JP5885732B2 - Communication network setting service device, communication network setting service method, and computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication network setting service device, a communication network setting service method, and a computer program.

  In recent years, with the spread of mobile communication terminal devices (hereinafter referred to as mobile terminals) such as smartphones, the entire family has come to own their own mobile terminals. With the spread of wireless LAN (Local Area Network), a wireless LAN access point device is provided in a home to configure a wireless LAN, and the wireless LAN is connected to the Internet.

  In general, a mobile terminal has a function as a terminal (mobile phone network terminal) connected to a mobile phone network and a function as a terminal (wireless LAN terminal) connected to a wireless LAN. Thereby, in the home, it is possible to connect to the Internet from the mobile terminal via the wireless LAN configured in the home.

  Usually, in order to connect to a wireless LAN from a portable terminal, wireless LAN setting information of the wireless LAN access point device is set in the portable terminal. The wireless LAN setting information includes an SSID (Service Set ID) that is an identifier of the wireless LAN access point device, a password for authenticating connection to the wireless LAN access point device, and the like. By setting the wireless LAN setting information in the portable terminal, the portable terminal can be connected to the wireless LAN.

  For example, Non-Patent Document 1 is known as a technique for easily setting wireless LAN setting information. The conventional technology of Non-Patent Document 1 is a technology in a wireless LAN standard called “Wi-Fi”, which is one of the wireless LAN standards, and is called WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). In this WPS, the wireless LAN setting information is automatically set by pressing a dedicated button provided in each device in the wireless LAN access point device and the wireless LAN terminal.

Japanese Patent No. 4762660

“Wi-Fi Simple Configuration Technical Specification Version 2.0.0”, Wi-Fi Alliance, 2010

  However, in the WPS described above, a dedicated button needs to be provided on both the wireless LAN access point device and the wireless LAN terminal, and in a portable terminal or wireless LAN access point device that does not support this, the portable terminal is manually operated. It is necessary to set the wireless LAN setting information in. For this reason, in the home, in order for the family to connect to the wireless LAN configured in the home from each mobile terminal, it is often the case that the same wireless LAN setting information is manually set to each mobile terminal of the entire family, There is a problem that it takes time to set the wireless LAN setting information.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a communication network setting service device and a communication network setting service method that can reduce the trouble of setting the same communication network setting information for a plurality of communication network terminals. It is another object of the present invention to provide a computer program.

(1) A communication network setting service device according to the present invention includes a communication network setting information receiving unit that receives communication network setting information provided from a user, a communication network setting service address, and communication having the communication network setting information. A communication network setting service message providing unit having a message generating unit for generating a network setting service message; a message transmitting unit for transmitting the communication network setting service message to a designated terminal; and a communication network for the communication network setting service message A message receiving unit that receives the communication network setting service message based on a setting service address; and communication network setting information of the received communication network setting service message A terminal setting service unit including: a terminal setting data generating unit configured to generate terminal setting data set for a communication network terminal; and a terminal setting data transmitting unit configured to transmit the terminal setting data to a designated terminal. And.

(2) In the communication network setting service device according to the present invention, in the communication network setting service device according to (1), the terminal setting data generation unit generates the terminal setting data corresponding to a specified communication network terminal model. It is characterized by that.

(3) The communication network setting service device according to the present invention is the communication network setting service device according to any one of (1) and (2), wherein the communication network setting service message providing unit captures communication network setting information. The communication network setting service message includes the communication network setting information acquired by the image analysis unit that acquires the communication network setting information from the received image.

(4) The communication network setting service device according to the present invention is characterized in that in the communication network setting service device according to any one of (1) to (3), the communication network is a wireless LAN.

(5) The communication network setting service device according to the present invention is the communication network setting service device according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the communication network setting service message is in a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) format. It is characterized by.

(6) In the communication network setting service method according to the present invention, a communication network setting service message providing unit receives communication network setting information provided from a user, and the communication network setting service message. A message generating step for generating a communication network setting service message having a communication network setting service address and the communication network setting information; and the communication network setting service message providing unit specifying the communication network setting service message. A message transmission step for transmitting to the terminal; and a terminal setting service unit, wherein the communication network setting service address is based on the communication network setting service address of the communication network setting service message. Message receiving step for receiving a network setup service message, and terminal setup set by the terminal setup service unit for the communication network terminal using the communication network setup information of the received communication network setup service message A terminal setting data generating step for generating data; and a terminal setting data transmitting step for transmitting the terminal setting data to a designated terminal by the terminal setting service unit.

