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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
May. 03, 2022
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Reinhard Frank, Münich, DE;
Florian Zeiger, Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, DE;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Abstract
Various embodiments of the teachings herein include an automated method for data access to a device by an external client, allowing the device to communicate with an internal communication network while the external client communicates with an external communication network. An example method includes: sending a communication access request from the external client for the device to a software implemented application access point; configuring a corresponding software implemented connector using the application access point, so the connector acts as an endpoint for a communication tunnel to the device; configuring a corresponding software implemented policy decision point using the application access point as an interface to the external network for arriving of application data traffic of the external client, so the policy decision point is set up to validate, accept, and forward the access request of the external client to the connector; and accessing the device via the communication tunnel.