Methods and apparatuses for introducing devices with simple user interfaces into a secure network community
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorOlivier Courtay
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Abstract
A method for introducing devices with simple user interfaces into a network community. A user pushes a button on a first device that listens for messages from central points for two seconds and, if no such message is received, becomes a central point and starts sending broadcast ID messages. The user the pushes a button on a second device to be insert, which after interaction with the central point enters a selected state. Noticing this on the user interface of the second device, the user pushes the button on the first device again, and after further communication between the devices, they enter an associated state, which can be verified on the user interface of the first device. Also provided is a first device.
Claims7
A method of introducing by a first device a given number of further devices into a secure network, the method comprising the steps, at the first device, of:
- receiving an instruction to introduce a given number of further devices into the secure network;
- receiving a request for insertion in the secure network from each of a number of further devices;
- inserting into the secure network each further device from which a request for insertion has been received;
- verifying that a number of inserted further devices is equal to the given number of further devices;
- and
- rejecting the inserted devices in case the number of inserted further devices is not equal to the given number of further devices.
A first device adapted to introduce a given number of further devices into a secure network, the first device comprising:
- a communication unit adapted to communicate with further devices, and to receive from each of a number of devices a request for insertion into the secure network;
- a processor adapted to:
- communicate with the communication unit,
- insert into the secure network each further device from which a request for insertion has been received, and
- verify that a number of inserted further devices is equal to the given number of further devices;
- and
- reject the inserted devices in case the number of inserted further devices is not equal to the given number of further devices;
- and
- an interface adapted to receive an instruction to insert a given number of further devices into the secure network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.