EXTENDING MANAGEMENT CONTROL TO loT DEVICES
AssigneeCitrix Systems, Inc.
InventorsNivedita Ojha, Stephen Wilson, Derek Thorslund
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Abstract
A technique uses a managed computing device to extend management control by an organization to IoT (Internet of Things) devices in a local environment of the computing device. The computing device discovers any local IoT devices and participates in a communication with a server to bring one or more of the IoT devices under management control. In some examples, extending management control involves enrolling selected IoT devices into a management framework of the organization and directing communications between the server and the respective IoT devices through the managed device, which provides a point-of-presence for administering management of the selected IoT devices in the local environment.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- processing, by a computing device, a request to scan for IoT (Internet of Things) devices in an environment about the computing device, the computing device managed by an entity and communicatively coupled to a server of the entity over a computer network;
- participating, by the computing device, in a communication with the server to extend management by the entity to a plurality of the IoT devices in the environment, the management enabling the plurality of IoT devices to operate in compliance with the entity;
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- orchestrating, by the computing device, an activity among a set of the plurality of IoT devices.
A computing device, comprising control circuitry configured to:
- process a request to scan for IoT (Internet of Things) devices in an environment about the computing device, the computing device managed by an entity;
- participate in a communication over a computer network with a server of the entity to extend management by the entity to a plurality of the IoT devices in the environment, the management enabling the plurality of IoT devices to operate in compliance with the entity;
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- orchestrate an activity among a set of the plurality of IoT devices.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, a request to perform an activity, the activity involving a plurality of functions;
- selecting, from among a plurality of IoT (Internet of Things) devices in an environment of the computing device, a set of IoT devices capable of performing respective functions of the plurality of functions;
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- orchestrating performance of the activity by the computing device, including directing the set of IoT devices to perform the respective functions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.