KR20130131724A - Method, terminal, server, and recording medium for exclusive authentication in opmd system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an authentication technology allowing exclusive authentication for other terminals in a certain terminal of an OPMD (one person multi device) system by which a user can sync and user many devices. A method for exclusive authentication in an OPMD system according to one aspect of the present invention is a method performed in a user terminal in an OPMD system, and it can include a step for determining whether an exclusive authentication method is selected; a step for recording unique identification information of the user terminal in a CTN field of an authentication request message when the exclusive authentication method is selected; and a step for transmitting the authentication request message to the authentication server; and can it can further include a step for receiving exclusive authentication admitting information for another user terminal as a response for the authentication request message from the authentication server. [Reference numerals] (200) User terminal;(300) Authentication server;(AA,CC) NO;(BB,DD) Previous authentication process method;(S401) Log-in start;(S403) Exclusive authentication select?;(S405,S415) Previous authentication process method;(S407) Recording unique identification information record of terminal in CTN field;(S409) Authentication request message;(S411) Authentication request message check;(S413) Unique identification information in CTN field?;(S417) Exclusive authentication acceptance information;(S419) Log-in success

Description

Method, terminal, server, and recording medium for exclusive authentication in OPM system {Method, Terminal, Server, and Recording Medium for Exclusive Authentication in OPMD System}

The present invention relates to an authentication technology in an OPMD system, and more particularly, to perform an exclusive authentication for another terminal in a specific terminal of an one person multi device (OPMD) system that allows one user customer to use various devices. It relates to an authentication technology that enables it.

Currently, users are using a large number of terminal devices such as feature phones or smart phones, tablet PCs, and notebook PCs. It uses a service that can transmit or download information, and uses traffic information, digital broadcasting, or satellite broadcasting content services in a moving vehicle. In addition, you can use a content service that uses simple content such as reading mail, weather or bank information using your mobile phone anytime, anywhere. Moreover, you can use digital TV to provide various Internet content services as well as broadcasting while staying at home. Can be.

As described above, with the activation of Internet services and the emergence of smart phones, tablet PCs, smart TVs, etc., a single user multi-device (OPMD), in which a single user customer uses multiple devices (or terminal devices), is used. As a service, a service such as an N-Screen has been proposed to allow one content to be continuously enjoyed in a plurality of terminal devices.

In the OPMD system for providing services such as N-screen, authentication is usually performed based on ID / Password (ID / Password) and / or Cellular Telephone Number (CTN). Universal subscriber identity module (USIM) In other words, since authentication is possible in other terminals and interworking with N-screen, it is impossible to provide a method for exclusive authentication for a specific terminal only under a system structure of interworking between multi-devices of the same name. There is a problem. Therefore, there is a problem in that it is difficult to cope with the case where exclusive authentication is required for other terminals only for a specific terminal for providing a specific service or for a specific policy purpose.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object thereof is to perform exclusive authentication with respect to another terminal only for a specific terminal in an One Person Multi Device (OPMD) system in which one user customer uses several devices in conjunction. It is to provide a method, a terminal, a server, and a recording medium for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for exclusive authentication in an OPMD system according to an aspect of the present invention includes a method performed by a user terminal of an OPMD system, including: determining whether an exclusive authentication method is selected; When the exclusive authentication method is selected, generating an exclusive authentication request message; And transmitting the generated exclusive authentication request message to the corresponding authentication server, and receiving exclusive authentication acceptance information for the other terminal of the user in response to the exclusive authentication request message from the authentication server. It may further include.

The generating of the exclusive authentication request message may generate an exclusive authentication request message by recording unique identification information of the user terminal in a specific field of the authentication request message, and the specific field may include a CTN field. The identification information may include at least one of a media access control (MAC) address of the corresponding terminal and an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI).

The exclusive authentication acceptance information may include a separate subscriber number B which is distinguished from a unique subscriber number A assigned in correspondence with a single user using one or more terminals of the OPMD system, wherein the subscriber number B is each user terminal. It can be created to correspond to.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for exclusive authentication in an OPMD system according to another aspect of the present invention is a method performed by an authentication server of an OPMD system, and confirms whether an exclusive authentication request message is received from a user terminal. Making; And when the exclusive authentication request message is received, transmitting exclusive authentication acceptance information to another user terminal to the user terminal in response to the received exclusive authentication request message.

