Patent ID: 9445270
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method in a wireless sensing device for authenticating a gateway device, wherein the wireless sensing device and the gateway device are part of a sensor network including a management server, the method comprising: receiving, from the gateway device, a certificate wherein the certificate was generated by the management server upon a determination that the gateway device and the wireless sensing device are associated and is a digital document including data and a digital signature, wherein the digital signature was generated by the management server based on the data and a private key of the management server, and wherein the data includes a first identifier and a second identifier; confirming that the wireless sensing device is authorized to upload data to the gateway device, wherein the confirming includes, in response to the confirming that the wireless sensing device is authorized to upload data to the gateway device, uploading to the gateway device data indicative of a plurality of sensor measurements taken over time to be transmitted to the management server, wherein the plurality of sensor measurements are representative of physical events detected at the wireless sensing device.