JP2010191766A - Device, and method for managing data and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To associate user information of an authenticated user with data to store them by performing user authentication by a device such as a camera for transmitting the data to be stored without inputting the user information in a data management device. <P>SOLUTION: The data management device is configured so as to receive data from a data obtaining device, to generate data identification information, to associate the data with the data identification information to store them in a data storing means, to transmit the data identification information to the data obtaining device in order to display the data identification information in the data obtaining device, to receive user information from an authentication control device, to authenticate the user information, to receive the data identification information displayed in the data obtaining device from the authentication control device that has transmitted the authenticated user information, and to store the user information in the data storing means in association with the data identification information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for associating data transmitted from a device such as a camera and stored in a service server with user information of a user who accesses the service server.

  In recent years, various devices such as cameras, video players, and game machines have been equipped with a network connection function using a wireless LAN or the like.

  By using such a network connection function, for example, the camera itself sends an image taken by the camera to a data storage server on the network, and the data storage server stores the image. Thereafter, the user accesses the data storage server from the camera or other device to view or edit the stored image.

  Note that there is a technique described in Patent Document 1 as an example of a technique for using online storage from a device such as a digital camera.

JP 2005-004402 A

  In a service server such as a data storage server, it is general that only registered users are allowed to store data and access data.

  Therefore, for example, when storing data transmitted from a camera or the like in the service server, it is necessary to store the data in association with user information (ID / password, etc.) input by the user. . Then, when accessing data from the user, the service server requests user information from the service server, and the service server performs authentication based on the user information, and only when the authentication is successful, the user information The data corresponding to is provided to the user.

  However, devices such as a camera, a video player, a game machine, or a photo frame generally have a communication function, but lack a function for inputting user information such as an ID and a password. That is, in these devices, even if a character input function is provided, a desired character cannot be input unless a special operation is performed. Therefore, it is not easy for a general user to log in to the service server with an ID and password using such a device and store data such as images in association with user information.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and in a data management device for storing data received from a device such as a camera via a communication network, user information is transmitted by the device such as a camera that transmits data to be stored. It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique for performing user authentication without inputting the password and storing the user information and data of the authenticated user in association with each other.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a data management apparatus connected to a data acquisition apparatus and an authentication control apparatus via a communication network, and the data acquired by the data acquisition apparatus Data identification information generating and storing means for receiving data from the apparatus, generating data identification information for identifying the data based on the data, and storing the data and the data identification information in association with each other in the data storage means; In order to display the data identification information in the data acquisition device, data identification information transmission means for transmitting the data identification information to the data acquisition device and user information from the authentication control device are received, and the user information User authentication means for performing authentication by confirming that it matches the user information stored in the information storage means; Data identification information displayed in the data acquisition device is received from the authentication control device that has transmitted the user information authenticated by the user authentication means, and the user information is associated with the data identification information and the data is And a user information storage means for storing in the storage means.

  The data management device comprises data transmission means for receiving the user information from a terminal device connected to the communication network, reading data corresponding to the user information from the data storage means, and transmitting the data to the terminal device. Also good.

  Further, in the data management device, data display device identification for receiving device information corresponding to the data display device from a data display device connected to the communication network and identifying the data display device based on the device information Data display device identification information generating and storing means for generating information and storing the data display device identification information in the data storage means, and the data display device for displaying the data display device identification information on the data display device Data display device identification information transmitting means for transmitting identification information to the data display device, and after authentication is performed by the user authentication means based on user information transmitted from the authentication control device, from the authentication control device, The data display device identification information displayed on the data display device is received, and the data In association with the display device identification information, storage means for storing the user information in the data storage device may further comprise a.

  According to the present invention, in a data management device that stores data received from a device such as a camera via a communication network, user authentication is performed without inputting user information on the device such as a camera that transmits data to be stored. Thus, it is possible to provide a technique for associating and storing user information and data of an authenticated user.

