METHOD FOR SETTING UP A STAR-SHAPED COMMUNICATION NETWORK CONSISTING OF A CENTRAL NODE AND PERIPHERAL NODES VIA A WEB APPLICATION PROVIDED BY THE CENTRAL NODE ON THE BASIS OF HARDWARE IDENTIFIERS

• US 20140362734A1
• Filed: 12/21/2012
• Published: 12/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Appbyyou GmbH
• Original Assignee: Appbyyou GmbH
• Inventors: Winkler-Teufel, Alexandra, Erik, Igor
• Granted Patent: US 10,050,839 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/70 specially adapted for specific purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/44 Star or tree networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0492 by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field communication or limited proximity of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/10 Integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/77 Graphical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

As an alternative to known communication systems which are available on the Internet and set up voice-over-IP links between users, the invention provides for the setup of a star-shaped communication network. To this end, a software generator first of all generates a native application which acts as a central node and, when required, for its part generates Internet applications that allow communication with the native application.

Claims

1. Method for setting up a star-shaped communication network, in which first, a central node (5) is created on a central device (2) in that a software generator running on the central device (2) generates a program product having a communication interface, and the central device (2) executes this program product as a native application, and addition of peripheral nodes (6) to the communication network takes place in that the program product generates an Internet application for exclusive communication with the central node (5), and provides it for execution on a peripheral device (3).

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the program product provides the Internet application on an Internet server (4) that can be accessed by the peripheral device (3) by way of a data connection.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the program product generates a separate, identifiable Internet application for every peripheral node (6) to be added.

4. Method according to claim 3, wherein the program product assigns a unique access code to every Internet application, which code identifies the Internet application during communication with the central node (5).

5. Method according to claim 4, wherein the program product maintains a White List in which the access codes of all the Internet applications generated by the program product are stored, wherein the White List is checked with regard to validity of an access code during the course of setting up communication between the central node (5) and a peripheral node (6), using the access code.

6. Method according to claim 3, wherein in advance, before generation of an Internet application for a peripheral node (6), the related peripheral device (3) is uniquely identified to the central node (5) and the executability of the Internet application to be generated for this peripheral node (6) is linked with a unique hardware address of the peripheral device (3).

7. Method according to claim 6, wherein the unique hardware address is exchanged between the central device (2) and the peripheral device (3) in advance, before generation of an Internet application, by way of a near-field communication (11).

8. Method according to claim 1, wherein an access address of an Internet application generated by the program product is exchanged from the central device (2) to the peripheral device (3), by way of a near-field communication (11).

9. Method according to claim 7, wherein the near-field communication (11) between the central device and a peripheral device (3) takes place in that the data to be transmitted are encrypted in a two-dimensional barcode and reproduced on a display of the sending device (2, 3), in each instance, and recorded using an optical sensor of the receiving device (3, 2), in each instance, and decrypted in the receiving device (3, 2).

10. Method according to claim 7, wherein in order to carry out the near-field communication (11), the software generator is equipped with a near-field communication interface, and the near-field communication is also performed on the peripheral device (3).

11. Method according to claim 1, wherein the central node (5) can be used as a switching node between multiple peripheral nodes (6).