Systems and methods for an internet of things device registry

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022337410-A1
Application number	US-202217722012-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 15, 2022
Priority date	Apr 16, 2021
Publication date	Oct 20, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

An apparatus for an Internet of Things (IoT) device registry is provided. The apparatus includes an Internet of Things Universal Identification (IoT UID) processing circuit, a record management circuit, and a record provisioning circuit. The IoT UID processing circuit is structured to interpret an IoT UID and device property data. The record management circuit is structured to associate the IoT UID with the device property data via a record. The record provisioning circuit is structured to transmit the record. In embodiments, the device property data includes an owner identifier value, a manufacturer identifier value, a trusted platform module key, a media access control address, a software version identifier, and/or or a firmware identifier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
interpreting, via an IoT UID processing circuit, an IoT UID and device property data; associating, via a record management circuit, the IoT UID with the device property data via a record; and transmitting, via a record provisioning circuit, the record.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the device property data includes an owner identifier value.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the device property data includes at least one of:
a trusted platform module key; a media access control address; a software version identifier; or a firmware identifier.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein associating the IoT UID with the device property data via a record comprises:
including at least one of the IoT UID and the device property data in the record.

5 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
polling, via an update management circuit, an external data source to identify changes to a device corresponding to the device property data; and
updating, via the record management circuit, the record to reflect the changes.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the device property data indicates that a corresponding device is a Greenfield device; and associating, the IoT UID with the device property data via the record comprises: including an identifier in the record that indicates the device is a Greenfield device.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the device property data indicates that a corresponding device is a Brownfield device; and associating, the IoT UID with the device property data via the record comprises: including an identifier in the record that indicates the device is a Brownfield device.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising interpreting a device event message and updating a record in an IoT device registry based at least in part on the device event message.

9 . An apparatus, comprising:
an IoT UID processing circuit structured to interpret an IoT UID and device property data; a record management circuit structured to associate the IoT UID with the device property data via a record; and a record provisioning circuit structured to transmit the record.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the device property data includes a manufacturer identifier value.

11 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the device property data includes at least one of:
a trusted platform module key; a media access control address; a software version identifier; or a firmware identifier.

12 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the record management circuit is further structured to include at least one of the IoT UID and the device data in the record.

13 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the record management circuit is further structured to identify the record in a database, based at least in part on the IoT UID.

14 . The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising:
an update management circuit structured to:
poll an external data source to identify changes to a device corresponding to the device property data; and
update the record to reflect the changes.

15 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the record includes a trust indicator for a device associated with the IoT UID.

16 . A method, comprising:
interpreting, via an IoT UID processing circuit, an IoT UID; generating, via a device lookup circuit, a query that includes the IoT UID and is structured to retrieve device property data corresponding to the IoT UID; and transmitting, via a query provisioning circuit, the query to an IoT device registrar server.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
interpreting, via a device property data processing circuit, the device property data retrieved by the query.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the device property data includes at least one of:
a trusted platform module key; a media access control address; a software version identifier; or a firmware identifier.

19 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the device property data includes a trust indicator for a device associated with the IoT UID.

20 . The method of claim 19 further comprising:
denying a device associated with the IoT UID access to another device, based at least in part on the trust indicator.

Assignees

• Somos Inc

Inventors

• Brazao Eduardo Correia Da Silva
• Brumer Steven Norman
• Klein Ian Michael
• Kong Li
• Plante Marc Rudloff
• Ramachandran Sridhar
• Shyu Kimberly Tashner
• Sliwa Robert Janusz
• Smith Jeffrey Scott
• Wendt Christopher Anton
• Yu Haofang

Classifications

• H04L41/0806

  for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play · CPC title

• H04L41/0813

  characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings · CPC title

• H04L43/0817

  by checking functioning · CPC title

• H04L63/126

  the source of the received data · CPC title

• H04L9/0894

  Escrow, recovery or storing of secret information, e.g. secret key escrow or cryptographic key storage · CPC title