US Patent 10114939 Systems and methods for secure communications between devices

The disclosed computer-implemented method for secure communications between devices may include (1) receiving, from a control device that is capable of providing instructions to one or more smart devices, a security certificate that identifies the control device and also contains privilege information that indicates how the control device is allowed to interact with the smart devices, (2) receiving, from the control device, a request to interact with a smart device, (3) analyzing the privilege information in the security certificate to determine whether the requested interaction is allowed by the privilege, and (4) controlling the requested interaction based on whether the privilege information indicates that the requested interaction is allowed. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.