Internet of things (iot) device firewalling
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorAndrew Lee Watts
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Abstract
A network hub may be configured to implement a firewall policy in order to restrict access by designated applications executing on the network hub to particular Internet of Things (IoT) data from designated IoT devices. A network hub may receive data packets from an IoT device, analyze the data packets against a firewall policy stored in memory of the network hub to determine whether an application executing on the network hub is allowed to receive at least a portion of data within the data packets, and allow or deny the application access to at least some of the data based at least in part on the firewall policy.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method implemented by a network hub, the method comprising:
- receiving data packets from an Internet of Things (IoT) device;
- analyzing the data packets against a firewall policy stored in memory of the network hub to determine:
- an application executing on the network hub that is to receive at least a portion of data within the data packets, and
- whether the application is allowed to receive some or all of the data within the data packets;
- and
- denying the application access to a subset of the data within the data packets based at least in part on the firewall policy.
A network hub comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing a firewall policy and instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the network hub to:
- receive data packets from an Internet of Things (IoT) device;
- analyze the data packets against the firewall policy to determine whether an application executing on the network hub is allowed to receive at least a portion of data within the data packets;
- and
- deny the application access to at least some of the data within the data packets based at least in part on the firewall policy.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a network hub to perform acts comprising:
- receiving data packets from an Internet of Things (IoT) device;
- analyzing the data packets against the firewall policy to determine whether an application executing on the network hub is allowed to receive at least a portion of data within the data packets;
- and
- denying the application access to at least some of the data within the data packets based at least in part on the firewall policy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.