Obtaining of access rights to a network, implemented by a communicating object
AssigneeOrange
InventorsEmmanuel Mayer, Mohammed Achemlal
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Abstract
A method performed by a communicating object to obtain rights to access a communications network. The object initially has rights limited to exchanging data with a rights management platform of the network. The method includes: sending a signaling message to the platform; and receiving a communications profile specific to the network. The profile is associated in the network with rights specific to the object, referred to as “delegated” rights. The delegated rights are defined on the basis of network access rights associated with a user of the object and referred to as “initial” rights. The delegated rights are suitable for enabling the communicating object to access the communications network.
Claims14
A management method for managing access rights to a network for a communicating object, said method being performed by a rights management platform of a communications network, and comprising:
- a step of sending to at least one device a list comprising at least one identifier of a communicating object located in proximity of said device and having previously sent a signaling message;
- a step of receiving, from the device, a message comprising the identifier of a communicating object in the list, the device having rights to access the communications network that are associated with a user of the device and that are referred to as “initial” rights;
- a step of sending to said device a description message containing a list of rights that may be allocated to the selected object, which allocatable rights are defined on the basis of said initial rights;
- a step of receiving, from said device, a request message requesting that rights be set up, the message comprising a description of the rights belonging to the object, referred to as “delegated” rights as selected from the list of allocatable rights;
- a step of creating a communications profile associated with the delegated rights;
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- a step of sending said profile to said object in order to configure said object.
A method of requesting configuration of a communicating object, said method being performed by a communications device having rights to access a communications network associated with a user of said device, which rights are referred to as “initial” rights, said method comprising:
- a step of receiving from a rights management platform of the network a list of at least one identifier of a communicating object;
- a step of selecting a communicating object from the list and of sending an identifier of said selected object to said platform;
- a step of receiving a message containing a list of rights that may be allocated to the selected object, which allocatable rights are defined by said platform on the basis of said initial rights;
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- a step of transmitting to said platform a request for setting up rights specific to the object as selected from the list of allocatable rights, and referred to as “delegated” rights.
A method of obtaining rights for a communicating object to access a communications network, said communicating object initially having rights that are limited to exchanging data with a rights management platform of said network, said method being performed by the communicating object and comprising:
- a step of sending a signaling message to said platform;
- and
- a step of receiving a communications profile specific to said network, said profile being associated in the network with rights specific to said object as selected by a communications device from a list of allocatable rights, which rights are referred to as “delegated” rights, said allocatable rights being defined on the basis of network access rights of said communications device associated with a user of said object and referred to as “initial” rights;
- the delegated rights being adapted to enable the communicating object to access the communications network.
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A non-transitory computer readable data medium storing a computer program including instructions for executing steps of a method for requesting configuration of a communicating object, when said program is executed by a processor of a communications device, said communications device having rights to access a communications network associated with a user of said device, which rights are referred to as “initial” rights, said program arrange to configure the communications device to perform the following acts:
- receiving from a rights management platform of the network a list of at least one identifier of a communicating object;
- selecting a communicating object from the list and of sending an identifier of said selected object to said platform;
- receiving a message containing a list of rights) that may be allocated to the selected object, which allocatable rights are defined by said platform on the basis of said initial rights;
- and
- transmitting to said platform a request for setting up rights specific to the object as selected from the list of allocatable rights, and referred to as “delegated” rights.
A non-transitory computer readable data medium storing a computer program including instructions for executing steps of a method of obtaining rights for a communicating object to access a communications network, when said program is executed by a processor of the communicating object, said communicating object initially having rights that are limited to exchanging data with a rights management platform of said network, said program being arranged to configure the communicating object to perform acts comprising:
- sending a signaling message to said platform;
- and
- receiving a communications profile specific to said network, said profile being associated in the network with rights specific to said object as selected by a communications device from a list of allocatable rights, which rights are referred to as “delegated” rights, said allocatable rights being defined on the basis of network access rights of said communications device associated with a user of said object and referred to as “initial” rights;
- the delegated rights being adapted to enable the communicating object to access the communications network.
A rights management platform for managing the rights of a communicating object, said platform being associated with a communications network, and comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon;
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- a processor, which is configurable by the instructions to perform acts comprising:
- sending to at least one device a list comprising at least one identifier of a communicating object located in the proximity of said device and having previously sent a signaling message;
- receiving, from the device, a message comprising the identifier of a communicating object in the list, the device having rights to access the communications network that are associated with a user of the device and that are referred to as “initial” rights;
- sending to said device a description message containing a list of rights that may be allocated to the selected object, which allocatable rights are defined on the basis of said initial rights;
- receiving, from said device, a request message requesting that rights be set up, the message comprising a description of the rights belonging to the object, referred to as “delegated” rights as selected from the list of allocatable rights;
- creating a communications profile associated with the delegated rights;
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- sending said profile to said object in order to configure said object.
A configuration request device for requesting configuration of a communicating object, said device having rights to access a communications network that are associated with a user of said device and that are referred to as “initial” rights, said device comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon;
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- a processor, which is configurable by the instructions to perform acts comprising:
- receiving from a rights management platform of the network a list of at least one identifier of a communicating object;
- selecting a communicating object from the list and of sending an identifier of said selected object to said platform;
- receiving a message containing a list of rights that may be allocated to the selected object, which allocatable rights are defined by said platform on the basis of said initial rights;
- and
- transmitting to said platform a request for setting up rights specific to the object as selected from the list of allocatable rights, and referred to as “delegated” rights.
A communicating object initially having rights limited to exchanging data with a rights management platform of a communications network, said communicating object comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon;
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- a processor, which is configurable by the instructions to perform acts comprising:
- sending a signaling message to said platform;
- and
- receiving a communications profile specific to said network, said profile being associated in the network with rights specific to said object as selected by a communications device from a list of allocatable rights, which rights are referred to as “delegated” rights, said allocatable rights being defined on the basis of network access rights of said communications device associated with a user of said object and referred to as “initial” rights;
- the delegated rights being adapted to enable the communicating object to access the communications network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.