Systems and methods for provisioning embedded internet of things universal ids (iot uids) in greenfield devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022337574-A1
Application number	US-202217722064-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 15, 2022
Priority date	Apr 16, 2021
Publication date	Oct 20, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for embedding an Internet of Things Universal Identifier (IoT UID) into one or more Greenfield devices is provided. The method includes manufacturing one or more Greenfield devices, and generating device property data based at least in part on the one or more Greenfield devices. The method further includes transmitting, to an Internet of Things (IoT) device registrar server, a registration request that includes the device property data. The method further includes interpreting one or more Internet of Things Universal Identifiers (IoT UIDs) generated in response to the transmitting of the registration request. The method further includes embedding the one or more IoT UIDs in the one or more Greenfield devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
manufacturing one or more Greenfield devices; generating device property data based at least in part on the one or more Greenfield devices; transmitting, to an Internet of Things (IoT) device registrar server, a registration request that includes the device property data; interpreting one or more Internet of Things Universal Identifiers (IoT UIDs) generated in response to the transmitting of the registration request; and embedding the one or more IoT UIDs in the one or more Greenfield devices.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of generating the device property data and transmitting the device property data forms part of a bootstrapping process.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the bootstrapping process is initiated at least in part by the one or more Greenfield devices.

4 . The method of claim 3 further comprising:
verifying that the one or more Greenfield devices are authorized to transmit the device property data to the IoT device registrar.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein verifying the one or more Greenfield devices is based at least in part on a cryptographic key.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the cryptographic key is based at least in part on a public key infrastructure (PKI).

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of generating the device property data or transmitting the device property data is performed via a device management platform.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the device management platform comprises a single pane of glass (SPG).

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the device property data includes at least one of:
an owner identifier value; a manufacturer identifier value; a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Key; a Media Access Control (MAC) address; or a manufacturing serial number.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein embedding the one or more IoT UIDs into the one or more Greenfield devices comprises:
storing the one or more IoT UIDs in one or more memory locations of the one or more Greenfield devices.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein embedding the one or more IoT UIDs into the one or more Greenfield devices comprises:
installing one or more components into the one or more Greenfield device.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more components include the one or more IoT UIDs.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein embedding the one or more IoT UIDs in the one or more Greenfield devices occurs prior to a sale of the one or more Greenfield devices.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein embedding the one or more IoT UIDs in the one or more Greenfield devices occurs after a sale of the one or more Greenfield devices.

15 . 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.

16 . A system, comprising:
one or more manufacturing components structured to manufacture at least a portion of a Greenfield device; a device management platform structured to: generate device property data corresponding to the Greenfield device; transmit the device property data to an Internet of Things (IoT) device registrar server; and interpret an Internet of Things Universal Identifier (IoT UID) generated by the IoT device registrar server in response to the device property data; and an embedding tool structured to embed the IoT UID into the Greenfield device.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the device property data includes at least one of:
an owner identifier value; a manufacturer identifier value; a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Key; a Media Access Control (MAC) address; or a manufacturing serial number.

18 . An apparatus, comprising:
device property data; a memory device; and
a bootstrapping circuit structured to:
initiate a request for an Internet of Things Universal Identifier (IoT UID) from an IoT device registrar server, the request including the device property data; transmit the request; interpret an IoT UID generated in response to the request; and store the IoT UID in the memory device.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the device property data includes at least one of:
an owner identifier value; a manufacturer identifier value; a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Key; a Media Access Control (MAC) address; or a manufacturing serial number.

20 . The apparatus of claim 18 further comprising:
a credential circuit structured to transmit one or more credentials that demonstrate authorization to register the apparatus with an IoT device registrar.

21 . A method, comprising:
interpreting, via a device registration request circuit, a registration request that maps device property data to one or more Greenfield devices; generating, via an Internet of Things Universal Identifier (IoT UID) generation circuit, based at least in part on the registration request, an IoT UID for each of the one or more Greenfield devices; and transmitting, via an IoT UID provisioning circuit, the IoT UIDs for each of the one or more Greenfield devices.

22 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the device property data includes at least one of:
an owner identifier value; a manufacturer identifier value; a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Key; a Media Access Control (MAC) address; or a manufacturing serial number.

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

• H04L41/0813

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

• H04L43/0817

  by checking functioning · CPC title

• H04L41/0806

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

• H04L63/126

  the source of the received data · CPC title

• H04L9/50

  using hash chains, e.g. blockchains or hash trees · CPC title