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US 11,902,868 B2Granted
Device provisioning for association with a user or a user account
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsArto Palin, Jukka Pekka Reunamäki
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Abstract
According to an example aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, with the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to obtain information characterizing physical surroundings of the apparatus, transmit the information characterizing the physical surroundings to a network entity, and responsive to the transmission, receive provisioning information and associate the apparatus with the provisioning information.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code;
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
- obtain in the apparatus, by scanning for a length of time, information characterizing physical surroundings of the apparatus, wherein the information comprises at least one of a non-cellular access point identity and a signal strength associated with the access point identity or a low-power node identity and a signal strength associated with the low-power node identity, and wherein scanning for the length of time is performed in response to (i) the apparatus being powered on for a first time or (ii) determining there is not a user or a user account associated with the apparatus;
- transmit the information characterizing the physical surroundings to a network entity for associating the apparatus with the user or the user account;
- and
- receive, responsive to the transmission, provisioning information for associating the apparatus with the provisioning information, wherein the provisioning information associates the apparatus with the user or the user account.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining in an apparatus, by scanning for a length of time, information characterizing physical surroundings of the apparatus, wherein the information comprises at least one of a non-cellular access point identity and a signal strength associated with the access point identity or a low-power node identity and a signal strength associated with the low-power node identity, and wherein scanning for the length of time is performed in response to (i) the apparatus being powered on for a first time or (ii) determining there is not a user or a user account associated with the apparatus;
- transmitting the information characterizing the physical surroundings to a network entity for associating the apparatus with the user or the user account;
- and
- receiving responsive to the transmission, provisioning information for associating the apparatus with the provisioning information, wherein the provisioning information associates the apparatus with the user or the user account.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code;
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
- receive information characterizing physical surroundings of a device with the information comprising (i) a type of the device and (ii) at least one of a non-cellular access point identity and a signal strength associated with the access point identity or a low-power node identity and a signal strength associated with the low-power node identity, wherein the information is received by the apparatus for associating the device with a user or a user account;
- transmit a notification to a user device, the notification comprising at least the type of the device;
- receive an authorization for the association from the user device;
- and
- transmit, responsive to the reception, by the apparatus provisioning information for associating the device with the provisioning information, wherein the provisioning information associates the device with the user or the user account.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.