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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2016
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
William Setchell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nitsan Shai, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Timothy Raymond Zwiebel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ye Yuan, Mountain View, CA (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Requesting, by a requesting device, from an Internet of Things (IoT) device, an IoT device identifier over a communication link between the devices. Requesting, by the requesting device from an authorization device over a communication network including at least one TCP/IP link, authorization to command the IoT device to perform an action. Determining, by the authorization device, an authorization of the requesting device to command the identified IoT device to perform the requested action based on the IoT device identifier, the requesting device identifier, and the command. For a requesting device determined authorized, transmitting an encrypted authorization to the requesting device over the communication network. Relaying, by the requesting device to the IoT device via the first communication link, the authorization. Decrypting, by the IoT device, the authorization and performing the action specified therein.