IP Library Granted Patent US 9,692,641
Granted Patent B2
US 9,692,641 · App. 13/967,166 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Network connecting method and electronic device

Inventors: Kouji Sakai (Shinagawa, JP); Seigo Kotani (Kobe, JP)
Assignees: FUJITSU FSAS INC.; FUJITSU LIMITED
H04L41/0806H04L63/0853H04L63/0869H04L63/0884
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Patent No.
US 9,692,641
App. No.
13/967,166
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first electronic device stores first configuration information of the first electronic device collected by a tamper-resistant chip on the first electronic device and approved by a third-party device in the portable medium. A second electronic device stores second configuration information of the second electronic device collected by a tamper-resistant chip on the second electronic device and approved by the third-party device in the portable medium and acquires the first configuration information from the portable medium. The first electronic device transmits the first configuration information of the first electronic device and the second configuration information of the second electronic device acquired from the portable medium to the second electronic device over a long-distance network. The second electronic device controls connection between the first and the second electronic devices over the long-distance network based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information received from the first electronic device.

Claims (26)

1. A network connecting method comprising:

first collecting, at a tamper-resistant chip mounted on a first electronic device, first configuration information of the first electronic device, wherein the first configuration information includes software codes of software installed in the first electronic device and hardware information of first hardware installed in the first electronic device;

first storing, by the first electronic device, the first configuration information in a portable medium, when the first configuration information is approved by a third party device;

second collecting, at a tamper-resistant chip mounted on a second electronic device, second configuration information of the second electronic device, wherein the second configuration information includes software codes of software installed in the second electronic device and hardware information of second hardware installed in the second electronic device;

second storing, by the second electronic device, the second configuration information in the portable medium, when the second configuration information is approved by the third party device;

acquiring, by the second electronic device, the first configuration information from the portable medium;

acquiring, by the first electronic device, the second configuration information from the portable medium;

transmitting, by the first electronic device, the first configuration information of the first electronic device and the second configuration information of the second electronic device that is acquired from the portable medium to the second electronic device over a long-distance network; and

controlling, by the second electronic device, connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device over the long-distance network based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information received from the first electronic device.

2. The network connecting method according to claim 1 , wherein

at the first storing, the first electronic device stores the first configuration information in the portable medium after third configuration information of the portable medium collected by a tamper-resistant chip mounted on the portable medium is approved by the third-party device, and

at the second storing, the second electronic device stores the second configuration information in the portable medium after the third configuration information of the portable medium collected by the tamper-resistant chip mounted on the portable medium is approved by the third-party device.

3. The network connecting method according to claim 2 , wherein

at the transmitting, the first electronic device also transmits the third configuration information acquired from the portable medium to the second electronic device, and

at the controlling, the second electronic device also acquires the third configuration information of the portable medium from the portable medium, and controls the connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device over the long-distance network based on the first configuration information, the second configuration information and the third configuration information received from the first electronic device.

4. The network connecting method according to claim 3 , wherein

the portable medium also stores therein biological information of a user,

at the transmitting, the first electronic device also transmits the biological information acquired from the portable medium to the second electronic device, and

at the controlling, the second electronic device also acquires the biological information from the portable medium, and controls the connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device over the long-distance network based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information, the third configuration information and the biological information received from the first electronic device.

5. A second electronic device comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to execute:

acquiring first configuration information of a first electronic device from a portable medium, after being collected by a tamper-resistant chip mounted on the first electronic device and approved by a third-party device, wherein the first configuration information includes software codes of software installed in the first electronic device and hardware information of first hardware installed in the first electronic device, and the third-party device approves the first configuration information when the software codes included in the first configuration information and the hardware information included in the first configuration information correspond to software codes of the first electronic device stored in the third-party device and hardware information of the first electronic device stored in the third-party device respectively;

storing second configuration information of the second electronic device in the portable medium after being collected by a tamper-resistant chip mounted on the second electronic device and approved by the third-party device, wherein the second configuration information includes software codes of software installed in the second electronic device and hardware information of second hardware installed in the second electronic device, and the third-party device approves the second configuration information when the software codes included in the second configuration information and the hardware information included in the second configuration information correspond to software codes of the second electronic device stored in the third-party device and hardware information of the second electronic device stored in the third-party device respectively;

receiving the first configuration information of the first electronic device and the second configuration information of the second electronic device from the first electronic device over a long-distance network; and

controlling connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device over the long-distance network based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information received from the first electronic device.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 11, 2024
From: FUJITSU FSAS INC.
To: FSAS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 069199/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2018
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU FSAS INC.
Reel/Frame 045145/0733 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2013
From: SAKAI, KOUJI; KOTANI, SEIGO
To: FUJITSU FSAS INC.; FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 031170/0211 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-192644 · Aug 31, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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