Patent ID: 9525664
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing secure access to local network devices, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a local area network that provides Internet connectivity to at least one device within the local area network; obtaining, from a social networking platform operating as an identity assertion provider, in response to authorizing the identity assertion provider to grant permissions on the local area network: storing the shared secret and the permission within the local area network; receiving, via the Internet connectivity, a request by the guest user from outside the local area network to access the device by receiving a message addressed to a port number assigned to the device on the local area network; and providing control of the device from outside the local area network to the guest user according to the permission in response to validating the request based on the shared secret and the permission.