METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR EFFICIENT REUSE OF INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICES DEPLOYED IN TEMPORARY APPLICATIONS

• Main Authors: Younger, Brendan, Hannam, Matt, Cameron, Paul
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.03.2021
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TESTING; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for solving the problem of efficient reuse of internet-of-things (IoT) devices deployed in temporary applications. According to one embodiment, a method is implemented on a computing device. The method includes receiving, over a wide area network (WAN) from a mobile device, a device identification (ID) associated with an IoT device. The method further includes determining first digital rights management (DRM) privileges for the IoT device based on the device ID. The first DRM privileges are associated with a first entity and a first timestamp. The method further includes receiving, over the WAN from the mobile device, a first request to provide second DRM privileges for the IoT device. The second DRM privileges are associated with a second entity and a second timestamp. The method further includes granting the second DRM privileges based at least partially on a permission from the first entity.