Patent ID: 8582476
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A relay device comprising: a wireless interface for wireless communication with one or more wireless communication devices; a communication interface for connection with a communication line, whereby the relay device is communicable with a communication device; a memory storing a plurality of lists of permit-connection determination methods; a permit-connection determination section for responding to a connection request from the one or more wireless communication devices through said wireless interface by exchanging communication-permission information with the one or more wireless communication devices to carry out successive communication-device authentication attempts according to the plurality of lists of permit-connection determination methods in said memory, either until an attempt is positive or until no attempt is positive; a relay execution section for executing relay of communications between the one or more wireless communication devices and the communication device if the permit-connection determination section has obtained a positive result of attempting to authenticate the one or more wireless communication devices; an identifier obtaining section configured to receive, from a plurality of connection-request-transmitting wireless communication devices, user identifiers individually identifying the request-transmitting wireless communication device users; and an individual order-allocation section for allocating an individual user-associated order to each of the plurality of lists of permit-connection determination methods, and storing the lists as user profiles associated with the user identifiers, wherein in responding to a request from one of the connection-request-transmitting wireless communication devices, the permit-connection determination section carries out the successive communication-device authentication attempts according to a user profile of permit-connection determination methods associated with the requesting request-transmitting device's corresponding user identifier obtained by the identifier obtaining section.