Environmental detection of internet of things devices
US10110697B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/71
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The environment within which IoT devices are operating is determining based on sets of fingerprints collected from the IoT devices. The set of fingerprints for each respective IoT device contains at least one fingerprint corresponding to a sensed IoT device in communication with the respective IoT device. A similarity score is generated for pairs of IoT devices by comparing their respective sets of fingerprints to identify matching fingerprints. The IoT devices are grouped into a common environment based on the similarity scores. In some embodiments, content is provided over one or more communications networks to a user associated with an IoT device based on the IoT device being grouped into the common environment with one or more other IoT devices.
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