Endpoint Device Passcode Prediction for Gateway Network Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

The installation and setup of movable barriers and other controllable devices in secured environments, such as warehouses and loading docks, are time-consuming and costly due to the need for manual configuration and potential security vulnerabilities during prolonged setup durations.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method and system that enables endpoint devices to automatically detect a gateway device, compute a passcode prediction based on the gateway device's device ID, and transmit this prediction to access the network, thereby simplifying and accelerating the installation process while maintaining network security.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual configuration is used for each endpoint device, then network security can be maintained through controlled setup, but installation time and costs increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenetwork securityVSAvoidinstallation time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The endpoint device automatically generates its own passcode prediction using its device ID and transmits it to the gateway device for authentication, eliminating the need for manual passcode configuration by technicians while maintaining security through cryptographic verification

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The passcode prediction is pre-computed by the endpoint device based on its device ID before connection attempts, allowing rapid authentication without requiring manual setup during installation, thus reducing installation time while maintaining security

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If manual programming is performed for each movable barrier operator, then proper configuration can be ensured, but installation costs and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconfiguration accuracyVSAvoidsetup complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The endpoint device autonomously generates and transmits its passcode prediction without requiring technician intervention for manual programming, reducing setup complexity while ensuring proper configuration through automated cryptographic authentication

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The device ID and passcode prediction mechanism are pre-configured in the endpoint device's firmware, allowing automatic authentication without requiring manual programming during installation, thus reducing setup complexity while maintaining configuration accuracy

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If individual setup of multiple devices is performed sequentially, then each device can be properly configured, but installation costs and time increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconfiguration reliabilityVSAvoidinstallation efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

Each endpoint device independently generates and transmits its own passcode prediction to the gateway device, enabling parallel or rapid sequential connections without requiring time-consuming manual configuration for each device, thus improving installation efficiency while maintaining configuration reliability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The passcode prediction capability is pre-built into each endpoint device, allowing multiple devices to be quickly connected in parallel or rapid sequence without requiring repeated manual setup procedures, thereby increasing installation productivity while ensuring reliable configuration

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

4Manufacturing precision

If prolonged setup duration is allowed, then thorough configuration can be achieved, but security vulnerabilities increase due to extended exposure to potential attackers

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesetup completenessVSAvoidsecurity risk

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The passcode prediction is pre-computed and ready for immediate transmission upon device power-up, enabling rapid authentication and network connection within seconds, thereby minimizing exposure time to potential attackers while ensuring complete configuration through automated procedures

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The endpoint device automatically performs authentication using its pre-computed passcode prediction without requiring prolonged manual setup, reducing the time window for potential security attacks while ensuring proper configuration through automated cryptographic verification

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250202878A1Systems, methods, and components associated with access point network connectivity

Publication Date: 2025.06.19 THE CHAMBERLAIN GRP INC

AI summary

Systems, methods, and devices are provided for establishing network connection for an endpoint device. A method of establishing network connection for an endpoint device can include detecting, by an endpoint device comprising one or more processors, a gateway device in proximity to the endpoint device; receiving, at the endpoint device, a device ID of the gateway device; computing, by the endpoint device, a passcode prediction associated with the gateway device based on the device ID of the gateway device; and transmitting the passcode prediction to the gateway device to access the network.