Peer-to-peer data sharing between internet-of-things networks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017331887-A1
Application number	US-201615188165-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 21, 2016
Priority date	May 10, 2016
Publication date	Nov 16, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

Techniques are described for sharing data among Internet of Things (IoT) networks. An IoT network may include a platform that collects data generated by IoT devices. The platform may execute an agent that sends a communication to indicate the network presence of the sending platform to broker module(s) that support a data sharing service. The communication may also indicate the type and/or quantity of data generated by the sending platform and available to be shared with other receiving platforms in other IoT networks. The data broker module(s) may generate and send security tokens to the agents executing on the sending platform and receiving platform(s). Using the security tokens, the respective agents may establish a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection over a network over which the data is streamed in real time as it is received and/or processed by the sending platform.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-implemented method performed by at least one processor, the method comprising:
receiving, by the at least one processor, an indication of data available from a first platform, the first platform communicatively coupled to a first set of Internet of Things (IoT) devices; determining, by the at least one processor, a second platform communicatively coupled to a second set of IoT devices; and communicating, by the at least one processor, at least one security token to the first platform and the second platform to cause the data to be streamed from the first platform to the second platform over a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first platform executes a first agent that provides the indication of the data available from the first platform; the second platform executes a second agent; and the at least one security token is communicated to enable the first agent and the second agent to establish the P2P connection.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the streamed data includes at least one result determined through an analysis of raw data received at the first platform from the first set of IoT devices.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the analysis is performed by at least one third party analysis module executing on the first platform.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the streamed data is generated by processing raw data that is received by the first platform from the first set of IoT devices; and the processing of the raw data includes one or more of:
aggregating the raw data;
filtering the raw data;
removing erroneous information from the raw data; or
anonymizing the raw data to remove personally identifiable information (PII) that is present in the raw data.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one security token is communicated from a broker that is remote from at least one of the first platform or the second platform.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
periodically communicating, by the at least one processor, at least one updated security token to the first platform and the second platform while the P2P connection is active.

8 . A system, comprising:
at least one processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving an indication of data available from a first platform, the first platform communicatively coupled to a first set of Internet of Things (IoT) devices;
determining a second platform communicatively coupled to a second set of IoT devices; and
communicating at least one security token to the first platform and the second platform to cause the data to be streamed from the first platform to the second platform over a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein:
the first platform executes a first agent that provides the indication of the data available from the first platform; the second platform executes a second agent; the at least one security token is communicated to enable the first agent and the second agent to establish the P2P connection.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein:
the streamed data is generated by processing raw data that is received by the first platform from the first set of IoT devices; and the processing of the raw data includes one or more of:
aggregating the raw data;
filtering the raw data;
removing erroneous information from the raw data; or
anonymizing the raw data to remove personally identifiable information (PII) that is present in the raw data.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one security token is communicated from a broker that is remote from at least one of the first platform or the second platform.

12 . The system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
periodically communicating at least one updated security token to the first platform and the second platform while the P2P connection is active.

13 . The system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
determining a value to be provided by the second platform to the first platform in exchange for the streamed data.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the data is streamed in real time as the data is generated by the first set of IoT devices.

15 . One or more computer-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving an indication of data available from a first platform, the first platform communicatively coupled to a first set of Internet of Things (IoT) devices; determining a second platform communicatively coupled to a second set of IoT devices; and communicating at least one security token to the first platform and the second platform to cause the data to be streamed from the first platform to the second platform over a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection.

16 . The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein:
the first platform executes a first agent that provides the indication of the data available from the first platform; the second platform executes a second agent; and the at least one security token is communicated to enable the first agent and the second agent to establish the P2P connection.

17 . The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the streamed data includes at least one result determined through an analysis of raw data received at the first platform from the first set of IoT devices.

18 . The one or more computer-readable media of claim 17 , wherein the analysis is performed by at least one third party analysis module executing on the first platform.

19 . The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein:
the streamed data is generated by processing raw data that is received by the first platform from the first set of IoT devices; and the processing of the raw data includes one or more of:
aggregating the raw data;
filtering the raw data;
removing erroneous information from the raw data; or
anonymizing the raw data to remove personally identifiable information (PII) that is present in the raw data.

20 . The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the at least one security token is communicated from a broker that is remote from at least one of the first platform or the second platform.

Assignees

• Sap Portals Israel Ltd

Inventors

• Fishler Ido
• Kinarti Barak
• Turin Daniel
• Swissa Adi
• Lahav Eran
• Keinan Gilad
• Schurman Eliel
• Granica Ohad
• Nathan Eyal
• Kviti David

Classifications

• H04L67/12 Primary

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04L67/1087 Primary

  using cross-functional networking aspects · CPC title

• H04L67/141

  Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) · CPC title

• Y04S40/18

  Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• H04L63/0428

  wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload · CPC title