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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
Web Sensing, Llc, Hanover, NH (US);
Jason Dahlstrom, White River Junction, VT (US);
Stephen Taylor, Hanover, NH (US);
Web Sensing, LLC, Hanover, NH (US);
Abstract
An endpoint and methods of operating the same. In one embodiment, an endpoint is connected to one or more sensors and/or actuators. The endpoint is also connected through a communication channel to a server. Each endpoint uses a unique identifier ('ID') hidden within a protected boundary of the endpoint to associate with a lockless, single-writer thread on the server dedicated to the endpoint. The endpoint ID is encrypted within the protected boundary of the endpoint and is not communicated unencrypted. Furthermore, no association between the ID and private information associated with reader, analysis, or control threads at the server is available outside of a protected boundary of the server and this association is never transmitted on a communication channel. The endpoint can include one or more communication interfaces (e.g., of different modalities) to provide resilience to failures, errors, and computer network attacks.