US 12,069,041 B1
Authentication of a gateway device in a sensor network
John Bicket, San Francisco, CA (US); James Michael Rowson, San Francisco, CA (US); and Chase Phillips, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsara Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Samsara Networks Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/237,791.
Application 16/108,027 is a division of application No. 15/243,676, filed on Aug. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,085,149, issued on Sep. 25, 2018.
Application 17/237,791 is a continuation of application No. 16/503,372, filed on Jul. 3, 2019, granted, now 10,999,269.
Application 16/503,372 is a continuation of application No. 16/108,027, filed on Aug. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,390,227, issued on Aug. 20, 2019.
Application 15/243,676 is a continuation of application No. 14/960,866, filed on Dec. 7, 2015, granted, now 9,445,270, issued on Sep. 13, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/263,563, filed on Dec. 4, 2015.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 63/0823 (2013.01) [H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
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1. A method in a gateway device, the method comprising:
receiving, during an initial connection with a management server, a certificate that was generated by the management server in response to a determination that the gateway device is associated with a wireless sensing device;
in response to confirming, based on the certificate, that the gateway device is authorized to connect to the wireless sensing device, transmitting the certificate to the wireless sensing device; and
receiving data from the wireless sensing device in response to confirming based on the certificate that the wireless sensing device is authorized to connect with the gateway device.