Method and apparatus for providing radio communication with an object in a local environment
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsThomas Killian, Byoung-Jo Kim, Christopher Rice, Nemmara K. Shankaranarayanan
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing radio communication with an electronic object in a local environment are disclosed. For example the method receives via a mobile endpoint device of a user at least one first digital certificate associated with the local environment from a trusted source, and a second digital certificate from the electronic device deployed in the local environment via a wireless connection. The method then authenticates the electronic device using the at least one first digital certificate and the second digital certificate.
Claims18
A method for communicating with an electronic device deployed in a local environment, comprising:
- receiving by a mobile endpoint device of a user a first digital certificate from a communications network service provider of the mobile endpoint device, wherein the first digital certificate is associated with the local environment from a trusted source;
- detecting by the mobile endpoint device a radio signal from the electronic device deployed in the local environment;
- receiving by the mobile endpoint device a second digital certificate from the electronic device deployed in the local environment via a wireless connection after the radio signal is detected from the electronic device;
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- authenticating by the mobile endpoint device the electronic device using the first digital certificate and the second digital certificate when the mobile endpoint device attempts to communicate with the electronic device in the local environment, wherein the authenticating comprises correlating the first digital certificate and the second digital certificate using a public key-private key pair.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a mobile endpoint device of a user, cause the processor to perform operations for communicating with an electronic device deployed in a local environment, the operations comprising:
- receiving a first digital certificate from a communications network service provider of the mobile endpoint device, wherein the first digital certificate is associated with the local environment from a trusted source;
- detecting a radio signal from the electronic device deployed in the local environment;
- receiving a second digital certificate from the electronic device deployed in the local environment via a wireless connection after the radio signal is detected from the electronic device;
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- authenticating the electronic device using the first digital certificate and the second digital certificate when the mobile endpoint device attempts to communicate with the electronic device in the local environment, wherein the authenticating comprises correlating the first digital certificate and the second digital certificate using a public key-private key pair.
A mobile endpoint device for communicating with an electronic device deployed in a local environment, comprising:
- a processor;
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- a computer-readable medium, storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations compromising:
- receiving a first digital certificate from a communications network service provider of the mobile endpoint device, wherein the first digital certificate is associated with the local environment from a trusted source;
- detecting a radio signal from the electronic device deployed in the local environment;
- receiving a second digital certificate from the electronic device deployed in the local environment via a wireless connection after the radio signal is detected from the electronic device;
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- authenticating the electronic device using the first digital certificate and the second digital certificate when the mobile endpoint device attempts to communicate with the electronic device in the local environment, wherein the authenticating comprises correlating the first digital certificate and the second digital certificate using a public key-private key pair.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.