1 is a configuration diagram of a data distribution service system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of a camera 3. FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram of a data management device 4. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the table stored in the user information storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of a session information table. It is a figure which shows an example of a data information table. It is a figure which shows an example of a tag table. It is a figure which shows an example of a display terminal information table. It is a sequence chart for demonstrating a user information registration process. It is a sequence chart for demonstrating the process which concerns on image preservation | save. It is a sequence chart for demonstrating tag information addition processing. It is a sequence chart for demonstrating a display process.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiment, an example in which an image captured by a camera (image data is expressed as “image”) is transmitted to a data management apparatus and the image is stored in the data management apparatus will be described as an example. In the present invention, the data stored by the data management device is not limited to images acquired by a camera. For example, the moving image acquired by the video recorder and the sound acquired by the voice recorder may be stored in the data management device.

(System configuration)
FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a data distribution service system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a data distribution service system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a controller terminal 1, a display terminal 2, a camera 3, and a data management device 4, which are connected to a communication network 5 such as the Internet. Configured.

  The controller terminal 1 in the data distribution service system 100 is, for example, a general mobile phone having a data communication function, a display function, and input functions such as characters. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user is carrying the controller terminal 1 together with the camera 3. A PC (personal computer) having a data communication function may be used as the controller terminal 1.

  The display terminal 2 is a digital photo frame having a data communication function, for example. Of course, a general PC may be used as the display terminal 2.

  FIG. 2 shows a functional configuration diagram of the camera 3 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the camera 3 includes at least a photographing unit 31, a display unit 32, and a network communication unit 33. The imaging unit 31 is a functional unit that acquires an image by performing imaging. The display unit 32 is, for example, a liquid crystal display unit, and is a functional unit that displays various data. The network communication unit 33 is a functional unit for performing communication such as transmitting data such as images to the data management device 4 via the communication network 5 and receiving data from the data management device 4. The camera itself having the configuration shown in FIG. 2 is based on the existing technology.

  FIG. 3 shows a functional configuration diagram of the data management device 4. As shown in FIG. 3, the data management apparatus 4 according to the present embodiment includes a network communication unit 41, a user authentication unit 42, a user management unit 43, a data transmission / reception unit 44, a data information control unit 45, and a display terminal information storage unit. 46, a user information storage unit 47, a data management information storage unit 48, and a data storage unit 49.

  The network communication unit 41 is a functional unit for the data management device 4 to perform data communication with other devices via the communication network 5. The user authentication unit 42 confirms whether the ID / password received via the communication network 5 matches the ID / password stored in the user information storage unit 47, so that the device that has transmitted the ID / password This is a functional unit that authenticates whether or not the user is a valid user.

  The user management unit 43 is a functional unit that receives user information transmitted from the controller terminal 1 or the like and stores it in the user information storage unit 47. FIG. 4 shows an example of a table stored in the user information storage unit 47. As shown in FIG. 4, the table stores user IDs, passwords, names, and mail addresses in association with each other.

  Further, the user information storage unit 47 stores a session information table in which a user ID and session information are associated with each other as shown in FIG. The session information is generated when the user authentication is successful, and is stored in the session information table together with the user ID that is successfully authenticated. The session information is used for associating a session (transmission / reception information) and a user ID when transmitting / receiving data to / from the control terminal 1. The session information may be deleted when there is no access for a certain period of time. Note that the method of using session information as in the present embodiment is merely an example.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the data transmission / reception unit 44 stores the image received from the camera 3 via the communication network 5 in the data storage unit 49 or transmits the image to the display terminal 2 or the like. It is a functional part that performs. Here, the data storage unit 49 stores image data as a file, and by designating a file name to the data storage unit 49, an image corresponding to the file name can be acquired. . The image ID may be managed in association with the file name, and the file name may be identified using the image ID.

