Binding an authenticated user with a wireless device

• US 10,154,409 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2015
• Issued: 12/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Infineon Technologies AG)
• Original Assignee: Cirrent, Inc.
• Inventors: Conant, Robert A., Nelson, Barbara, Paiva, Anre Nario Roshan, Pister, Stark
• Primary Examiner(s): Nowlin, Eric
• Application Number:
  US14/871,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20160021538A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,168 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent

Abstract

Methods, systems and apparatus for binding an authenticated user with a wireless device are disclosed. One method includes receiving local environment information from the wireless device, receiving local information from a computing device of the authenticated user, comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, binding the wireless device with the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, and communicating information to a wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the computing device has occurred.

Claims

1. A method of binding an authenticated user with a wireless device, comprising:

receiving, by a cloud system, local environment information from the wireless device, wherein local environment information from the wireless device includes at least one of sensed audio, sensed images, sensed vibration, sensed light, sensed temperature, sensed biometrics, sensed wireless signals, or sensed gasses;

receiving, by the cloud system, local information from a computing device of the authenticated user, wherein local information from the computing device of the authenticated user includes at least one of sensed audio, sensed images, sensed vibration, sensed light, sensed temperature, sensed biometrics, sensed wireless signals, or sensed gasses;

comparing, by the cloud system, the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device comprising correlating or matching the at least one of sensed audio, sensed images, sensed vibration, sensed light, sensed temperature, sensed biometrics, or sensed gasses sensed by the wireless device with the at least one of sensed audio, sensed images, sensed vibration, sensed light, sensed temperature, sensed biometrics, sensed wireless signals, or sensed gasses sensed by the computing device;

binding, by the cloud system, the wireless device with a user account of the authenticated user of the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device; and

communicating, by the cloud system, binding information to a wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred;

allowing, by the wireless device cloud management system, the authenticated user to control the wireless device upon receiving the binding information that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device cloud management system includes one or more servers that store information that binds specific wireless devices to specific user accounts, and allows authenticated users to retrieve data from or control the specific wireless devices that have been bound to the specific user accounts.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising preconfiguring the wireless device with credentials before the cloud system receives the local environment information from the wireless device.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising connecting the wireless device to a network of the cloud system, comprising:

automatically requesting association, by the wireless device, to a router;

receiving, by the cloud system, an authentication request from the router, wherein the router received the authentication request from the wireless device;

returning, by the cloud system, a response to the authentication request to the router, wherein the response includes interne domains and connection bandwidths that the wireless device is allowed to use; and

preconfiguring the cloud system with the credentials that are also preconfigured in the wireless device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising adaptively changing an environment local to the computing device, and the cloud system utilizing the adaptive change in the local environment of the computing device while comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the local environment information from the wireless device comprises at least localization information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the local environment information from the computing device comprises at least localization information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device further comprises time correlating at least one of sensing or reporting of the local environment information of the wireless device and the local information of the computing device.

9. A method of binding an authenticated user with a wireless device, comprising:

receiving, by a cloud system, local environment information from the wireless device;

receiving, by the cloud system, local information from a computing device of the authenticated user;

comparing, by the cloud system, the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device comprising correlating or matching the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device;

binding, by the cloud system, the wireless device with a user account of the authenticated user of the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device; and

communicating, by the cloud system, binding information to a wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred;

allowing, by the wireless device cloud management system, the authenticated user to control the wireless device upon receiving the binding information that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred;

adaptively changing an environment local to the wireless device, wherein adaptively changing the environment local to the wireless device comprises the computing device providing a user with instructions to take an action, wherein the action comprises at least pressing a button, and the cloud system utilizing the adaptive change in the local environment of the wireless device while comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device.

10. A method of binding an authenticated user with a wireless device, comprising:

receiving, by a cloud system, local environment information from the wireless device;

receiving, by the cloud system, local information from a computing device of the authenticated user;

comparing, by the cloud system, the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device comprising correlating or matching the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device;

binding, by the cloud system, the wireless device with a user account of the authenticated user of the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device; and

communicating, by the cloud system, binding information to a wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred;

allowing, by the wireless device cloud management system, the authenticated user to control the wireless device upon receiving the binding information that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred;

wherein local environment information from the wireless device includes wireless access point signatures sensed by the wireless device;

wherein local information from the computing device of the authenticated user includes wireless access point signatures sensed by the computing device; and

wherein

comparing, by the cloud system, the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device comprising correlating or matching the sensed wireless access point signatures sensed by the wireless device with the wireless access point signatures sensed by the computing device.

11. A cloud system network, comprising:

a cloud system operative to bind an authenticated user with a wireless device;

a wireless device cloud management system connected through the cloud system network to the cloud system;

the wireless device connected through the cloud system network to the cloud system;

wherein the cloud system is operative to;

receive local environment information from the wireless device, wherein local environment information from the wireless device includes at least one of sensed audio, sensed images, sensed vibration, sensed light, sensed temperature, sensed biometrics, sensed wireless signals, or sensed gasses;

receive local information from a computing device of the authenticated user, wherein local information from the computing device of the authenticated user includes at least one of sensed audio, sensed images, sensed vibration, sensed light, sensed temperature, sensed biometrics, sensed wireless signals, or sensed gasses;

compare the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device comprising correlating or matching the at least one of sensed audio, sensed images, sensed vibration, sensed light, sensed temperature, sensed biometrics, or sensed gasses sensed by the wireless device with the at least one of sensed audio, sensed images, sensed vibration, sensed light, sensed temperature, sensed biometrics, sensed wireless signals, or sensed gasses sensed by the computing device;

bind the wireless device with a user account of the authenticated user of the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device; and

communicate binding information to the wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred; and

wherein the wireless device cloud management system is operative to allow the authenticated user to control the wireless device upon receiving the binding information that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred.

