Peer-to-peer device management, monitor and control

• US 10,389,692 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2011
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jianping He
• Original Assignee: Jianping He
• Inventors: He, Jianping
• Primary Examiner(s): Simitoski, Michael
• Application Number:
  US13/290,083
• Publication Number:
  US 20130117565A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,845 Days
• Field of Search: 713168
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0435 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply symmetric encryption, i.e. same key used for encryption and decryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for symmetric key encryption H04L9/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/061 for key exchange, e.g. in peer-to-peer networks cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key agreement H04L9/0838
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and system for peer-to-peer device management, monitor and control. Communication devices connected by communication networks can manage, monitor and control each other; they can be in both managing-monitoring-controlling and managed-monitored-controlled roles. That is, a device A can manage, monitor and control a device B, and the device B can manage, monitor and control the device A. In one aspect, communication devices can send request messages comprising management, monitor and control commands to peers and receive response messages comprising results and statuses to the request messages from peers, and vice versa. In another aspect, communication devices can send notification messages to peers for management, monitor and control when their monitored contents or states meet predefined criteria, and vice versa.

Claims

1. A method providing peer-to-peer device management, monitor and control with a first communication device, a second communication device, and a communication network connecting said first communication device and said second communication device, where the first communication device can manage, monitor and control the second communication device, and the second communication device can manage, monitor and control the first communication device, the method comprising the acts of:

negotiating and agreeing on keys for message encryption and message decryption with credentials from zero or more trusted authorities, and/or said first communication device, and/or said second communication device;

generating a request message with commands to manage, monitor and control said second communication device at said first communication device;

encrypting said request message with said keys at said first communication device;

delivering said request message from said first communication device to said second communication device via said communication network;

receiving and storing said request message at said second communication device;

decrypting said request message with said keys at said second communication device;

executing the commands in said request message at said second communication device;

generating a response message with result and status to said request message at said second communication device;

encrypting said response message with said keys at said second communication device;

delivering said response message from said second communication device to said first communication device via said communication network;

receiving and storing said response message at said first communication device;

decrypting said response message with said keys at said first communication device;

displaying said result and status in said response message at said first communication device; and

wherein said second communication device is configured to generate additional request messages to manage, monitor and control said first communication device, send said additional request messages from said second communication device to said first communication device via said communication network; and

said first communication device is configured to generate additional response messages to said additional request messages with result and status, send said additional response messages from said first communication device to said second communication device via said communication network to be displayed at said second communication device;

wherein said first communication device and said second communication device are configured to manage, monitor and control each other, perform actions against each other for peer-to-peer device management, monitor and control, and be in both managing-monitoring-controlling role and managed-monitored-controlled role;

wherein said commands comprise one or more commands selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

retrieving device information comprising one or more selected from the group consisting of all of the following manufacture, model, central processing units, system memories, disk storages operating systems, input interfaces or components, output interfaces or components, network interfaces or components, and network reachable identifiers;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical statistical reports of one or more selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

CPU, memory, disk, and process usages;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical locations;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical internet protocol (IP) data packets comprising one or more selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

email messages, instant messages, and hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) contents if internet service, and/or Wi-Fi service, and/or data service are supported and subscribed;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical voice call contents if voice service is supported subscribed;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical video contents if video service is supported and subscribed;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical SMS text messages if short message service (SMS) is supported and subscribed;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical MMS messages if multimedia messaging service (MMS) is supported and subscribed;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical SIP messages if session initiation protocol (SIP) service is supported and subscribed;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical Bluetooth messages if Bluetooth protocol is supported and enabled;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical NFC messages if near field communication (NFC) is supported and enabled;

retrieving list of hardware components, firmware modules and software modules;

retrieving parameter names and values of one or more selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

configurations, profiles, policies and settings about device, hardware components, firmware modules and software modules;

modifying parameter names and values of one or more selected from the group consisting of al of the following;

configurations, profiles, policies, and settings about device, hardware components, firmware modules and software modules;

perform one or more actions selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

installing, uninstalling, enabling, disabling, activating, deactivating, starting, stopping, turning on and turning off hardware components, firmware modules and software modules;

locking a device;

unlocking a device; and

resetting a device back to factory default.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the acts of:

generating a notification message for peer-to-peer device management, monitor and control when events for notification occur at said second communication device;

delivering said notification message from said second communication device to said first communication device via said communication network;

receiving and storing said notification message at said first communication device;

displaying said notification message at said first communication device; and

wherein said first communication device is configured for generating additional notification messages for peer-to-peer device management, monitor and control, sending said additional notification messages from said first communication device to said second communication device via said communication network and wherein said second communication device is configured to display aid additional notification messages;

wherein said events for notification comprises one or more events selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

monitored text messages matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored text message senders matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored email messes matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored email message senders matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored instant messages matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored instant message senders matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored multimedia messes matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored multimedia message senders matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored session initiation protocol messages matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored session initiation protocol message senders matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored Bluetooth messages matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored near field communication messages matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored voice call contents matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored voice caller ids matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored video contents matching predefined keywords, categories or rules;

monitored video content senders matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored hypertext transfer protocol contents matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored hypertext transfer protocol web site addresses matching predefined categories or rules;

state changes of one or more selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

device, hardware components, firmware modules, and software modules, wherein said state changes comprise one or more selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

being started, being stopped, being enabled, being disabled, being activated, being deactivated, being installed, being uninstalled, being turned on, and being turned off;

changes of said network reachable identifiers; and

device being located in predefined geo-location ranges.