  The data information control unit 45 generates data identification information based on the file name received from the data transmission / reception unit 44, and the data management information storage unit 48 along with the file identification, the user ID received from the user authentication unit 42, and the like. And a function unit that acquires the file name of the image corresponding to the user ID by searching the data management information storage unit 48 based on the user ID.

  In the data management information storage unit 48, for example, a data information table and a tag table are stored. FIG. 6 shows an example of the data information table. As shown in FIG. 6, the file name of the image, data identification information, user ID, registration date (time stamp), and tag ID are stored in the data information table in association with each other. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the tag table stores a tag ID and a tag name. In the tag table, tag information (tag ID and tag name) may be stored in advance by the system operator, or a tag table is provided for each user, and the user stores tag information in advance. It is good as well.

  The data information control unit 45 also has a function of associating the display terminal 2 with the user ID by generating display terminal identification information based on the device information of the display terminal 2. Details of the operation will be described later. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the display terminal information storage unit 46 stores a display terminal information table in which a user ID and display terminal identification information are associated with each other.

  The data management device 4 can be realized by causing a computer (server) to execute a program corresponding to the processing of each functional unit. The program may be stored in a recording medium such as a memory and installed in the computer from the recording medium, or the program may be stored in a server connected to a communication network, and the program downloaded from the server Then, it may be installed.

  Further, the data management device 4 may be configured by one computer, or may be configured by a plurality of computers connected to the network by providing a computer for each one or a plurality of functional units.

  The data storage unit 49 and the data management information storage unit 48 constitute data storage means for storing data and data identification information in association with each other. Further, the data information control unit 45 receives the data acquired by the camera 3 from the camera 3, generates data identification information for identifying the data based on the data, the data and the data identification information The data identification information displayed on the camera 3 is received from the data identification information generation and storage means for storing the information in the data storage means and the controller terminal 1 that has transmitted the user information authenticated by the user authentication unit 42. And user information storage means for storing the user information in the data storage means in association with the data identification information.

  Further, the data information control unit 45 receives device information corresponding to the display terminal 2 from the display terminal 2, generates display terminal identification information for identifying the display terminal 2 based on the device information, and displays the display terminal. The data display device identification information generating and storing means for storing the identification information in the data storage means, and the user information transmitted after being authenticated by the user authenticating unit 42 based on the user information transmitted from the controller terminal 1 Storage means for receiving display terminal identification information displayed on the display terminal 2 from the controller terminal 1 and storing the user information in the data storage means in association with the display terminal identification information.

(System operation)
Next, an operation example of the data distribution service system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the sequence charts of FIGS. In the following flowcharts, main processes are shown.

<User information registration>
First, user information registration processing will be described with reference to FIG. A user ID, a password, a name, and an e-mail address are input as user information related to registration from the controller terminal 1 (step 1), and these are transmitted to the data management device 4 via the communication network 5 (step 2). In the data management device 4, the user management unit 43 receives the user information and stores the user information in the user information storage unit 47 (step 3). When the storage is completed, a registration permission notification is transmitted from the user management unit 43 to the controller terminal 1, and information indicating registration permission is displayed on the controller terminal 1 (steps 4, 5, and 6).

<Send and save images>
Next, processing related to image transmission from the camera 3 and image storage in the data management apparatus 4 will be described with reference to the sequence chart of FIG.

  Photographing is performed in the camera 3 by the photographing unit 31, and an image is acquired (step 11). The image is acquired as file data with a file name. When the camera 3 side designates the address (URL or the like) of the data management device 3 as the image transmission destination and instructs the camera 3 to perform transmission (step 12), the network communication of the camera 3 is performed. The unit 33 transmits the image to the data management device 4 via the communication network 5 (step 13). The address can be designated by selecting a specific service name from a plurality of service names registered and displayed in advance in the camera 3, for example.

  In the data management device 4, the data transmission / reception unit 44 receives an image transmitted from the camera 3. Then, the data transmitting / receiving unit 44 stores the received image in the data storage unit 49 (step 14).

