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Associating an agent device associated with a first application providing apparatus with a second application providing apparatus

  • US 10,027,646 B2
  • Filed: 03/04/2016
  • Issued: 07/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of associating an agent device associated with a first application providing apparatus with a second application providing apparatus, the agent device and the first application providing apparatus being registered with a first device registry, each of the first application providing apparatus and the second application providing apparatus including a device configured to perform one or more of the following:

  • provide a cloud service, execute an application program using data gathered from one or more agent devices, and issue commands for controlling one or more agent devices, the method comprising;

    receiving at the first device registry an application association request requesting that the agent device is associated with the second application providing apparatus in a second device registry;

    in response to the application association request, checking whether the agent device is allowed to be associated with the second application providing apparatus;

    responsive to the agent device being allowed to be associated with the second application providing apparatus, instructing the agent device to generate new authentication information for use by the second device registry to authenticate the identity of the agent device, and to transmit from the agent device to the second device registry the new authentication information so as toregister the new authentication information for the agent device in the second device registry to enable authenticated communication between the agent device and the second application providing apparatus such that the agent device is associated with the second application providing apparatus.

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