Patent ID: 9503476
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. An automated anti-takeover method for a security and/or automation system, the method comprising: storing a first shared secret value at a controller device of the security and/or automation system; establishing a data session between the controller device and a network of the security and/or automation system; generating an anti-takeover code, the anti-takeover code derived, at least in part, from a calculation seeded with the first shared secret value; and generating a first hint package at the controller device; transitioning a peripheral device of the security and/or automation system between hobbled and unhobbled states while the peripheral device is in a protected state based on at least one of handshake and verification activities between the peripheral device and the controller device, wherein transitioning the peripheral device to the hobbled state comprises limiting a number of available device command classes associated with the peripheral device; and transmitting the anti-takeover code and the first hint package.