NETWORK SECURITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A method of managing a first connected device comprising:
- receiving, at a communications interface of a first connected device from a second connected device associated with a first entity, a request to update a security association record stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium included in the first connected device;
determining, based on the security association record, that the first connected device is not associated with an entity;
receiving, at the communications interface of the first connected device from the second connected device, a first group token associated with the first entity;
updating the security association record to indicate that the first connected device is associated with the first entity;
receiving a message from a third connected device, the message comprising a second group token;
determining that the first group token and the second group token are the same; and
updating the security association record to indicate that the third connected device is associated with the first entity.
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing connected devices and associated network connections. In certain embodiments, trust, privacy, safety, and/or security of information communicated between connected devices may be established in part through use of security associations and/or shared group tokens. In some embodiments, these security associations may be used to form an explicit private network associated with the user. A user may add and/or manage devices included in the explicit private network through management of various security associations associated with the network'"'"'s constituent devices.
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9 Claims
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1. A method of managing a first connected device comprising:
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receiving, at a communications interface of a first connected device from a second connected device associated with a first entity, a request to update a security association record stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium included in the first connected device; determining, based on the security association record, that the first connected device is not associated with an entity; receiving, at the communications interface of the first connected device from the second connected device, a first group token associated with the first entity; updating the security association record to indicate that the first connected device is associated with the first entity; receiving a message from a third connected device, the message comprising a second group token; determining that the first group token and the second group token are the same; and updating the security association record to indicate that the third connected device is associated with the first entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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