System and method for securely connecting a test and measurement instrument to a web service
AssigneeInitial State Technologies, Inc.
InventorsThomas Buida, Adam M. Reeves, Frederick B. Kuhlman, III, Mark Anderson Smith
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Abstract
A test and measurement system that allows a user to use an activation code coupled with a user-owned communication device to provide security credentials to cloud or web-based services with security enhancements or preferences. The test and measurement system includes a test and measurement instrument that can initiate the connection and a remote server which provide an activation code for a user to enter on the communication device to connect the test and measurement instrument to the cloud or web-based services.
Claims20
A server for connecting with a test and measurement instrument, comprising:
- one or more ports for receiving a connection request and configuration settings from a test and measurement instrument and a user-entered code and credentials from a communication device;
- an activation code generator configured to generate an activation code and associate the activation code with the test and measurement instrument;
- an authenticator configured to authenticate a user based on the credentials and determine whether the user-entered code and the activation code are identical;
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- a key generator configured to generate an access key when the user is authenticated and the user-entered code and the activation code are identical providing access based on the configuration settings and transmit the access key to the test and measurement instrument.
A method for securely connecting a server with a test and measurement instrument, comprising:
- receiving a request to connect to the server from the test and measurement instrument with configuration settings;
- generating an activation code and associating the activation code with the instrument;
- receiving user credentials and a user-entered code from a communication device;
- authenticating the user credentials;
- determining whether the user-entered code matches the activation code;
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- establishing a connection with the test and measurement instrument based on the configuration settings when the user credentials are authenticated and the user-entered code matches the activation code.
A test and measurement system, comprising:
- a test and measurement instrument, including:
- a user interface configured to receive a connection request to connect to a database with configuration settings,
- a port configured to receive an activation code, and
- a display configured to display the activation code;
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- a server for connecting with the test and measurement instrument, including:
- one or more ports for receiving the connection request and the configuration settings from the test and measurement instrument and a user-entered code and credentials from a communication device;
- an activation code generator configured to generate the activation code, associate the activation code with the test and measurement instrument, and transmit the activation code to the test and measurement instrument;
- an authenticator configured to authenticate a user based on the credentials and determine whether the user-entered code and the activation code are identical;
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- a key generator configured to generate an access key for the database when the user is authenticated and the user-entered code and the activation code are identical providing access based on the configuration settings and transmit the access key to the test and measurement instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.