Device identity matching

摘要

Devices are identified by their owners and authorization to network two or more devices is based on device ownership. Data structures such as address books can store information about an owner of a device and maintain an entry indicating that a particular entry identifies the owner of the device. Other entries in the address book are contacts of the owner. A host device can authorize a client for communication with the host based on a relationship between the owner of the client and the owner of the host as indicated by the presence of the contact information of the client's owner in the host's address book. Devices and can enable communication and sharing of services and levels of access permissions based on the relationship of the owners' of the respective devices.

主权项

1. A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor included in a computing device belonging to a user, cause the computing device to carry out steps that include:
storing a data file and a contact list; receiving a request to establish a network connection with a client device, wherein the request includes client contact data and a request to participate in a shared service associated with the data file; comparing the client contact data to the contact list by generating a weighted score for a number of matching fields between the contact list and the client contact data; determining a common ownership between the client device and the computing device when the weighted score reaches or exceeds a threshold; sending configuration information to the client device, the configuration information corresponding to both: i) connection information and, ii) a program executing at the computing device and associated with the data file; causing the client device to download and install a remote application, according to the configuration information, for interfacing with the program executing at the computing device; and causing the client device to remotely interface with the program and the data file.