3. A system providing peer-to-per device management monitor and control, the system comprising:

a first communication device;

a second communication device;

a communication network connecting said first communication device and said second communication device; and

the system performing the acts of;

negotiating and agreeing on keys for message encryption and message decryption with credentials from zero or more trusted authorities an/or said first communication device, and/or said second communication device;

generating a request message with commands to manage, monitor and control said second communication device at said first communication device;

encrypting said request message with said keys at said first communication device;

delivering said request message from said first communication device to said second communication device via aid communication network;

receiving and storing said request message at said second communication device;

decrypting said request message with said keys at said second communication device;

executing the commands in said request message at said second communication device;

generating a response message with result and status to said request message at said second communication device;

encrypting said response message with said keys at said second communication device;

delivering said response message from said second communication device to said first communication device via said communication network;

receiving and storing said response message at said first communication device;

decrypting said response message with said keys at said first communication device;

displaying said result and status in said response message at said first communication device; and

wherein said second communication device is configured to generate additional request messages to manage, monitor and control said first communication device, send said additional request messages from said second communication device to said first communication device via said communication network; and

said fir communication device is configured to generate additional response messages to said additional request messages with result and status, send said additional response messages from said first communication device to said second communication device via said communication network to be displayed at said second communication device;

wherein said first communication device and said second communication device are configured to manage, monitor and control each other, perform actions against each other for peer-to-peer device management, monitor and control, and be in both managing-monitoring-controlling role and managed-monitored-controlled role;

wherein said commands comprise one or more commands selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

retrieving device information comprising one or more selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

manufacture, model, central processing units, system memories disk storages, operating systems, input interfaces or components, output interfaces or components, network interfaces or components, and network reachable identifiers;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical statistical reports of one or more selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

CPU, memory, disk and process usages;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical locations;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical internet protocol (IP) data packets comprising one or more selected from the group consisting of al of the following;

email messages, instant messages, and hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) contents if internet service, and/or Wi-Fi service, and/or data service are supported and subscribed;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical voice call contents if voice service is supported and subscribed;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical video contents if video service is supported subscribed;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical SMS text messages if short message service (SMS) is supported and subscribed;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical MMS messages if multimedia messaging service (MMS) is supported and subscribed;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical SIP messages if session initiation protocol (SIP) service is supported and subscribed;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical Bluetooth messages if Bluetooth protocol is supported and enabled;

retrieving and/or monitoring current and/or historical NFC messages if near field communication (NFC) is supported and enabled;

retrieving list of hardware components, firmware modules and software modules;

retrieving parameter names and values of one or more selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

configurations, profiles, policies, and settings about device, hardware components, firmware modules and software modules;

modifying parameter names and values of one or more selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

configurations, profiles, policies, and settings about device, hardware components, firmware modules and software modules;

perform one or more actions selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

installing, uninstalling, enabling, disabling, activating, deactivating, starting, stopping, turning on and turning off hardware components, firmware modules and software modules;

locking device;

unlocking device; and

resetting device back to factory default.

4. The system s claimed in claim 3, further comprising the acts of:

generating a notification message for peer-to-peer device management, monitor and control when events for notification occur at said second communication device;

delivering said notification message from said second communication device to said first communication device via said communication network;

receiving and storing said notification message at said first communication device;

displaying said notification message at said first communication device; and

wherein said first communication device is configured for generating additional notification messages for peer-to-peer device management monitor and control, sending said additional notification messages from said first communication device to said second communication device via said communication network and wherein said second communication device is configured to display said additional notification messages;

wherein said events for notification comprises one or more events selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

monitored text messages matching predefined keywords or rule monitored text message senders matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored email messages matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored email message senders matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored instant messages matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored instant message senders matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored multimedia messages matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored multimedia message senders matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored session initiation protocol messages matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored session initiation protocol message senders matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored Bluetooth messages matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored near field communication messages matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored voice call contents matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored voice caller ids matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored video contents matching predefined keywords, categories or rules;

monitored video content senders matching predefined blacklists or rules;

monitored hypertext transfer protocol contents matching predefined keywords or rules;

monitored hypertext transfer protocol web site addresses matching predefined categories or rules;

state changes of one or more selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

device, hardware components, firmware modules, and software modules, wherein said state changes comprise one or more selected from the group consisting of all of the following;

being started, being stopped, being enabled, being disabled, being activated, being deactivated, being installed, being uninstalled, being turned on, and being turned off;

changes of said network reachable identifiers; and

device being located in predefined geo-location ranges.