DEVICE FEDERATION
First Claim
1. A device to operate in a federation of devices, comprising:
- a communication module to support interaction with other devices; and
a federation module to;
identify at least one other device with which interaction is to take place via the communication module;
determine a relationship between the device and at least one other device; and
configure an amount of security to be employed in the interaction with the at least one other device based on the relationship.
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Abstract
The present application is directed to device federation. Interaction between devices in a federation may be conducted using reduced security, while interactions with devices outside the federation may be conducted with a variable security up to a standard level of security that may be associated with a communication protocol. A device may comprise at least a communication module and a federation module. The federation module may include at least a relationship rules module having at least one rule based on relationships between devices and a link security control module to control the amount of security utilized during interaction based on the at least one rule. The link security control module may also control how a device may be inducted into a federation by, if necessary, providing qualification data to qualify the device for induction.
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25 Claims
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1. A device to operate in a federation of devices, comprising:
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a communication module to support interaction with other devices; and a federation module to; identify at least one other device with which interaction is to take place via the communication module; determine a relationship between the device and at least one other device; and configure an amount of security to be employed in the interaction with the at least one other device based on the relationship. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for operating in a federation of devices, comprising:
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identifying, in a device, at least one other device with which interaction is to take place; determining a relationship between the device and the at least one other device; and configuring an amount of security to be employed in the interaction with the at least one other device based on the relationship. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. At least one machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions that when executed by one or more processors result in the following operations for operating in a federation of devices, comprising:
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identifying, in a device, at least one other device with which interaction is to take place; determining a relationship between the device and the at least one other device; and configuring an amount of security to be employed in the interaction with the at least one other device based on the relationship. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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