US 11,868,452 B2
Method for automatically registering a user on a field device, and automation system
Dirk Kröselberg, Munich (DE); Carl Henrik Denis, Munich (DE); and Silvio Riener, Munich (DE)
Assigned to SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG
Filed by Siemens Schweiz AG, Zürich (CH)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/023,480.
Claims priority of application No. 19200114 (EP), filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0097156 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/31 (2013.01) [G06F 21/602 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatically registering a user on a field device for the purpose of administering the field device, comprising:
providing the field device, wherein the field device does not have access allowing administering of the field device over the internet,
providing user information on the basis of an identity of the user and an identity of the field device by a security device wherein the security device is configured for cryptographically storing user information for multiple field devices and wherein the security device is not connected to the internet,
transmitting the provided user information to a mobile device of the user by the security device using a local communication connection,
generating field-device-specific registration information on the basis of the transmitted user information by the mobile device, and
registering the user on the field device by the generated registration information.