SETUP OF MULTIPLE IOT NETWORK DEVICES

• US 20160044032A1
• Filed: 08/10/2014
• Published: 02/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Belkin International Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Belkin International Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kim, Ryan Yong, Zeira, Ohad
• Granted Patent: US 9,451,462 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 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• 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 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• 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: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to setup of multiple IoT network devices. Specifically, various techniques and systems are provided for setup of multiple similar IoT devices at substantially the same time using joint authentication. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems including, for example, receiving, at an existing network device on a network, one or more communications, wherein the one or more communications include an indication that multiple new network devices are associated with the network; receiving an indication that the multiple new network devices have each generated a setup access point; establishing a connection with the setup access point of each of the multiple new network devices; receiving identification information, wherein the identification information includes information identifying each of the multiple new network devices; and transmitting the identification information identifying each of the multiple new network devices, wherein when the identification information is received, the identification information facilitates generating one or more authentication queries to authenticate one or more of the multiple new network devices.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, at an existing network device on a network, one or more communications, wherein the one or more communications include an indication that multiple new network devices are associated with the network;

receiving an indication that the multiple new network devices have each generated a setup access point;

establishing a connection with the setup access point of each of the multiple new network devices;

receiving identification information, wherein the identification information includes information identifying each of the multiple new network devices; and

transmitting the identification information identifying each of the multiple new network devices, wherein when the identification information is received, the identification information facilitates generating one or more authentication queries to authenticate one or more of the multiple new network devices.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting one or more association queries, wherein the one or more association queries include a request to determine whether the multiple new network devices are associated with the network.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

aggregating received identification information, wherein the received identification information includes information associated with multiple new network devices.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein transmitting the identification information identifying each of the multiple new network devices includes transmitting the aggregated identification information.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein an additional new network device is added to the aggregated received identification information when the additional new network device connects to the network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the identification information includes transmitting the identification corresponding to each new network device simultaneously.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more responses to the one or more authentication queries; and

transmitting network credentials corresponding to each of the responses to the one or more authentication queries, wherein network credentials facilitate joining the network.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification information identifying new network device is received at the same time or different times for different devices.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing the identification information identifying each of the multiple new network devices, wherein analyzing includes determining one or more capabilities common to the multiple new network devices; and

generating a grouping of network devices, wherein the grouping includes new network devices that share a common capability.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the one or more authentication queries, wherein receiving authentication queries facilitates displaying identification information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein identification information includes information associated with one of the multiple new network devices.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein identification information includes information associated with from more than one of the multiple new network devices.

13. A computing device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform operations including;

receiving, at an existing network device on a network, one or more communications, wherein the one or more communications include an indication that multiple new network devices are associated with the network;

receiving an indication that the multiple new network devices have each generated a setup access point;

establishing a connection with the setup access point of each of the multiple new network devices;

receiving identification information, wherein the identification information includes information identifying each of the multiple new network devices; and

transmitting the identification information identifying each of the multiple new network devices, wherein when the identification information is received, the identification information facilitates generating one or more authentication queries to authenticate one or more of the multiple new network devices.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform operations including:

transmitting one or more association queries, wherein the one or more association queries include a request to determine whether the multiple new network devices are associated with the network.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform operations including:

aggregating received identification information, wherein the received identification information includes information associated with multiple new network devices.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein transmitting the identification information identifying each of the multiple new network devices includes transmitting the aggregated identification information.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein an additional new network device is added to the aggregated received identification information when the additional new network device connects to the network.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein transmitting the identification information includes transmitting the identification corresponding to each new network device simultaneously.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform operations including:

receiving one or more responses to the one or more authentication queries; and

transmitting network credentials corresponding to each of the responses to the one or more authentication queries, wherein network credentials facilitate joining the network.

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25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

receive, at an existing network device on a network, one or more communications, wherein the one or more communications include an indication that multiple new network devices are associated with the network;

receive an indication that the multiple new network devices have each generated a setup access point;

establish a connection with the setup access point of each of the multiple new network devices;

receive identification information, wherein the identification information includes information identifying each of the multiple new network devices; and

transmit the identification information identifying each of the multiple new network devices, wherein when the identification information is received, the identification information facilitates generating one or more authentication queries to authenticate one or more of the multiple new network devices.

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