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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Takeshi Funahashi, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Takeshi Funahashi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a communication system including: authentication communication means of a portable type for performing authentication processing on the basis of human body characteristics of a user and outputting a predetermined authentication signal to an exterior thereof only when a positive result is obtained; and control means disposed separately from the authentication communication means for receiving the authentication signal outputted from the authentication communication means and performing predetermined control processing on the basis of the authentication signal.