Key information sharing system, delivery device and user terminal
A key information sharing system includes a delivery device that delivers key information as first information for a control device equipped in an object and a user terminal that receives the first information delivered from the delivery device. The delivery device adds second information that allows the first information to be transferred between the user terminal and a third-party terminal without the delivery device, to the first information to be delivered to the user terminal. The user terminal transmits the first information to the third-party terminal in response to an input operation by a user, when the user terminal receives the first information to which the second information has been added.
1. A key information sharing system that allows key information as first information to be shared, the first information being associated with an object equipped with a control device, the control device performing a predetermined control to the object when the control device receives the first information from an external terminal, the key information sharing system comprising:
a server configured to deliver the first information; and
a first portable terminal possessed by a user, the first portable terminal configured to receive the first information delivered from the server, wherein
the server includes a processor configured to add second information to the first information that is delivered to the first portable terminal, the second information being information that allows the first information to be transferred between the first portable terminal and a second portable terminal possessed by a third-party without the server,
the first portable terminal includes a terminal-to-terminal communication interface circuit configured to transmit the first information to the second portable terminal in response to an input operation by the user, when the first portable terminal receives the first information to which the second information has been added, from the server, and
the processor of the server sets a restriction content for the predetermined control, based on a function restriction request transmitted from the first portable terminal to the server, and adds third information to the first information, the restriction content being contained in the third information.
2. The key information sharing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the processor of the server further adds the third information to the first information when the processor of the server adds the second information to the first information, the third information being information that restricts the predetermined control that is allowed to be performed to the object when the control device receives the first information; and
the first portable terminal transmits the first information to which the third information has been added from the terminal-to-terminal communication interface circuit to the second portable terminal, when the first portable terminal receives the first information to which the second information and the third information have been added, from the server.
3. The key information sharing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the processor of the server further adds fourth information to the first information when the processor of the server adds the second information to the first information, the fourth information being information that restricts use of the first information by the second portable terminal; and
the first portable terminal transmits the first information to which the fourth information has been added from the terminal-to-terminal communication interface circuit to the second portable terminal, when the first portable terminal receives the first information to which the second information and the fourth information have been added, from the server.
4. The key information sharing system according to claim 3 , wherein the processor of the server sets a restriction content for the first information, based on a use restriction request transmitted from the first portable terminal to the server, and adds the fourth information to the first information, the restriction content being contained in the fourth information.
5. The key information sharing system according to claim 4 , wherein:
the first portable terminal further includes a processor configured to register a plurality of the second portable terminals while grouping the plurality of the second portable terminals into a plurality of groups, and the first portable terminal sets the restriction content in the use restriction request for each of the groups and transmits the use restriction request to the server; and
the processor of the server adds the fourth information corresponding to the use restriction request set for each of the groups, to the first information.
6. The key information sharing system according to claim 3 , wherein the fourth information contains information that restricts a use period or a number of times of use in which the second portable terminal is allowed to validly use the first information.
7. The key information sharing system according to claim 3 , wherein:
the object is a movable body; and
the fourth information contains information that restricts a region in which the second portable terminal is allowed to validly use the first information.
8. The key information sharing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the processor of the server further adds fifth information to the first information when the processor of the server adds the second information to the first information, the fifth information being information that allows the first information to be transferred only between the first portable terminal and a particular second portable terminal belonging to a particular group without the server; and
the first portable terminal transmits the first information only to the particular second portable terminal, when the first portable terminal receives the first information to which the second information and the fifth information have been added, from the server.
9. The key information sharing system according to claim 8 , wherein the processor of the server generates the fifth information based on information about the particular second portable terminal that is transmitted from the first portable terminal to the server, and adds the fifth information to the first information.
10. The key information sharing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first portable terminal further includes a processor configured to register a plurality of the second portable terminals while grouping the plurality of the second portable terminals into a plurality of groups, and the first portable terminal sets the restriction content in the function restriction request for each of the groups and transmits the function restriction request to the server; and
the processor of the server adds the third information corresponding to the function restriction request set for each of the groups, to the first information.
