DETAILED ACTION
This first non-final action is in response to applicants’ filing on 02/27/2025. Claims 1-20 are currently pending and have been considered as follows.
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
Drawings
The drawings filed on 08/01/2025 are accepted.
Claim Objections
Claims 1 and 16 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Claim 1 line 4 recites “a gateway short-range transceiver” which should be corrected as “a gateway short-range wireless transceiver”;
Claim 16 line 4 recites “a gateway short-range transceiver” which should be corrected as “a gateway short-range wireless transceiver”;
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 13 and 14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claim 13 recites the limitation “the short-range wireless transmitter" in lines 1-2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 14 recites the limitation “the short-range wireless transmitter" in lines 1-2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Double Patenting
The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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Parent Patent No. 11,570,205 B1
Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over Claims 1, 2, 6, 7, and 20 of parent U.S. Patent No. 11,570,205 B1 (common inventive entity and assignee) in view of prior art Hybertson (US 20140164760 A1). Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the examined application Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 are an obvious variation of Claims 1, 2, 6, 7, and 20 of the parent patent in view of the prior art reference Hybertson. All the elements of Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 of the instant application are found within the scope of Claims 1, 2, 6, 7, and 20 of parent U.S. Patent No. 11,570,205 B1 except for the features of “generates an encrypted file” and “transmits the encrypted file”.
However, the analogous prior art Hybertson does disclose “generates an encrypted file” and “transmits the encrypted file” (e.g. Hybertson “transcrypt the content into an encryption format” [0077]; “transmits the content to a requesting client device (e.g., CPE), the CPE must use the same content key to decrypt the content” [0078]; “content is delivered from a content server 302 to a network DRM encryption entity 305 for encryption” [0108]; [0119]).
It would have been an obvious modification to the invention of Claims 1, 2, 6, 7, and 20 of parent U.S. Patent No. 11,570,205 B1 to include “generates an encrypted file” and “transmits the encrypted file” (as taught by Hybertson). The suggestion/motivation for doing so would have been to enable content transfer within a given premises network in accordance with the rights established for the specific content, user, and/or rendering or storage device, without diluting or otherwise compromising the security of the transferred content (Hybertson [0031]).
Therefore, the invention as specified in the instant application Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 is not patentably distinct from Claims 1, 2, 6, 7, and 20 of parent U.S. Patent No. 11,570,205 B1 in view of prior art Hybertson.
Claims Comparison Table
Instant Application:
19/066,073
U.S. Patent No. 11,570,205 B1
(common inventive entity and assignee)
Claim 1:
A network based hyperlocal authentication system that secures communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the system comprising:
a gateway having a gateway short-range transceiver, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of gateway authentication credentials;
a client device application, corresponding to the wireless client device having a client device short-range wireless transceiver, wherein the client device includes a plurality of client device authentication credentials;
the client device application requests a file from the remote network component;
the remote network component generates an encrypted file for the wireless client device and transmits the encrypted file to the wireless client device;
the gateway transmits a gateway key to the client device application with the gateway short-range wireless transceiver; and
the client device application, having the gateway key, decrypts the encrypted file.
Claim 1:
A network based hyperlocal authentication system for contact tracing that operates as a background process, which is passwordless and continuously authenticates and performs cryptographic operations to secure communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the system comprising:
a gateway establishing a secure broadband communications channel with the remote network component, wherein the gateway receives one or more authentication credentials from the remote network component;
the gateway, having a short-range wireless transmitter, transmits the authentication credentials to the wireless client device having a short-range wireless receiver;
a client device application, corresponding to the wireless client device, receives the authentication credentials from the gateway;
the client device application registers and authenticates using the local authentication credentials to authenticate to the remote network component;
the client device application requests an exclusive local key from the remote network component;
the remote network component generates the exclusive local key for the wireless client device and transmits the exclusive local key to the gateway;
the gateway transmits the exclusive local key to the client device application with the gateway short-range wireless transmitter;
the client device application, having the exclusive local key, requests a cryptographic material from the remote network component, and the client device application receives the cryptographic material from the remote network component;
the client device application encrypts and decrypts communications to the remote network component with a shared secret that includes the exclusive local key received from the gateway and the cryptographic material received from the network component;
the client device application gathers a plurality of contact tracing data associated with the wireless client device and encrypts the contact tracing data with the shared secret, which is then transmitted to the remote network component.
