Patent ID: 9374362
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for communicating with an electronic device deployed in a local environment, the method comprising: receiving, by a mobile endpoint device of a user, a first digital certificate from a communications network service provider of the mobile endpoint device, wherein the first digital certificate is associated with the local environment from a trusted source; receiving, by the mobile endpoint device, a second digital certificate from the electronic device deployed in the local environment via a wireless connection after a radio signal is detected from the electronic device; and authenticating, by the mobile endpoint device, the electronic device using the first digital certificate and the second digital certificate when the mobile endpoint device attempts to communicate with the electronic device in the local environment, wherein the authenticating comprises correlating the first digital certificate and the second digital certificate using a public key-private key pair.