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System and method for performing asset and crowd tracking in an IoT system

  • US 10,178,530 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2015
  • Issued: 01/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for protecting a data processing asset comprising:

  • a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) hubs distributed throughout a facility;

    a plurality of wearable IoT security devices, each of the plurality of wearable IoT security devices is assigned to a different user, the plurality of wearable IoT security devices comprise one of;

    security badges, security bracelets and security necklaces;

    an IoT service to store an association between each of the plurality of wearable IoT security devices and each respective user;

    at least one IoT hub of the plurality of IoT hubs comprising;

    authorized user detection logic to detect a wearable IoT security device of a user in wireless proximity to the at least one IoT hub through a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) link;

    a dock for the data processing asset, the dock including connection detection logic to detect a local connection of the data processing asset through a wired data connection, the data processing asset is removable from the dock without causing an alert and/or notification when the wearable IoT security device is in the wireless proximity to the at least one IoT hub;

    wherein the authorized user detection logic is to arm the connection detection logic upon detecting that the wearable IoT security device has moved out of the wireless proximity to the at least one IoT hub due to a loss of the BTLE link;

    wherein the connection detection logic is to generate an alert and/or notification after being armed by the authorized user detection logic upon detecting no local connection of the data processing asset due to a loss of the wired data connection and the data processing asset is no longer within the designated protected area, the alert and/or notification being transmitted from the at least one IoT hub to the IoT service via a secure communication channel using elliptic curve encryption.

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