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US 11,451,545 B2Granted
Cloud device identification and authentication
AssigneeUbiquiti Inc.
InventorsMatthew A. Hardy, Randall W. Frei, Jonathan P. Bauer, Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for authentication and/or provisioning of wireless network devices, and in particular, methods and apparatuses for authentication and/or provisioning of wireless network devices that are communicating with and may be monitored and/or controlled by a remote (e.g., cloud) server.
Claims18
A method of provisioning a network device for use with a network using a handheld device, the method comprising:
- detecting, with a discovery tool, connection of one or more unprovisioned network devices, wherein the one or more unprovisioned network devices correspond to known devices on a list of known devices;
- prompting a user to adopt the one or more unprovisioned network devices;
- receiving, from the user, a device site selection for a logical networking environment within which the one or more unprovisioned network devices is to operate;
- receiving, from the user, cloud login information and organization information for the one or more unprovisioned network devices;
- provisioning the one or more unprovisioned network devices to operate in the selected device site via a first wireless network based, at least in part, on the device site selection, the cloud login information, and the organization information;
- establishing an authentication key shared between the network device and the handheld device during a trusted session;
- and
- communicating the authentication key to a remote server to enable the remote server to authenticate the network device.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
- detect one or more unprovisioned network devices unable to communicate with a first wireless network, wherein the one or more unprovisioned network devices correspond to known devices on a list of known devices;
- prompt a user to adopt the one or more unprovisioned network devices;
- select, by a user, one of the one or more unprovisioned network devices;
- receive, from the user, a device site selection for a logical networking environment within which the selected unprovisioned network device is to operate;
- receive, from the user, cloud login information and organization information for the selected unprovisioned network device;
- provision the unprovisioned network device to operate in the selected device site via the first wireless network based, at least in part, on the device site selection, the cloud login information, and the organization information;
- establish an authentication key shared between the network device and the handheld device during a trusted session;
- and
- communicate the authentication key to a remote server to enable the remote server to authenticate the network device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.