Claim 2:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 2:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 4:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 further comprising a message broker associated with the network component, wherein the message broker communicates with a plurality of gateways and a plurality of wireless client devices.
Claim 6:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 further comprising a message broker associated with the network component, wherein the message broker communicates with a plurality of gateways and a plurality of wireless client devices.
Claim 5:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the client device short-range wireless transceiver includes a Bluetooth transceiver; andwherein the gateway short-range wireless transceiver includes a gateway Bluetooth transceiver.
Claim 7:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the short-range wireless transmitter and short-range wireless receiver include a Bluetooth transceiver.
Claim 7:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the remote network component is communicatively coupled to each gateway with at least one of a Wide Area Network (WAN) or Local Area Network (LAN).
Claim 20:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 13 wherein the remote network component is communicatively coupled to each gateway with at least one of a Wide Area Network (WAN) or Local Area Network (LAN).
Parent Patent No. 11,876,830 B2
Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over Claims 1-20 of parent U.S. Patent No. 11,876,830 B2 (common inventive entity and assignee) in view of prior art Hybertson (US 20140164760 A1). Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the examined application Claims 1-20 are an obvious variation of Claims 1-20 of the parent patent in view of the prior art reference Hybertson. All the elements of Claims 1-20 of the instant application are found within the scope of Claims 1-20 of parent U.S. Patent No. 11,876,830 B2 except for the features of “generates an encrypted file”, “transmits the encrypted file”, and “decrypts the encrypted file”.
However, the analogous prior art Hybertson does disclose “generates an encrypted file”, “transmits the encrypted file”, and “decrypts the encrypted file” (e.g. Hybertson “transcrypt the content into an encryption format” [0077]; “transmits the content to a requesting client device (e.g., CPE), the CPE must use the same content key to decrypt the content” [0078]; “content is delivered from a content server 302 to a network DRM encryption entity 305 for encryption” [0108]; [0119]; “the CPE 106 may begin decryption” [0121]).
It would have been an obvious modification to the invention of Claims 1-20 of parent U.S. Patent No. 11,876,830 B2 to include “generates an encrypted file”, “transmits the encrypted file”, and “decrypts the encrypted file” (as taught by Hybertson). The suggestion/motivation for doing so would have been to enable content transfer within a given premises network in accordance with the rights established for the specific content, user, and/or rendering or storage device, without diluting or otherwise compromising the security of the transferred content (Hybertson [0031]).
Therefore, the invention as specified in the instant application Claims 1-20 is not patentably distinct from Claims 1-20 of parent U.S. Patent No. 11,876,830 B2 in view of prior art Hybertson.
Claims Comparison Table
Instant Application:
19/066,073
U.S. Patent No. 11,876,830 B2
(common inventive entity and assignee)
Claim 1:
A network based hyperlocal authentication system that secures communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the system comprising:
a gateway having a gateway short-range transceiver, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of gateway authentication credentials;
a client device application, corresponding to the wireless client device having a client device short-range wireless transceiver, wherein the client device includes a plurality of client device authentication credentials;
the client device application requests a file from the remote network component;
the remote network component generates an encrypted file for the wireless client device and transmits the encrypted file to the wireless client device;
the gateway transmits a gateway key to the client device application with the gateway short-range wireless transceiver; and the client device application, having the gateway key, decrypts the encrypted file.
Claim 1:
A network based hyperlocal authentication system that secures communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the system comprising:
a gateway establishing a communication channel with the remote network component, wherein the gateway receives authentication credentials from the remote network component;
the gateway having a gateway short-range wireless transceiver;
a client device application, corresponding to the wireless client device, establishing a second communication channel with the remote network component, wherein the client device application receives authentication credentials from the network component;
the wireless client device having a client device short-range transceiver;
the client device application requests an exclusive local key from the remote network component;
the remote network component generates the exclusive local key for the wireless client device and transmits the exclusive local key to the gateway;
the gateway transmits the exclusive local key to the client device application with the gateway short-range wireless transceiver;
the client device application, having the exclusive local key, requests a cryptographic material from the remote network component, and
the client device application receives the cryptographic material from the remote network component; and
the client device application communicates with the remote network component with the exclusive local key received from the gateway and the cryptographic material received from the network component.
