The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2021
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Santosh Ramrao Patil, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gangadharan Byju Pularikkal, San Jose, CA (US);
Sourav Chakraborty, Fremont, CA (US);
Madhusudan Nanjanagud, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an IoT server includes: processing circuitry, an I/O module operative to communicate with at least an IoT device and a vendor network server, and an onboarding application and operative to at least: receive an onboarding request from the IoT device via the I/O module, send a confirmation request to the vendor network server via the I/O module, where the confirmation request indicates a request to confirm an identity of the IoT device according to a connection to a network device authenticated by the vendor network server, receive a confirmation response from the vendor network server via the I/O module, where the confirmation response indicates whether the IoT device is connected to the network device, and if the confirmation response is a positive confirmation response that indicates that the IoT device is connected to the network device, onboard the IoT device for participation in an IoT-based system.