INTERNET OF THINGS

• US 20160294950A1
• Filed: 08/13/2014
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Iotic Labs Limited
• Original Assignee: Iotic Labs Limited
• Inventors: GREEN, Paul Nigel, WHARTON, Mark Nicholas James
• Granted Patent: US 10,516,736 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0823 characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for optimising operational conditions of wireless networks H04W24/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/45 Network directories; Name-to-address mapping
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1433 Vulnerability analysis
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1458 Denial of Service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/562 Brokering proxy services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/106 Packet or message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/108 Source integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 : Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 : Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 : Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/18 : Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

Methods and requestor devices for receiving data generated by a virtual device at a virtual requestor device. The method comprises registering the virtual requestor device with a registrar computer using a first application interface. The virtual requestor then transmits a data feed request to the registrar. The data feed request includes information identifying a data feed and information enabling communication with the virtual requestor device. The virtual requestor device then receives, at a second application interface, the data feed from a virtual device via the information enabling communication with the virtual device.

Claims

1. A virtual requestor device comprising:

a first application interface operable to register the virtual requestor device with a registrar computer;

a logic module in communication with the first application interface, the logic module configured to transmit a data feed request to the registrar computer, the data feed request comprising information identifying a data feed and information enabling communication with the virtual requestor device; and

a second application interface configured to receive the identified data feed from a virtual device using the information enabling communication with the virtual requestor device.

2. The virtual requestor device of claim 1, wherein the information enabling communication with the virtual requestor device is a callback uniform resource locator.

3. The virtual requestor device of claim 1, wherein the information identifying the data feed comprises a global user identifier for the virtual device and information identifying a data feed associated with the virtual device.

4. The virtual requestor device of claim 1, wherein the second application interface receives the requested data directly from the virtual device.

5. The virtual requestor device of claim 1, where the virtual requestor device acts as a proxy for a real requestor.

6. The virtual requestor device of claim 5, wherein the logic module is further configured to register the virtual requestor device with the registrar computer in response to becoming aware of the real requestor.

7. The virtual requestor device of claim 5, wherein the virtual requestor device is authenticated by the registrar computer prior to the second application interface receiving the identified data feed.

8. The virtual requestor device of claim 1, wherein the virtual requestor device is implemented in a single computing device.

9. The virtual requestor device of claim 1, wherein the virtual requestor device is implemented across a plurality of computing devices.

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16. A virtual requestor device comprising:

a first application interface operable to register the virtual requestor device with a registrar computer;

a logic module in communication with the first application interface, the logic module configured to provide an action request to the registrar computer, the action request comprising information identifying a virtual device and information identifying an action to be performed by the virtual device; and

a second application interface operable to receive information from the registrar computer enabling communication between the virtual requestor device and the virtual device;

wherein the logic module is further configured to transmit an action command from the virtual requestor device to the virtual device using the information enabling communication between the virtual requestor device and the virtual device.

17. The virtual requestor device of claim 16, wherein the information enabling communication between the virtual requestor device and the virtual device is a callback uniform resource locator.

18. The virtual requestor device of claim 17, wherein the callback uniform resource locator is a onetime uniform resource locator.

19. The virtual requestor device of claim 17, wherein the information enabling communication between the virtual requestor device and the virtual device further comprises authentication information.

20. The virtual requestor device of claim 16, wherein the information identifying the action to be performed by the virtual device comprises at least one of a settable parameter and an actuation condition.

21. The virtual requestor device of claim 16, where the virtual requestor device acts as a proxy for a real requestor.

22. The virtual requestor device of claim 16, wherein the virtual requestor device is authenticated by the registrar computer prior to the second application interface receiving the information enabling communication between the virtual requestor device and the virtual device.

23. The virtual requestor device of claim 16, wherein the virtual requestor device is implemented in a single computing device.

24. The virtual requestor device of claim 16, wherein the virtual requestor device is implemented across a plurality of computing devices.

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