Claim 2:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 2:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 3:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the network component includes a database that receives a plurality of RF emissions data from the gateway.
Claim 3:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the network component includes a database that receives a plurality of RF emissions data from the gateway.
Claim 4:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 further comprising a message broker associated with the network component, wherein the message broker communicates with a plurality of gateways and a plurality of wireless client devices.
Claim 4:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 further comprising a message broker associated with the network component, wherein the message broker communicates with a plurality of gateways and a plurality of wireless client devices.
Claim 5:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the client device short-range wireless transceiver includes a Bluetooth transceiver; and wherein the gateway short-range wireless transceiver includes a gateway Bluetooth transceiver.
Claim 5:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the client device short-range transceiver includes a Bluetooth transceiver; and wherein the gateway short-range transceiver includes a gateway Bluetooth transceiver.
Claim 6:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the client device short-range wireless transceiver includes a Wi-Fi transceiver; and wherein the gateway short-range wireless transceiver includes a gateway Wi-Fi transceiver.
Claim 6:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the client device short-range transceiver includes a Wi-Fi transceiver; and wherein the gateway short-range transceiver includes a gateway Wi-Fi transceiver.
Claim 7:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the remote network component is communicatively coupled to each gateway with at least one of a Wide Area Network (WAN) or Local Area Network (LAN).
Claim 7:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the remote network component is communicatively coupled to each gateway with at least one of a Wide Area Network (WAN) or Local Area Network (LAN).
Claim 8:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the key is continuously refreshed by the network component and communicated via the gateway to the wireless client device when the client device application communicates with the remote network component.
Claim 8:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the exclusive local key is continuously refreshed by the network component and communicated via the gateway to the wireless client device when the client device application communicates with the remote network component.
Claim 9:
A network based hyperlocal authentication system to secure communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the system comprising:
a gateway having a gateway short-range transceiver, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of gateway authentication credentials;
a wireless client device having a short-range wireless transceiver, wherein the wireless client device includes a plurality of client device authentication credentials;
the wireless client device requests a file from the remote network component;
the remote network component generates an encrypted file for the wireless client device and transmits the encrypted file to the wireless client device;
the gateway transmits a gateway the key to the wireless client device with the gateway short-range wireless transceiver; and
the wireless client device, having the gateway key, decrypts the encrypted file.
Claim 9:
A network based hyperlocal authentication system to secure communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the system comprising:
a gateway establishing a communication channel with the remote network component, wherein the gateway receives authentication credentials from the remote network component; the gateway having a short-range wireless transmitter;
a wireless client device establishing a second communication channel with the remote network component, wherein the wireless client device receives authentication credentials from the network component;
the wireless client device having a client device short-range transceiver; the wireless client device requests an exclusive local key from the remote network component;
the remote network component generates the exclusive local key for the wireless client device and transmits the exclusive local key to the gateway;
the gateway transmits the exclusive local key to the client device application with the gateway short-range wireless transmitter;
the wireless client device, having the exclusive local key, requests a cryptographic material from the remote network component, and the wireless client device receives the cryptographic material from the remote network component; and
the client device application communicates with the remote network component with the exclusive local key received from the gateway and the cryptographic material received from the network component.
Claim 10:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 10:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 11:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the network component includes a database that receives a plurality of RF emissions data from the gateway.
Claim 11:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the network component includes a database that receives a plurality of RF emissions data from the gateway.
Claim 12:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 further comprising a message broker associated with the network component, wherein the message broker communicates with a plurality of gateways and a plurality of wireless client devices.
Claim 12:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 further comprising a message broker associated with the network component, wherein the message broker communicates with a plurality of gateways and a plurality of wireless client devices.
Claim 13:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the short-range wireless transmitter includes a Bluetooth transmitter and the short-range wireless transceiver includes a Bluetooth transceiver.
Claim 13:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the short-range wireless transmitter includes a Bluetooth transmitter and the short-range wireless receiver includes a Bluetooth receiver.
Claim 14:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the short-range wireless transmitter includes a Wi-Fi transmitter and the short-range wireless transceiver includes a Wi-Fi transceiver.
Claim 14:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the short-range wireless transmitter includes a Wi-Fi transmitter and the short-range wireless receiver includes a Wi-Fi receiver.
Claim 15:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the remote network component is communicatively coupled to each gateway with at least one of a Wide Area Network (WAN) or Local Area Network (LAN).
