Patent ID: 9124632
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a request from a server of a machine-to-machine service provider, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a processor in a communication network of a communication network service provider, the request from the server of the machine-to-machine service provider to communicate with a machine-to-machine device, wherein the machine-to-machine device comprises an appliance; determining, by the system in the communication network, whether to authorize the request based upon a machine-to-machine service provider policy in a machine-to-machine service provider privacy database located in the communication network; determining, by the system in the communication network, a manner of access that is allowed based upon a machine-to-machine device policy in a machine-to-machine device privacy database located in the communication network when the request is authorized, wherein the machine-to-machine device policy is defined by a user of the machine-to-machine device, wherein the manner of the access that is allowed is defined by the user; sending, by the system in the communication network, a response to the server of the machine-to-machine service provider, where the response defines the manner of access that is allowed when the request is authorized; and enabling, by the system, communications between the server of the machine-to-machine service provider and the machine-to-machine device in the manner of access that is allowed based upon the machine-to-machine device policy.