Method and system for securing and protecting smart devices within the internet of things ecosystem
AssigneeIomaxis, Inc.
InventorDavid L. Branca
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Abstract
A gateway device including a network interface having wired and/or wireless connections to smart devices and a network access point. The gateway device also includes a processor and a memory device having a local database. The processor is configured to execute a network controller for connecting and communicating with the smart devices and the network access point, a firewall engine for enforcing firewall rules stored in the local database for filtering communication between the smart devices and the network access point, and a management interface. The management interface generates internal firewall rules based on device profile information received from a remote database.
Claims16
A gateway device, comprising:
- a network interface including at least one of a wired connection or a wireless connection to each of a plurality of smart devices and to a network access point;
- a memory device including a local database storing internal firewall rules for communications on an internal network;
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- a processor configured to execute:
- a network controller configured to connect and communicate with the plurality of smart devices and the network access point,
- a firewall engine configured to enforce the internal firewall rules stored in the local database to filter internal communication between the plurality of smart devices, and
- a management interface configured to generate the internal firewall rules based on device profile information of each of the plurality of smart devices received from a remote database on an external network via the network access point.
A method for operating a gateway device, comprising:
- connecting and communicating, by a network controller executed by a processor of the gateway device, with each of a plurality of smart devices and with a network access point connected to a network interface of the gateway device,
- enforcing, by a firewall engine executed by the processor, internal firewall rules stored in a local database of a memory device of the gateway device, for filtering internal communication between the plurality of connected smart devices on an internal network, and
- controlling, by a management interface executed by the processor, the gateway device to generate the internal firewall rules based on device profile information of each of the plurality of smart devices received from a remote database on an external network via the network access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.