Claim 15:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the remote network component is communicatively coupled to each gateway with at least one of a Wide Area Network (WAN) or Local Area Network (LAN).
Claim 16:
A network based hyperlocal authentication method to secure communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the method comprising:
providing a gateway having a gateway short-range transceiver, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of gateway authentication credentials;
providing a wireless client device having a short-range wireless transceiver, wherein the wireless client device includes a plurality of client device authentication credentials;
causing the wireless client device to request a file from the remote network component;
causing the remote network component to generate an encrypted file for the wireless client device and transmitting the encrypted file to the wireless client device;
causing the gateway to transmit a gateway the key to the wireless client device with the gateway short-range wireless transceiver; and
causing the wireless client device, having the gateway key, to decrypt the encrypted file.
Claim 16:
A network based hyperlocal authentication method to secure communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the method comprising:
establishing a communication channel between a gateway and the remote network component, wherein the gateway receives authentication credentials from the remote network component;
providing the gateway with a gateway short-range transceiver;
establishing a second communication channel between the wireless client device and the remote network component with authentication credentials from the network component;
providing the wireless client device with a client device short-range transceiver;
requesting, by the wireless client device, an exclusive local key from the remote network component;
generating, by the remote network component, the exclusive local key for the wireless client device;
transmitting, by the remote network component, the exclusive local key to the gateway;
receiving, by the gateway, the exclusive local key from the remote network component;
transmitting, by the gateway, the exclusive local key to the wireless client device application with the gateway short-range wireless transmitter;
requesting, at the wireless client device, a cryptographic material from the remote network component;
receiving, at the wireless client device, the cryptographic material from the remote network component;
enabling the wireless client device to communicate with the remote network component using the exclusive local key received from the gateway and the cryptographic material received from the network component.
Claim 17:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 17:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 18:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the network component includes a database that receives a plurality of RF emissions data from the gateway.
Claim 18:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the network component includes a database that receives a plurality of RF emissions data from the gateway.
Claim 19:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the client device short-range wireless transceiver includes a Bluetooth transceiver and the gateway short-range wireless transceiver includes a gateway Bluetooth transceiver.
Claim 19:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the client device short-range transceiver includes a Bluetooth transceiver and the gateway short-range transceiver includes a gateway Bluetooth transceiver.
Claim 20:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the client device short-range wireless transceiver includes a Wi-Fi transceiver and the gateway short-range wireless transceiver includes a gateway Wi-Fi transceiver.
Claim 20:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the client device short-range transceiver includes a Wi-Fi transceiver and the gateway short-range transceiver includes a gateway Wi-Fi transceiver.
Parent Patent No. 12,244,639 B2
Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over Claims 1-20 of parent U.S. Patent No. 12,244,639 B2 (common inventive entity and assignee) in view of prior art Hybertson (US 20140164760 A1). Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the examined application Claims 1-20 are an obvious variation of Claims 1-20 of the parent patent in view of the prior art reference Hybertson. All the elements of Claims 1-20 of the instant application are found within the scope of Claims 1-20 of parent U.S. Patent No. 12,244,639 B2 except for the features of “generates an encrypted file”, “transmits the encrypted file”, and “decrypts the encrypted file”.
However, the analogous prior art Hybertson does disclose “generates an encrypted file”, “transmits the encrypted file”, and “decrypts the encrypted file” (e.g. Hybertson “transcrypt the content into an encryption format” [0077]; “transmits the content to a requesting client device (e.g., CPE), the CPE must use the same content key to decrypt the content” [0078]; “content is delivered from a content server 302 to a network DRM encryption entity 305 for encryption” [0108]; [0119]; “the CPE 106 may begin decryption” [0121]).
It would have been an obvious modification to the invention of Claims 1-20 of parent U.S. Patent No. 12,244,639 B2 to include “generates an encrypted file”, “transmits the encrypted file”, and “decrypts the encrypted file” (as taught by Hybertson). The suggestion/motivation for doing so would have been to enable content transfer within a given premises network in accordance with the rights established for the specific content, user, and/or rendering or storage device, without diluting or otherwise compromising the security of the transferred content (Hybertson [0031]).
Therefore, the invention as specified in the instant application Claims 1-20 is not patentably distinct from Claims 1-20 of parent U.S. Patent No. 12,244,639 B2 in view of prior art Hybertson.