(7) A computer program according to the present invention includes a communication network setting information receiving step for receiving communication network setting information provided by a user, a communication network setting service address, and the communication network setting information. A message generating step for generating a network setting service message; a message transmitting step for transmitting the communication network setting service message to a specified terminal; and the communication network setting service based on a communication network setting service address of the communication network setting service message A message receiving step for receiving a message and communication network setting information of the received communication network setting service message A computer program for executing a terminal setting data generation step for generating terminal setting data set for a terminal, and a terminal setting data transmission step for transmitting the terminal setting data to a specified terminal. And

  According to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to reduce time and labor when setting the same communication network setting information for a plurality of communication network terminals.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the wireless LAN setting service apparatus 1 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the wireless LAN setting service message 100 of URL format which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence chart which shows the example of the procedure of the wireless LAN setting service method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a wireless LAN will be described as an example of a communication network to be set. In particular, Wi-Fi will be described as an example.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless LAN setting service device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the wireless LAN setting service device 1 includes a wireless LAN setting service message providing unit 10 and a terminal setting service unit 20. The wireless LAN setting service message providing unit 10 includes a wireless LAN setting information receiving unit 11, an image analyzing unit 12, a message generating unit 13, and a message transmitting unit 14. The terminal setting service unit 20 includes a message receiving unit 21, a terminal setting data generating unit 22, and a terminal setting data transmitting unit 23.

  The wireless LAN setting service device 1 transmits / receives data to / from a user terminal via a communication network such as the Internet. The user terminal may be a communication terminal device such as a mobile terminal or a tablet computer, or may be a stationary communication terminal device (for example, a stationary personal computer). . Further, the terminal that communicates with the wireless LAN setting service device 1 may be a terminal for which wireless LAN setting information has been set (that is, a terminal that can communicate with the wireless LAN), or the wireless LAN setting information It may be a terminal for which information is not set (that is, a terminal that is not yet communicable via a wireless LAN). A terminal for which wireless LAN setting information has been set communicates with the wireless LAN setting service device 1 using a communication network such as a wireless LAN, a cellular network, or a WiMAX network. A terminal for which wireless LAN setting information has not been set communicates with the wireless LAN setting service device 1 using a communication network other than the wireless LAN (for example, a cellular network, a WiMAX network, or the like).

  First, the wireless LAN setting service message providing unit 10 will be described. The wireless LAN setting information receiving unit 11 receives wireless LAN setting information provided from a user. The wireless LAN setting information may be provided as text data, or may be provided as an image obtained by capturing the wireless LAN setting information. The wireless LAN setting information may be transmitted from the user's terminal by e-mail, short message (SMS, MMS), messenger application message, or the like, or a web site that accepts the wireless LAN setting information is provided and used. It may be transmitted from the terminal of the person to the website.

  The image analysis unit 12 acquires the wireless LAN setting information from the “image obtained by capturing the wireless LAN setting information” received by the wireless LAN setting information receiving unit 11. In acquiring the wireless LAN setting information from this image, for example, a printed matter on which “SSID” and “password” are printed (for example, a label attached to the housing of the wireless LAN access point device, or the wireless LAN access point device) “SSID” and “password” are acquired by character recognition from an image obtained by imaging a printed matter attached to the device.

  The message generation unit 13 generates a wireless LAN setting service message having a wireless LAN setting service address and wireless LAN setting information. The wireless LAN setting information is wireless LAN setting information received by the wireless LAN setting information receiving unit 11 or wireless LAN setting information acquired by the image analysis unit 12. The wireless LAN setting service address is the address of the message receiving unit 21 of the terminal setting service unit 20.

  The wireless LAN setting service message has, for example, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) format. A character string may be added to the end of the URL body as the URL format wireless LAN setting service message. The URL body and the URL body with a character string added to the end are collectively referred to as a URL. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the URL format wireless LAN setting service message 100 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 2, the wireless LAN setting service message 100 is generated as a URL. The wireless LAN setting service message 100 includes a wireless LAN setting service address and wireless LAN setting information (SSID, password). The wireless LAN setting information is encrypted. The terminal setting service unit 20 holds a decryption key for decrypting the encrypted wireless LAN setting information.

