SPATIALLY AWARE SMART DEVICE PROVISIONING

• US 20160269851A1
• Filed: 05/19/2016
• Published: 09/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Digi International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Digi International Inc.
• Inventors: Baumert, Joel, Kurland, Aaron Samuel
• Granted Patent: US 9,894,459 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

Various system and techniques for spatially aware smart device provisioning are described herein. Location data indicating a physical location of the configuration device can be received from the configuration device. A subset of one or more smart devices can be received from a device management module. The subset of one or more smart devices can be based on stored physical locations of each smart device of one or more smart devices and a predetermined area. The subset of smart devices can be presented to the configuration device. The configuration device can present the subset of smart devices to a user and accept a user selection of a smart device from the subset of smart devices to provision. The user selection of the smart device can be received. The smart device can be provisioned based on the user selection.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor configured to;

communicate with a configuration device and a smart device;

store a physical location for the smart device;

receive, from the configuration device, an identification of the smart device;

receive, from the configuration device, location data indicating a physical location of the configuration device;

receive, from the configuration device, a request to provision the smart device; and

update, in response to the request to provision the smart device, the physical location of the smart device based on the location data and the identification of the smart device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification of the smart device is an electronic representation of an identification feature of the smart device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the electronic representation of the identification feature is a photograph.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the identification feature is a barcode.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the identification feature is a serial number.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the physical location includes a geographical coordinate.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the physical location includes an elevation.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the physical location includes an identification of a structure.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the physical location includes an identification of a structural feature within the structure.

10. A non-transitory machine-readable medium includes instruction which, when executed by at least one machine, cause the at least one machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a configuration device, an identification of a smart device;

receiving, from the configuration device, location data indicating a physical location of the configuration device;

receiving, from the configuration device, a request to provision the smart device; and

updating, in response to the request to provision the smart device, a physical location of the smart device based on the location data and the identification of the smart device.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the identification of the smart device is an electronic representation of an identification feature of the smart device.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the electronic representation of the identification feature is a photograph.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the identification feature is a barcode.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the identification feature is a serial number.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the physical location includes a geographical coordinate.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the physical location includes an elevation.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the physical location includes an identification of a structure.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the physical location includes an identification of a structural feature within the structure.

19. A method comprising:

receiving, from a configuration device at at least one processor, an identification of a smart device;

receiving, from the configuration device, location data indicating a physical location of the configuration device;

receiving, from the configuration device, a request to provision the smart device; and

updating, in response to the request to provision the smart device, a physical location of the smart device based on the location data and the identification of the smart device.

20. A system comprising:

a smart device;

a configuration device;

at least one processor configured to;

communicate with the configuration device and the smart device;

store a physical location for the smart device;

receive, from the configuration device, an identification of the smart device;

receive, from the configuration device, location data indicating a physical location of the configuration device;

receive, from the configuration device, a request to provision the smart device; and

update, in response to the request to provision the smart device, the physical location of the smart device based on the location data and the identification of the smart device.