IoT Device Soft Reset State Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing IoT device management systems rely on centralized, proprietary approaches that are not self-aware, leading to operational integrity failures and difficulties in heterogeneous deployments, where devices cannot agree on meaningful states, especially when connections to central entities are broken.
Innovation Solution
A five-state model (Reset, Ready-For-Onboarding, Ready-For-Provisioning, Ready-For-Normal-Operation, and Soft Reset) is implemented within IoT devices, enabling them to be self-aware of their states and transition autonomously, facilitating recovery from failures and malicious events, and ensuring operational containment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If centralized proprietary management systems are used for IoT devices, then device management can be performed, but operational integrity failures occur and devices cannot agree on meaningful states in heterogeneous deployments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-aware state model where IoT devices autonomously track and manage their own operational states (factory default, provisioning, operational, compromised, unknown) without requiring centralized management. Each device independently determines its state and transitions between states based on local events, eliminating the need for proprietary centralized systems while maintaining operational integrity across heterogeneous deployments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides device management into discrete, well-defined states with clear transition criteria. By segmenting the operational lifecycle into distinct phases (factory default, provisioning, operational, compromised, unknown), the system enables heterogeneous devices to agree on meaningful states through standardized state definitions and transition rules, resolving the compatibility issue in diverse deployments.
2Reliability
If centralized management systems are relied upon, then device operations can be coordinated, but devices cannot maintain operational integrity when connections to central entities are broken
Solution Approach 1:
The state model enables devices to autonomously determine their operational state and make decisions based on local conditions without requiring continuous connection to centralized systems. Devices can independently transition between states, manage security credentials, and respond to events autonomously, ensuring operational integrity even when centralized management connections are unavailable.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent establishes well-defined state transition rules and criteria in advance, allowing devices to automatically respond to events without real-time centralized guidance. The state machine framework pre-defines valid transitions and required actions, enabling devices to maintain operational integrity through predetermined decision logic when centralized systems are inaccessible.
3Productivity
If proprietary management approaches are used, then specific device functions can be managed, but administrative costs increase and self-awareness is lost
Solution Approach 1:
By implementing self-aware state tracking at the device level, the system eliminates the need for complex proprietary management infrastructure. Devices independently report their state and receive appropriate commands, simplifying the management architecture while maintaining efficient device operations. This approach reduces administrative overhead and eliminates the complexity of centralized proprietary systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The state model provides a universal framework that works across heterogeneous device types and deployment scenarios. The standardized states and transitions create a common language for device management that can be applied universally, eliminating the need for device-specific proprietary management approaches and reducing overall system complexity.
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AI summary
Various systems and methods for implementing a soft reset state. A server device includes processing circuitry; and at least one storage device including instructions embodied thereon, wherein the instructions, which when executed by the processing circuitry, configure the processing circuitry to perform operations of a soft reset operation, the operations to: define a soft reset state; cause a check of a secure virtual resource (SVR) of the server device, while in the soft reset state; and transition from the soft reset state in response to an event.