Method for inserting a new device in a community of devices
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1. A method for inserting a new device in a community of devices comprising:
- selecting, by a user, a user chosen device from one of the community of devices for authorizing insertion of a new device into the community;
storing, by each device of the community which receives an insertion request from a new device, the insertion request in a memory of said each device;
forwarding, by each device of the community which receives a message seeking for a pending insertion request from the user chosen device, the at least one stored insertion request to said user chosen device; and
performing, by the user chosen device, at least one user action for authorizing the insertion of the new device into the community.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for inserting a new device in a community of devices wherein each device of the community is able to store insertion requests received from at least one new device and to forward these insertion requests to a device chosen by a user of the community for confirming authorization to join the community.
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1. A method for inserting a new device in a community of devices comprising:
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selecting, by a user, a user chosen device from one of the community of devices for authorizing insertion of a new device into the community; storing, by each device of the community which receives an insertion request from a new device, the insertion request in a memory of said each device; forwarding, by each device of the community which receives a message seeking for a pending insertion request from the user chosen device, the at least one stored insertion request to said user chosen device; and performing, by the user chosen device, at least one user action for authorizing the insertion of the new device into the community. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device adapted to belong to a community of networked devices, wherein said device comprises:
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a first memory for storing at least one insertion request received from a new device requesting to be inserted in the community; a network interface for sending the at least one insertion request stored in said first memory upon receiving a message seeking for a pending insertion request from a device chosen by a user of the community for performing at least one user action for authorizing the insertion of the new device in the community; a second memory for storing insertion requests sent by other devices of the community when said device is the user chosen device. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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