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A MAC address management system acquires code data obtained by encoding a temporary MAC address that can be temporarily used and decodes the acquired code data to perform wireless communication. The MAC address management system includes a MAC distributing server device in which a temporary MAC addr

A MAC address management system acquires code data obtained by encoding a temporary MAC address that can be temporarily used and decodes the acquired code data to perform wireless communication. The MAC address management system includes a MAC distributing server device in which a temporary MAC address which can be temporarily used is stored and a wireless communication device that acquires the temporary MAC address from the MAC distributing server device and performs wireless communication by using the acquired temporary MAC address, the wireless communication device acquires code data obtained by encoding the temporary MAC address from the MAC distributing server device, decodes the acquired code data, and performs wireless communication by using the decoded temporary MAC address.

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1. A wireless communication device that obtains a temporary Media Access Control (MAC) address, that is used for performing wireless communication through an access point, from a distributing server device provided in a network storing the temporary MAC address corresponding to a unique MAC address

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A wireless communication device that obtains a temporary Media Access Control (MAC) address, that is used for performing wireless communication through an access point, from a distributing server device provided in a network storing the temporary MAC address corresponding to a unique MAC address and transmitting code data of the temporary MAC address encoded by a secret encryption key corresponding to the unique MAC address to the wireless communication device, comprising: a code data acquiring section that acquires the code data of the temporary MAC address from the distributing server device by transmitting the unique MAC address given to the wireless communication device, and stores the code data of the temporary MAC address in a Random Access Memory (RAM) of the wireless communication device; anda wireless communication section that decodes the code data of the temporary MAC address by using a public encryption key pre-stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) of the wireless communication device only when performing the wireless communication using the temporary MAC address,wherein the temporary MAC address, the unique MAC address, the public encryption key and the secret encryption key are managed in relation to each other in the distributing server device. 2. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein the code data acquiring section acquires from the distributing server device the code data of the temporary MAC address and expiration date information representing a period during which the code data of the temporary MAC address is valid, and stores the expiration date information together with the code data of the temporary MAC address in the RAM; and the wireless communication section decodes the code data of the temporary MAC address during the valid period indicated by the expiration date information for performing the wireless communication using the temporary MAC address, and requests the code data acquiring section to acquire new code data of the temporary MAC address from the distributing server device when the valid period of the code data of the temporary MAC address indicated by the expiration date information has expired. 3. The wireless communication device according to claim 2, wherein the temporary MAC address managed in the distributing server device corresponds to a serial number unique to the wireless communication device and encoded by a secret encryption key corresponding to the serial number when transmitted to the wireless communication device, and the code data acquiring section acquires from the distributing server device the code data of the temporary MAC address by transmitting the serial number,wherein the temporary MAC address, the serial number, the public encryption key and the secret encryption key are managed in relation to each other in the distributing server device. 4. The wireless communication device according to claim 2, wherein the code data acquiring section acquires from the distributing server device time information in addition to the expiration data information for updating time synchronization between the wireless communication device and the distributing server device. 5. A Media Access Control (MAC) address management system for providing a temporary MAC address that is used by a wireless communication device for performing wireless communication through an access point comprising: a distributing server device that is provided in a network, manages the temporary MAC address, a unique MAC address, a public encryption key pre-stored in the wireless communication device and a secret encryption key corresponding to the unique MAC address in relation to each other, encodes the temporary MAC address corresponding to the unique MAC address of the wireless communication device by the secret encryption key corresponding to the unique MAC address, and transmits the encoded code data of the temporary MAC address to the wireless communication device; andthe wireless communication device that acquires the temporary MAC address from the distributing server device, wherein the wireless communication device comprises: a code data acquiring section that acquires from the distributing server device the code data of the temporary MAC address by transmitting the unique MAC address given to the wireless communication device, and stores the code data of the temporary MAC address in a Random Access Memory (RAM) of the wireless communication device; anda wireless communication section that decodes the code data of the temporary MAC address by using a the public encryption key pre-stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) of the wireless communication device only when performing the wireless communication using the temporary MAC address. 6. The MAC address management system according to 10, wherein the code data acquiring section acquires from the distributing server device the code data of the temporary MAC address and expiration date information representing a period during which the code data of the temporary MAC address is valid, and stores the expiration date information together with the code data of the temporary MAC address in the RAM; and the wireless communication section decodes the code data of the temporary MAC address during the valid period indicated by the expiration date information for performing the wireless communication using the temporary MAC address, and requests the code data acquiring section to acquire new code data of the temporary MAC address from the distributing server device when the valid period of the code data of the temporary MAC address indicated by the expiration date information has expired. 