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Method, system and electronic device

US10084601B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Tom Hostyn · Stuttgart, DE
Jan Spooren · Schoten, BE
Hugo EMBRECHTS · Stuttgart, DE
Conor Aylward · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 10, 2015
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W12/77
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method comprising generating an auxiliary key based on a secret key which is stored in an electronic device, generating a representation of the auxiliary key, displaying the representation of the auxiliary key on a display of the first electronic device, capturing the representation of the auxiliary key with a camera of a second electronic device, and restoring the auxiliary key from the captured representation of the auxiliary key.

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