IoT Hub Mediator for Security and Self-Healing
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Solution Overview
Problem
IoT devices are vulnerable to cyber-attacks due to limited processing power and inadequate communication between device owners and vendors, leading to delayed or missed maintenance and security issues.
Innovation Solution
A system for managing IoT devices that includes user and device authentication, self-healing capabilities through predictive AI analytics, and communication platforms between IoT vendors and users via APIs and dashboards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If IoT devices are equipped with enhanced security and maintenance capabilities, then device security and reliability improve, but device complexity and processing requirements increase beyond the limited capabilities of IoT devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a hub as an intermediary device that collects security and maintenance data from IoT devices with limited processing power, performs complex analysis, and communicates with vendors. This mediator handles the computational burden externally while the IoT devices themselves remain simple, resolving the contradiction between enhanced security capabilities and limited device processing power.
2Loss of information
If data gathering is enabled outside the IoT network for better maintenance and security management, then communication between owners and vendors improves, but security vulnerabilities increase due to expanded attack surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The hub acts as a secure intermediary that collects data from IoT devices and communicates with external vendors through controlled interfaces. This intermediary layer enables necessary external communication for maintenance and security updates while maintaining network security by preventing direct access to devices, thus resolving the contradiction between communication efficiency and cyber-attack risk.
3Extent of automation
If comprehensive monitoring and analytics are implemented on IoT devices themselves, then device autonomy and self-healing capability improve, but energy consumption and processing requirements exceed device capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The hub serves as an external intermediary that performs comprehensive monitoring and AI analytics on data collected from IoT devices. This externalizes the computationally intensive automation and self-healing capabilities to the hub rather than requiring them on resource-constrained IoT devices, enabling advanced automation while maintaining low energy consumption on the devices themselves.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for using the same are disclosed for managing Internet of Things (loT) devices in accordance with embodiments of the present invention, in particular, embodiments presented provide platforms featuring an architecture for user and device authentication as well as loT system self-healing. In an embodiment the system for managing Internet of Things (loT) devices comprises a plurality of loT devices operable by a user; a hub for electronically coupling the plurality of loT devices to the user; an IOT server for electronically coupling the plurality of loT devices with a plurality of loT vendors.