Patent · US Expired

Data sending/receiving device and digital certificate issuing method

US7584360B2 · kind B2 · utility

12Cited by
7References
15Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 5, 2004
Grant dateSep 1, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 24, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/06
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A management unit (110) which issues a digital certificate to a new transmission unit (410) includes a wireless communication section for performing communication in a network (300) and a wire communication section to which the new transmission unit (410) can be connected; when the new transmission unit (410) is wire-connected to the management unit (110), it is judged in accordance with the received device type information of the new transmission unit (410), whether or not the new transmission unit (410) is a device having a communication means that can communicate in the network (300); and if the new transmission unit is judged as a device having that type of means, the management unit creates a digital certificate by using a device identifier specific to the new transmission unit (410), and sends the digital certificate to the new transmission unit (410).

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.