  Further, the data transmitting / receiving unit 44 passes the file name of the received image to the data information control unit 45 (step 15). Subsequently, the data information control unit 45 generates data identification information from the file name received in step 15 and a time stamp indicating the current date and time (step 16). Here, for example, a hash value obtained by applying an MD5 hash function to information including an image file name and a time stamp is used as data identification information. Then, the data information control unit 45 stores the file name, the data identification information, and the time stamp in association with each other in the data information table in the data management information storage unit 48 (step 17).

  Thereafter, the data information control unit 45 transmits the data identification information generated in step 16 to the camera 3 (step 18). The camera 3 receives the data identification information, and the data identification information is displayed on the display unit 32 (step 19). The data identification information displayed on the display unit 32 may be a character string or a QR code.

  Subsequently, the controller terminal 1 logs in to the data management device 4. That is, the user inputs the already registered ID and password to the controller terminal 1 (step 20), and the controller terminal 1 transmits the ID and password to the data management device 4 (step 21).

  In the data management device 4, the user authentication unit 42 performs user authentication by confirming that the received ID and password match either the ID or password stored in the user information storage unit 47 (step 22). In addition, when the user authentication is successful in the authentication process, the user authentication unit 42 generates session information and stores the session information together with the user ID in the session management table, and notifies the controller that the authentication is successful. It transmits to the terminal 1 (step 23). The notification includes session information, and the controller terminal 1 holds the session information. Also, here, information input screen display data is sent to the controller terminal 1.

  An information input screen is displayed on the controller terminal 1, and the user inputs the data identification information displayed on the camera 3 in step 19 to the controller terminal 1 (step 24).

  Then, the controller terminal 1 transmits the data identification information input by the user to the data management device 4 together with the session information (step 25). In the data management device 4, the data information control unit 45 receives the data identification information and the session information, and acquires the user ID corresponding to the session information from the user information storage unit 47 (step 26). Then, the data information control unit 45 stores the user ID in the data information table in association with the data identification information received from the controller terminal 1 (step 27). That is, the data information control unit 45 searches the data information table using the data identification information received from the controller terminal 1, detects the data identification information that matches the data identification information, the data identification information, the user ID, Are associated and stored in the data information table.

  Thereby, a file name can be specified from the user ID, and an image can be acquired from the data storage unit 49 using the file name. That is, the user ID and the image are associated with each other. Thereafter, the data information control unit 45 transmits a notification indicating that the association between the user ID and the image is completed to the controller terminal 1 (step 28), and the information on the notification is displayed on the controller terminal 1 (step 28). 29).

  Through the above process, the user performs various processes including browsing the previously stored image by logging in to the data management apparatus 4 using any terminal other than the controller terminal 1 or the like. Is possible. As examples of various processes, a process for adding tag information to an image using the controller terminal 1 and a process for displaying an image on the display terminal 2 will be described below.

<Tag information addition processing>
The tag information addition process will be described with reference to FIG. First, the controller terminal 1 accesses the data management device 4 and transmits the user ID and password input by the user (step 31). Thereafter, after a notification of authentication OK (including session information) is returned to the controller terminal (step 32), the controller terminal 1 sends a tag addition request (including session information) to the data management device 4 based on the operation by the user. (Step 33). In the data management device 4, the data information control unit 45 receives the tag addition request, and acquires the user ID from the user information storage unit 47 by using the session information included in the tag addition request (step 34).

  And the data information control part 45 acquires the file name corresponding to the said user ID by searching the data information table in the data management information storage part 48 using the said user ID (steps 35 and 36). Subsequently, the data information control unit 45 acquires an image from the data storage unit 49 by designating the file name (steps 37 and 38). Further, the data information control unit 45 acquires tag information (tag name and tag ID) from the tag table, and passes the image data (including the file name) and the tag information to the data transmitting / receiving unit 44 (step 39). The data transmitter / receiver 44 transmits the image and tag information to the controller terminal 1 together with the session information (step 40).

