US 12,114,157 B2
Service start method and communication system
Manabu Yoshino, Tokyo (JP); Takashi Yamada, Tokyo (JP); Hiroo Suzuki, Tokyo (JP); and Jun-Ichi Kani, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/255,354
Filed by NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/025466
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/004498, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-125459 (JP), filed on Jun. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0266742 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/40 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/068 (2021.01) [H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04W 12/40 (2021.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A service start method executed by a communication system, the service start method comprising:
acquiring identification information or authentication information of a device, a customer, or a service;
wherein the customer is associated with an identifier of a terminal different from the device, or an identifier of a line when accepting an order for opening the service from the customer,
making authentication of the device, the customer, or the service to succeed by associating the customer with the identification information or the authentication information, when the identification information or the authentication information has been acquired from the terminal indicated by the identifier of the terminal associated with the customer, or acquired from the line indicated by the identifier of the line associated with the customer; and
starting provision of the service for the device or the customer for which the authentication has succeeded.