12. The cloud system network of claim 11, wherein the cloud system is further operative to:

receive an authentication request from a router, wherein the router received the authentication request from the wireless device, wherein the authentication request was automatically requested by the wireless device; and

return a response to the authentication request to the router, wherein the response includes internet domains and connection bandwidths that the wireless device is allowed to use.

13. The cloud system network of claim 11, wherein the cloud system is further operative to:

control an adaptive change to an environment local to the computing device; and

utilize the adaptive change in the local environment of the computing device while comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device.

14. The cloud system network of claim 11, wherein comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device further comprises time correlating at least one of sensing or reporting of the local environment information of the wireless device and the local information of the computing device.

15. A cloud system network, comprising:

a cloud system operative to bind an authenticated user with a wireless device;

a wireless device cloud management system connected through the cloud system network to the cloud system;

the wireless device connected through the cloud system network to the cloud system;

wherein the cloud system is operative to;

receive local environment information from the wireless device;

receive local information from a computing device of the authenticated user;

compare the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device comprising correlating or matching the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device;

bind the wireless device with a user account of the authenticated user of the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device; and

communicate binding information to the wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred; and

wherein the wireless device cloud management system is operative to allow the authenticated user to control the wireless device upon receiving the binding information that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred;

control an adaptive change to an environment local to the wireless device, wherein controlling the adaptive change to the environment local to the wireless device comprises the computing device providing a user with instructions to take an action, wherein the action comprises at least pressing a button; and

utilize the adaptive change in the local environment of the wireless device while comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device.

16. A cloud system, operative to:

receive local environment information from a wireless device, wherein local information from the computing device of the authenticated user includes at least one of sensed audio, sensed images, sensed vibration, sensed light, sensed temperature, sensed biometrics, sensed wireless signals, or sensed gasses;

receive local information from a computing device of an authenticated user, wherein local information from the computing device of the authenticated user includes at least one of sensed audio, sensed images, sensed vibration, sensed light, sensed temperature, sensed biometrics, sensed wireless signals, or sensed gasses;

compare the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, comprising correlating or matching the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, comprising correlating or matching the at least one of sensed audio, sensed images, sensed vibration, sensed light, sensed temperature, sensed biometrics, or sensed gasses sensed by the wireless device with the at least one of sensed audio, sensed images, sensed vibration, sensed light, sensed temperature, sensed biometrics, sensed wireless signals, or sensed gasses sensed by the computing device;

bind the wireless device with a user account of the authenticated user of the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device; and

communicate binding information to a wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred; and

wherein the wireless device cloud management system is operative to allow the authenticated user to control the wireless device upon receiving the binding information that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred.

17. The cloud system of claim 16, wherein the cloud system is further operative to:

control an adaptive change to an environment local to the computing device; and

utilize the adaptive change in the local environment of the computing device while comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device.

18. The cloud system of claim 16, wherein the cloud system is further operative to:

receive an authentication request from a router, wherein the router received the authentication request from the wireless device, wherein the authentication request was automatically requested by the wireless device; and

return a response to the authentication request to the router, wherein the response includes internet domains and connection bandwidths that the wireless device is allowed to use.

19. A cloud system, operative to:

receive local environment information from a wireless device;

receive local information from a computing device of an authenticated user;

compare the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, comprising correlating or matching the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device;

bind the wireless device with a user account of the authenticated user of the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device; and

communicate binding information to a wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred; and

wherein the wireless device cloud management system is operative to allow the authenticated user to control the wireless device upon receiving the binding information that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred;

control an adaptive change to an environment local to the wireless device, wherein controlling the adaptive change to the environment local to the wireless device comprises the computing device providing a user with instructions to take an action, wherein the action comprises at least pressing a button; and

utilize the adaptive change in the local environment of the wireless device while comparing the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device.

20. A cloud system, operative to:

receive local environment information from a wireless device;

receive local information from a computing device of an authenticated user;

compare the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device, comprising correlating or matching the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device;

bind the wireless device with a user account of the authenticated user of the computing device based on the comparison of the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device; and

communicate binding information to a wireless device cloud management system that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred; and

wherein the wireless device cloud management system is operative to allow the authenticated user to control the wireless device upon receiving the binding information that indicates that the binding between the wireless device and the user account of the authenticated user of the computing device has occurred;

wherein local environment information from the wireless device includes wireless access point signatures sensed by the wireless device;

wherein local information from the computing device of the authenticated user includes wireless access point signatures sensed by the computing device; and

wherein

comparing, by the cloud system, the local environment information of the wireless device with the local information of the computing device comprising correlating or matching the sensed wireless access point signatures sensed by the wireless device with the wireless access point signatures sensed by the computing device.