  The controller terminal 1 displays the received image and tag information (step 41). The user selects a specific tag name from the tag information. Then, the tag ID and the file name corresponding to the tag name selected by the user are sent from the controller terminal 1 to the data management device 4 together with the session information (step 42).

  In the data management device 4, the data information control unit 45 acquires the user ID from the session information, and stores the tag ID in the location of the data information table corresponding to the user ID and the file name received from the controller terminal 1 (step 43). ). The data information control unit 45 then notifies the controller terminal 1 that tag addition has been completed (steps 44 and 45). When a plurality of images are targeted, the data information control unit 45 creates a thumbnail image including a plurality of images and transmits it to the controller terminal 1, and the controller terminal 1 selects a tag name for each image. To do.

  Thereby, for example, when a user specifies a tag name to the data management apparatus 4 from the controller terminal 1 or the like, an image corresponding to the tag name can be acquired.

<Display processing>
Next, display processing by the display terminal 2 will be described with reference to FIG. When the display terminal 2 is a general PC, user authentication can be performed by inputting an ID and a password from the PC. However, in this embodiment, the display terminal 2 has a communication function. It is assumed that the device is difficult to input characters such as a digital photo frame.

  First, the display terminal 2 accesses the data management device 4. At this time, device information (manufacturing number, MAC address, etc.) corresponding to the device is sent from the display terminal 2 to the data management device 4 (step 61). In the data management device 4, the data information control unit 45 receives the device information, performs a process such as applying a hash function to the device information, generates display terminal identification information, and stores it in the display terminal information storage unit 46. Store (step 62).

  The data information control unit 45 transmits the display terminal identification information generated as described above to the display terminal 2 (step 63), and the display terminal 2 displays the display terminal identification information (step 64).

  Subsequently, login is performed by transmitting an ID and a password from the controller terminal 1 to the data management device 4 (step 65).

  In the data management device 4, the user authentication unit 42 performs user authentication (step 66). Further, when the user authentication is successful, the user authentication unit 42 generates session information, holds the session information together with the user ID in the session management table, and transmits a notification that the authentication is successful to the controller terminal 1 ( Step 67). The notification includes session information, and the controller terminal 1 holds the session information. Also, here, information input screen display data is sent to the controller terminal 1.

  An information input screen is displayed on the controller terminal 1, and the user inputs the display terminal identification information displayed on the display terminal 2 in step 64 to the controller terminal 1 (step 68).

  Then, the controller terminal 1 transmits the display terminal identification information input by the user to the data management device 4 together with the session information (step 69). In the data management device 4, the data information control unit 45 receives the display terminal identification information and the session information, and acquires the user ID corresponding to the session information from the user information storage unit 47 (step 70). Then, the data information control unit 45 stores the user ID in the display terminal information storage unit 46 in association with the display terminal identification information received from the controller terminal 1 (step 71). That is, the data information control unit 45 searches the display terminal information table using the display terminal identification information received from the controller terminal 1, detects the display terminal identification information that matches the display terminal identification information, and displays the display terminal identification information. The information and the user ID are associated with each other and stored in the display terminal information table. Thereby, the display terminal 2 and the user ID are linked.

  Thereafter, the data information control unit 45 transmits tag information (a list of tag information) to the display terminal 2 (step 72). A plurality of tag names are displayed on the display terminal 2, and the user selects one or a plurality of tag names from them (step 73).

  The display terminal 2 transmits the tag ID corresponding to the tag name selected by the user to the data management device 4 together with the device information (step 74). In the data management device 4, the data information control unit 45 receives the information. The data information control unit 45 converts the device information included in the received information into display terminal identification information by the same method as described above, and displays the user ID corresponding to the display terminal identification information in the display terminal information storage unit 46. (Step 75), and the file name corresponding to the tag ID and user ID selected by the user is obtained from the data information table (Steps 76 and 77). Then, the data information control unit 45 acquires an image corresponding to the file name from the data storage unit 49 and passes it to the data transmission / reception unit 44, and the data transmission / reception unit 44 transmits the image to the display terminal 2 (steps 78 and 79). 80, 81).