The exclusive authentication request message may indicate that unique identification information of the user terminal is recorded in a specific field of the authentication request message, and the specific field may include a CTN field, and the unique identification information may include a MAC address and an IMEI of the corresponding terminal. It may include at least one of (International Mobile Equipment Identity).

The exclusive authentication acceptance information may include a separate subscriber number B which is distinguished from a unique subscriber number A assigned corresponding to a single user using one or more terminals of the OPMD system, wherein the subscriber number B is the user terminal. It can be created to correspond to.

In order to achieve the above object, the terminal for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system according to another aspect of the present invention, the exclusive certificate determination unit for determining whether or not the exclusive authentication method is selected; When the exclusive authentication method is selected, the authentication request message generation unit for generating the exclusive authentication request message by recording the unique identification information of the terminal in the CTN field of the authentication request message; And an authentication request message transmission unit which transmits the exclusive authentication request message to the corresponding authentication server, and receives exclusive authentication acceptance information for the other terminal of the user in response to the exclusive authentication request message from the authentication server. The apparatus may further include an authentication acceptance information receiver.

The exclusive authentication acceptance information may include a separate subscriber number B which is distinguished from a unique subscriber number A given in correspondence with a single user using one or more terminals of the OPMD system, wherein the subscriber number B is a user's respective number. The unique identification information may include at least one of a MAC address and an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of the terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the server for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system according to another aspect of the present invention, whether the unique identification information of the terminal is included in the CTN field of the authentication request message received from the user terminal; Authentication request message confirmation unit for confirming; And an authentication acceptance information transmission unit for transmitting exclusive authentication acceptance information to other user terminals to the user terminal in response to the received authentication request message when the unique identification information is included.

The unique identification information may include at least one of a MAC address of the terminal and an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI), and the exclusive authentication acceptance information is assigned to correspond to a single user using one or more terminals of the OPMD system. It may include a separate subscriber number B distinguished from a unique subscriber number A, the subscriber number B may be generated to correspond to the user terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, there can be provided a computer-readable recording medium in which a method for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system is recorded by a program.

As described above, according to various aspects of the present invention, since one user customer may perform exclusive authentication with respect to another terminal only for a specific terminal in an OPMD system using multiple devices, In this case, only a specific terminal among a plurality of user terminals of the One Person Multi Device (OPMD) system can be used exclusively without interworking with other terminals.

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for exclusive authentication in an OPMD system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a configuration diagram of a user terminal for exclusive authentication in an OPMD system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a configuration diagram of an authentication server for exclusive authentication in an OPMD system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a flowchart of a method for exclusive authentication in an OPMD system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, like reference numerals are used to denote like elements in the drawings, even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for exclusive authentication in an OPMD system according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the figure, including a communication network 100, a user terminal 200, and an authentication server 300. can do.

The communication network 100 according to the present embodiment may be any network alone or in combination, which allows communication between the user terminal 200 and the authentication server 300 by wire, wireless, and / or the Internet to communicate in one or two directions. good.

The user terminal 200 according to the present embodiment represents one of a plurality of devices (or terminals) used by an One Person Multi Device (OPMD) service user. For example, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a notebook It may be one of devices such as a PC, a desktop PC, an IPTV, and the like.

The authentication server 300 according to the present embodiment is for performing authentication in response to a request from the user terminal 200.

In general, the authentication server 300 manages customer information (eg, ID, password, customer personal information, etc.) and device information (eg, CTN, MAC, etc.), and the service server (not shown) provides the corresponding customer information. In this embodiment, the authentication server 300 and the service server are integrated into one, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the authentication server and the service server may be separated and configured as before.

When the customer subscribes to an OPMD service such as N-Screen using the terminal 1 to receive the service in advance, the customer information and the device information are managed in the authentication server 300, and the authentication server 300 is a subscriber corresponding to the subscribed customer. Create number A and manage it on the service server.

