Short range radio communication system with using improved authentication scheme
In a communication system having a first communication device and a second communication device for carrying out communications by setting up a communication link, the identification code generated at one of the first and second communication devices is presented to the other, and the authentication data are generated by using this identification code at the both of the communication devices, so that the illegal acquisition of the identification code can be prevented and the security performance can be improved.
1. A communication system comprising:
a communication device; and
a portable terminal for carrying out communications by setting up a communication link between the communication device and the portable terminal,
wherein the communication device has:
a first identifier acquisition unit configured to acquire a first identifier for communication possessed by the communication device;
a first identifier generation unit configured to generate an identifier for presentation according to at least a part of bits of the first identifier for communication for identifying the communication device;
a display unit; and
a display control unit configured to display the identifier for presentation on the display unit, and
the portable terminal has:
an imaging device;
a second identifier acquisition unit configured to acquire the identifier for presentation from an image generated by imaging the identifier for presentation displayed on the display unit by means of the imaging device;
a second identifier generation unit configured to generate a second identifier for communication including at least the part of bits of the first identifier for communication for identifying the communication device according to the identifier for presentation acquired by the second identifier acquisition unit; and
a connection request unit configured to make a connection request to the communication device according to the second identifier for communication generated by the second identifier generation unit.
2. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein each one of the communication device and the portable terminal has:
an authentication unit configured to carry out an authentication processing by generating authentication data for authenticating each other according to the identifier for presentation.
3. The communication system of claim 2 , wherein each one of the communication device and the portable terminal has:
a warning unit configured to warn an occurrence of an illegal access when authentication by the authentication unit fails.