IP Library Granted Patent US 11,356,847
Granted Patent B2
US 11,356,847 · App. 16/826,510 · Granted Jun 7, 2022

Information processing device, server device, and information processing system for activation of an application

Inventors: Naoto Tobita (Tokyo, JP); Shuichi Sekiya (Saitama, JP); Tomoharu Hikita (Tokyo, JP); Kenichi Motodate (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: FELICA NETWORKS, INC.
H04W12/06G06F9/445H04L63/08H04L67/10H04L67/34H04L67/42H04M1/72403H04W4/21H04W4/50H04W4/80H04B5/0031
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Patent No.
US 11,356,847
App. No.
16/826,510
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device including an activation control unit configured to transmit first information that includes information read through near field communication to a server device, to acquire second information transmitted from the server device according to the first information, and to control activation of an application of the information processing device itself based on the acquired second information.

Claims (58)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to receive, from a server apparatus, a plurality of session random numbers;

a near field communication unit configured to read first information, via wireless communication, from an integrated circuit (IC) tag based on a specific session random number of the plurality of session random numbers, wherein the first information includes a tag identification (ID) of the IC tag and a message authentication code (MAC) of the IC tag;

a sensor unit configured to detect sensing data, and

circuitry configured to:

delete, based on the read first information, the specific session random number from the plurality of session random numbers in the information processing apparatus;

transmit the first information, second information, and the detected sensing data to the server apparatus, wherein

the IC tag is authenticated, by the server apparatus, based on the first information,

the second information includes user identification (ID) information indicating an identity of a user, device ID information indicating an identity of the information processing apparatus, and category information, and

the category information indicates categorization of the user ID information into a specific level of a plurality of levels;

receive application activation information from the server apparatus based on the first information, the second information, and the detected sensing data, wherein

the application activation information is based on the specific level associated with the user ID information, and

the application activation information includes an activation parameter; and

activate an application on the information processing apparatus based on the transmission and the activation parameter.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication corresponds to a short-range wireless communication.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the short-range wireless communication activates a basic application on the information processing apparatus, and

the basic application activates a browser application based on the application activation information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the activation parameter is an application identifier.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to add current position information of the information processing apparatus to the first information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

add third information to the first information, wherein the third information is associated with a current time and date at which the first information is read; and

transmit the third information and the first information to the server apparatus.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

add third information to the first information, wherein the third information relates to a plurality of attributes of the application activated on the information processing apparatus; and

transmit the third information and the first information to the server apparatus.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

add third information to the first information based on a user operation with respect to the information processing apparatus; and

transmit the third information and the first information to the server apparatus.

9. An information processing method, comprising:

in an information processing apparatus that includes a wireless communication unit, a near field communication unit, a sensor unit, and circuitry:

receiving, by the wireless communication unit, a plurality of session random numbers from a server apparatus;

reading, by the near field communication unit, first information via wireless communication, wherein

the first information is read from an integrated circuit (IC) tag based on a specific session random number of the plurality of session random numbers, and

the first information includes a tag identification (ID) of the IC tag and a message authentication code (MAC) of the IC tag;

detecting, by the sensor unit, sensing data;

deleting, by the circuitry, the specific session random number from the plurality of session random numbers in the information processing apparatus, wherein the specific session random number is deleted based on the read first information;

transmitting, by the circuitry, the first information, second information, and the detected sensing data to the server apparatus, wherein

the IC tag is authenticated, by the server apparatus, based on the first information,

the second information includes user identification (ID) information indicating an identity of a user, device ID information indicating an identity of the information processing apparatus, and category information, and

the category information indicates categorization of the user ID information into a specific level of a plurality of levels;

receiving, by the circuitry, application activation information from the server apparatus based on the first information, the second information, and the detected sensing data, wherein

the application activation information is based on the specific level associated with the user ID information, and

the application activation information includes an activation parameter; and

controlling, by the circuitry, activation of an application on the information processing apparatus based on the transmission and the activation parameter.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor in an information processing apparatus, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, from a server apparatus, a plurality of session random numbers;

reading first information, via wireless communication, from an integrated circuit (IC) tag based on a specific session random number of the plurality of session random numbers, wherein the first information includes a tag identification (ID) of the IC tag and a message authentication code (MAC) of the IC tag;

detecting sensing data;

deleting, based on the read first information, the specific session random number from the plurality of session random numbers in the information processing apparatus;

transmitting the first information, second information, and the detected sensing data to the server apparatus, wherein

the IC tag is authenticated, by the server apparatus, based on the first information,

the second information includes user identification (ID) information indicating an identity of a user, device ID information indicating an identity of the information processing apparatus, and category information, and

the category information indicates categorization of the user ID information into a specific level of a plurality of levels;

receiving application activation information from the server apparatus based on the first information, the second information, and the detected sensing data, wherein

the application activation information is based on the specific level associated with the user ID information, and

the application activation information includes an activation parameter; and

controlling activation of an application on the information processing apparatus based on the transmission and the activation parameter.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-169149 · Jul 31, 2012 · national
Continuity (3)
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