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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2017
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Charles D. Robison, Buford, GA (US);
Daniel L. Hamlin, Round Rock, TX (US);
Warren Wade Robbins, Celina, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A mobile device that includes an ownership token application program receives user input indicative of a first authentication factor associated with an ownership token bound to an Internet of Things (IoT) device. Responsive to detecting the IoT device in close proximity, the mobile device may obtain a second authentication factor and an IoT device identifier from the IoT device. The mobile device may then provide the obtained factors as authenticating credentials to a token server via a trust application program interface (API). After the server authenticates the mobile device, the server may send the token to the mobile device thereby transferring ownership rights, including access rights, to recipient. The application program and/or the trust API may be configured for one-time access wherein, after the token has been transferred to the mobile device. The discrete electronic device may comprise an Internet of Things (IoT device) that supports wireless, near field communication.