DEVICE SOCIAL-CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20070214264A1
• Filed: 03/09/2007
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 68technologies Pte
• Original Assignee: 68technologies Pte
• Inventors: Koister, Jari
• Application Number:
  US11/684,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20070214264A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2821 Avoiding conflicts related to the use of home appliances cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; protocols for network security H04L63/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

A device social-control system includes: providing a computer system; and connecting the computer system to a network for: facilitating set up of an access right and an access level to control a device through the network; determining the access right from another computer system and the access level from an online social network system; and facilitating control of the device based on the access right from the another computer system and the access level from the online social network system.

Claims

1. A device social-control system comprising:

providing a computer system; and

connecting the computer system to a network for;

facilitating set up of an access right and an access level to control a device through the network;

determining the access right from another computer system and the access level from an online social network system; and

facilitating access control related to the device based on the access right from the another computer system and the access level from the online social network system.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

setting the access right includes making the access right absolute or transitive.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

setting the access level to use a trust level, a relationship level, or a combination thereof.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

setting the access level to use a trust function determined by the degree of relationship on the online social network system.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

setting a plurality of access levels having a hierarchy of levels of access for operation of the device.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

setting the access level to use relationship tags or annotations on the online social network system.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

determining the access level includes using a contact book in the online social network system having a user name and a relationship tag.

8. A device social-control system comprising:

connecting a computer system to a network having a device connected thereto and an online social network system; and

controlling the device through the network based on an access right set in the network and an access level of the computer system set in the online social network system.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8 further comprising:

setting the access right includes making the access right absolute or transitive.

10. The system as claimed in claim 8 further comprising:

setting the access level to use a trust level, a relationship level, or a combination thereof.

11. The system as claimed in claim 8 further comprising:

setting the access level to use a trust function determined by the degree of relationship on the online social network system.

12. The system as claimed in claim 8 further comprising:

setting a plurality of access levels having a hierarchy of levels of access for operation of the device.

13. The system as claimed in claim 8 further comprising:

setting the access level to use relationship tags or annotations on the online social network system.

14. The system as claimed in claim 8 wherein:

determining the access level includes using a contact book in the online social network system having a user name and a relationship tag.

15. A device social-control system comprising:

providing a device controllable over a network having a computer system connected thereto;

setting an access right and an access level for controlling the device over the network by the computer system when it is part of an online social network system in the network; and

facilitating access control related to the device over the network when the computer system on the network has the access right and the access level for controlling the device in the online social network system.

16. The system as claimed in claim 15 further comprising:

setting the access right includes making the access right absolute or transitive.

17. The system as claimed in claim 15 further comprising:

setting the access level to use a trust level, a relationship level, or a combination thereof.

18. The system as claimed in claim 15 further comprising:

setting the access level to use a trust function determined by a degree of relationship on the online social network system.

19. The system as claimed in claim 15 further comprising:

setting a plurality of access levels having a hierarchy of levels of access for control of the device.

20. The system as claimed in claim 15 further comprising:

setting the access level to use relationship tags or annotations on the online social network system.