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US 11,445,371 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for granting access rights to users of communications networks
AssigneePCMS Holdings, Inc.
InventorsAntti V. P. Evesti, Pia E. Raitio, Pekka P. Savolainen
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and systems for automatically determining the access rights to be granted to a telecommunication device to the assets in a first network as a function of the access rights previously granted to that same device in another network.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- obtaining data comprising first access rights applicable to a telecommunication device in a first network;
- based on the first access rights, granting second access rights that authorize the telecommunication device to access a second network;
- and
- applying the second access rights to the telecommunication device in the second network;
- determining similarities between first assets in the first network and second assets in the second network;
- and
- when a first set of the first assets is similar to a second set of the second assets, granting, to the telecommunication device, the second access rights to control the second set of the second assets in the second network, which second access rights are similar to the first access rights granted to the telecommunication device to control the first set of the first assets in the first network;
- wherein each of the first and second networks comprises a plurality of assets to which the telecommunication device may be granted access rights, and wherein the first access rights comprise a distinct set of rights applicable to each individual one of the plurality of assets in the first network and the second access rights comprise a distinct set of rights to each individual one of the plurality of assets in the second network.
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A system operating with a first smart space and a second smart space, the system comprising:
- a transmitter;
- a receiver;
- one or more processors;
- and
- at least one memory having stored instructions operative, when executed by the at least one processor, to cause the system to:
- detect a telecommunication device attempting to connect to a second smart space;
- obtain first access rights previously granted to the telecommunication device in a first smart space;
- determine similarities between first assets in the first smart space and second assets in the second smart space;
- when a first set of the first assets is similar to a second set of the second assets, grant, to the telecommunication device, the second access rights to control the second set of the second assets in the second smart space, which second access rights are similar to the first access rights granted to the telecommunication device to control the first set of the first assets in the first smart space and authorize access to the second smart space;
- wherein each of the first and second smart spaces comprises a plurality of assets to which the telecommunication device may be granted access rights, and wherein the first access rights comprise a distinct set of rights applicable to one of the plurality of assets in the first smart space and the second access rights comprise a distinct set of rights to one of the plurality of assets in the second smart space.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining data comprising first access rights applicable to a telecommunication device in a first network;
- selecting a first asset from a plurality of assets in the first network, wherein the selecting comprises:
- comparing a value assigned to an asset in the first network in a first category to a value assigned to a second asset of a second network in the first category;
- determining a degree of similarity between the value assigned to the first asset and the value assigned to the second asset;
- and
- when the degree of similarity exceeds a threshold, selecting the asset to be the first asset;
- based on the first access rights in the first asset, granting second access rights to the second asset, which second access rights authorize the telecommunication device to access the second network;
- and
- applying the second access rights to the telecommunication device in the second network;
- wherein each of the first and second networks comprises a plurality of assets to which the telecommunication device may be granted access rights;
- wherein the first access rights comprise a distinct set of rights applicable to each individual one of the plurality of assets in the first network and the second access rights comprise a distinct set of rights to each individual one of the plurality of assets in the second network;
- and wherein the first access rights comprise access rights previously granted to at least one first asset in the first network and the second access rights comprise access rights to at least one second asset in the second network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.