Claims Comparison Table
Instant Application:
19/066,073
U.S. Patent No. 12,244,639 B2
(common inventive entity and assignee)
Claim 1:
A network based hyperlocal authentication system that secures communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the system comprising:
a gateway having a gateway short-range transceiver, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of gateway authentication credentials;
a client device application, corresponding to the wireless client device having a client device short-range wireless transceiver, wherein the client device includes a plurality of client device authentication credentials;
the client device application requests a file from the remote network component;
the remote network component generates an encrypted file for the wireless client device and transmits the encrypted file to the wireless client device;
the gateway transmits a gateway key to the client device application with the gateway short-range wireless transceiver; and the client device application, having the gateway key, decrypts the encrypted file.
Claim 1:
A network based hyperlocal authentication system that secures communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the system comprising:
a gateway having a gateway short-range wireless transceiver, wherein the gateway receives authentication credentials from the remote network component;
a client device application, corresponding to the wireless client device having a client device short-range wireless transceiver, wherein the client device application receives authentication credentials from the network component;
the client device application requests a key from the remote network component;
the remote network component generates the key for the wireless client device and transmits the key to the gateway;
the gateway transmits the key to the client device application with the gateway short-range wireless transceiver;
the client device application, having the key, requests a cryptographic material from the remote network component, and
the client device application receives the cryptographic material from the remote network component; and
the client device application communicates with the remote network component with the key received from the gateway and the cryptographic material received from the network component.
Claim 2:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 2:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 3:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the network component includes a database that receives a plurality of RF emissions data from the gateway.
Claim 3:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the network component includes a database that receives a plurality of RF emissions data from the gateway.
Claim 4:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 further comprising a message broker associated with the network component, wherein the message broker communicates with a plurality of gateways and a plurality of wireless client devices.
Claim 4:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 further comprising a message broker associated with the network component, wherein the message broker communicates with a plurality of gateways and a plurality of wireless client devices.
Claim 5:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the client device short-range wireless transceiver includes a Bluetooth transceiver; and wherein the gateway short-range wireless transceiver includes a gateway Bluetooth transceiver.
Claim 5:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the client device short-range transceiver includes a Bluetooth transceiver; and wherein the gateway short-range transceiver includes a gateway Bluetooth transceiver.
Claim 6:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the client device short-range wireless transceiver includes a Wi-Fi transceiver; and wherein the gateway short-range wireless transceiver includes a gateway Wi-Fi transceiver.
Claim 6:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the client device short-range transceiver includes a Wi-Fi transceiver; and wherein the gateway short-range transceiver includes a gateway Wi-Fi transceiver.
Claim 7:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the remote network component is communicatively coupled to each gateway with at least one of a Wide Area Network (WAN) or Local Area Network (LAN).
Claim 7:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the remote network component is communicatively coupled to each gateway with at least one of a Wide Area Network (WAN) or Local Area Network (LAN).
Claim 8:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the key is continuously refreshed by the network component and communicated via the gateway to the wireless client device when the client device application communicates with the remote network component.
Claim 8:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 1 wherein the exclusive local key is continuously refreshed by the network component and communicated via the gateway to the wireless client device when the client device application communicates with the remote network component.
Claim 9:
A network based hyperlocal authentication system to secure communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the system comprising:
a gateway having a gateway short-range transceiver, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of gateway authentication credentials;
a wireless client device having a short-range wireless transceiver, wherein the wireless client device includes a plurality of client device authentication credentials;
the wireless client device requests a file from the remote network component;
the remote network component generates an encrypted file for the wireless client device and transmits the encrypted file to the wireless client device;
the gateway transmits a gateway the key to the wireless client device with the gateway short-range wireless transceiver; and
the wireless client device, having the gateway key, decrypts the encrypted file.
Claim 9:
A network based hyperlocal authentication system to secure communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the system comprising:
a gateway having a short-range wireless transmitter, wherein the gateway receives authentication credentials from the remote network component;
a wireless client device that receives authentication credentials from the network component;
the wireless client device having a client device short-range wireless transceiver;
the wireless client device requests a key from the remote network component;
the remote network component generates the key for the wireless client device and transmits the key to the gateway;
the gateway transmits the key to the wireless client device with the gateway short-range wireless transmitter;
the wireless client device, having the key, requests a cryptographic material from the remote network component, and the wireless client device receives the cryptographic material from the remote network component; and
the wireless client device communicates with the remote network component with the key received from the gateway and the cryptographic material received from the network component.
