Patent ID: 11863556
Assignee: FOTONATION LIMITED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A method comprising:
receiving, by a server associated with a network service, a device identifier from a first configuration device over a secure network link, wherein the device identifier is associated with a second IoT device;
determining, by the server, a challenge associated with the second IoT device, based at least in part on the device identifier;
transmitting, by the server, the challenge to the first configuration device, over the secure network link;
receiving, by the server, a challenge response directly from the second IoT device over a second network path that excludes the first configuration device;
transmitting, by the server, a key to the first configuration device, based at least in part on the challenge response;
receiving, by the server, a request from the second IoT device to establish a second secure network link, the request including the key; and
establishing, by the server, the second secure network link with the second IoT device.