US 12,438,866 B2
Automatic, secure and bulk onboarding of devices
Jitendra Behera, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Filed by Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/138,770.
Claims priority of application No. 22170888 (EP), filed on Apr. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0353554 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0823 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for bulk onboarding of devices onto a cloud-based system, said method comprising:
obtaining, by an onboarding system, onboarding parameters associated with each of the devices, wherein the devices comprise at least one parent device capable of communicating with the cloud-based system via the onboarding system and a communication network,
wherein the onboarding parameters are obtained by the onboarding system from the at least one parent device, wherein the onboarding system is communicatively coupled directly to a charging park that comprises the devices and directly to the cloud-based system via the communication network, wherein each device comprises a charger configured to deliver charge to a vehicle:
dynamically obtaining, by the onboarding system from a device certification system of an external system via the communication network, device verification data based on the onboarding parameters associated with the devices, wherein the device verification data includes at least a certificate associated with each of the devices, and wherein the external system is external to the charging park;
validating, by the onboarding system, the onboarding parameters based on the device verification data; and
establishing, by the onboarding system, a connection between the at least one parent device and the cloud-based system over the communication network for onboarding the devices, upon validation of the onboarding parameters.