Patent ID: 9509496
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B60R,G07C,H04L

Claim Text:
1. An electronic key registration system comprising: an electronic key device that stores a key ID, which is unique to the electronic key device, and a first serviceman ID as a first piece of information, which is written, by a key manufacturer in accordance with an order from a purchaser of the electronic key device to the key manufacturer to have the electronic key device manufactured, and the order includes the first piece of information; a controller arranged in a communication subject; a registration tool that executes a registration operation including writing of the key ID to the controller, wherein encrypted communication between the communication subject and the electronic key device is enabled after the key ID and an encryption key corresponding to the key ID is written to the controller; and an information center that communicates with the registration tool through a communication network, wherein the registration tool includes an input and a transmitter, and is configured to: acquire a second serviceman ID as a second piece of information through a manual operation to the input of the registration tool by a serviceman who operates the registration tool to perform a task for registering the electronic key device to the controller of the communication subject, collect, from the electronic key device, the first serviceman ID as the first piece of information stored in the electronic key device, when the registration tool acquires the second serviceman ID as the second piece of information through the manual operation to the input and collects the first serviceman ID as the first piece of information from the electronic key device, send from the transmitter to the information center, through the communication network, the first serviceman ID as the first piece of information collected from the electronic key device, the second serviceman ID as the second piece of information acquired through the manual operation to the input of the registration tool, and a command to verify the second serviceman ID, the information center receives the command to verify and compares the first piece of information and the second piece of information, and the registration tool includes a processor configured to permit execution of the registration operation when the registration tool receives a signal from the information center indicating that the first piece of information and the second piece of information conform to each other.