Method and system for communication of devices using dynamic routes encoded in security tokens and a dynamic optical label

• US 9,985,947 B1
• Filed: 12/31/2015
• Issued: 05/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: QuirkLogic, Inc.
• Original Assignee: QuirkLogic, Inc.
• Inventors: Elhard, Dean
• Primary Examiner(s): Avery, Jeremiah
• Application Number:
  US14/986,270
• Time in Patent Office: 880 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/062 for key distribution, e.g. centrally by trusted party cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving a central third party H04L9/0819
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70

Abstract

A method and system for facilitating the communication between two or more devices, using a primary device, a secondary device, a relay server, and/or a bridge server. The method includes receiving, by a primary device, a primary token encoded with information to generate a primary URL and a secondary token encoded with information to generate a secondary URL, generating the primary URL from the primary token and the secondary URL from the secondary token, generating an optical label comprising information used to generate the secondary URL, and displaying the optical label to the secondary device. The method further includes establishing, by the relay server, a communication channel between the primary and second devices after the primary device connects to the relay server using the primary URL and the secondary device connects to the replay server using the secondary URL.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a primary device, comprising a processor and a user interface, wherein the primary device is configured to;

generate a primary token comprising, at least in part, a primary URL and a secondary token comprising, at least in part, a secondary URL;

generate, using the processor, an optical label comprising information used to generate the secondary URL;

visually relaying the information in the optical label to a secondary device by displaying the optical label on the user interface of the primary device;

receive, from the secondary device in optical communication with the primary device, a connection request via the secondary URL, wherein the secondary device generates the secondary URL using information obtained by reading the optical label from the user interface of the primary device; and

pair, in response to the connection request, the primary and secondary URLs to establish a communication channel between the primary device and the secondary device, wherein the communication channel facilitates communication between the primary device and the secondary device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the primary token is linked to the secondary token in a one-to-one mapping.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one-to-one mapping is used as a basis for establishing the communication channel between the primary device, and the secondary device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the secondary device comprises a camera configured to read the optical label from the user interface of the primary device, and wherein the secondary device is further configured to process the optical label and generate the secondary URL.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the primary device is further configured to store a data structure comprising:

a mapping of the primary and secondary tokens;

an association between the primary and secondary URLs, wherein the association is based on the mapping of the primary and secondary tokens; and

a connection status of the primary and secondary URLs,

wherein the data structure is configured to track a status of the established communication channel.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the primary token is encoded with information used to generate the primary URL, and wherein the secondary token is encoded with information used to generate the secondary URL.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the primary and secondary devices are each one selected from the group consisting of a phone, a tablet, a laptop, a personal computer, and an electronic presentation device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication channel is a bi-directional communication channel.

9. A method for facilitating communication between a primary device and a secondary device, comprising:

receiving a primary token encoded with information to generate a primary URL and a secondary token encoded with information to generate a secondary URL;

generating the primary URL from the primary token and the secondary URL from the secondary token;

generating an optical label comprising information used to generate the secondary URL;

visually relaying the information in the optical label to the secondary device by displaying the optical label on a user interface of the primary device, wherein the secondary device is in optical communication with the primary device; and

connecting to a communication channel established by a relay server, in order to communicate with the secondary device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the secondary device comprises a camera and is configured to:

read the optical label from a user interface of the primary device;

process the optical label to generate the secondary URL; and

transmit a connection request via the secondary URL.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the primary device receives the primary and secondary tokens from the relay server operatively connected to the primary device, wherein the relay server is configured to establish the communication channel by:

receiving the connection request from the secondary device via the secondary URL; and

pairing the primary URL and secondary URL to establish the communication channel.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the secondary device connects to the relay server using the secondary URL.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting a token request requesting the primary and secondary tokens from the relay server.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the relay server is further configured to authenticate the primary device upon receipt of the token request.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the relay server is configured to store a data structure comprising:

a mapping of the primary and secondary tokens;

an association between the primary and secondary URLs; and

a connection status of the primary and secondary URLs,

wherein the data structure is configured to track a status of the established communication channel.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the relay server is further configured to:

receive from the primary device, a request to disconnect direct communication with the secondary device; and

terminate the communication channel in response to the request to disconnect.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the association between the primary and secondary URLs is removed from the data structure upon termination of the communication channel and wherein the status of the established communication channel is updated to reflect the termination.

18. A system, comprising:

a primary device comprising a processor and a user interface, wherein the primary device is configured to;

receive a primary token encoded with information to generate a primary URL and a secondary token encoded with information to generate a secondary URL;

generate, using the processor, the primary and secondary URLs; and

generate an optical label comprising information used to generate the secondary URL,

visually relaying the information in the optical label to a secondary device by displaying the optical label on the user interface of the primary device; and

a relay server operatively connected to the primary device and configured to;

generate the primary and secondary tokens;

receive, from the secondary device in optical communication with the primary device, a connection request using the secondary URL, wherein the secondary device generates the secondary URL using information obtained by reading the optical label from the user interface of the primary device; and

pair, in response to the connection request, the primary and secondary URLs to establish a communication channel between the primary and the secondary device, wherein the communication channel facilitates communication between the primary device and the secondary device.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the relay server is configured to store a data structure comprising:

a mapping of the primary and secondary tokens;

an association between the primary and secondary URLs, wherein the association is based on the mapping of the primary and secondary tokens; and

a connection status of the primary and secondary URLs,

wherein the data structure is configured to track a status of the established communication channel.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the secondary device processes the optical label from the user interface of the primary device, generates the secondary URL, and connects to the relay server via the secondary URL.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the relay server authenticates the primary device prior to sending the primary and secondary tokens to the primary device.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the communication channel is a bi-directional communication channel.