Secure device introduction with capabilities assessment
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1. A method for introducing devices into an environment and managing introduced devices such as to establish complimentary relationships, restrict resource access, and establish peer device trust, the method comprising:
- introducing a first device into the environment, the introducing comprising establishing a temporary link between the device and a nexus communicatively coupling the first device to the environment, and exchanging security credentials for establishing a secure link over the temporary link; and
determining contemporaneously with the introducing if operational restrictions or functionality aggregation should be applied to the first device.
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Abstract
Introducing, managing and restricting devices in an environment is discussed, including how to securely introduce the devices, how to establish trust between the devices, how to manage bandwidth requirements and other resource requirements of the devices, how to aggregate resource usage when multiple devices within an environment are engaging in a common task, and how to restrict device access to environment resources. Various techniques including manual and automatic solutions are disclosed.
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1. A method for introducing devices into an environment and managing introduced devices such as to establish complimentary relationships, restrict resource access, and establish peer device trust, the method comprising:
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introducing a first device into the environment, the introducing comprising establishing a temporary link between the device and a nexus communicatively coupling the first device to the environment, and exchanging security credentials for establishing a secure link over the temporary link; and determining contemporaneously with the introducing if operational restrictions or functionality aggregation should be applied to the first device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system of devices inside or outside an environment and communicatively coupled therewith, the system comprising:
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at least one outside endpoint to a common communication task; and a plurality of inside endpoints to the common communication task, the inside endpoints communicatively coupled with a media gateway device aggregating data of the inside endpoints for the common communication task and communicatively coupling the inside endpoints with the at least one outside endpoint. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A machine accessible tangible medium having associated instructions for introducing devices into an environment and managing introduced devices such as to establish complimentary relationships, restrict resource access, and establish peer device trust, the instructions, which when accessed, results in one or more machines performing:
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introducing a first device into the environment, the introducing comprising establishing a temporary link between the device and a nexus communicatively coupling the first device to the environment, and exchanging security credentials for establishing a secure link over the temporary link; and determining contemporaneously with the introducing if operational restrictions or functionality aggregation should be applied to the first device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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