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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2012
Christopher Glen Popp, Winona, MN (US);
Adam D. Dirstine, Rochester, MN (US);
Christopher Glen Popp, Winona, MN (US);
Adam D. Dirstine, Rochester, MN (US);
Digi International Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically provisioning devices that do not include or cannot provide a unique hardware identifier over a machine-to-machine network. A device or application may provide a server with a non-unique provisioning identifier during restricted communication between the server and the device. In response to receiving a provisioning identifier from a device, a server may generate a globally unique device identifier associated with the provisioning identifier for the individual device, and transmit the unique identifier to the device. The device may retain the unique identifier for future transactions. A request may be provided to a user, at the device, the server or any other interface, requesting that a newly identified device be authenticated. Upon authentication the device may communicate with the server with additional interactions that were not provided after provisioning and before authentication.