Methods for embedding device-specific data to enable remote identification and provisioning of specific devices

摘要

The invention provides systems and methods for providing a unified single-scan user interface for accessing and managing a remotely located device throughout its life cycle, including cellular network provisioning, cloud data provider registration, initialization and activation, as well as providing end users with easy access to the device and its data. The end user simply powers the device on and the device automatically connects with the communication network and the cloud data provider. The device comes to the end user already provisioned and paired and activated with the cloud data provider and the communication network provider. Device-specific data is, at manufacture, encoded onto machine-readable labels and complied in a table within a remote database. The present invention thus allows identification and provisioning of individual devices using a mobile device such as a smartphone or the like.

主权项

1. A method for specifically identifying a remotely located device and then provisioning the identified device with a mobile device having internet access and scanning capability, comprising:
manufacturing a device with at least one network radio modem; providing provisioning and activation of the device with a communication network provider during the manufacturing and distribution process; providing provisioning and activating of the device with a cloud data services provider during the device manufacturing and distribution process; providing pairing of a user's account relating to an end user with the cloud data services provider during the manufacturing and distribution process; automatically joining the device with the cloud data services provider and the provisioned and activated communication network provider upon power up by the end user; obtaining device-specific data for the manufactured device; embedding the device-specific data obtained on an optically scannable identification label; attaching the optically scannable identification label to the manufactured device; entering the device-specific data in a database; scanning the identification label with the mobile device to identify the manufactured device in the database; and provisioning the identified manufactured device with the mobile device.