Automated Smart Device Provisioning via Self-Service Registration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The deployment of smart devices, such as smart lighting, is a time-consuming and resource-intensive process due to the need for manual provisioning, which involves tedious data entry, potential errors, and inefficient resource allocation, especially in large-scale installations across various geographic areas.
Innovation Solution
A system that automatically provisions smart devices by receiving requests from user devices, providing device and entity information to network control platforms, which then manage connectivity and services, eliminating the need for manual intervention and enabling immediate or delayed provisioning upon installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual provisioning is used for smart devices, then device installation can be performed, but the process is time-consuming and resource-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary provisioning actions by pre-configuring device information, entity information, and service requirements in a database before actual device installation. When a device is installed, the provisioning process is accelerated because the configuration data is already prepared and stored, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual setup during installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service provisioning where the provisioning process is automated through computer-implemented methods. The system automatically retrieves device information, matches it with entity information, configures services, and activates devices without requiring manual human intervention, thereby reducing both time and resource consumption.
2Ease of operation
If manual provisioning is used for smart devices, then device installation can be performed, but computing and human resources are wasted through tedious data entry and error correction
Solution Approach 1:
The system automates the provisioning process by having devices self-register and the system automatically retrieving, validating, and processing device information. This eliminates manual data entry operations and reduces computing resource waste by streamlining the provisioning workflow through automated computer-implemented methods that efficiently handle device registration, information retrieval, and service configuration.
3Productivity
If manual provisioning is used for smart devices, then device installation can be performed, but errors occur during data entry
Solution Approach 1:
The system eliminates manual data entry by implementing automated device registration where devices provide their own information and the system automatically retrieves additional data from external sources. This self-service approach ensures provisioning accuracy by reducing human error while maintaining high deployment efficiency through streamlined automated processes that validate and process device information reliably.
Data Source
AI summary
A system may provision a smart device to allow the smart device to communicate using a network and use at least one service of a management platform. A device identifier of the smart device may be stored in a data store accessible to the management platform. The smart device may send a message to the management platform that includes the device identifier, and in some implementations other information such as location information. The management platform may determine that the smart device has been provisioned, for example based on the device identifier or other information, and provide a service to the smart device from the management platform.