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Sony patents device check to secure cloud AI access

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Sony describes a method where a server verifies a device's identity by comparing its unique information against a pre-registered list. This ensures that only authorized devices can connect to a cloud service, specifically mentioning applications that use AI.

Why it mattersIt adds a layer of security for cloud-based AI services by verifying the physical device before allowing a connection.

In the filing’s own words

The present technology relates to an information processing method, a server apparatus, and an information processing apparatus which enable only an authorized user to use a device. The information processing method of the present technology includes, via a server apparatus, performing authentication of a device by collating first device information unique to the device, which is transmitted from the device that has acquired connection destination information indicating a connection destination, with second device information registered in advance. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an information processing system that provides a cloud service using an AI application.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An information processing method comprising: via a server apparatus, performing authentication of a device by collating first device information unique to the device, which is transmitted from the device that has acquired connection destination information indicating a connection destination, with second device information registered in advance.

Facts

Company
Sony (SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION)
Official title
INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, SERVER APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
Publication number
US20260310439A1
Application number
19100930
Filed
Jul 27, 2023
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 8/65 Physics & computingG06F 21/44 Physics & computingG06K 7/1417 Physics & computing
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