  According to the wireless LAN setting service message 100 shown in FIG. 2, by accessing the URL of the wireless LAN setting service message 100 from the user terminal, the wireless LAN setting service message is sent to the message receiving unit 21 of the terminal setting service unit 20. The wireless LAN setting information included in the message 100, that is, the wireless LAN setting service message 100 can be sent. When the wireless LAN setting information included in the wireless LAN setting service message 100 is encrypted, the message receiving unit 21 uses the decryption key held in the terminal setting service unit 20 to encrypt the wireless Decrypt the LAN setting information.

  The message transmission unit 14 transmits the wireless LAN setting service message generated by the message generation unit 13 to a designated terminal. A user can arbitrarily designate a terminal as a transmission destination of the wireless LAN setting service message. As a terminal to which the wireless LAN setting service message is transmitted, for example, a terminal that has transmitted wireless LAN setting information to the wireless LAN setting information receiving unit 11 may be a default designated terminal.

  Next, the terminal setting service unit 20 will be described. The message receiving unit 21 receives the wireless LAN setting service message based on the wireless LAN setting service address of the wireless LAN setting service message. For example, the message receiving unit 21 receives the wireless LAN setting service message 100 by being accessed by the wireless LAN setting service address included in the wireless LAN setting service message 100 shown in FIG.

  The message receiving unit 21 acquires wireless LAN setting information from the received wireless LAN setting service message. When the wireless LAN setting information is encrypted, the message receiving unit 21 decrypts the encrypted wireless LAN setting information using the decryption key held by the terminal setting service unit 20.

  The terminal setting data generation unit 22 uses the wireless LAN setting information of the wireless LAN setting service message received by the message receiving unit 21 to generate terminal setting data set for the wireless LAN terminal. Examples of the wireless LAN terminal include a mobile terminal such as a smartphone and a stationary wireless LAN terminal (for example, a stationary personal computer).

  The terminal setting data generation unit 22 generates terminal setting data corresponding to the designated wireless LAN terminal model. A wireless LAN terminal model that can generate terminal setting data (a model that can support wireless LAN setting) is determined in advance. The user can specify an arbitrary model from among models compatible with the wireless LAN setting. In addition, a wireless LAN terminal model designated as a default may be provided from among models compatible with the wireless LAN setting.

  The terminal setting data generation unit 22 determines a terminal setting data generation method for each model that can support wireless LAN settings. The terminal setting data generation unit 22 generates terminal setting data according to a terminal setting data generation method corresponding to a designated wireless LAN terminal model. Examples 1 and 2 of the terminal setting data generation method are shown below.

(Example 1 of terminal setting data generation method)
In the case of a wireless LAN terminal model in which wireless LAN setting information is automatically set by a terminal setting file having a specific file format, the specific file format is held in the terminal setting data generation unit 22. The terminal setting data generation unit 22 generates a terminal setting file using the wireless LAN setting information according to the specific file format. When this terminal setting file is executed by the corresponding wireless LAN terminal, the wireless LAN setting information is automatically set for the wireless LAN terminal.

(Example 2 of terminal setting data generation method)
In the case of a wireless LAN terminal model in which wireless LAN setting information is set by a specific wireless LAN setting procedure, a terminal data is generated with a predetermined data format for each data setting stage included in the specific wireless LAN setting procedure. Held in the unit 22. The terminal setting data generation unit 22 generates terminal setting data using the wireless LAN setting information according to a predetermined data format for each data setting stage of the specific wireless LAN setting procedure. This terminal setting data is set in the corresponding wireless LAN terminal in each data setting stage according to a specific wireless LAN setting procedure, so that wireless LAN setting information is automatically set for the wireless LAN terminal. It is what is said.

  The terminal setting data transmission unit 23 transmits the terminal setting data generated by the terminal setting data generation unit 22 to a designated terminal. The terminal that is the destination of the terminal setting data can be arbitrarily designated by the user. As a terminal to which the terminal setting data is transmitted, for example, a terminal that has transmitted a wireless LAN setting service message to the message receiving unit 21 may be set as a default designated terminal.

