Method and automation system for an automation device
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorSebastian Bode
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Abstract
Various teachings of the present disclosure include a method for incorporating an automation device into an automation system by using an authentication device. An example method includes: establishing an interface between the automation device and the authentication device and generating an access credential associated with the automation device; receiving and authenticating the access credential on an automation server of the automation system and assigning an access authorization to the automation device; and receiving and authenticating a proof of identity of the access-authorized automation device on the automation server and incorporating the automation device whose identity has been authenticated into the automation system.
Claims9
A method for incorporating an automation device into an automation system by using an authentication device, the method comprising:
- establishing an interface between the automation device and the authentication device;
- generating an access credential associated with the automation device by collaborating the automation device and the authentication device;
- receiving and authenticating the access credential on an automation server of the automation system;
- assigning an access authorization to the automation device;
- and
- receiving a proof of identity through a communication channel established between the authentication device and the automation server;
- authenticating the proof of identity of the access-authorized automation device on the automation server;
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- incorporating the automation device whose identity has been authenticated into the automation system;
- wherein the interface comprises an immediate optical or electrical direct connection.
An automation system for incorporating an automation device into an automation system using an authentication device, the automation system comprising:
- an interface including an immediate optical or electrical direct connection between the automation device and the authentication device for generating an access credential associated with the automation device by collaborating the automation device and the authentication device;
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- an automation server including at least one processor and an associated memory to receive and the access credential from the authentication device, authenticate the access credential, and to assign an access authorization to the automation device if authentic;
- wherein the automation server receives a proof of identity of the access-authorized automation device from the authentication device through a communication channel established between the authentication device and the automation server, authenticates the proof of identity of the access-authorized automation device, and incorporates the automation device whose identity has been authenticated into the automation system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.