Cloud-to-Cloud IoT Integration via Automatic Service Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing approaches for enabling interoperability between different cloud services and service providers for IoT devices often result in a poor user experience, requiring manual configuration and authentication, which is not scalable for mass deployments.
Innovation Solution
The described techniques enable automatic cloud-to-cloud integration by sharing and validating cloud service connectivity information over local networks, allowing for closed-loop validation of user and device identities, and automatically setting up necessary credentials for device-to-device and cloud-to-cloud communications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual configuration and authentication methods are used for cloud service interoperability, then security and control are maintained, but user experience deteriorates and scalability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic cloud-to-cloud integration where devices and services autonomously discover each other, establish connections, and exchange authentication credentials without manual user configuration. The closed-loop validation mechanism automatically verifies user and device identities, allowing the system to serve itself while maintaining security requirements.
2Reliability
If manual configuration methods are used for cloud service connectivity, then authentication control is maintained, but scalability deteriorates for mass deployments
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing validation mechanisms and credential exchange protocols before mass deployment scenarios occur. Devices are pre-configured with the ability to automatically validate identities and establish secure connections, enabling scalable deployment without sacrificing authentication control.
Solution Approach 2:
Automatic discovery and connection establishment mechanisms allow devices to autonomously configure their own cloud service connections, eliminating the need for manual setup while maintaining authentication control through automated validation processes.
3Ease of operation
If automatic cloud-to-cloud integration is implemented, then ease of operation improves and scalability increases, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces intermediary components such as cloud service brokers and validation servers that mediate between devices and cloud services. These intermediaries handle the complex authentication and credential exchange processes, simplifying the overall system architecture while enabling automatic integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements universal cloud-to-cloud integration mechanisms that can work across multiple cloud service providers and device types through standardized protocols. This multi-functionality reduces system complexity by providing a unified approach rather than requiring separate solutions for each cloud service combination.
4Adaptability or versatility
If standardized protocols are used for cloud service interoperability, then adaptability improves, but implementation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements universal protocols and standardized interfaces that enable different cloud services and devices to interoperate through common mechanisms. This universality provides adaptability across multiple platforms while the automated validation and credential exchange processes handle implementation details, reducing the perceived complexity for users.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for device to device communications in an Internet of Things (IoT) setting, via associated cloud services, are described. In an example, a procedure performed by a first IoT device, associated with a first domain or ecosystem, to communicate with a second IoT device, associated with a second domain or ecosystem, includes: obtaining communication information to communicate with a second service associated with the second device; providing the communication information to a first service associated with the first device; obtain service validation information, in response to the first service initiating the validation procedure with the second service; and providing the service validation information to the first service. This service validation information is used to enable a validated connection between the first service and the second service, to then communicate data or commands between the first device and the second device via the first and second remote services.