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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
May. 19, 2003
Tomohiro Katsube, Chiba, JP;
Atsushi Fuse, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Yokobori, Chiba, JP;
Takamasa Iwade, Tokyo, JP;
Naoshi Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Keiji Yuzawa, Saitama, JP;
Junichi Ootani, Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Iwasaki, Chiba, JP;
Tomohiro Katsube, Chiba, JP;
Atsushi Fuse, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Yokobori, Chiba, JP;
Takamasa Iwade, Tokyo, JP;
Naoshi Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Keiji Yuzawa, Saitama, JP;
Junichi Ootani, Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Iwasaki, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to a service providing system and a service providing method for allowing users to receive a service from a service server without having to submit their security-critical information to that server. A CE devicerequests provision of the service by transmitting authentication information such as a device ID to a surrogate authentication serverThe surrogate authentication serverauthenticates the CE devicebased on the authentication information and transmits a result of the authentication to the service serverIn turn, the service serverprovides the CE devicewith the requested service based on the result of the authentication received from the surrogate authentication serverThe CE devicethen uses the service provided by the service serverThis system can be applied advantageously to network-based marketing systems.