11. The key information sharing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first portable terminal adds third information to the first information, and transmits the first information to which the third information has been added, to the second portable terminal, when the first portable terminal receives the first information to which the second information has been added, from the server, the third information being information that restricts the predetermined control that is allowed to be performed to the object when the control device receives the first information.
12. The key information sharing system according to claim 11 , wherein the first portable terminal includes a processor configured to register a plurality of the second portable terminals while grouping the plurality of the second portable terminals into a plurality of groups, and the first portable terminal sets a restriction content that is contained in the third information, for each of the groups.
13. The key information sharing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first portable terminal adds fourth information to the first information, and transmits the first information to which the fourth information has been added, to the second portable terminal, when the first portable terminal receives the first information to which the second information has been added, from the server, the fourth information being information that restricts use of the first information in the control device.
14. The key information sharing system according to claim 13 , wherein the first portable terminal includes a processor configured to register a plurality of the second portable terminals while grouping the plurality of the second portable terminals into a plurality of groups, and the first portable terminal sets a restriction content that is contained in the fourth information, for each of the groups.
15. The key information sharing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first portable terminal adds fifth information to the first information, and transmits the first information only to a particular second portable terminal belonging to a particular group, when the first portable terminal receives the first information to which the second information has been added, from the server, the fifth information being information that allows the first information to be transferred only between the first portable terminal and the particular second portable terminal without the server.
16. The key information sharing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the object is a vehicle; and
the predetermined control includes a locking-unlocking control for the vehicle and a control of putting a driving source of the vehicle into a drivable state.
17. A delivery device comprising:
information transmitting circuitry configured to deliver key information as first information to a first portable terminal possessed by a user, the first information being associated with an object equipped with a control device, the control device performing a predetermined control to the object when the control device receives the first information from an external terminal; and
a processor configured to add second information to the first information that is delivered to the first portable terminal, the second information being information that allows the first information to be transferred between the first portable terminal and a second portable terminal possessed by a third-party without the delivery device, wherein
the processor sets a restriction content for the predetermined control, based on a function restriction request transmitted from the first portable terminal, and adds third information to the first information, the restriction content being contained in the third information.
18. The delivery device according to claim 17 , wherein the processor further adds the third information to the first information when the processor adds the second information to the first information, the third information being information that restricts the predetermined control that is allowed to be performed to the object when the control device receives the first information.
19. The delivery device according to claim 17 , wherein the processor further adds fourth information to the first information when the processor adds the second information to the first information, the fourth information being information that restricts use of the first information by the second portable terminal.
20. The delivery device according to claim 19 , wherein the processor sets a restriction content for the first information, based on a use restriction request transmitted from the first portable terminal, and adds the fourth information to the first information, the restriction content being contained in the fourth information.
21. The delivery device according to claim 19 , wherein the fourth information contains information that restricts a use period or a number of times of use in which the second portable terminal is allowed to validly use the first information.
22. The delivery device according to claim 19 , wherein:
the object is a movable body; and
the fourth information contains information that restricts a region in which the second portable terminal is allowed to validly use the first information.
23. The delivery device according to claim 17 , wherein the processor further adds fifth information to the first information when the processor adds the second information to the first information, the fifth information being information that allows the first information to be transferred only between the first portable terminal and a particular second portable terminal belonging to a particular group without the delivery device.
24. The delivery device according to claim 23 , wherein the processor generates the fifth information based on information about the particular group that is transmitted from the first portable terminal, and adds the fifth information to the first information.
25. The delivery device according to claim 17 , wherein:
the object is a vehicle; and
the predetermined control includes a locking-unlocking control for the vehicle and a control of putting a driving source of the vehicle into a drivable state.
26. A first portable terminal possessed by a user, the first portable terminal comprising a terminal-to-terminal communication interface circuit configured to transmit the first information to a second portable terminal in response to an input operation by the user, when the first portable terminal receives the first information to which the second information has been added, from the delivery device according to claim 17 .