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Communication device, communication method and computer program

US10671717B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 2016
Grant dateJun 2, 2020
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L9/3268
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication device includes: a first subscriber identification unit that stores first subscriber identification unit identification information associated with user identification information; and a communication unit that communicates with another communication device, the other communication device including a second subscriber identification unit that stores second subscriber identification unit identification information associated with user identification information. The first subscriber identification unit includes: a key memory unit that records a pair of a public key certificate and a secret key, the pair being shared with the second subscriber identification unit; a public key certificate generation unit that generates, using the secret key recorded in the key memory unit, a “first public key certificate comprising the first subscriber identification unit identification information or the user identification information associated with the first subscriber identification unit identification information”; and a secret key memory unit that records a secret key paired with the first public key certificate.

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