Securely providing a password using an internet of things (IOT) system
US10455418B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/04
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method are described for securely providing a User ID and/or password to an IoT device. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: establishing a first communication channel between a user's mobile device and an Internet of Things (IoT) service; establishing a second communication channel between the IoT service and an IoT device, the IoT device having been previously registered with the IoT service; establishing a third communication channel between the IoT device and a computer on which the user is connecting to the online service; receiving at the IoT service a request from the mobile device to transmit a User ID and/or password for a particular online service to the IoT device; responsively encrypting the User ID and/or password to generate an encrypted User ID and/or password and transmitting the encrypted User ID and/or password to the IoT device; decrypting the encrypted User ID and/or password at the IoT device; and providing the User ID and/or password by the IoT device to the computer over the third communication channel, the computer causing the User ID and/or password to be provided to the online service to authenticate the user.
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