7. The MAC address management system according to claim 6, wherein the distributing server device manages the temporary MAC address, a serial number unique to the wireless communication device, a public encryption key pre-stored in the wireless communication device and a secret encryption key corresponding to the serial number in relation to each other, and encodes the temporary MAC address corresponding to the serial number by a secret encryption key corresponding to the serial number for transmitting to the wireless communication device, and the code data acquiring section acquires from the distributing server device the code data of the temporary MAC address by transmitting the serial number. 8. The MAC address management system according to claim 6, wherein the code data acquiring section acquires from the distributing server device time information in addition to the expiration data information for updating time synchronization between the wireless communication device and the distributing server device. 9. A wireless communication method of a Media Access Control (MAC) address management system in which a wireless communication device acquires a temporary MAC address, that is used for performing wireless communication through an access point, from a distributing server device provided in a network storing the temporary MAC address corresponding to a unique MAC address of the wireless communication device, the method comprising: requesting, from the wireless communication device to the distributing server device, to send the temporary MAC address by transmitting the unique MAC address of the wireless communication device;obtaining, in the distributing server device, the temporary MAC address corresponding to the unique MAC address received from the wireless communication device, coding the temporary MAC address by a secret encryption key corresponding to the unique MAC address, and transmitting code data of the temporary MAC address to the wireless communication device;storing, in the wireless communication device, the code data of the temporary MAC address in a Random Access Memory (RAM) of the wireless communication device; anddecoding, in the wireless communication device, the code data of the temporary MAC address by using a public encryption key pre-stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) of the wireless communication device only when performing the wireless communication using the temporary MAC address,wherein the temporary MAC address, the unique MAC address, the public encryption kev and the secret encryption key are managed in relation to each other in the distributing server device. 10. The wireless communication method according to claim 9, wherein the obtaining step includes obtaining expiration date information corresponding to the temporary MAC address and representing a period during which the temporary MAC address is valid, and transmitting the expiration date information together with the code data of the temporary MAC address to the wireless communication device, wherein the storing step includes storing the expiration date information together with the code data of the temporary MAC address in the RAM, andwherein the decoding step includes decoding the code data of the temporary MAC address during the valid period indicated by the expiration date information for performing the wireless communication using the temporary MAC address, and acquiring new code data of the temporary MAC address from the distributing server device when the valid period of the code data of the temporary MAC address indicated by the expiration date information has expired. 11. The wireless communication method according to claim 10, wherein obtaining step comprises obtaining the temporary MAC address associated with a serial number unique to the wireless communication device and encoding the temporary MAC address by a secret encryption key corresponding to the serial number, wherein the temporary MAC address, the serial number, the public encryption key and the secret encryption key are managed in relation to each other in the distributing server device. 12. The wireless communication method according to claim 10, wherein the distributing server device transmits time information in addition to the expiration data information for updating time synchronization between the wireless communication device and the distributing server device. 13. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to function as a wireless communication device that obtains a temporary Media Access Control (MAC) address, that is used for performing wireless communication through an access point, from a distributing server device provided in a network storing the temporary MAC address corresponding to a unique MAC address and transmitting code data of the temporary MAC address encoded by a secret encryption key corresponding to the unique MAC address to the wireless communication device, the wireless communication device comprising: a code data acquiring section that acquires the code data of the temporary MAC address from the distributing server device by transmitting the unique MAC address given to the wireless communication device, and stores the code data of the temporary MAC address in a Random Access Memory (RAM) of the wireless communication device, anda wireless communication section that decodes the code data of the temporary MAC address by using a public encryption key pre-stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) of the wireless communication device only when performing the wireless communication using the temporary MAC address,wherein the temporary MAC address, the unique MAC address, the public encryption key and the secret encryption key are managed in relation to each other in the distributing server device. 14. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 13, wherein the code data acquiring section acquires from the distributing server device the code data of the temporary MAC address and expiration date information representing a period during which the code data of the temporary MAC address is valid, and stores the expiration date information together with the code data of the temporary MAC address in the RAM; and the wireless communication section decodes the code data of the temporary MAC address during the valid period indicated by the expiration date information when the code data is judged valid based on the expiration date information, and performs for performing the wireless communication using a decoded the temporary MAC address, and requests the code data acquiring section to acquire new code data of the temporary MAC address from the distributing server device when the valid period of the code data of the temporary MAC address indicated by the expiration date information has expired. 15. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to 14, wherein the temporary MAC address managed in the distributing server device corresponds to a serial number unique to the wireless communication device and encoded by a secret encryption key corresponding to the serial number when transmitted to the wireless communication device, and the code data acquiring section acquires from the distributing server device the code data of the temporary MAC address by transmitting the serial number,wherein the temporary MAC address, the serial number, the public encryption key and the secret encryption key are managed in relation to each other in the distributing server device.