Existing authentication server manages CTN and MAC information of the added terminal when the same customer additionally registers terminal # 2 to receive N-Screen service, but subscriber information is not generated for each terminal. While tied and managed by one subscriber number A, the authentication server 300 according to the present embodiment generates and provides a subscriber number B corresponding to the corresponding terminal 200 when an exclusive authentication request message is received from the terminal 200. Can be.

The subscriber number is the information given to the terminal by the authentication server 300 when the login is successful, and the terminal may receive a desired service by communicating with the corresponding service server using the received subscriber number.

The subscriber number is identification information for managing the actual service in the service server, and service details such as purchase history, viewing history, and resume information are matched with the corresponding subscriber number and managed.

In other words, even if the same customer is logged in to any registered terminal, by providing one unique subscriber number to the same single subscriber (or called a customer or user), the service is provided. Since the service history, such as the like, is commonly managed to provide an N-screen service, the same user of the OPMD system cannot use a specific terminal exclusively for other terminals, whereas according to an embodiment of the present invention, one person multi Device) Only a specific terminal among a plurality of user terminals of the system can be used exclusively without interworking with other terminals, which will be described later.

2 is a configuration diagram of a user terminal for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is a detailed configuration diagram of the user terminal 200 of FIG. 1, and as shown in FIG. 210, an exclusive certificate determination unit 230, an authentication request message generating unit 250, an authentication request message transmitting unit 270, and an authentication acceptance information receiving unit 290 may be included.

The exclusive certificate selection unit 210 according to the present embodiment is for allowing a user to select an exclusive authentication method, for example, '*' or '#' on a login screen that requires input of a specific field displayed on a user terminal. It is possible to select an exclusive authentication method by pressing a specific key promised, such as', or to display the menu on the terminal screen to select an exclusive authentication method. When the exclusive authentication method is selected, information requiring exclusive authentication may be automatically input to a specific field displayed on the login screen. That is, when the information for requesting exclusive authentication is unique identification information of the device, the unique identification information of the corresponding device may be automatically input into a specific field displayed on the login screen. Instead of implementing such an exclusive certificate selection unit 210, the user may directly implement information for requesting exclusive authentication into a specific field of the login screen.

The exclusive certificate determination unit 230 according to the present embodiment is for determining whether an exclusive authentication method is selected, and information for automatically requesting exclusive authentication is input through the exclusive authentication selection unit 210 or from a user. When information for requesting exclusive authentication is input to a specific field on the login screen, it may be determined that the exclusive authentication method is selected.

The authentication request message generating unit 250 according to the present embodiment generates an authentication request message when the authentication process is performed, and when it is determined that the exclusive authentication method is selected through the exclusive authentication determining unit 230, for example, an authentication request message. Instead of the telephone number of the terminal 200 in the specific field of the unique identification information may be recorded to generate an exclusive authentication request message. In the present embodiment, the specific field may be a CTN field, and the unique identification information may include at least one of a MAC address of the terminal 200 and an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI).

In general, the authentication request message includes an ID field for recording a user ID (ID), a PW field for recording a password (PW), a social security number field for recording a social security number, and a CTN field for recording at least one or more telephone numbers. In the present embodiment, when the exclusive authentication method is selected as described above, in the present embodiment, MAC address or IMEI information as unique identification information of the terminal 200 is recorded instead of the telephone number in the CTN field. . That is , by inserting information for requesting exclusive authentication in a specific field of the authentication request message, the exclusive authentication request message is generated, so that the user terminal can be implemented without significant change.

The authentication request message transmitting unit 270 according to the present embodiment is for transmitting the authentication request message generated through the authentication request message generating unit 250 to the corresponding authentication server 300.