  The wireless LAN setting service device 1 may be configured to implement both the wireless LAN setting service message providing unit 10 and the terminal setting service unit 20, or the wireless LAN setting service message providing unit 10 and the terminal setting service. The configuration may be such that each of the units 20 is separately mounted. Further, the wireless LAN setting service message providing unit 10 and the terminal setting service unit 20 may be separately connected to a communication network such as the Internet to transmit / receive data to / from the user terminal.

  Next, the procedure of the wireless LAN setting service method according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a sequence chart showing an example of a procedure of the wireless LAN setting service method according to the present embodiment.

(Step S1) The first user takes a picture of the label of the Wi-Fi access point device provided in the house. The label is printed with “SSID” and “password” of the Wi-Fi access point device. The photo should include the label “SSID” and “password”.

(Step S2) The first user uses the first portable terminal to display a photograph of the label of the Wi-Fi access point device at a predetermined address (wireless LAN setting information receiving unit 11 of the wireless LAN setting service device 1). To the destination address for receiving.

(Step S3) In the wireless LAN setting service device 1, the wireless LAN setting information receiving unit 11 receives a photograph of the label of the Wi-Fi access point device from the first portable terminal. Next, the image analysis unit 12 acquires “SSID” and “password” from the received photograph. Next, the message generation unit 13 generates a wireless LAN setting service message (URL illustrated in FIG. 2) having the acquired “SSID” and “password” and the wireless LAN setting service address. Next, the message transmission unit 14 transmits the generated wireless LAN setting service message (URL) to the first portable terminal. Note that the message transmission unit 14 may transmit the Wi-Fi profile (“SSID” and “password” acquired by the image analysis unit 12) together with the wireless LAN setting service message (URL) to the first portable terminal. Good.

(Step S4) The first user transfers the wireless LAN setting service message (URL) received from the wireless LAN setting service device 1 at the first portable terminal to the second portable terminal. The second portable terminal is owned by, for example, the first user's family (second user). At the time of transferring the wireless LAN setting service message (URL), since the setting of the wireless LAN setting information for the second portable terminal is not completed, the transfer within the wireless LAN cannot be performed. For this reason, as a method of transferring the wireless LAN setting service message (URL), for example, the wireless LAN setting service message (URL) is described using a communication network other than the wireless LAN (for example, a cellular network or a WiMAX network). A communication application message (for example, e-mail, short message (SMS, MMS), messenger application message, etc.) may be transmitted to the second portable terminal. Alternatively, a wireless LAN setting service message (URL) may be transmitted to the second portable terminal using short-range wireless communication.

(Step S5) The second user accesses the URL (wireless LAN setting service address of the wireless LAN setting service message) transferred from the first portable terminal by the second portable terminal. With this access, the message receiving unit 21 of the wireless LAN setting service device 1 notifies the second portable terminal of a list of models that can support the wireless LAN setting. The second user designates the model of his / her second portable terminal from the list of models compatible with the wireless LAN setting displayed on the second portable terminal.

(Step S6) In the wireless LAN setting service device 1, the message receiving unit 21 accesses the URL (wireless LAN setting service address of the wireless LAN setting service message) by the second portable terminal to access the URL (wireless LAN setting service message). And “SSID” and “password” are acquired from the received URL. Further, the message receiving unit 21 recognizes the model of the second portable terminal designated from the list of models that can support the wireless LAN setting. Next, the terminal setting data generation unit 22 uses the acquired “SSID” and “password” to generate terminal setting data corresponding to the recognized model of the second portable terminal. Next, the terminal setting data transmission unit 23 transmits the generated terminal setting data to the second portable terminal. In the second portable terminal, the “SSID” and “password” of the Wi-Fi access point device are automatically set based on the terminal setting data received from the wireless LAN setting service device 1. The terminal setting data transmission unit 23 may transmit the Wi-Fi profile (“SSID” and “password” acquired by the message receiving unit 21) together with the terminal setting data to the second portable terminal.

  In FIG. 3, the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal may be the same or different. Further, the first portable terminal and the second portable terminal may be the same model or different models. In the example of FIG. 3, a mobile terminal is taken as an example, but a communication terminal device such as a tablet computer or a communication terminal such as a stationary wireless LAN terminal (for example, a stationary personal computer). It may be a device.

