On-boarding a device to a secure local network
US9699659B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 20, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W48/04
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an embodiment, a control device that is configured to onboard a target device to a secure local network by discovering a set of devices over a bootstrapping interface, establishing a bootstrap connection to at least one device from the set of devices in response to the discovery without authorizing the at least one device to access the secure local network, instructing the at least one device via the bootstrap connection to activate an observable function that is configured to be observable to one or more observation entities that are separate from the control device and are in proximity to the at least one device, determining whether an operator of the control device verifies that the observable function has been successfully detected as performed by the target device and selectively authorizing the at least one device to access the secure local network based on the determination.
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