Monitoring system and method for connecting a monitoring device to a service server
AssigneeAxis AB
InventorsJoacim Tullberg, Johan Adolfsson, Martin Gren
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Abstract
Methods and techniques for configuring a monitoring device to communicate with a service server. The method includes sending, by the monitoring device to a control server, an initial connection message, authenticating, by the control server, the monitoring device using the initial connection message, in response to authenticating the monitoring device, sending, by the control server, a list of one or more addresses to the monitoring device, and establishing, by the monitoring device, a service connection between the monitoring device and a service server using the list of one or more addresses received from the control server.
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A method for configuring a monitoring device to communicate with a service server, the method comprising:
- sending, by the monitoring device to a control server, an initial connection message, wherein the initial connection message includes an identifier and an authentication code;
- receiving, by the control server, the initial connection message;
- authenticating, by the control server, the monitoring device using the initial connection message;
- in response to authenticating the monitoring device:
- identifying, at the control server, a service server associated with the identifier, wherein the identifying includes matching the identifier to the service server by accessing a database of identifiers;
- retrieving, by the control server, from the database a list of one or more addresses;
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- sending, by the control server, the list of one or more addresses to the monitoring device;
- and
- establishing, by the monitoring device, a service connection between the monitoring device and the identified service server using the list of one or more addresses received from the control server.
A method for configuring a monitoring device to communicate with a service server, the method comprising:
- sending, by the monitoring device to an initial control server, an initial connection message, wherein the initial connection message;
- receiving, by the initial control server, the initial connection message;
- identifying, at the initial control server, a server associated with the identifier, wherein the identifying includes matching the identifier to the server by accessing a database of identifiers where each identifier is associated with a server, wherein the server associated with the identifier is a service server or a service provider control sever;
- retrieving, by the initial control server, an address of the identified server from the database;
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- sending, by the initial control server, the address to the monitoring device;
- in response to the sever being a service server:
- establishing, by the monitoring device, a service connection between the monitoring device and the identified server using the address received from the initial control server;
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- in response to the server being a service provider control server:
- sending, by the monitoring device, an additional connection message including the identifier;
- receiving, by the server, the additional connection message;
- identifying, at the server, a service server associated with the additional connection message, wherein the identifying includes matching the identifier to the service server associated with the additional connection message by accessing another database of identifiers where each identifier is associated with a service server;
- retrieving, by the server, an address of the identified service server from the database;
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- sending, by the server, the address to the monitoring device;
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- establishing, by the monitoring device, a service connection between the monitoring device and the identified service server using the address received from the server.
A method for customizing a monitoring device to communicate with a service server, the method comprising:
- sending, by the monitoring device to a control server, a connection message;
- receiving, by the control server, the connection message;
- extracting, by the control server, an address related to the monitoring device from the connection message;
- identifying, at the control server, a service server associated with the monitoring device using the address;
- directing, by the control server, the monitoring device to the identified service server by sending the monitoring device a list of one or more addresses of the identified service server;
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- establishing, by the monitoring device, a service connection between the monitoring device and the identified service server using the list of one or more addresses received from the control server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.