IP Library Granted Patent US 10,164,775
Granted Patent B2
US 10,164,775 · App. 14/887,690 · Granted Dec 25, 2018

Device and method for secure connection

Inventors: Chol-Seo Park (Seoul, KR); Eun-Jik Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04L9/0869H04L9/0838H04L63/0853H04W4/80H04W12/04H04L2463/061H04W12/02H04W12/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,164,775
App. No.
14/887,690
Granted
Dec 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first short-range communication module configured to execute short-range communication with a second electronic device, a security module configured to store security information, and a processor configured to receive, from the second electronic device, a pairing key that registers the electronic device as being linked to the second electronic device, transmit session key generation information to the second electronic device when authentication with the second electronic device is completed based on the pairing key, generate a session key based on the session key generation information, encrypt the security information based on the session key, and transmit the encrypted information to the second electronic device.

Claims (45)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first short-range communication device configured to execute short-range communication with a first electronic device;

a second short-range communication device configured to execute short-range communication with a second electronic device; and

a processor configured to:

obtain unique information received, by the first short-range communication device, from the first electronic device in response to a first pairing request,

in response to transmitting the unique information to a server device, obtain, from the server device, a pairing key that registers the first electronic device as being linked to the electronic device,

control the first short-range communication device to transmit, when a pairing key is received from the server device, the pairing key to the first electronic device,

if authentication with respect to the electronic device is completed based on the pairing key, obtain session key generation information received, by the first short-range communication device, from the first electronic device in response to a second pairing request,

transmit, to the server device, the session key generation information,

obtain a session key from the server device, the session key is generated by the server device based on the session key generation information,

decode encrypted security information that is received from the first electronic device based on the session key received from the server device, and

control the second short-range communication device to transmit the decoded security information to the second electronic device,

wherein the pairing key is generated, by the server device, based on the unique information, and

wherein the encrypted security information is generated by encrypting, by the first electronic device, security information using a session key generated, by the first electronic device, based on the session key generation information.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit, when a first pairing response message is received together with unique information of the first electronic device, from the first electronic device, in response to a first pairing request message, the unique information of the first electronic device together with user information of the electronic device to the server device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit, when a first random number is received from the first electronic device in response to transmission of a second pairing request message, the first random number to the server device, and

transmit a second random number and a first authentication key received from the server device, to the first electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the session key generation information comprises at least one of time stamp (Timestamp) information or count information, and

wherein the encrypted security information is information for establishing a secure connection between the second electronic device and a third electronic device.

5. A method of an electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining unique information received, by a first short-range communication device of the electronic device, from a first electronic device in response to a first pairing request;

in response to transmitting the unique information to a server device, obtaining, from the server device, a pairing key that registers the first electronic device as being linked to the electronic device;

controlling the first short-range communication device to transmit, when a pairing key is received from a server device, the pairing key to the first electronic device that is connected over the first short-range communication;

if authentication with respect to the electronic device is completed based on the pairing key, obtaining session key generation information received, by the first short-range communication device, from the first electronic device in response to a second pairing request;

transmitting, to the server device, the session key generation information received;

obtaining a session key from the server device, the session key is generated by the server device based on the session key generation information;

decoding encrypted security information that is received from the first electronic device based on the session key; and

controlling a second short-range communication device of the electronic device to transmit the decoded information to a second electronic device that is connected over a second short-range communication,

wherein the pairing key is generated, by the server device, based on the unique information, and

wherein the encrypted security information is generated by encrypting, by the first electronic device, security information using a session key generated, by the first electronic device, based on the session key generation information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the obtaining of the unique information comprises:

transmitting a first pairing request message for the first pairing request; and

receiving a first pairing response message with unique information of the first electronic device from the first electronic device, in response to the first pairing request message,

wherein the unique information of the first electronic device is transmitted, to the server device, together with user information of the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the obtaining of the session key generation information comprises:

transmitting a second pairing request message for the second pairing request;

transmitting, when a first random number is received from the first electronic device in response to the transmission of the second pairing request message, the first random number to the server device;

transmitting, when a second random number and a first authentication key are received from the server device, the second random number and the first authentication key to the first electronic device; and

receiving the session key generation information from the first electronic device.

8. The method of claim 5 ,

wherein the session key generation information comprises at least one of time stamp information or count information, and

wherein the encrypted security information is information for establishing a secure connection between the second electronic device and a third electronic device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2015
From: PARK, CHOL-SEO; KIM, EUN-JIK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036832/0605 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0142627 · Oct 21, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160112386A1 · Apr 21, 2016
Cited By (1)
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