The authentication acceptance information receiver 290 according to the present embodiment receives the exclusive authentication acceptance information when the exclusive authentication acceptance information is transmitted to the other terminal of the user in response to the authentication request message from the authentication server 300. For completing exclusive authentication, for example, the general authentication acceptance information may include a subscriber number A unique for a user of the OPMD service, where the exclusive authentication acceptance information is a separate subscriber number distinct from subscriber number A. B may be included. That is, in this embodiment, the exclusive authentication acceptance information includes a separate subscriber number B which is distinguished from a unique subscriber number A given in correspondence with a single user using one or more terminals of the OPMD system, and the subscriber number B corresponds to It is the unique information corresponding to the user terminal 200.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the subscriber number A is information used for accepting the existing general authentication that enables the interworking of a plurality of devices as common information for a plurality of devices (or terminals) owned by a single user of the OPMD system. And, the subscriber number B is information used when accepting an exclusive authentication so that only a specific terminal 200 among a plurality of devices possessed by a single user of the OPMD system can be used exclusively without interworking with other terminals.

3 is a configuration diagram of an authentication server for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which is a detailed configuration diagram of the authentication server 300 of FIG. 1, and confirms an authentication request message as shown in FIG. The unit 310 and the authentication acceptance information transmission unit 330 may be included.

The authentication request message checking unit 310 according to the present embodiment is information for requesting exclusive authentication to a specific field (CTN field) of the authentication request message received from the user terminal 200. This is to check whether the MAC address or IMEI information as the unique identification information of the terminal 200 is recorded. If the MAC address or IMEI information is recorded in the CTN field instead of the phone number, it may be determined as an exclusive authentication request.

If the authentication acceptance information transmission unit 330 according to the present embodiment determines that there is an exclusive authentication request from the user terminal 200 in the authentication request message confirming unit 310, an authentication request message received from the user terminal 200. In order to transmit the exclusive authentication acceptance information for the other terminal of the user in response to the user terminal, for example, as described above, the general authentication acceptance information is a subscriber number A unique for the user of the OPMD service. The exclusive authentication acceptance information may include a separate subscriber number B which is separated from the subscriber number A. FIG.

4 is a flow chart of a method for exclusive authentication in an OPMD system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Since it applies to the system of FIG. 1, it demonstrates in parallel with the operation | movement of the system.

First, when log-in is started (S401), the user terminal 200 determines whether the exclusive authentication method is selected from the user (S403), and if the exclusive authentication method is not selected as a result of the determination of step S403 A login procedure according to the existing general authentication processing method is performed (S405).

The general authentication processing method in step S405, for example, may indicate that the login is started based on the user's ID or password, or in another example, the login is started by recording the normal telephone number of the corresponding terminal 200 in the CTN field. .

Subsequently, when it is determined in step S403 that the exclusive authentication method is selected, the user terminal 200 is information that requests exclusive authentication in a specific field (CTN field) of the authentication request message and is unique instead of the telephone number of the corresponding terminal 200. Record the MAC address or IMEI information as identification information (S407), which is information for requesting exclusive authentication. The (exclusive) authentication request message including the MAC address or IMEI information is transmitted to the authentication server 300 (S409).

Subsequently, when the (exclusive) authentication request message transmitted from the user terminal 200 is received in step S409, the authentication server 300 checks the received authentication request message (S411), and checks the CTN field of the corresponding authentication request message. It is determined whether unique identification information of the corresponding terminal 200, such as MAC address or IMEI information, is included (S413).

Subsequently, the authentication server 300 performs the authentication acceptance procedure according to the existing general authentication processing method if the CTN field does not include the unique identification information and the phone number of the corresponding terminal 200 as a result of the determination in step S413. In operation S415, if the CTN field includes unique identification information other than a phone number, exclusive authentication acceptance information for other terminals is generated and transmitted to the user terminal 200 (S417).

Finally, the user terminal 200 receives the exclusive authentication acceptance information from the authentication server 300 and succeeds in logging in. In this case, the user terminal 200 may use the exclusive terminal without interworking with other terminals (S419).

