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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2019
Afero, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Martin Arnberg, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Steve Hales, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Phillip Myles, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Afero, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are described for loaning IoT devices. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises receiving a command submitted by a first user to loan a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) devices associated with a first user account to a second user, establishing a secure communication channel between an IoT service and an IoT app on an IoT device used by the second user, and receiving an identification code from the IoT app to provide the IoT app access to the plurality of IoT devices over the secure communication channel, wherein the IoT app is to capture the identification code from an optical code, the IoT service to use the identification code to identify the plurality of IoT devices, wherein the IoT service prevents access to the plurality of IoT devices by the first user while the second user has access to the IoT devices.