IoT Authentication via Intermediary Server for Cross-Platform Connectivity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current IoT devices are limited to communicating only with servers provided by their manufacturers, restricting their communication flexibility and access to diverse information.
Innovation Solution
An authentication method that allows IoT devices to send authentication requests to secondary servers not initially preset for connection, using the first server's address and authentication information to establish a cross-platform and cross-ecological connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If IoT devices are limited to communicating only with preset manufacturer servers, then authentication security is maintained, but communication flexibility and adaptability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a preset server as an intermediary that mediates authentication between IoT devices and non-preset servers. The preset server verifies authentication information and provides authentication results to the non-preset server, enabling secure cross-platform communication without requiring direct trust relationships between all devices and servers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the preset server a universal authentication authority that can verify authentication information from multiple different non-preset servers. This multi-functional approach allows a single preset server to enable IoT devices to communicate with various servers across different platforms and ecosystems, greatly enhancing adaptability.
2Loss of information
If IoT devices can only access manufacturer-provided servers, then system reliability is maintained, but information access diversity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The preset server acts as an intermediary that maintains authentication reliability while enabling access to diverse information sources. It verifies the authenticity of authentication information before allowing communication with non-preset servers, ensuring that information access diversity does not compromise security or reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary authentication verification through the preset server before establishing communication with non-preset servers. By pre-verifying authentication information and establishing trust relationships in advance, the system ensures reliable authentication while enabling access to diverse information sources.
3Adaptability or versatility
If cross-platform authentication is enabled, then adaptability improves, but authentication process complexity worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The preset server serves as a centralized intermediary that manages cross-platform authentication. It handles the complex verification processes by receiving authentication information from IoT devices, verifying it against stored records, and providing authentication results to non-preset servers, thereby simplifying the overall authentication process while enabling cross-platform connectivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a self-service authentication mechanism where the preset server automatically verifies authentication information without requiring manual intervention. The server autonomously compares authentication information with stored data, generates authentication results, and communicates with non-preset servers, reducing process complexity while maintaining cross-platform adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to an authentication method and an authentication apparatus. The authentication method includes: determining a first address of a first server which is preset to be connectable with an Internet of Things (IoT) device and a second address of at least one second server which is not preset to be connectable with the IoT device; and sending a first authentication request to the at least one second server according to the second address, wherein the first authentication request at least carries authentication information of the IoT device and the first address.