  According to the embodiment described above, the user provides the wireless LAN setting service device 1 with the wireless LAN setting information, and sets the wireless LAN setting service message (for example, URL) provided from the wireless LAN setting service device 1 to the setting destination. To the wireless LAN terminal. Then, the setting-destination wireless LAN terminal accesses the wireless LAN setting service address (for example, URL) of the transferred wireless LAN setting service message, thereby providing wireless LAN setting information to the setting-destination wireless LAN terminal. Terminal setting data that can be set automatically can be acquired. As a result, when setting the same wireless LAN setting information for a plurality of wireless LAN terminals (for example, a plurality of portable terminals), the trouble of manually setting the wireless LAN setting information for each wireless LAN terminal can be saved. .

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail with reference to drawings, the specific structure is not restricted to this embodiment, The design change etc. of the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention are included.

Further, a computer program for realizing the wireless LAN setting service device 1 described above is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed. Good. Here, the “computer system” may include an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.
Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.

  “Computer-readable recording medium” refers to a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a writable nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, a portable medium such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and a built-in computer system. A storage device such as a hard disk.

Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” means a volatile memory (for example, DRAM (Dynamic DRAM) in a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted through a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. Random Access Memory)), etc., which hold programs for a certain period of time.
The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.
The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the wireless LAN setting information is set in the terminal has been described as an example. However, the same applies to the case where the communication network setting information of a communication network other than the wireless LAN is set in the terminal. Embodiments can be applied.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Wireless LAN setting service apparatus, 10 ... Wireless LAN setting service message provision part, 20 ... Terminal setting service part, 11 ... Wireless LAN setting information receiving part, 12 ... Image analysis part, 13 ... Message generation part, 14 ... Message transmission , 20 ... terminal setting service part, 21 ... message receiving part, 22 ... terminal setting data generating part, 23 ... terminal setting data transmitting part

Claims (7)

A communication network setting information receiving unit for receiving communication network setting information provided from a user;
A message generating unit for generating a communication network setting service message having a communication network setting service address and the communication network setting information;
A message transmission unit that transmits the communication network setting service message to a designated terminal, and a communication network setting service message providing unit,
A message receiving unit for receiving the communication network setting service message based on a communication network setting service address of the communication network setting service message;
Using a communication network configuration information which the received communication network configuration service message has a terminal setting data generator for generating a terminal setting data to be set to the communication network terminal,
A terminal setting data transmission unit that transmits the terminal setting data to a designated terminal, and a terminal setting service unit,
A communication network setting service device.   The communication network setting service device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal setting data generation unit generates the terminal setting data corresponding to a specified communication network terminal model.   The communication network setting service message providing unit includes, in the communication network setting service message, the communication network setting service message acquired by the image analysis unit that acquires the communication network setting information from an image obtained by capturing the communication network setting information. The communication network setting service device according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein   4. The communication network setting service device according to claim 1, wherein the communication network is a wireless local area network (LAN).   5. The communication network setting service device according to claim 1, wherein the communication network setting service message is in a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) format. A communication network setting service message providing unit for receiving communication network setting information provided from a user;
A message generating step in which the communication network setting service message providing unit generates a communication network setting service message having a communication network setting service address and the communication network setting information;
A message transmission step in which the communication network setting service message providing unit transmits the communication network setting service message to a designated terminal;
A message receiving step in which the terminal setting service unit receives the communication network setting service message based on a communication network setting service address of the communication network setting service message;
Said terminal setting service unit, using a communication network configuration information which the received communication network configuration service message has a terminal setting data generation step of generating a terminal setting data to be set to the communication network terminal,
A terminal setting data transmission step in which the terminal setting service unit transmits the terminal setting data to a designated terminal;
A communication network setting service method. On the computer,
A communication network setting information receiving step for receiving communication network setting information provided by a user;
A message generating step for generating a communication network setting service message having a communication network setting service address and the communication network setting information;
A message transmission step of transmitting the communication network setting service message to a designated terminal;
A message receiving step of receiving the communication network setting service message based on a communication network setting service address of the communication network setting service message;
Using a communication network configuration information which the received communication network configuration service message has a terminal setting data generation step of generating a terminal setting data to be set to the communication network terminal,
A terminal setting data transmission step of transmitting the terminal setting data to a designated terminal;
A computer program for running.

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