CLOUD DEVICE IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

摘要

Methods and apparatuses for authentication and/or provisioning of wireless network devices, and in particular, methods and apparatuses for authentication and/or provisioning of wireless network devices that are communicating with and may be monitored and/or controlled by a remote (e.g., cloud) server.

主权项

1. A method of automatic and hands-free authentication of a network device through a cloud-computing environment, the method comprising:
connecting the network device to the cloud computing environment; obtaining a unique identified from the network device; transmitting the unique identifier from a computing device to the cloud computing environment; transmitting an authentication key from the cloud computing environment to the network device to be presented by the network device; obtaining the authentication key from the network device; and sending the authentication key from the computing device to the cloud computing environment to authenticate the network device.