As described above, the method for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as a computer-readable recording medium including program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The computer-readable recording medium may include a program command, a local data file, a local data structure, or the like, alone or in combination. The recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the embodiments of the present invention or may be those known to those skilled in the computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROMs, And hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute the same program instructions. The recording medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal line, a wave guide, or the like, including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal designating a program command, a local data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: Network
200: user terminal
210: Exclusive Selection
230: Exclusive Symptom Determination
250: authentication request message generation unit
270: authentication request message transmission unit
290: authentication acceptance information receiving unit
300: authentication server
310: authentication request message confirmation unit
330: authentication acceptance information transmission unit

Claims (24)

As a method performed by a user terminal of an OPMD system,
Determining whether an exclusive authentication method is selected;
When the exclusive authentication method is selected, generating an exclusive authentication request message; And
And transmitting the generated exclusive authentication request message to a corresponding authentication server. The method of claim 1,
And receiving exclusive authentication acceptance information for the other terminal of the user in response to the exclusive authentication request message from the authentication server. 3. The method of claim 2,
And generating the exclusive authentication request message by recording the unique identification information of the user terminal in a specific field of the authentication request message. The method of claim 3,
And the specific field comprises a CTN field. The method of claim 3,
The unique identification information includes at least one of a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the terminal and an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI). 3. The method of claim 2,
The exclusive authentication acceptance information includes an exclusive authentication number in the OPMD system, which includes a separate subscriber number B which is distinguished from a unique subscriber number A given in correspondence with a single user using one or more terminals of the OPMD system. Way. The method according to claim 6,
And the subscriber number B corresponds to the user terminal. As the method performed by the authentication server of the OPMD system,
Checking whether an exclusive authentication request message is received from the user terminal;
When the exclusive authentication request message is received, transmitting exclusive authentication acceptance information for the other terminal of the user to the user terminal in response to the received exclusive authentication request message, for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system. Way. 9. The method of claim 8,
The exclusive authentication request message is a method for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system, characterized in that the unique identification information of the user terminal is recorded in a specific field of the authentication request message. 10. The method of claim 9,
And the specific field comprises a CTN field. 10. The method of claim 9,
The unique identification information includes at least one of the MAC address and the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of the terminal. 9. The method of claim 8,
The exclusive authentication acceptance information includes an exclusive authentication number in the OPMD system, which includes a separate subscriber number B which is distinguished from a unique subscriber number A given in correspondence with a single user using one or more terminals of the OPMD system. Way. The method of claim 12,
And the subscriber number B corresponds to the user terminal. An exclusive certificate determination unit that determines whether an exclusive authentication method is selected;
When the exclusive authentication method is selected, the authentication request message generation unit for generating the exclusive authentication request message by recording the unique identification information of the terminal in the CTN field of the authentication request message; And
Terminal for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system comprising an authentication request message transmission unit for transmitting the exclusive authentication request message to the corresponding authentication server. 15. The method of claim 14,
The terminal for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system, characterized in that it further comprises an authentication acceptance information receiving unit for receiving exclusive authentication acceptance information for the other terminal of the user in response to the exclusive authentication request message from the authentication server. 16. The method of claim 15,
The exclusive authentication acceptance information includes an exclusive authentication number in the OPMD system, which includes a separate subscriber number B which is distinguished from a unique subscriber number A given in correspondence with a single user using one or more terminals of the OPMD system. Terminal for. 17. The method of claim 16,
The subscriber number B corresponds to the user terminal, the terminal for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system. 15. The method of claim 14,
The unique identification information terminal for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system, characterized in that at least one of the MAC address and IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) of the terminal. 15. The method of claim 14,
Terminal for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system, characterized in that it further comprises an exclusive certificate selection unit for selecting an exclusive authentication method. An authentication request message confirming unit confirming whether or not the CTN field of the authentication request message received from the user terminal includes unique identification information of the corresponding terminal; And
When the unique identification information is included, exclusive authentication in the OPMD system including an authentication acceptance information transmission unit for transmitting to the user terminal exclusive authentication acceptance information for the other terminal of the user in response to the received authentication request message. Server for. 21. The method of claim 20,
The unique identification information server for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system, characterized in that it comprises at least one of the MAC address and IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) of the terminal. 21. The method of claim 20,
The exclusive authentication acceptance information includes an exclusive authentication number in the OPMD system, which includes a separate subscriber number B which is distinguished from a unique subscriber number A given in correspondence with a single user using one or more terminals of the OPMD system. For the server. The method of claim 22,
The subscriber number B corresponds to the user terminal, server for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system. A computer-readable recording medium in which a method for exclusive authentication in the OPMD system according to any one of claims 1 to 13 is recorded by a program.

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