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and applications are possible within the scope of the claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Data delivery service system 1 Controller terminal 2 Display terminal 3 Camera 4 Data management apparatus 5 Communication network 31 Image pick-up part 32 Display part 33 Network communication part 41 Network communication part 42 User authentication part 43 User management part 44 Data transmission / reception part 45 Data information control Unit 46 Display terminal information storage unit 47 User information storage unit 48 Data management information storage unit 49 Data storage unit

Claims (6)

A data management device connected to a data acquisition device and an authentication control device via a communication network,
Data acquired by the data acquisition device is received from the data acquisition device, data identification information for identifying the data is generated based on the data, and the data and the data identification information are associated with each other. Data identification information generation storage means for storing in the storage means;
Data identification information transmitting means for transmitting the data identification information to the data acquisition device in order to display the data identification information in the data acquisition device;
User authentication means for receiving user information from the authentication control device and performing authentication by confirming that the user information matches the user information stored in the user information storage means in advance;
Data identification information displayed in the data acquisition device is received from the authentication control device that has transmitted the user information authenticated by the user authentication means, and the user information is associated with the data identification information and the data is User information storage means for storing in the storage means;
A data management apparatus comprising:   A data transmission unit that receives the user information from a terminal device connected to the communication network, reads data corresponding to the user information from the data storage unit, and transmits the data to the terminal device. Item 2. The data management device according to Item 1.   The data management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data acquisition apparatus is a camera that acquires image data as the data, and the authentication control apparatus is a mobile phone. Device information corresponding to the data display device is received from the data display device connected to the communication network, data display device identification information for identifying the data display device is generated based on the device information, and the data display Data display device identification information generating and storing means for storing device identification information in the data storage means;
A data display device identification information transmitting means for transmitting the data display device identification information to the data display device in order to display the data display device identification information in the data display device;
After the authentication by the user authentication means based on the user information transmitted from the authentication control device, the data display device identification information displayed on the data display device is received from the authentication control device, and the data Storage means for storing the user information in the data storage means in association with display device identification information;
The data management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: A data management method executed by a data management apparatus connected to a data acquisition apparatus and an authentication control apparatus via a communication network,
Data acquired by the data acquisition device is received from the data acquisition device, data identification information for identifying the data is generated based on the data, and the data and the data identification information are associated with each other. A data identification information generating and storing step for storing in the storage means;
A data identification information transmission step for transmitting the data identification information to the data acquisition device in order to display the data identification information in the data acquisition device;
A user authentication step of receiving user information from the authentication control device and performing authentication by confirming that the user information matches the user information stored in the user information storage means;
Data identification information displayed on the data acquisition device is received from the authentication control device that has transmitted the user information authenticated in the user authentication step, and the user information is associated with the data identification information and the data is A user information storage step for storing in the storage means;
A data management method comprising: A program for causing a computer to function as a data management device connected to a data acquisition device and an authentication control device via a communication network, the computer comprising:
Data acquired by the data acquisition device is received from the data acquisition device, data identification information for identifying the data is generated based on the data, and the data and the data identification information are associated with each other. Data identification information generation storage means for storing in the storage means;
Data identification information transmitting means for transmitting the data identification information to the data acquisition device in order to display the data identification information in the data acquisition device;
User authentication means for receiving user information from the authentication control device and performing authentication by confirming that the user information matches the user information stored in the user information storage means in advance;
Data identification information displayed in the data acquisition device is received from the authentication control device that has transmitted the user information authenticated by the user authentication means, and the user information is associated with the data identification information and the data is User information storage means for storing in the storage means;
Program to function as.

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