Claim 10:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 10:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 11:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the network component includes a database that receives a plurality of RF emissions data from the gateway.
Claim 11:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the network component includes a database that receives a plurality of RF emissions data from the gateway.
Claim 12:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 further comprising a message broker associated with the network component, wherein the message broker communicates with a plurality of gateways and a plurality of wireless client devices.
Claim 12:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 further comprising a message broker associated with the network component, wherein the message broker communicates with a plurality of gateways and a plurality of wireless client devices.
Claim 13:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the short-range wireless transmitter includes a Bluetooth transmitter and the short-range wireless transceiver includes a Bluetooth transceiver.
Claim 13:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the short-range wireless transmitter includes a Bluetooth transmitter and the short-range wireless transceiver includes a Bluetooth transceiver.
Claim 14:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the short-range wireless transmitter includes a Wi-Fi transmitter and the short-range wireless transceiver includes a Wi-Fi transceiver.
Claim 14:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the short-range wireless transmitter includes a Wi-Fi transmitter and the short-range wireless transceiver includes a Wi-Fi transceiver.
Claim 15:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the remote network component is communicatively coupled to each gateway with at least one of a Wide Area Network (WAN) or Local Area Network (LAN).
Claim 15:
The network based hyperlocal authentication system of claim 9 wherein the remote network component is communicatively coupled to each gateway with at least one of a Wide Area Network (WAN) or Local Area Network (LAN).
Claim 16:
A network based hyperlocal authentication method to secure communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the method comprising:
providing a gateway having a gateway short-range transceiver, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of gateway authentication credentials;
providing a wireless client device having a short-range wireless transceiver, wherein the wireless client device includes a plurality of client device authentication credentials;
causing the wireless client device to request a file from the remote network component;
causing the remote network component to generate an encrypted file for the wireless client device and transmitting the encrypted file to the wireless client device;
causing the gateway to transmit a gateway the key to the wireless client device with the gateway short-range wireless transceiver; and
causing the wireless client device, having the gateway key, to decrypt the encrypted file.
Claim 16:
A network based hyperlocal authentication method to secure communications between a wireless client device and a remote network component, the method comprising:
receiving, by a gateway that includes a gateway short-range wireless transceiver, authentication credentials from the remote network component;
receiving, by the wireless client device, authentication credentials from the network component, wherein the wireless client device includes a client device short-range wireless transceiver;
requesting, by the wireless client device, a key from the remote network component;
generating, by the remote network component, the key for the wireless client device;
transmitting, by the remote network component, the key to the gateway;
receiving, by the gateway, the key from the remote network component; transmitting, by the gateway, the key to the wireless client device with the gateway short-range wireless transceiver;
requesting, at the wireless client device, a cryptographic material from the remote network component;
receiving, at the wireless client device, the cryptographic material from the remote network component;
enabling the wireless client device to communicate with the remote network component using the key and the cryptographic material received from the network component.
Claim 17:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 17:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the gateway further includes a scanner that detects one or more client device identifiers and a signal strength for each client device identifier.
Claim 18:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the network component includes a database that receives a plurality of RF emissions data from the gateway.
Claim 18:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the network component includes a database that receives a plurality of RF emissions data from the gateway.
Claim 19:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the client device short-range wireless transceiver includes a Bluetooth transceiver and the gateway short-range wireless transceiver includes a gateway Bluetooth transceiver.
Claim 19:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the client device short-range wireless transceiver includes a Bluetooth transceiver and the gateway short-range wireless transceiver includes a gateway Bluetooth transceiver.
Claim 20:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the client device short-range wireless transceiver includes a Wi-Fi transceiver and the gateway short-range wireless transceiver includes a gateway Wi-Fi transceiver.
Claim 20:
The network based hyperlocal authentication method of claim 16 wherein the client device short-range wireless transceiver includes a Wi-Fi transceiver and the gateway short-range wireless transceiver includes a gateway Wi-Fi transceiver.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicants’ disclosure.
Redberg (US 20150154418 A1)
Kim et al. (US 20170094706 A1)
Kim et al. (US 9998437 B2)
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