the PN gateway.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the subscriber information is encrypted information.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving from a specific PN gateway a message for requesting subscriber information for a specific entity; and
if the specific entity is an entity registered to a user of the PN gateway, encrypting the requested subscriber information and delivering the encrypted subscriber information to the specific PN gateway.

12. A Personal Network (PN) gateway apparatus for providing a service of an external network to an entity constituting a personal network through the personal network, the apparatus comprising:
a near-field communication module;
a transceiver configured to perform communication with the external network; and
a PN controller configured to:
receive a PN connection request message from an entity,
determine whether the PN connection request message includes an address of a subscriber information storage device, wherein the subscriber information is generated by another PN gateway connected with the entity,
control the transceiver to send, if the address of the subscriber information storage device is included in the PN connection request message, a message for requesting subscriber information for the entity to the subscriber information storage device,
receive the subscriber information from the subscriber information storage device,
send a registration request message including the subscriber information to a server, the server on the external network providing a service to the entity via the personal network, and
upon receiving from the server a response message indicating that entity authentication/authorization based on the subscriber information has been completed, include the entity in the personal network, and provide a service received from the server to the entity,
wherein the entity is not registered in the PN gateway before the entity transmits the PN connection request message to the PN gateway.

13. The PN gateway apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the subscriber information is encrypted information.

14. The PN gateway apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the PN controller receives a message for requesting subscriber information for a specific entity from a specific PN gateway, and if the specific entity is an entity registered to a user of the PN gateway

Assignees

• Park Sung-Jin
• Lee Yang-Un
• Kim Wuk
• Choi Seok-Hoon
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Sung-Jin
• Lee Yang-Un
• Kim Wuk
• Choi Seok-Hoon

Classifications

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title

• H04L63/102 Primary

  Entity profiles · CPC title

• H04L63/0428

  wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload · CPC title

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04L67/56

  Provisioning of proxy services (store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54) · CPC title