公开(公告)号：US20250097560A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18369763

申请日：2023-09-18

Applicant: Afero, Inc.

Inventor： RAUL IZAHI LOPEZ HERNANDEZ ,  SCOTT BARTLETT

IPC: H04N23/56 ,  G16Y30/00 ,  H04N23/52

Abstract: Apparatus and method for IoT device thermal dissipation. In particular, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a support structure; an internet-of-things (IoT) video camera coupled to the support structure, the IoT video camera comprising circuitry to capture video images; one or more light sources coupled to the support structure, the one or more light sources to selectively provide illumination during capturing of the video images, wherein a thermal spacing is provided between each light source and the IoT video camera, the thermal spacing to dissipate heat generated by the one or more light sources; and one or more heatsinks, each heatsink coupled to a corresponding light source of the one or more light sources and configured to dissipate heat generated by the corresponding light source.

公开(公告)号：US20180316658A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-01

申请号：US15498913

申请日：2017-04-27

Applicant: AFERO, INC.

Inventor： SCOTT BARTLETT ,  SCOTT ZIMMERMAN ,  JOE BRITT

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/04

CPC classification number: H04W12/06 ,  H04W4/38 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/001 ,  H04W12/0401 ,  H04W12/04071 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for securely providing a User ID and/or password to an IoT device. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: establishing a first communication channel between a user's mobile device and an Internet of Things (IoT) service; establishing a second communication channel between the IoT service and an IoT device, the IoT device having been previously registered with the IoT service; establishing a third communication channel between the IoT device and a computer on which the user is connecting to the online service; receiving at the IoT service a request from the mobile device to transmit a User ID and/or password for a particular online service to the IoT device; responsively encrypting the User ID and/or password to generate an encrypted User ID and/or password and transmitting the encrypted User ID and/or password to the IoT device; decrypting the encrypted User ID and/or password at the IoT device; and providing the User ID and/or password by the IoT device to the computer over the third communication channel, the computer causing the User ID and/or password to be provided to the online service to authenticate the user.

公开(公告)号：US20200336895A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-22

申请号：US16391254

申请日：2019-04-22

Applicant: Afero, Inc.

Inventor： SCOTT BARTLETT ,  CLIFF LIU ,  CHRIS AIUTO ,  KERRY QUINN ,  NICKOLAS HECKMAN

IPC: H04W12/00 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04L9/32

Abstract: A system and method are described for validating an IoT device. For example, a method in accordance with one embodiment comprises: generating a first random value to be used as a first offset into a first block of program code of an Internet of Things (IoT) device; transmitting a challenge request message to the IoT device, the challenge request including the first offset or data based on the first offset; receiving a challenge response message transmitted by the IoT device, the challenge response message comprising first authentication data for the first block of IoT device program code; and using the first authentication data to attempt to validate the first block of program code.

公开(公告)号：US20200037160A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-30

申请号：US16591297

申请日：2019-10-02

Applicant: Afero, Inc.

Inventor： SCOTT BARTLETT ,  SCOTT ZIMMERMAN ,  JOE BRITT

IPC: H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/00 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W4/38

Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for securely providing a User ID and/or password to an IoT device. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: receiving at an Internet of Things (IoT) service a request from a mobile device over a first communication channel to transmit credentials for a particular online service to an IoT device, responsively encrypting the credentials to generate encrypted credentials and transmitting the encrypted credentials to the IoT device over a second communication channel, decrypting the encrypted credentials at the IoT device, and providing the credentials by the IoT device to a computer over a third communication channel, the computer causing the credentials to be provided to the online service to authenticate the user.

公开(公告)号：US20240205684A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18083275

申请日：2022-12-16

Applicant: AFERO, INC.

Inventor： SCOTT BARTLETT ,  BRET JORDAN

IPC: H04W12/50 ,  G06K7/14 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04W76/10

CPC classification number: H04W12/50 ,  G06K7/1413 ,  H04L9/088 ,  H04L63/065 ,  H04L63/0869 ,  H04W76/10

Abstract: System and method for efficient and secure pairing and communication. For example, one embodiment comprises a machine-readable medium having program code stored thereon which, when executed by a data processing device, causes the data processing device to perform the operations of: reading a code from an optical label of a peripheral device and providing the code to a service for validation; providing a communication channel between the peripheral and the service, the peripheral to transmit a first key of a first key pair to the service over the communication channel; transmitting a second key of a second key pair to the service; upon receiving an indication that the service has validated the first key and the second key, using the first key and the second key to establish a session key; and pairing with the peripheral using the session key.

公开(公告)号：US20240205670A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18083329

申请日：2022-12-16

Applicant: AFERO, INC.

Inventor： BRET JORDAN ,  SCOTT BARTLETT

IPC: H04W12/0471 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W76/14

CPC classification number: H04W12/0471 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W76/14

Abstract: System and method for efficient and secure pairing of a IO device with a multimedia system. For example, one embodiment comprises a system comprising: an app installed on a data processing device to cause an optical code to be read from a multimedia system and to provide a digital representation of at least a portion of the code to a service for validation; the data processing device to provide a communication channel between the IO device and the service and to transmit a first key of a first key pair associated with the IO device to the service; wherein the multimedia system is to transmit or has previously transmitted a second key of a second key pair to the service; if the service has validated the first key and the second key, the multimedia system and/or the IO device to use at least one of the first key and the second key to generate a session key; and wherein the IO device is paired with the multimedia system using the session key.

公开(公告)号：US20230379169A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-23

申请号：US18197627

申请日：2023-05-15

Applicant: Afero, Inc.

Inventor： SCOTT BARTLETT ,  JOE BRITT ,  CORA MIDDLETON ,  NICKOLAS HECKMAN ,  BENJAMIN K. GIBBS ,  LUCAS FINKELSTEIN

IPC: H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/08

CPC classification number: H04L9/3247 ,  H04L9/0825 ,  H04L9/3297

Abstract: A system and method for cryptographically securing a product. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: generating a first signature over a key to add an authenticator device to a chain of trust; generating a universal unique identifier (UUID) code; generating a second signature over the UUID code and metadata associated with the authenticator device using the key; and encoding the UUID code, metadata, and signature in an optical label of a product.