IP Library Granted Patent US 12,651,268
Granted Patent B2
US 12,651,268 · App. 17/722,064 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Systems and methods for provisioning embedded Internet of Things Universal IDs (IoT UIDs) in Greenfield devices

Inventors: Eduardo Correia da Silva Brazao (Potomac Falls, VA); Steven Norman Brumer (Vero Beach, FL); Ian Michael Klein (Loganville, GA); Li Kong (Potomac, MD); Marc Rudloff Plante (Mount Pleasant, SC); Sridhar Ramachandran (Rockville, MD); Kimberly Tashner Shyu (Chantilly, VA); Robert Janusz Sliwa (Chalfont, PA); Jeffrey Scott Smith (Overland Park, KS); Christopher Anton Wendt (Chester Springs, PA); Haofang Yu (Harvard, MA)
Assignee: Somos, Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,651,268
App. No.
17/722,064
Filed
Apr 15, 2022
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2434
USPC
726/4
Abstract

A method for embedding an Internet of Things Universal Identifier (IoT UID) into one or more Greenfield devices is provided. The method includes manufacturing one or more Greenfield devices, and generating device property data based at least in part on the one or more Greenfield devices. The method further includes transmitting, to an Internet of Things (IoT) device registrar server, a registration request that includes the device property data. The method further includes interpreting one or more Internet of Things Universal Identifiers (IoT UIDs) generated in response to the transmitting of the registration request. The method further includes embedding the one or more IoT UIDs in the one or more Greenfield devices.

Claims (70)

1 . A method comprising:

manufacturing one or more Greenfield devices;

generating device property data based at least in part on the one or more Greenfield devices as part of a bootstrapping process;

in response to the device property data, automatically transmitting, as part of the bootstrapping process, to an Internet of Things (IoT) device registrar server, a registration request that includes the device property data;

automatically interpreting, as part of the bootstrapping process, one or more Internet of Things Universal Identifiers (IoT UIDs) generated in response to the transmitting of the registration request, wherein the one or more IoT UIDs are generated based at least in part on the device property data; and

in response to the one or more IoT UIDs, automatically embedding, as part of the bootstrapping process, the one or more IoT UIDs in the one or more Greenfield devices.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the bootstrapping process is initiated at least in part by the one or more Greenfield devices.

3 . The method of claim 2 further comprising:

verifying that the one or more Greenfield devices are authorized to transmit the device property data to the IoT device registrar.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein verifying the one or more Greenfield devices is based at least in part on a cryptographic key.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the cryptographic key is based at least in part on a public key infrastructure (PKI).

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of generating the device property data or transmitting the device property data is performed via a device management platform.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the device management platform comprises a single pane of glass (SPG).

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the device property data includes at least one of:

an owner identifier value;

a manufacturer identifier value;

a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Key;

a Media Access Control (MAC) address; or

a manufacturing serial number.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein embedding the one or more IoT UIDs into the one or more Greenfield devices comprises:

storing the one or more IoT UIDs in one or more memory locations of the one or more Greenfield devices.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein embedding the one or more IoT UIDs into the one or more Greenfield devices comprises:

installing one or more components into the one or more Greenfield device.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more components include the one or more IoT UIDs.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein embedding the one or more IoT UIDs in the one or more Greenfield devices occurs prior to a sale of the one or more Greenfield devices.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein embedding the one or more IoT UIDs in the one or more Greenfield devices occurs after a sale of the one or more Greenfield devices.

14 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising interpreting a device event message and updating a record in an IoT device registry based at least in part on the device event message.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more IoT UIDs comprises a meta identity component.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein each of the one or more IoT UIDs further comprises a service identity component.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein each of the one or more IoT UIDs further comprises a network identity component.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein each of the one or more IoT UIDs further comprises a physical identity component.

19 . A system, comprising:

one or more manufacturing components structured to manufacture at least a portion of a Greenfield device;

a device management platform comprising one or more processors structured to:

generate device property data corresponding to the Greenfield device as part of a bootstrapping process;

in response to the device property data, automatically transmit, as part of the bootstrapping process, the device property data to an Internet of Things (IoT) device registrar server; and

automatically interpret, as part of the bootstrapping process, an Internet of Things Universal Identifier (IoT UID) generated by the IoT device registrar server in response to the device property data, wherein the IoT UID is generated based at least in part on the device property data; and

an embedding tool structured to automatically embed the IoT UID into the Greenfield device in response to IoT UID.

20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the device property data includes at least one of:

an owner identifier value;

a manufacturer identifier value;

a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Key;

a Media Access Control (MAC) address; or

a manufacturing serial number.

21 . An apparatus, comprising:

device property data;

a memory device; and

a bootstrapping circuit structured to:

initiate, as part of a bootstrapping process, a request for an Internet of Things Universal Identifier (IoT UID) from an IoT device registrar server, the request including the device property data;

automatically transmit, as part of the bootstrapping process, the request;

automatically interpret, as part of the bootstrapping process, an IoT UID generated in response to the request, wherein the IoT UID is generated based at least in part on the device property data; and

in response to the IoT UID, automatically store, as part of the bootstrapping process, the IoT UID in the memory device.

22 . The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the device property data includes at least one of:

an owner identifier value;

a manufacturer identifier value;

a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Key;

a Media Access Control (MAC) address; or

a manufacturing serial number.

23 . The apparatus of claim 21 further comprising:

a credential circuit structured to transmit one or more credentials that demonstrate authorization to register the apparatus with an IoT device registrar.

24 . A method, comprising:

interpreting, via a device registration request circuit, a registration request that maps device property data to one or more Greenfield devices as part of a bootstrapping process;

generating, via an Internet of Things Universal Identifier (IoT UID) generation circuit, based at least in part on the registration request and as part of the bootstrapping process, an IoT UID for each of the one or more Greenfield devices, wherein the IoT UID is generated based at least in part on the device property data; and

transmitting, via an IoT UID provisioning circuit and as part of the bootstrapping process, the IoT UIDs for each of the one or more Greenfield devices.

25 . The method of claim 24 , wherein the device property data includes at least one of:

an owner identifier value;

a manufacturer identifier value;

a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Key;

a Media Access Control (MAC) address; or

a manufacturing serial number.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2022
From: BRAZAO, EDUARDO CORREIA DA SILVA; BRUMER, STEVEN NORMAN; KLEIN, IAN MICHAEL; KONG, LI; PLANTE, MARC RUDLOFF; RAMACHANDRAN, SRIDHAR; SHYU, KIMBERLY TASHNER; SLIWA, ROBERT JANUSZ; SMITH, JEFFREY SCOTT; WENDT, CHRISTOPHER ANTON; YU, HAOFANG
To: SOMOS INC.
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Provisional Application 63175920 · Apr 16, 2021
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