US 12,223,786 B2
Gate opening method and door unlocking method using portable terminal network address
Kristopher Andrew Tate, Kyoto (JP); and Mitsuhiro Okamoto, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to CONNECTFREE CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/436,928
Filed by CONNECTFREE CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/009206
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/184341, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-042840 (JP), filed on Mar. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172534 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01)
CPC G07C 9/00571 (2013.01) [G07C 9/00182 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00769 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door unlocking method, comprising:
a step of transmitting a door unlock signal for making a request for unlocking of a door of an object, to the object by using an authenticated network address unique to a mobile device;
a step of determining whether or not to allow the unlocking of the door based on a management table and the authenticated network address of the mobile device in response to reception of the door unlock signal; and
a step of unlocking the door in response to a determination that the unlocking of the door is allowed,
wherein the management table includes a plurality of pieces of network address information indicating a plurality of authenticated network addresses unique to a plurality of mobile devices each of which is associated with one of a plurality of users; and
wherein authentication of the authenticated network address is determined based on a public key corresponding to a private key of the mobile terminal.