Identifying a personal IoT (“PIoT”) device operating in a PIoT network

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the apparatus to:
• receive a network registration request from a personal Internet-of-Things (“PIoT”) edge server connected to a PIoT network, wherein the network registration request comprises a user identity, an identity of the PIOT network, and PIoT information, wherein the user identity is a concealed identity that cannot be used by the apparatus to identify a respective user of a first PIoT device, wherein the PIoT information comprises a network address of the PIOT aggregation server, wherein the device registration request comprises a device registration request comprising the PIoT user identity, the PIoT network identity, and a callback Uniform Resource Identifier (“URI”), and wherein the network registration request is associated with a first source address;
• receive, from the first PIoT device, data traffic associated with a second source address;
• determine that the first PIoT device operates in the PIoT network based at least in part on a comparison of the second source address to the first source address;
• identify a PIoT aggregation server associated with the PIoT network based on the PIoT information;
• and
• transmit a device registration request to a PIoT aggregation server in response to determining that the first PIoT device operates in the PIoT network, wherein the device registration request comprises the user identity, the identity of the PIoT network, and a device profile associated with the first PIoT device;
• store a PIoT context comprising the first source address, the received user identity, the received identity of the PIoT network, and the PIoT information;
• and
• receive a device registration response from the PIoT aggregation server, response containing a second URI via which the first PIoT device can be accessed at the PIoT aggregation server.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the apparatus to:
• receive, from a vendor server, a registration request comprising a PIoT user identity, an identity of a PIoT network, a device profile associated with a first PIoT device, wherein the PIoT user identity comprises a concealed identity, wherein the registration request is a device registration request comprising a callback Uniform Resource Identifier (“URI”);
• de-conceal the concealed identity to determine a user account associated with the first PIoT device;
• identify an existing PIoT user account using the PIoT user identity;
• register the first PIoT device with the PIoT network and the existing PIoT user account;
• transmit, to a user identified by the PIoT user identity, a notification message that requests permission to add the first PIoT device to the existing PIOT user account;
• add the device profile associated with the first PIoT device to the existing PIOT user account in response to receiving permission from the user identified by the PIoT user identity;
• transmit, to the vendor server, a device registration response containing a second URI via which the first PIoT device can be accessed at the apparatus;
• and
• interact with the first PIoT device via the vendor server in response to receiving commands from a PIoT application authorized to use the identified existing PIOT user account.