Deployment of a device
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsOlli Parviainen, Jouko Kinnari
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Abstract
A method for deploying a device to a local network hosted by a host device includes receiving a message causing the host device to request a piece of information from the device; requesting a determination if the received piece of information comprises data corresponding to an expected data pattern; if the received piece of information comprises data corresponding to the expected data pattern initiating a pairing with the device; and in response to the pairing generating an indication that the device is paired with the host device. A host device, a system and to a computer program product are also disclosed.
Claims15
A method for deploying a device to a local network hosted by a host device, the method comprising:
- performing, by a control device, a search to find the host device residing in an operational vicinity of the control device among a plurality of host devices,
- transmitting, by the control device, an identifier of the host device to a data center, to cause the data center to determine whether the host device corresponds to the device under deployment,
- receiving, in the host device, a message from the data center causing the host device to request a piece of information from the device under deployment;
- in response to a receipt of the requested piece of information from the device under deployment, requesting a determination if the received piece of information comprises data corresponding to an expected data pattern;
- in response to an outcome of the determination that the received piece of information comprises data corresponding to the expected data pattern, initiating a pairing with the device under deployment to the local network;
- in response to the pairing, generating an indication that the device is paired with the host device;
- and
- controlling the paired device via the host device,
- wherein the device is configured to monitor operation of an elevator door, an escalator or an automatic door and to generate measurement data,
- wherein the host device is configured to:
- store the measurement data;
- and
- perform predetermined operations based on the measurement data, and
- wherein the request of the piece of information and the determination if the received piece of information comprises data corresponding to the expected data pattern is implemented with challenge-response authentication.
A system for deploying a device to a local network hosted by a host device, the system comprising:
- a data center;
- the host device including a processor, wherein the host device is a master device configured to control the device under deployment;
- the device under deployment;
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- a control device including a screen,
- wherein the control device is configured to:
- perform a search to find the host device residing in an operational vicinity of the control device among a plurality of host devices,
- transmit an identifier of the host device to the data center, to cause the data center to determine whether the host device corresponds to the device under deployment, and
- generate a signal to cause the host device to request a piece of information from the device under deployment,
- wherein in response to a receipt of the requested piece of information from the device under deployment, the host device is configured to request a determination if the received piece of information comprises data corresponding to an expected data pattern,
- wherein in response to an outcome of the determination that the received piece of information comprises data corresponding to the expected data pattern, the host device is configured to initiate a pairing with the device under deployment to the local network,
- wherein in response to the pairing, the host device is configured to generate an indication that the device is paired with the host device,
- wherein the host device is configured to control the paired device,
- wherein the device is configured to monitor operation of an elevator door, an escalator or an automatic door and to generate measurement data,
- wherein the host device is configured to:
- store the measurement data;
- and
- perform predetermined operations based on the measurement data, and
- wherein the request of the piece of information and the determination if the received piece of information comprises data corresponding to the expected data pattern is implemented with challenge-response authentication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.