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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
Afero, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Joe Britt, Los Altos, CA (US);
Shin Matsumura, Los Altos, CA (US);
Houman Forood, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Zimmerman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Phillip Myles, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sean Zawicki, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daisuke Kutami, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shannon Holland, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Afero, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A platform, apparatus and method for Internet of Things Implementations. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: an Internet of Things (IoT) hub comprising a network interface to couple the IoT hub to an IoT service over a wide area network (WAN), and programming logic to program an identification device with one or more encryption keys usable to establish encrypted communication with an IoT device; and at least one IoT device interfacing with the identification device following programming of the identification device by the IoT hub; wherein once the identification device is programmed and interfaced with the IoT device, the IoT device uses the one or more keys to establish a secure communication channel with the IoT hub and/or the IoT service.