Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program for Binding Local Devices to User Accounts

• US 20100125652A1
• Filed: 11/14/2008
• Published: 05/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Rantapuska, Olli, Belimpasakis, Petros
• Application Number:
  US12/271,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20100125652A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/222
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2818 from a device located outside both the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2829 involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2521 Translation architectures other than single NAT servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]

Abstract

Binding local devices to user accounts may involve receiving a registration message from a local device of a local network via an Internet connection. A public Internet identifier of the local network may be determined based on the Internet connection, and a user login to an account is received. The user login originates via the public Internet identifier of the local network. The local device is bound to the account based on the user login originating from the public Internet identifier of the local network.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a registration message from a local device of a local network via an Internet connection;

determining a public Internet identifier of the local network based on the Internet connection;

receiving a user login to an account, wherein the user login originates via the public Internet identifier of the local network; and

binding the local device to the account based on the user login originating from the public Internet identifier of the local network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the local device comprises a home device, and the local network comprises a home network.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising facilitating configuration of the local device via an Internet service associated with the user account.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein facilitating configuration of the local device via the Internet service comprises embedding user interface controls for configuring the local device in a Web page associated with the user account.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving data from the local device; and

adding the data of the local device to the user account.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising facilitating Internet access to the data of the local device in accordance with permissions of the user account.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein registration message comprises a unique ID associated with the local device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving the user login, sending a token to a user device from which the login was received, wherein the token is targeted for sending from the user device to the local device via the local network; and

receiving the token from the local device, and wherein binding the local device to the account is further based on receiving the token.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a processor configured with instructions that cause the apparatus to,

receive a registration message from a local device of a local network via an Internet connection;

determine a public Internet identifier of the local network based on the Internet connection;

receive a user login to an account, wherein the user login originates via the public Internet identifier of the local network; and

bind the local device to the account based on the user login originating from the public Internet identifier of the local network.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to facilitate configuration of the local device via an Internet service associated with the user account.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein facilitating configuration of the local device via the Internet service comprises embedding user interface controls for configuring the local device in a Web page associated with the user account.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive data from the local device; and

add the data of the local device to the user account.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to facilitate Internet access to the data of the local device in accordance with permissions of the user account.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

in response to receiving the user login, send a token to a user device from which the login was received, wherein the token is targeted for sending from the user device to the local device via the local network; and

receive the token from the local device, and wherein binding the local device to the account is further based on receiving the token.

15. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by an apparatus, perform:

receiving a registration message from a local device of a local network via an Internet connection;

determining a public Internet identifier of the local network based on the Internet connection;

receiving a user login to an account via the public Internet identifier of the local network;

binding the local device to the account based on the user login.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to facilitate configuration of the local device via an Internet service associated with the user account.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein facilitating configuration of the local device via the Internet service comprises embedding user interface controls for configuring the local device in a Web page associated with the user account.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive data from the local device; and

add the data of the local device to the user account.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to facilitate Internet access to the data of the local device in accordance with permissions of the user account.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

in response to receiving the user login, send a token to a user device from which the login was received, wherein the token is targeted for sending from the user device to the local device via the local network; and

receive the token from the local device, and wherein binding the local device to the account is further based on receiving the token.

21. A method comprising:

facilitating a user login to an account of an Internet service via a local network;

receiving a token and a local address of a local device of the local network from the Internet service in response to the user login; and

sending the token to the local address of the local network to facilitate binding the local device to the account of the Internet service.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein binding the local device to the account comprises receiving data generated from the local device at the Internet service, the method further comprising facilitating access to the data via the account.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein binding the local device to the account comprises facilitating configuring the local device via the Internet service, the method further comprising configuring the local device via the account.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the local device is bound to the account based on the user login originating from a public Internet identifier of the local network.

25. The method of claim 21, further comprising, in response to receiving the token and the local address of the local device from the Internet service, presenting a browser pop up originating from the Internet service indicating a search for the local device is in progress.

26. An apparatus comprising:

a processor configured with instructions that cause the apparatus to,

facilitate a user login to an account of an Internet service via a local network;

receive a token and a local address of a local device of the local network from the Internet service in response to the user login; and

send the token to the local address of the local network to facilitate binding the local device to the account.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein binding the local device to the account comprises receiving data generated from the local device at the Internet service, and wherein the instructions further cause the processor to facilitate access to the data of the local device via the account.

28. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein binding the local device to the account comprises facilitating configuring the local device via the Internet service, and wherein the instructions further cause the processor to configure the local device via the account.

29. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the local device is bound to the account based on the user login originating from a public Internet identifier of the local network.

30. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to, in response to receiving the token and the local address of the local device from the Internet service, present a browser pop up originating from the Internet service indicating a search for the local device is in progress.

31. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by an apparatus, perform:

facilitating a user login to an account of an Internet service via a local network;

receiving a token and a local address of a local device of the local network from the Internet service in response to the user login; and

sending the token to the local address of the local network to facilitate binding the local device to the account.

32. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein binding the local device to the account comprises receiving data generated from the local device at the Internet service, and wherein the instructions further cause the processor to configure facilitate access to the data of the local device via the account.

33. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein binding the local device to the account comprises facilitating configuring the local device via the Internet service, and wherein the instructions further cause the processor to configure the local device via the account.

34. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the local device is bound to the account based on the user login originating from a public Internet identifier of the local network.

35. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to, in response to receiving the token and the local address of the local device from the Internet service, present a browser pop up originating from the Internet service indicating a search for the local device is in progress.